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: 8633910
    Abstract: An information processing device includes two casings that are openably/closably coupled to each other, a detection unit that is provided on at least one of the two casings and is configured to detect one of contact and proximity of an operation input with respect to an operation surface, and a control unit configured to extract a variation component, which varies along with proximity of the two casings in opening/closing of the two casings, based on a detection result, which is detected by the detection unit, and detect an opening/closing angle of the two casings based on the variation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 8633909
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit determining whether the touch of the instruction object is a predetermined input operation based on the detection result, which is obtained by the touch detection unit when the touch detection unit detects the touch of the instruction object, and at least one of the detection results, which are obtained by the proximity detection unit before and after the touch of the instruction object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 8581864
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 8558806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an operation body approaching a display screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation body detected by the detector approaches a first region of the display screen, a display controller configured to display display content included in the first region in a second region that is different from the first region when the operation body is determined by the determination unit to be approaching the first region, and an operation controller configured to regard an operation performed by the operation body in the first region as an operation for the display content displayed in the second region by the display controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 8448086
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus including a display capable of displaying a plurality of windows using a browser, a device such as a touch panel that detects a screen operation on the display performed by a user, a selection unit that selects a first window specified by the user according to a first screen operation detected by the device, and a screen region setting unit that sets the screen region of a second window with respect to the selected first window in an orientation of a browser, according to a second screen operation of the user following the first screen operation, detected by the device, the screen region of the second window corresponding to the second screen operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 8446383
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit detecting movement of the instruction object on or to the operation surface based on the detection result of the touch detection unit and the detection result of the proximity detection unit and starting a process corresponding to an input operation predicted from the detected movement of the instruction object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida, Fuminori Homma
  • Publication number: 20130022218
    Abstract: A sound control apparatus includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit is configured to display an object on a screen. The controller is configured to control a volume of information on the object based on one of a position and area of the object on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Yasuyuki Koga, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20120326994
    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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Yasushi Okumura, Seiji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120328137
    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: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Yasushi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20120147052
    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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Shunichi Kasahara, Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20120146945
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a contact operation and a pressure of an operating object on a contact operation surface, a display switching unit for switching display on a display screen according to the pressure of the operating object detected by the detection unit, and an execution unit for performing a predetermined process, in a case a predetermined operation of the operating object on the contact operation surface is detected by the detection unit while the display on the display screen is being switched by the display switching unit, according to the predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20120133677
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a device that changes the way content is displayed depending on an inclination angle of the device. The device includes an inclination acquisition device that acquires inclination information of a display housing that houses a display with a displayed image thereon. A first controller causes a first change to the displayed image according to the inclination information. A second controller causes a second change to the displayed image when a predetermined condition is met with respect to the inclination information. By including subcomponents that cooperate in this manner, the device allows a user to perceive a displayed image at various viewing angles and easily recognize whether certain displayed features are able to be actuated when the device is positioned in a certain inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji SUZUKI, Yasushi OKUMURA, Yusuke MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20120092261
    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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke NOMURA, Fuminori Homma, Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20120086722
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20120056878
    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: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Seiji Suzuki, Yasushi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20120056830
    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 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Seiji SUZUKI, Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Yasushi OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20120054654
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects an interaction area of a position detection surface specified by a manipulation object. A focused target extraction unit that extracts at least some of a plurality of focused targets on the basis of the interaction area. A selection candidate extraction unit extracts a selection candidate from the plurality of focused targets, and a display displays at least some of the plurality of focused targets, and emphasizes the selection candidate. Furthermore, a method and non-transitory computer readable storage device cooperate to provide a corresponding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20120044172
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a detection unit for detecting pressure applied by user input performed on a touch screen; a determination unit for determining which of two or more input states the user input belongs to, in accordance with the pressure detected by the detection unit; and an operation control unit for enabling or disabling a limitation imposed on operation with a user interface displayed on the touch screen, in accordance with the state of the user input determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito OHKI, Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20110205182
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Ikuo YAMANO, Fuminori HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20110175829
    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: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma