Patents by Inventor Atsushi Uchida

Atsushi Uchida 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097547
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic strain wave gear device that makes it possible to achieve both improvement of the efficiency of assembly work and suppression of decrease in energy conversion efficiency. A magnetic strain wave gear device includes: a stator having a stator core, a stator winding, and a stator magnet; a first rotor; and a second rotor. The second rotor includes a second rotor core provided with a plurality of rotor magnet insertion holes and a plurality of rotor magnets inserted into the plurality of respective rotor magnet insertion holes. The first rotor includes a cylindrical first rotor core and a first rotor end plate. The first rotor end plate has a rotor magnet passage hole through which the rotor magnets can be inserted into the rotor insertion holes from outside in a direction of a rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yosuke UCHIDA, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Haruyuki KOMETANI, Noboru NIGUCHI, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11887508
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that generates an encrypted bit string in which a hash value calculated by using keyed hashing from a keyword for an information search is mapped into a bit string having a predetermined length, selects a predetermined number of bits from the encrypted bit string on the basis of a dynamically generated random number, inverts the predetermined number of selected bits, and sends the encrypted bit string and inverted-bit-number information to an external apparatus. The inverted-bit-number information indicates a number of bits inverted by a bit inverting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Shinya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240015021
    Abstract: An information processing device (30) includes a first recording unit (331), a verification unit (332), and a second recording unit (333). In response to a request from an information management device (20) that manages data, the first recording unit (331) records information regarding a browsing right of data in a blockchain. The verification unit (332) verifies a zero-knowledge proof for proving that a user is a valid user who has been given the browsing right on the basis of the information regarding the browsing right written in the blockchain. The second recording unit (333) records information regarding a verification result of the proof in the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI UCHIDA, SHINYA MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230400607
    Abstract: Lenses are arrayed in a lattice on an array surface of a microlens array. A lens has a convex surface that is cylindrical throughout sections that are parallel to a lattice direction of the lens and are orthogonal to the array surface. In each of meridians of the sections parallel to the lattice direction of the lens, a sag amount is corrected so as to increase an inclination of a skirt. In another aspect, a lens has a concave surface that is cylindrical throughout sections that are parallel to a lattice direction of the lens and are orthogonal to an array surface. In each of meridians of the sections parallel to the lattice direction of the lens, a sag amount is corrected so as to increase an inclination of a rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IKEDA, Atsushi UCHIDA, Masaru KARAI
  • Patent number: 11595209
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including: a first apparatus (10a) that divides a user key (UK) of a share-source user through a secret distribution process to generate a plurality of distribution keys (S1 and S2); a second apparatus (10b) that sends a processing request to execute a predetermined process by using one of a plurality of the distribution keys generated by the first apparatus; and a third apparatus (20) that makes a determination based on one of a plurality of the distribution keys generated by the first apparatus and the processing request received from the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Maruyama, Atsushi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20220407706
    Abstract: The generation device (20) is a generation device for generating certification information used for verification using zero-knowledge proof, and includes a conditional expression generation unit (23a) and a certification information generation unit (23b). The conditional expression generation unit (23a) generates, for different conditions, a plurality of conditional expressions that defines confidential information under one or more conditions. The certification information generation unit (23b) generates, as the certification information, a plurality of proofs based on each of the conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: ATSUSHI UCHIDA, SHINYA MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220311621
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a communication unit configured to receive a first hash value calculated using a first sharing key from a terminal; and a dividing unit configured to determine a division unit of a word used for document search on the basis of matching between an encryption dictionary and a second hash value that is calculated by performing a homomorphic hash operation on the first hash value using a second sharing key corresponding to the first sharing key, in which the communication unit transmits, to the terminal, encrypted information related to the division unit determined by the dividing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi UCHIDA, Shinya MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11378812
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate in a simple structure capable of achieving optical properties with less luminance irregularity and color irregularity and good quality of appearance. A diffuser plate is a diffuser plate where a plurality of microlenses are placed on a principal surface, shapes of the plurality of microlenses along a cross-section perpendicular to the principal surface are different from one another and do not have an axis of symmetry. A method for designing the diffuser plate includes steps of determining a specific reference microlens; placing the reference microlens on the principal surface; forming a specific phase modulation shape; and determining a shape of the plurality of microlenses by combining the specific reference microlens and the specific phase modulation shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai
  • Publication number: 20220128742
    Abstract: A transmission-type or reflection-type diffuser plate including a planar base material on which an optical element having an effective diameter of “a” in an X-axis direction and an effective diameter of “b” in a Y-axis direction is provided to constitute an a×b two-dimensional basic periodic structure, each of the basic periodic structure having an Na×Mb two-dimensional periodic phase structure in which a basic block has N rows and M columns including N optical elements in the X-axis direction and M optical elements in the Y-axis direction, the diffuser plate being configured such that if a phase structure Pnm in the n-th row and the m-th column is expressed by Pn1+P1m, and directivity is represented by square of the absolute value of Fourier transform of complex transmittance or complex reflectance of an optical element in the n-th row and the m-th column in the basic block; a ratio of standard deviation to average of the directivity is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IKEDA, Atsushi UCHIDA, Masaru KARAI
  • Patent number: 11237305
    Abstract: Provided is a diffuser plate that makes it possible to mitigate unevenness of luminance or unevenness of color while suppressing speckle noise of transmitted light or reflected light. The diffuser plate of the present invention includes a microlens array having a structure that creates an optical path length difference for incident light or reflected light, the microlenses having the same effective diameter. The microlens array constitutes a basic block structure in which periodic arrangement is provided with a period of an integer multiple of the effective diameter, a two-dimensional second periodic structure having a period that is N times the period of the microlens array in the basic periodic structure is configured by a repetitive arrangement of the basic blocks, and the microlenses are set to create an optical path length difference based upon a specific arrangement within the basic block structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Ikeda, Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai
  • Patent number: 11231527
    Abstract: A diffuser plate includes a plurality of fine structures having two or more types of lens functions arranged on a main surface. Intensity of diffused light within a desired diffusion angle range is substantially uniform, and the diffuser plate satisfies a relation of P×P×Sk?400 [?m2], where P is an average pitch of the plurality of fine structures, Sk is a standard deviation of relative luminance of the plurality of fine structures in their front directions, P?200 [?m], and Sk?0.005. Thus, it is possible to provide a diffuser plate having a simple structure capable of achieving optical properties with little luminance and color unevenness and excellent appearance quality when an image is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai, Junji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11175440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate whose luminance of emission light emitted from a microlens is even in a diffusion range. The diffuser plate comprises a projection side main surface, an emission side main surface, and a fine structure having a plurality of microlens shape parts with a microlens-like shape. A numerical aperture NA of the projection light is greater than 0 and 0.140 or less. An incident angle ?i formed by an optical axis of the projection light at the microlens shape part and a normal of the projection side main surface intersecting with each other is in a range of 0 to 50 degrees. At least one of the plurality of microlens shape parts emits the emission light at an emission angle ?o formed by the optical axis of the emission light and the normal of the projection side main surface intersecting with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai
  • Publication number: 20210234684
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including: a first apparatus (10a) that divides a user key (UK) of a share-source user through a secret distribution process to generate a plurality of distribution keys (S1 and S2); a second apparatus (10b) that sends a processing request to execute a predetermined process by using one of a plurality of the distribution keys generated by the first apparatus; and a third apparatus (20) that makes a determination based on one of a plurality of the distribution keys generated by the first apparatus and the processing request received from the second apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya MARUYAMA, Atsushi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210118332
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that generates an encrypted bit string (102) in which a hash value calculated by using keyed hashing from a keyword (101) for an information search is mapped into a bit string having a predetermined length, selects a predetermined number of bits from the encrypted bit string on the basis of a dynamically generated random number (103), inverts the predetermined number of selected bits, and sends the encrypted bit string and inverted-bit-number information to an external apparatus. The inverted-bit-number information indicates a number of bits inverted by a bit inverting unit (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI UCHIDA, SHINYA MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10921609
    Abstract: A diffuser plate capable of achieving excellent appearance quality when an image is projected. A transmissive diffuser plate including a microlens angle modulation distribution group provided on at least one of a light incident surface and a light emitting surface is provided. A microlens angle modulation distribution group includes a plurality of microlenses and an angle modulation part having an angle modulation distribution for angle-modulating a direction of main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses. When a ratio ?/P of a wavelength ? [?m] of the main light to an average arrangement period P [?m] of the microlens is denoted by ? [rad], and when the direction of the main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses is modulated by a modulation angle ? [rad], a ratio ?/? of the modulation angle ? to ? satisfies 0.1<?/?<10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai, Koji Ishida
  • Patent number: 10877188
    Abstract: A composite diffuser plate capable of inhibiting luminance unevenness from occurring locally is described. The composite diffuser plate includes a first diffuser plate and a second diffuser plate arranged in this order from an incident side. At least one of the first diffuser plate and the second diffuser plate is composed of a random microlens array including multiple microlenses. The microlenses include a plurality of parameters defining a lens shape. At least one of the plural parameters is randomly distributed. The random microlens array causes a phase difference to be generated in transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Watanabe, Masaru Karai, Atsushi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20200400863
    Abstract: Provided is a diffuser plate that makes it possible to mitigate unevenness of luminance or unevenness of color while suppressing speckle noise of transmitted light or reflected light. The diffuser plate of the present invention includes a microlens array having a structure that creates an optical path length difference for incident light or reflected light, the microlenses having the same effective diameter. The microlens array constitutes a basic block structure in which periodic arrangement is provided with a period of an integer multiple of the effective diameter, a two-dimensional second periodic structure having a period that is N times the period of the microlens array in the basic periodic structure is configured by a repetitive arrangement of the basic blocks, and the microlenses are set to create an optical path length difference based upon a specific arrangement within the basic block structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAYCO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IKEDA, Atsushi UCHIDA, Masaru KARAI
  • Publication number: 20200284952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate whose luminance of emission light emitted from a microlens is even in a diffusion range. The diffuser plate comprises a projection side main surface, an emission side main surface, and a fine structure having a plurality of microlens shape parts with a microlens-like shape. A numerical aperture NA of the projection light is greater than 0 and 0.140 or less. An incident angle ?i formed by an optical axis of the projection light at the microlens shape part and a normal of the projection side main surface intersecting with each other is in a range of 0 to 50 degrees. At least one of the plurality of microlens shape parts emits the emission light at an emission angle ?o formed by the optical axis of the emission light and the normal of the projection side main surface intersecting with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi UCHIDA, Masaru KARAI
  • Publication number: 20200117019
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate in a simple structure capable of achieving optical properties with less luminance irregularity and color irregularity and good quality of appearance. A diffuser plate is a diffuser plate where a plurality of microlenses are placed on a principal surface, shapes of the plurality of microlenses along a cross-section perpendicular to the principal surface are different from one another and do not have an axis of symmetry. A method for designing the diffuser plate includes steps of determining a specific reference microlens; placing the reference microlens on the principal surface; forming a specific phase modulation shape; and determining a shape of the plurality of microlenses by combining the specific reference microlens and the specific phase modulation shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi UCHIDA, Masaru KARAI
  • Patent number: 10551633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate in a simple structure capable of achieving optical properties with less luminance irregularity and color irregularity and good quality of appearance. A diffuser plate is a diffuser plate where a plurality of microlenses are placed on a principal surface, shapes of the plurality of microlenses along a cross-section perpendicular to the principal surface are different from one another and do not have an axis of symmetry. A method for designing the diffuser plate includes steps of determining a specific reference microlens; placing the reference microlens on the principal surface; forming a specific phase modulation shape; and determining a shape of the plurality of microlenses by combining the specific reference microlens and the specific phase modulation shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchida, Masaru Karai