Patents by Inventor Yusuke MIYAZAWA

Yusuke MIYAZAWA 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: 9323351
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a display, a touch acquisition unit, a rotation acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The touch acquisition unit may be configured to receive a proximity signal indicative of a user input to a touch panel of the information processing apparatus. The rotation acquisition unit may be configured to receive a rotation signal indicative of a rotation of the information processing apparatus. The display control unit may be configured to generate a first signal to cause the display to display an image. Additionally, the display control unit may be configured to, when the rotation signal indicates a rotation while the proximity signal indicates a user input, generate a second signal to cause the display to change the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Yasushi Okumura, Seiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9251722
    Abstract: There is provided a map information display device including an operating tool detector for, on a display panel where map information MI and view image information VI are displayed, detecting a position and a pointing direction of an operating tool M in touch with an area corresponding to the map information; and a display controller for controlling display of the view image information in accordance with a view point on the map information indicated by the position of the operating tool and a line-of-sight direction on the map information indicated by the pointing direction of the operating tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tomoya Narita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20150338948
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The touch panel is configured to detect contact. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to determine whether contact is detected by the touch panel, and control display of an image displayed on the screen based on the inclination detected by the sensor in a period of time from detection of contact by the touch panel to release of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji SUZUKI, Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Yasushi OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20150301727
    Abstract: There is provided a map information display device including an operating tool detector for, on a display panel where map information MI and view image information VI are displayed, detecting a position and a pointing direction of an operating tool M in touch with an area corresponding to the map information; and a display controller for controlling display of the view image information in accordance with a view point on the map information indicated by the position of the operating tool and a line-of-sight direction on the map information indicated by the pointing direction of the operating tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tomoya Narita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20150237456
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a hardware processor and a storage medium. The storage medium may be coupled to the processor, and may store instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may cause the apparatus to receive a direction signal indicating a first direction in which a head of a user is facing with respect to a fixed direction. The instructions may also cause the apparatus to convert the first direction in which the head is facing with respect to the fixed direction into a second direction in which the head is facing with respect to a third direction, connecting the head and an object. Additionally, the instructions may cause the apparatus to generate an audio signal having characteristics such that a sound generated from the audio signal is perceived by the user as arriving from the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Yasushi OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 9098248
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The touch panel is configured to detect contact. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to determine whether contact is detected by the touch panel, and control display of an image displayed on the screen based on the inclination detected by the sensor in a period of time from detection of contact by the touch panel to release of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Yusuke Miyazawa, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 9055157
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a hardware processor and a storage medium. The storage medium may be coupled to the processor, and may store instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may cause the apparatus to receive a direction signal indicating a first direction in which a head of a user is facing with respect to a fixed direction. The instructions may also cause the apparatus to convert the first direction in which the head is facing with respect to the fixed direction into a second direction in which the head is facing with respect to a third direction, connecting the head and an object. Additionally, the instructions may cause the apparatus to generate an audio signal having characteristics such that a sound generated from the audio signal is perceived by the user as arriving from the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 9024881
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display controller that controls a display to display a keyboard, an interface that receives position information corresponding to a user input detected at a user interface, and a processor that determines that the received position information corresponds to a first determination region of a first key of the displayed keyboard and expands a second determination region of a second key based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Nomura, Fuminori Homma, Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 8970634
    Abstract: An operation control device includes a contact detection unit for detecting contact of an operation body with a display surface of a display unit on which information is displayed, a pressure detection unit, provided on the display unit, for detecting a pressure at which the operation body presses the display surface of the display unit, and an operation control unit for changing a display state of the information displayed on the display unit in a forward or reverse direction on the basis of an amount of pressure detected by the pressure detection unit until the operation body makes contact with and is separated from the display surface of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Shunichi Kasahara, Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20150033117
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an obtaining section configured to obtain a content item to be displayed in a first display area of a display screen, and an image generating section configured to generate a display image by laying out the content item based on an arrangement of the first display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20150009231
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an obtaining section configured to obtain a commonly-displayed object which is commonly displayed before and after a display state is updated, a layout determination section configured to determine a display position of the commonly-displayed object on a display screen after an operation of changing the display state based on a direction of the operation, and an image generating section configured to generate a display image including the commonly-displayed object at the determined display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Patent number: 8922497
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile display apparatus applied to the display apparatus including a display screen; a touch panel that detects an operation performed by a user in the display screen; state decision unit that decides one of a contact state, a proximity state and a distant state with the display screen based on the user's operation detected by the touch panel; a state change identification unit that identifies a state change in the user's operation according to the state decided by the state decision unit; and an operation command setting unit that sets an operation command depending on the state change identified by the state change identification unit when setting the operation command for controlling display of the display screen in response to the user's operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20140351755
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operating tool detector for detecting a touch state of an operating tool with a display panel; a display controller for, when change of a pointing direction of the operating tool is detected by the operating tool detector on an object selected on the display panel, controlling the display panel to display near the object an operation menu containing one or more operation items I selectable for the object; and an operation item selecting portion for, when the operation menu is displayed, selecting one of the operation items in accordance with the change in the pointing direction of the operating tool detected by the operating tool detector from the operation menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tomoya Narita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20140306915
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Seiji SUZUKI, Yasushi OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140304604
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a display control unit configured to initiate a selective displaying of content screens, and a sound output control unit configured to generate localization information of a notification sound associated with a first content screen that is not currently being displayed and initiate an outputting of the notification sound to a user in accordance with the localization information while a second content screen is being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8806336
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operating tool detector for detecting a touch state of an operating tool with a display panel; a display controller for, when change of a pointing direction of the operating tool is detected by the operating tool detector on an object selected on the display panel, controlling the display panel to display near the object an operation menu containing one or more operation items I selectable for the object; and an operation item selecting portion for, when the operation menu is displayed, selecting one of the operation items in accordance with the change in the pointing direction of the operating tool detected by the operating tool detector from the operation menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tomoya Narita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 8786636
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Seiji Suzuki, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8760418
    Abstract: A display control apparatus may include a proximity detector to detect proximity of an indicator to a display surface, and a touch detector to detect touch of the indicator against the display surface. A control unit may control display of an indicant on the display surface when the proximity detector detects that the indicator is in proximity to the display surface, and may determine whether the indicant is selected based on detection of the touch of the indicator against the display surface by the touch detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Junichiro Sakata, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 8648838
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by the operating tool, an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation, a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section, and, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20140022214
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma