Patents by Inventor Yusuke Akiwa

Yusuke Akiwa 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).

  • Image signal generating apparatus, image signal generating method, and image signal generating program
    Patent number: 8339515
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takuro Ema, Yusuke Akiwa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM IS RECORDED
    Publication number: 20090106811
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus that includes an obtaining unit obtaining first contents and second contents, a storage storing the first contents and second contents obtained by the obtaining unit, and an information processor reading the first contents and second contents from the storage and outputting the second contents, while causing the second contents to precede the first contents a predetermined time, to be superimposed on the first contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro KONDO, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takuro Ema, Yusuke Akiwa
  • IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20090033795
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takuro Ema, Yusuke Akiwa