Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Toh

Yuichiro Toh 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 apparatus and method, and program therefor
    Patent number: 7516413
    Abstract: In order to record content on a hard disk drive to a source, when a source icon corresponding to the hard disk drive is dragged in a source icon section on a control bar in a display window, an arrow is added above an available source icon corresponding to an MD drive to which the content read from the hard disk drive can be supplied and recorded. An unavailable source icon corresponding to a source to which the content cannot be supplied and recorded is displayed in a grayed-out manner. When the dragged source icon is dropped onto the source icon corresponding to the MD drive, the content on the hard disk drive is read, and is recorded to an MD inserted in the MD drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Toh, Akira Ando, Kumiko Sasaki
  • Information processing apparatus and method, and program therefor
    Publication number: 20030058284
    Abstract: In order to record content on a hard disk drive to a source, when a source icon corresponding to the hard disk drive is dragged in a source icon section on a control bar in a display window, an arrow is added above an available source icon corresponding to an MD drive to which the content read from the hard disk drive can be supplied and recorded. An unavailable source icon corresponding to a source to which the content cannot be supplied and recorded is displayed in a grayed-out manner. When the dragged source icon is dropped onto the source icon corresponding to the MD drive, the content on the hard disk drive is read, and is recorded to an MD inserted in the MD drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yuichiro Toh, Akira Ando, Kumiko Sasaki