Patents by Inventor Takuo Ikeda

Takuo Ikeda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150262005
    Abstract: An information processing includes processing circuitry configured to generate data to control a display device to superimpose on a displayed image a control object associated with a voice input, wherein the displayed image is a feedback image of a gesture operation performed by a user, and the displayed image is an image derived from a camera-captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20150261420
    Abstract: There is provided a graphical user interface that displays information on a plurality of different types of content on a single screen. The graphical user interface includes an overview display area and a detail display area. The overview display area displays an overview of the information on the content in chronological order, based on time information for the plurality of the different types of content. The detail display area displays, in greater detail, the information on the content that corresponds to the time information that is selected in the overview display area. Scrolling the information that is displayed in the overview display area causes the information on the content that is displayed in the detail display area to be scrolled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayuko ISHIHARA, Takuo IKEDA, Hidenori KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20150253949
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry configured to control a movement of a UI object on a display screen from a pre-recognition position toward a post-recognition position in response to recognition of an operation object initiated by a user, wherein the post-recognition position is spatially related to a displayed position of a predetermined displayed feature, and the predetermined displayed feature is an image derived from a camera captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Patent number: 9129407
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
  • Patent number: 9075516
    Abstract: There is provided a graphical user interface that displays information on a plurality of different types of content on a single screen. The graphical user interface includes an overview display area and a detail display area. The overview display area displays an overview of the information on the content in chronological order, based on time information for the plurality of the different types of content. The detail display area displays, in greater detail, the information on the content that corresponds to the time information that is selected in the overview display area. Scrolling the information that is displayed in the overview display area causes the information on the content that is displayed in the detail display area to be scrolled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayuko Ishihara, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20150124111
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit configured to perform a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit configured to cause the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi IZUMIHARA, Takuo IKEDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Kentaro KIMURA, Yasuyuki KOGA, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150124101
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, and a photographing control unit configured to control timing at which a photographing unit carried by the user is allowed to perform photographing based on the recognized action state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IZUMIHARA, TAKUO IKEDA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENTARO KIMURA, YASUYUKI KOGA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150123994
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a control section configured to execute control to generate a superimposed image by superimposing on a background image a human body image that depicts at least a part of a human body and moves in response to gestural operation of a user, in order to display the superimposed image, while adjusting a display state of the superimposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Reiko Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Koga, Takuo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150077436
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo IKEDA, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
  • Publication number: 20150049040
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point, and a hotspot detection section configured to detect as a hotspot a position corresponding to one part of the pointer exclusive of the contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eijiro Mori, Takuo Ikeda, Ken Yano
  • Patent number: 8913030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section, a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point, and a hotspot detection section configured to detect as a hotspot a position corresponding to one part of the pointer exclusive of the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eijiro Mori, Takuo Ikeda, Ken Yano
  • Publication number: 20140337807
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to control combining of a captured image and an operation target image so as to generate a combined image for feeding back gesture recognition to a user. A degree of visualization of the captured image appears to be changed in the combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yasushi Okumura, Yoshihito Ohki, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada, Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140313130
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that performs control for displaying, on a screen, a pointer having a directed position a predetermined distance away from a position on the screen corresponding to an operation position of an operating object, depending on a variation in a position of the operating object detected in an operation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Takuro Noda, Tomoya Narita, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8782559
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content linked to a first content and a display control unit for controlling display of a search history of content search performed in accordance with one of a first image and a first character, each indicating the first content, one of a second image and a second character, each indicating the second content and link information linking the first content to the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Mugura
  • Publication number: 20140191961
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section, a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point, and a hotspot detection section configured to detect as a hotspot a position corresponding to one part of the pointer exclusive of the contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eijiro Mori, Takuo Ikeda, Ken Yano
  • Publication number: 20140191953
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo IKEDA, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
  • Patent number: 8762882
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
  • Publication number: 20140149941
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content linked to a first content and a display control unit for controlling display of a search history of content search performed in accordance with one of a first image and a first character, each indicating the first content, one of a second image and a second character, each indicating the second content and link information linking the first content to the second content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Mugura, Nobuki Furue, Wataru Tajika, Takashi Kitao, Meng Ni, Taskaoshi Ono, Kei Tateno, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: D731502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Nishizawa, Shoji Imamura, Nobuhiro Jogano
  • Patent number: D731508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Luca Tarabini, Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Nishizawa, Shoji Imamura