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).

  • Patent number: 8726153
    Abstract: A display device for displaying a plurality of contents in a predetermined display area. The display device includes a content acquiring unit configured to acquire the contents, a content arranging unit configured to arrange the contents based on time information possessed by the contents, a time difference calculating unit configured to calculate a time difference between adjacent contents in terms of time based on the time information possessed by the contents, a display position setting unit configured to set a position of each content along a time axis based on the time difference between the contents, the display position setting unit determining whether the time difference between the contents is larger than a predetermined value, and a content display unit configured to display the plurality of contents based on position information on the time axis along the depth direction of the predetermined display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, QiHong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Patent number: 8711104
    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 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eijiro Mori, Takuo Ikeda, Ken Yano
  • Publication number: 20140096072
    Abstract: A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Kazuhide Sasamoto, Takuo Ikeda, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20140040739
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a plurality of specifying devices used to respectively specify a plurality of types of parameter values representing music features; a music extraction portion that extracts, from a first database in which a plurality of pieces of music and the parameter values are associated with each other, pieces of music that match the parameter values specified using the specifying devices; and a list generation portion that generates a list of the pieces of music extracted by the music extraction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munechika MAEKAWA, Takaomi KIMURA, Takuo IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8635547
    Abstract: A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Kazuhide Sasamoto, Takuo Ikeda, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20130314445
    Abstract: A wedge-shaped digital clock wirelessly receives weather, traffic, and other information over the Internet for display along with the time of day. The clock is wedge-shaped so that it can rest in two orientations, one with the display tilted back slightly from vertical and one with the display substantially horizontal. An accelerometer can signal the orientation to an internal processor, which can flip the text on the display as appropriate for the user flipping or turning the housing upside down, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya Fujii, Isamu Arie, Ronald Clark, Justin Randolf Jakobson, Yuji Oikawa, Joe Wada, Rui Yamagami, Takuo Ikeda, Chia-Yao Lin, Junghee Yeo
  • Publication number: 20130311491
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takuo Ikeda, Ko Kusanagi
  • Patent number: 8583665
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a plurality of specifying devices used to respectively specify a plurality of types of parameter values representing music features; a music extraction portion that extracts, from a first database in which a plurality of pieces of music and the parameter values are associated with each other, pieces of music that match the parameter values specified using the specifying devices; and a list generation portion that generates a list of the pieces of music extracted by the music extraction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Munechika Maekawa, Takaomi Kimura, Takuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8537847
    Abstract: A wedge-shaped digital clock wirelessly receives weather, traffic, and other information over the Internet for display along with the time of day. The clock is wedge-shaped so that it can rest in two orientations, one with the display tilted back slightly from vertical and one with the display substantially horizontal. An accelerometer can signal the orientation to an internal processor, which can flip the text on the display as appropriate for the user flipping or turning the housing upside down, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Fujii, Isamu Arie, Ronald Clark, Justin Randolf Jakobson, Yuji Oikawa, Joe Wada, Rui Yamagami, Takuo Ikeda, Chia-Yao Lin, Junghee Yeo
  • Patent number: 8538914
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takuo Ikeda, Ko Kusanagi
  • Patent number: 8429534
    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: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayuko Ishihara, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20120266083
    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 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayuko ISHIHARA, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20120246183
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUDA, Ryo MUKAIYAMA, Takuo IKEDA, Ko KUSANAGI
  • Patent number: 8244665
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takuo Ikeda, Ko Kusanagi
  • Patent number: 8245155
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display a dividing region dividing a main display region into two sub regions. The control unit is configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of icons in the dividing region, to change position of the dividing region in the main display region based on user input, and to display, when an icon of the plurality of icons is selected, information corresponding to the icon in at least one of the sub regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Kenichi Nirei, Yasuhiro Habara, Makoto Imamura, Shinichi Iriya, Takuo Ikeda, Daisuke Sato, Ryutaro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8209614
    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: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayuko Ishihara, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20120036047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a service providing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. An information processing apparatus (base unit) 2 receives user information detected by sensors provided in an information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3 from the information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3, acquires article information of articles sold in a shop from a shop-information portal site server 5, selects an article to be recommended to a user based on the acquired user information and article information, and transmits the article information of the selected article to the information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3. The information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3 displays the received article information in, for example, a display to recommend the article. The present invention can be applied to an electronic apparatus connected to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junko FUKUDA, Hiroaki Nakano, Hidenori Karasawa, Takuo Ikeda, Ryuta Kanno, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Makoto Murata, Hiroshi Goto, Ryoji Amemiya, Hiroki TaMAI
  • Patent number: 8103963
    Abstract: There is provided a graphical user interface that is displayed within one screen of a display device. The graphical user interface includes a matrix-shaped display area that is partitioned along a first axis by types of content and partitioned along a second axis by units of time. Items of information on the content that is processed within a specified unit of time are displayed within the matrix-shaped display area, closed together along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa, Kazuto Mugura, Mayu Irimajiri, Shinji Kimura, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato, Dan Li
  • Publication number: 20110310705
    Abstract: A wedge-shaped digital clock wirelessly receives weather, traffic, and other information over the Internet for display along with the time of day. The clock is wedge-shaped so that it can rest in two orientations, one with the display tilted back slightly from vertical and one with the display substantially horizontal. An accelerometer can signal the orientation to an internal processor, which can flip the text on the display as appropriate for the user flipping or turning the housing upside down, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroya Fujii, Isamu Arie, Ronald Clark, Justin Randolf Jakobson, Yuji Oikawa, Joe Wada, Rui Yamagami, Takuo Ikeda, Chia-Yao Lin, Junghee Yeo
  • Patent number: 8064633
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, QiHong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Tomohiko Gotoh, Tamaki Kojima, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa