Patents by Inventor Yuichi Sone

Yuichi Sone 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: 12614486
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a foldable display, a memory that temporarily stores display data, and a processor that performs control when the display data is displayed on the display. The processor performs a display mode switching process of switching display modes in a predetermined order in a toggle manner each time a user performs specific input, the display modes being determined according to a combination of screen region control for controlling to display a screen region of the display as one screen region or as screen regions and a display direction control for controlling a display orientation on the screen region of the display, and a display mode restricting process of restricting display modes that are switchable in the display mode switching process among the display modes according to a usage form of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishiyama, Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20260029891
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that controls display on a plurality of displays, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application on at least one of the plurality of displays by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform: when a drag operation is accepted for the window displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays, a first display process of displaying first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays on a display on which the drag operation is started, a first selection process of selecting a display corresponding to an icon selected by the drag operation from among the first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays as a display for displaying the window being dragged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone, Poonam Dinesh Panchal
  • Publication number: 20260029860
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that is capable of controlling display by splitting a screen of a display into two or more display areas, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application on the screen of the display by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform display layout control processing of controlling a layout in which arrangement of the display areas is determined when the screen of the display is split into the two or more display areas to a first layout or a second layout depending on display orientation of the screen of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone, Poonam Dinesh Panchal
  • Publication number: 20260029892
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that controls display on a plurality of displays, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application on at least one of the plurality of displays by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform: when a drag operation is accepted for the window displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays, a first display process of displaying first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays on a display on which the drag operation is started, a first selection process of selecting a display corresponding to an icon selected by hovering an operation position over any of the first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays as a display for displaying the window being dragged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone, Poonam Dinesh Panchal, Anastassios Markas, Robert N. Reaves
  • Publication number: 20260029890
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that controls display in a plurality of screen areas that do not overlap with each other, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application in at least one of the plurality of screen areas by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform: when a drag operation is accepted for the window displayed in at least one of the plurality of screen areas, a first display process of displaying icons corresponding to the plurality of screen areas in a screen area in which the drag operation is started, and making display modes of a first icon corresponding to the screen area in which the drag operation is started among the icons corresponding to the plurality of screen areas and a second icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone, Marina Saladukha
  • Publication number: 20250370613
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a bendable display, a touch sensor configured to detect a touch operation on a screen area of the display, and a processor configured to perform control of arranging and displaying a window of a running application on the screen area of the display, and performs: an icon display process of displaying, in response to a drag operation being started on the window displayed on the screen area of the display, an icon for accepting an operation based on an operation position of the drag operation while continuing the drag operation on the screen area of the display, an icon display end process of ending display of the icon when the drag operation is completed on the window, and an icon display continuation process of continuing the display of the icon when the drag operation is completed on the window but is only temporarily interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20250370687
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to perform, when a drag operation is accepted on a window displayed on one of the plurality of displays, a first display process of displaying first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays on a display on which the drag operation is started, a first selection process of selecting a display corresponding to an icon selected by the drag operation among the first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays as a display for displaying the window being dragged, and a second display process of displaying a second icon from which a display area is selectable for displaying the window within a screen area of the selected display, in which in the first display process, the first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays are displayed based on arrangement of the plurality of displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12487741
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a bendable display, a touch sensor configured to detect a touch operation on a screen area of the display, and a processor configured to perform control of arranging and displaying a window of a running application on the screen area of the display, and performs: an icon display process of displaying, in response to a drag operation being started on the window displayed on the screen area of the display, an icon for accepting an operation based on an operation position of the drag operation while continuing the drag operation on the screen area of the display, an icon display end process of ending display of the icon when the drag operation is completed on the window, and an icon display continuation process of continuing the display of the icon when the drag operation is completed on the window but is only temporarily interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20250336321
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which stores a program of an application; and a processor which executes the program of the application stored in the memory to perform control to display a window of the application in a screen area of a display. The processor performs: display change processing to change arrangement of the window inside the screen area using a display switching function selected from among a plurality of display switching functions to switch position and size of the window inside the screen area according to predetermined rules, display state holding processing to hold, for each of the plurality of display switching functions, the position and size of the window before being changed by the display change processing, and display restoration processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12456441
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a memory that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display, and a processor that performs control when the display data stored in the memory is displayed on the display. The processor performs a display mode switching process of switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled by using an entire screen area of the display as a display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by using a part of the screen area as the display area, and a display control process of, in a case in which the first display mode and the second display mode are switched by the display mode switching process, changing a display magnification to a display magnification individually set for each of the first display mode and the second display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito, Kengo Sano
  • Patent number: 12431049
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus switches between a first display mode for one display area and a second display mode for first and second display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode is performed, displays a first window having a highest display priority of applications being executed in the first display mode, in the first display area and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a second window other than the first window, in the second display area. In addition, in a case in which all the windows of the applications being executed are hidden in the first display mode before the switching to the second display mode, the information processing apparatus displays the window of any of the applications being executed, in the first display area when the switching to the second display mode is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12288493
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a memory that stores display data to be displayed on the display, and a processor that controls the stored display data. The processor is configured to switch the display between a first display mode in which an entire screen area of the display is used as a display area and a second display mode in which the entire screen area is divided into a plurality of areas, to select a screen on which any display mode of the first display mode and the second display mode is selectable by an operation of a user, and to control the selection screen to be hidden after a predetermined time elapses since the operation of the user to select the display mode is performed on the selection screen, and to change a setting of the predetermined time based on a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20250053297
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus controls switching between a first display mode to control display using the entire screen area of a display as one display area, and a second display mode to control display by splitting the screen area of the display into multiple display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode, one window among windows of applications running in the first display mode is displayed in a first display area among the display areas, and thumbnail images corresponding to windows except the one window among the windows in the first display mode are displayed in a second display area among the display areas, and due to the fact that a predetermined operation by a user is detected, the thumbnail images are displayed in a display area specified by the predetermined operation among the display areas inside the screen area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20250053365
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, controls switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled using the entire screen area of the display as one display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the display into multiple display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode, one window among windows of applications running in the first display mode is displayed in a first display area among the multiple display areas, and it is controlled whether or not to display, in a second display area except the first display area among the multiple display areas, thumbnail images corresponding to windows except the one window among the windows in the first window mode based on the number of display areas in the second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20250013362
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores a program of an application; a display; and a processor which executes the program of the application stored in the memory to perform control to display a window of the application on the display. The processor performs: mounting detection processing to detect mounting of an external keyboard on a predetermined screen area within a screen area of the display, and display control processing to control switching among a first display mode in which display is controlled using an entire screen area of the display as one display area, a second display mode in which the display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the display into two or more display areas, and a third display mode in which, when the mounting of the keyboard is detected by the mounting detection processing, the display is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12099664
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a first display mode in which the entire screen region of a display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and a second display mode in which a partial screen region excluding the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and performs a placement detection process of detecting placement of an external keyboard on the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display, a communication control process of performing a communicative connection with the keyboard, and a display mode control process of controlling switching between the first display mode and the second display mode on the basis of the placement detection process and the communication control process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20240282230
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a memory that stores display data to be displayed on the display, and a processor that controls the stored display data. The processor is configured to switch the display between a first display mode in which an entire screen area of the display is used as a display area and a second display mode in which the entire screen area is divided into a plurality of areas, to select a screen on which any display mode of the first display mode and the second display mode is selectable by an operation of a user, and to control the selection screen to be hidden after a predetermined time elapses since the operation of the user to select the display mode is performed on the selection screen, and to change a setting of the predetermined time based on a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20240257684
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus switches between a first display mode for one display area and a second display mode for first and second display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode is performed, displays a first window having a highest display priority of applications being executed in the first display mode, in the first display area and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a second window other than the first window, in the second display area. In addition, in a case in which all the windows of the applications being executed are hidden in the first display mode before the switching to the second display mode, the information processing apparatus displays the window of any of the applications being executed, in the first display area when the switching to the second display mode is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20240249703
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a memory that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display, and a processor that performs control when the display data stored in the memory is displayed on the display. The processor performs a display mode switching process of switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled by using an entire screen area of the display as a display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by using a part of the screen area as the display area, and a display control process of, in a case in which the first display mode and the second display mode are switched by the display mode switching process, changing a display magnification to a display magnification individually set for each of the first display mode and the second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito, Kengo Sano
  • Publication number: 20240085991
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a first display mode in which the entire screen region of a display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and a second display mode in which a partial screen region excluding the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and performs a placement detection process of detecting placement of an external keyboard on the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display, a communication control process of performing a communicative connection with the keyboard, and a display mode control process of controlling switching between the first display mode and the second display mode on the basis of the placement detection process and the communication control process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone