Patents by Inventor YOSUKE UMAHASHI

YOSUKE UMAHASHI 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).

  • Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system
    Patent number: 11271770
    Abstract: To provide an information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system which are capable of achieving a high-quality content listening or viewing experience. An information processing method according to an embodiment of the present technology is executed by a computer, and includes calculating, on a basis of a beacon signal which is transmitted from a reproduction apparatus capable of reproducing a content, a distance from the computer to the reproduction apparatus. On a basis of the calculated distance, a transfer reproduction operation by the reproduction apparatus is controlled, in which a content that is being reproduced by a different reproduction apparatus is transferred and reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Onohara, Takuma Higo, Yosuke Umahashi, Taichi Yoshio
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180139071
    Abstract: To provide an information processing method, program, information processing apparatus, and information processing system which are capable of achieving a high-quality content listening or listening or viewing experience. An information processing method according to an embodiment of the present technology is executed by a computer, and includes calculating, on a basis of a beacon signal which is transmitted from a reproduction apparatus capable of reproducing a content, a distance from the computer to the reproduction apparatus. On a basis of the calculated distance, a transfer reproduction operation by the reproduction apparatus is controlled, in which a content that is being reproduced by a different reproduction apparatus is transferred and reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: TAKASHI ONOHARA, TAKUMA HIGO, YOSUKE UMAHASHI, TAICHI YOSHIO