Patents by Inventor Tatsunobu Koike

Tatsunobu Koike 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: 10212350
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10120535
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20170078581
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9575630
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20170046047
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
  • Patent number: 9525823
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150365601
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9154703
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140240574
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8760550
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8705878
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus configured to associate character information detected from an imaged picture displayed on a screen with a recorded picture displayed on the same screen including an imaging unit configured to image a subject and output an imaged picture, a picture recording unit configured to record pictures, a playback unit configured to play back a recorded picture recorded in the picture recording unit, and a character information detection unit configured to detect character information from the imaged picture outputted by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsunobu Koike
  • Publication number: 20140082564
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
  • Patent number: 8629929
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20130293757
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8547467
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8436929
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120147242
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 7750967
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus may include a function holding unit configured to hold functions of the image capturing apparatus, the functions being classified into corresponding categories; an identifier holding unit configured to hold category identifiers indicating the categories and function identifiers indicating the functions; a category display control unit configured to allow the category identifiers to be displayed along the horizontal direction; a function display control unit configured to allow the function identifiers corresponding to the category to be operated in accordance with an operation input to be displayed along the vertical direction; and an operation accepting unit configured to accept an operation input for selecting one of the function identifiers displayed by the function display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunobu Koike, Yuuji Takimoto, Noriaki Nakagawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Kayo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20090303178
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20090245752
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and output an imaged picture; a picture recording unit configured to record pictures; a playback unit configured to play back a recorded picture recorded in the picture recording unit; a character information detection unit configured to detect character information from the imaged picture outputted by the imaging unit; a display control unit configured to display the recorded picture played back by the playback unit and the imaged picture outputted from the imaging unit on the same screen; and a character information association unit configured to associate character information detected from the imaged picture displayed on the screen by the character information detection unit with the recorded picture displayed on the same screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Tatsunobu KOIKE