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Akio Ohba
Also filed as: OHBA AKIO
144 granted patents·16 pending applications·2,785 citations·filing 1986–2021
99Inventor score
Files withSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC72SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC31SONY CORP22OHBA AKIO19INADA TETSUGO5
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160 records- 0197US7681128B2Multimedia player and method of displaying on-screen menuSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 16, 2010·80 cites·20 claims
- 0297US6771277B2Image processor, image processing method, recording medium, computer program and semiconductor deviceSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 3, 2004·178 cites·21 claims
- 0396US6369823B2Picture processing apparatus and picture processing methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 9, 2002·121 cites·5 claims
- 0495US6254477B1Portable electronic device, entertainment system and method of operating the sameSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 3, 2001·354 cites·21 claims
- 0595US5459830AAnimation data index creation drawn from image data sampling compositesSONY CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 17, 1995·84 cites·21 claims
- 0694US8201104B2Content player and method of displaying on-screen menuYAMAMOTO RYUJI·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 12, 2012·59 cites·10 claims
- 0794US5241372AVideo image processing apparatus including convolution filter means to process pixels of a video image by a set of parameter coefficientsSONY CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 31, 1993·142 cites·41 claims
- 0892US6211890B1Image processor and image processing methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 3, 2001·122 cites·6 claims
- 0992US5214758AAnimation producing apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1990·Granted May 25, 1993·132 cites·9 claims
- 1092US4885702AMethod of forming curved surfaces and the apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Dec 5, 1989·91 cites·5 claims
- 1191US8670046B2Image data creation support device and image data creation support methodOHBA AKIO·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·12 cites·17 claims
- 1290US7620206B2Image processing device and method, and distribution mediumSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 17, 2009·11 cites·4 claims
- 1389US10477175B2Image pickup apparatus, information processing system, mat, and image generation methodSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 12, 2019·8 cites·16 claims
- 1489US9253480B2Image display device, image display method, and image correction methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·9 cites·9 claims
- 1588US8559798B2Image frame processing method and device for displaying moving images to a variety of displaysAOKI SACHIYO·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 15, 2013·11 cites·7 claims
- 1688US6924846B2Information processing apparatus, graphic processing unit, graphic processing method, storage medium, and computer programSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·35 cites·8 claims
- 1788US6362827B1Apparatus and method for displaying a plurality of generated video images and externally supplied image dataSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 26, 2002·90 cites·7 claims
- 1887US7999843B2Image processor, image processing method, recording medium, computer program, and semiconductor deviceSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 16, 2011·16 cites·20 claims
- 1987US7101284B2Object display system in a virtual worldSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·56 cites·39 claims
- 2086US11232593B2Calibration apparatus, calibration system, and calibration methodSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 25, 2022·4 cites·19 claims
- 2186US7275987B2Virtual world system, server computer and information processorSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 2, 2007·73 cites·9 claims
- 2286US6814662B2Portable electronic device, entertainment system and method of operating the sameSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 9, 2004·52 cites·32 claims
- 2386US6714660B1Image processing device and method, and distribution mediumSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 30, 2004·74 cites·10 claims
- 2485US10235560B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image communication systemSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 19, 2019·3 cites·18 claims
- 2585US8241122B2Image processing method and input interface apparatusOHBA AKIO·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 14, 2012·11 cites·19 claims
- 2685US6807620B1Game system with graphics processorSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 19, 2004·44 cites·44 claims
- 2784US10063838B2Information processor, information processing method, and computer programSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 28, 2018·5 cites·9 claims
- 2884US7310098B2Method and apparatus for rendering three-dimensional object groupsSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 18, 2007·36 cites·30 claims
- 2984US4949286ADress design forming apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Aug 14, 1990·57 cites·6 claims
- 3084US4791581AMethod and apparatus of forming curved surfacesSONY CORP·Filed 1986·Granted Dec 13, 1988·60 cites·12 claims
- 3183US11960086B2Image generation device, head-mounted display, and image generation methodSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 16, 2024·3 cites·11 claims
- 3283US9619868B2Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 11, 2017·7 cites·10 claims
- 3383US9357203B2Information processing system using captured image, information processing device, and information processing methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2012·Granted May 31, 2016·5 cites·15 claims
- 3483US8292737B2Entertainment systemGOTO TEIYU·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 23, 2012·7 cites·4 claims
- 3583US6891544B2Game system with graphics processorSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 10, 2005·32 cites·10 claims
- 3682US8571338B2Image file generation device, image processing device, image file generation method, and image processing methodINADA TETSUGO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 29, 2013·5 cites·20 claims
- 3782US6677946B1Method of, an apparatus for, and a recording medium comprising a program for, processing an imageSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 13, 2004·30 cites·40 claims
- 3881US9710923B2Information processing system, information processing device, imaging device, and information processing methodOHBA AKIO·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 18, 2017·6 cites·14 claims
- 3980US10469829B2Information processor and information processing methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 5, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 4080US9798920B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image communication systemSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 24, 2017·2 cites·9 claims
- 4180US9373308B2Multi-viewport display of multi-resolution hierarchical imageSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 21, 2016·3 cites·10 claims
- 4280US7028141B2High-speed distributed data processing system and methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 11, 2006·21 cites·10 claims
- 4380US6498860B1Input position detection device and entertainment system using the sameSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 24, 2002·101 cites·13 claims
- 4479US10210629B2Information processor and information processing methodSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 19, 2019·5 cites·10 claims
- 4579US10175765B2Information processing device, information processing method, and computer programSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 8, 2019·3 cites·10 claims
- 4679US7200247B2Image processing device and method, and distribution mediumSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 3, 2007·20 cites·34 claims
- 4778US9866818B2Image processing apparatus and method, image processing system and programSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 9, 2018·3 cites·13 claims
- 4878US7692662B2Graphic processing apparatus and methodSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 6, 2010·9 cites·12 claims
- 4977US10474876B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 12, 2019·3 cites·19 claims
- 5076US8878869B2Image processing device and image processing methodINADA TETSUGO·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 4, 2014·3 cites·19 claims
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