Patents by Inventor Yuki Shoji

Yuki Shoji 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: 10210139
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of content information pieces; and a generation unit that generates a page in which the plurality of content information pieces are disposed in accordance with templates regarding configurations of information elements. Further, the generation unit generates the page in a manner that the plurality of content information pieces are lined up in one direction and the plurality of content information pieces lined up in the one direction are separated from each other by one or more diagonal lines to the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 10198175
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a coordinate input unit for inputting coordinate data series, a recognition unit for recognizing a character based on the coordinate data series inputted, and a page/note management unit for managing a data aggregate of the character recognized as a page, receiving a search condition from a user, and managing one or more page aggregates hit by the condition as notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shoji, Yukiko Akiyama, Yoshinobu Endo
  • Patent number: 10177821
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first antenna, a second antenna with an orientation relative to the first antenna that is changeable around a predetermined axis, and a communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling between the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna includes a first electrode including a bored portion, where the predetermined axis passes through an inside of the bored portion. The first antenna also includes a second electrode located inside the bored portion The second antenna includes a third electrode that transmits an electric signal between the first electrode and the third electrode and a fourth electrode that transmits an electric signal between the second electrode and the fourth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20180198491
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first antenna, a second antenna with an orientation relative to the first antenna that is changeable around a predetermined axis, and a communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling between the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna includes a first electrode including a bored portion, where the predetermined axis passes through an inside of the bored portion. The first antenna also includes a second electrode located inside the bored portion The second antenna includes a third electrode that transmits an electric signal between the first electrode and the third electrode and a fourth electrode that transmits an electric signal between the second electrode and the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9924218
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of content viewing devices via a network, including a viewing information receiving unit for receiving viewing information of a user in the past, present, and future from each of the content viewing devices, a user viewing content management unit for managing a user viewing content DB based on the viewing information received from each of the content viewing devices and a program guide, the user viewing content DB associating, in a form of program guide, past, present, and future contents represented in the program guide and identification information of users who have viewed the past content, those who are viewing the present content, and those who will view the future content, and a viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted viewing information of another user to the requesting content viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20180007441
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9788066
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9565478
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20170013317
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20160147714
    Abstract: [Object] To be able to easily recognize a boundary between a plurality of content information pieces. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of content information pieces; and a generation unit that generates a page in which the plurality of content information pieces are disposed in accordance with templates regarding configurations of information elements. The generation unit generates the page in a manner that the plurality of content information pieces are lined up in one direction and the plurality of content information pieces lined up in the one direction are separated from each other by one or more diagonal lines to the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: YUKI SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20160080818
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke SAKAI, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9197935
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9143830
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20140380253
    Abstract: [Object] To improve operability of an information processing apparatus. [Solving Means] It includes a coordinate input unit for inputting coordinate data series; a recognition unit for recognizing a character based on the coordinate data series inputted; a page/note management unit for managing a data aggregate of the character recognized as a page, receiving a search condition from a user, and managing one or more page aggregates hit by the condition as notes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shoji, Yukiko Akiyama, Yoshinobu Endo
  • Publication number: 20140040740
    Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of easily classifying contents as a processing target in reproduction and the like. For example, a screen is displayed by arranging a (thumbnail of a) cover art as a symbol image serving as a symbol representing a content such as a song on a 2-dimensional plane, and a carpet area which is a band-shaped area having a width extending, for example, in an x-direction as a direction perpendicular to a predetermined axis of the 2-dimensional plane is displayed. The content whose symbol image is included in the carpet area is regarded as a processing target in a predetermined process. The present technology may be applied to, for example, a case where a song to be registered in a playlist is classified from contents such as songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamaki Asano, Takayuki Kori, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 8438598
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of content viewing devices via a network, including a viewing information receiving unit for receiving viewing information of a user in the past, present, and future from each of the content viewing devices, a user viewing content management unit for managing a user viewing content DB based on the viewing information received from each of the content viewing devices and a program guide, the user viewing content DB associating, in a form of program guide, past, present, and future contents represented in the program guide and identification information of users who have viewed the past content, those who are viewing the present content, and those who will view the future content, and a viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted viewing information of another user to the requesting content viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: 8307389
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can communicate with plural content viewing apparatuses includes a group registering unit that registers users of the content viewing apparatuses in groups, a sharing-level setting unit that sets sharing level information representing an information sharing level among users belonging to an identical group, a viewing-information receiving unit that receives viewing information of the users, a user-viewing-content managing unit that manages a user viewing content database, a discriminating unit that discriminates, when a viewing information request of another user is received, the other users belonging to a group identical with a group to which the user of the content viewing apparatus at the request source belongs, an information extracting unit that extracts viewing information of the discriminated other users from the user viewing content database, and a viewing-information transmitting unit that transmits the viewing information to the content viewing apparatus at t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20090133071
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of content viewing devices via a network, including a viewing information receiving unit for receiving viewing information of a user in the past, present, and future from each of the content viewing devices, a user viewing content management unit for managing a user viewing content DB based on the viewing information received from each of the content viewing devices and a program guide, the user viewing content DB associating, in a form of program guide, past, present, and future contents represented in the program guide and identification information of users who have viewed the past content, those who are viewing the present content, and those who will view the future content, and a viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the extracted viewing information of another user to the requesting content viewing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Kazuto Mugura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuki Shoji
  • Patent number: D750118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Shoji, Satoshi Asai, Shinichi Iriya
  • Patent number: D786930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Tomohiro Ishii, Shingo Kurokawa, Yuki Shoji, Osamu Sakurai, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Sanae Hirai