Patents by Inventor Tsunayuki Ohwa

Tsunayuki Ohwa 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: 10460291
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a presentation section which presents an action log that is an action result of a third party, and a schedule adjustment section which incorporates the action log selected from the presented action log by a user as a schedule of schedule information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Miruka Ishii, Miwa Ichikawa, Ritsuko Kano
  • Patent number: 10282408
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Satoru Inoue, Nariaki Satoh, Shinji Yuhara, Daiki Ito, Takayuki Usami
  • Patent number: 9990585
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a course setting unit that sets a course containing at least one place associated with positional information, a course information generation unit that generates first course information regarding the course on the basis of first user behavior information generated from a behavior of a first user having visited the course, and a course information provision unit that provides the first course information to a second user different from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Atsushi Hashizume, Hideaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170139896
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tsunayuki OHWA, Satoru Inoue, Nariaki Satoh, Shinji Yuhara, Daiki Ito, Takayuki Usami
  • Patent number: 9600498
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Satoru Inoue, Nariaki Satoh, Shinji Yuhara, Daiki Ito, Takayuki Usami
  • Patent number: 9282250
    Abstract: A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Daisuke Mochizuki, Miruka Ishii, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20150213362
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a course setting unit that sets a course containing at least one place associated with positional information, a course information generation unit that generates first course information regarding the course on the basis of first user behavior information generated from a behavior of a first user having visited the course, and a course information provision unit that provides the first course information to a second user different from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Atsushi Hashizume, HIdeaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150070513
    Abstract: A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiko GOTOH, Daisuke MOCHIZUKI, Miruka ISHII, Tsunayuki OHWA
  • Patent number: 8923654
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays, for each group, images that are divided into groups so that each group contains at least one of the images. The apparatus includes an image-data storing unit that stores image data of the images, a group-attribute-information storing unit that stores attribute information of the groups, a display controlling unit that controls processing for displaying the images for each group, a search-key extracting unit that extracts a search key when the display controlling unit issues an instruction for starting the processing for displaying the images for each group, and a searching unit that searches for the groups associated with the extracted search key. The display controlling unit controls display of a library of the groups so that the groups associated with the search key and found by the searching unit are displayed at a top side in the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Satoshi Akagawa
  • Patent number: 8917326
    Abstract: A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Daisuke Mochizuki, Miruka Ishii, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Patent number: 8792040
    Abstract: A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Daisuke Mochizuki, Miruka Ishii, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20140040259
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a user information manager that registers, in a database, registered device information in which devices specified by a user from among devices capable of realizing functions by linking together are associated with the user, a recommended function determiner that acquires, from the database, function information in which the functions and the devices are associated, and determines recommended functions for the user on the basis of the function information and the registered device information, and a procedure information manager that acquires, from the database, procedure information indicating operating procedures for realizing a function that the user selects from among the recommended functions, and provides the procedure information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Machiko TAKEMATSU, Yasuko MIURA, Tomoko TANAKA, Ryuji TANABE, Daisaku HAYASHI, Atsuhiro YAMAOKA, Takayuki FUJINAGA, Tsunayuki OHWA
  • Publication number: 20130339990
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first information acquiring section acquiring location specification information which indicates content being viewed by a user and a location in the content specified by the user, a second information acquiring section acquiring, based on the location specification information, content-related information provided corresponding to the content for the location, and an action support information generating section generating action support information for the user by using the content-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunayuki OHWA, Atsushi HASHIZUME
  • Patent number: 8543229
    Abstract: When a plurality of items of data are sequentially read and reproduced from a data storing means which stores the data, data suited to a user's mood at the moment or a situation is selected to be reproduced without needing any complex operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ogasawara, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20130097547
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a presentation section which presents an action log that is an action result of a third party, and a schedule adjustment section which incorporates the action log selected from the presented action log by a user as a schedule of schedule information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunayuki OHWA, Miruka ISHII, Miwa ICHIKAWA, Ritsuko KANO
  • Patent number: 8229941
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays image data and plays back music data such that background music (BGM) is applied to a collection of content such as photographic data, the BGM being reminiscent of the time when the photographic data was acquired. When a command to display a scrapbook or similar plurality of image data is issued, a search unit searches for music metadata that is related to the image metadata of the image data. A display controller then controls the display of the specified plurality of image data, while in parallel, a playback controller controls the playback of the music data corresponding to the music metadata found by the search unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Satoshi Akagawa
  • Patent number: 8189928
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a content management apparatus, including: content inputting means for inputting a content with which position information is associated; position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information associated with the content inputted by the content inputting means; tree production means for producing binary tree structure data corresponding to a binary tree having leaves to which contents inputted by the content inputting means correspond based on the position information of the contents acquired by the position information acquisition means; and determination means for extracting a node which satisfies a predetermined condition from among nodes of the binary tree structure data produced by the tree production means and determining those of the contents which belong to the extracted node as one group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Tamaki Kojima, Osamu Hanagata, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20120002883
    Abstract: A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Daisuke Mochizuki, Miruka Ishii, Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Patent number: 8041154
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes clustering means for performing clustering on multiple images so as to more strongly connect the images at a closer distance based on the distances determined by metadata of the images, and grouping means for grouping the images such that the number of images of each group can be equal to or lower than a predetermined number of images in accordance with the strength of connection among the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tsunayuki Ohwa
  • Patent number: 7870137
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for grouping plural contents into clusters, the apparatus includes: an acquisition portion configured to acquire metadata of each of the plurality of contents; and a clustering portion configured to group the plural contents into the clusters based on the metadata, such that each of the clusters has N or less contents, N being a predetermined number. The clustering portion calculates a distance d(n) according to a predetermined distance scale between an nth content and an (n+1)th content with respect to first N+1 contents in a content sequence, and determines a greatest distance d(k), groups first k contents in the content sequence into one cluster, and with a (k+1)th content in the content sequence as a new top content in the content sequence, repeats the determining of the greatest distance d(k) and the grouping of the first k contents in the content sequence into one cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tsunayuki Ohwa