Patents by Inventor Tomotaka Yuasa

Tomotaka Yuasa 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: 10949159
    Abstract: To make it easier to switch to video that is being viewed by another user, a source data acquisition unit acquires source data of content that is distributed by an apparatus. A video clipping unit clips video in a range specified by a participant's terminal out of 360-degree video indicated by the source data supplied thereto. Upon receiving a range of video specified in association with the participant's terminal, a content distribution unit clips video in the range out of 360-degree video acquired by the source data acquisition unit and distributes the clipped video to the participant's terminal. Also, upon a display switching instruction being made in association with a switching source participant's terminal, the content distribution unit distributes video that is clipped according to a range of video specified in association with a switching destination participant's terminal, to the switching source participant's terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yuasa, Motoshi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20200341714
    Abstract: To make it easier to switch to video that is being viewed by another user, a source data acquisition unit acquires source data of content that is distributed by an apparatus. A video clipping unit clips video in a range specified by a participant's terminal out of 360-degree video indicated by the source data supplied thereto. Upon receiving a range of video specified in association with the participant's terminal, a content distribution unit clips video in the range out of 360-degree video acquired by the source data acquisition unit and distributes the clipped video to the participant's terminal. Also, upon a display switching instruction being made in association with a switching source participant's terminal, the content distribution unit distributes video that is clipped according to a range of video specified in association with a switching destination participant's terminal, to the switching source participant's terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomotaka YUASA, Motoshi TAMURA
  • Patent number: 9779481
    Abstract: Mobile terminal device has a display rotation function for rotating a direction of an image on a screen so that the downward direction of the image fits the vertical downward direction in the real world. While no touch of a finger of a user is detected, the display rotation function remains on, and when a touch of the user is detected, the display rotation function is turned off. When the user does not wish to use the display rotation function, the user can temporarily turn off the display rotation function simply by maintaining his/her finger in contact with the screen, and when the user wishes to use the display rotation function, the user can turn on the display rotation function simply by releasing his/her finger from the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomotaka Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20150193912
    Abstract: Mobile terminal device has a display rotation function for rotating a direction of an image on a screen so that the downward direction of the image fits the vertical downward direction in the real world. While no touch of a finger of a user is detected, the display rotation function remains on, and when a touch of the user is detected, the display rotation function is turned off. When the user does not wish to use the display rotation function, the user can temporarily turn off the display rotation function simply by maintaining his/her finger in contact with the screen, and when the user wishes to use the display rotation function, the user can turn on the display rotation function simply by releasing his/her finger from the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomotaka Yuasa