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).
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Patent number: 10212350Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 10120535Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20170078581Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9575630Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20170046047Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
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Patent number: 9525823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150365601Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9154703Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140240574Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8760550Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8705878Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tatsunobu Koike
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Publication number: 20140082564Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
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Patent number: 8629929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20130293757Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 8547467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 8436929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Koda, Yoshitaka Narukawa, Hidenobu Takemura, Tatsunobu Koike, Yasufumi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120147242Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 7750967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsunobu Koike, Yuuji Takimoto, Noriaki Nakagawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Kayo Sasaki
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Publication number: 20090303178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo KODA, Yoshitaka NARUKAWA, Hidenobu TAKEMURA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yasufumi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20090245752Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventor: Tatsunobu KOIKE