Patents by Inventor Hajime Maruta
Hajime Maruta 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).
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Patent number: 11852710Abstract: Provided is a face-to-face situation determination system in which a first beacon, which is a beacon carried by a first user, transmits a first signal including information identifying the first beacon. A second beacon, which is a beacon carried by a second user, upon receiving the first signal from the first beacon, transmits, toward a control device, a second signal including information identifying the first beacon, a first signal reception intensity, and information identifying the second beacon. The control device receives the second signal and, on the basis of the first signal reception strength included in the second signal, determines that the first user and the second user are facing each other if the first signal reception strength is greater than or equal to a first threshold value for a predetermined period or longer, and determines that the first user and the second user are facing one direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Where, Inc., Exeo Group, Inc.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Nobuyuki Akazawa
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Publication number: 20210341560Abstract: Provided is a face-to-face situation determination system in which a first beacon, which is a beacon carried by a first user, transmits a first signal including information identifying the first beacon. A second beacon, which is a beacon carried by a second user, upon receiving the first signal from the first beacon, transmits, toward a control device, a second signal including information identifying the first beacon, a first signal reception intensity, and information identifying the second beacon. The control device receives the second signal and, on the basis of the first signal reception strength included in the second signal, determines that the first user and the second user are facing each other if the first signal reception strength is greater than or equal to a first threshold value for a predetermined period or longer, and determines that the first user and the second user are facing one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Nobuyuki Akazawa
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Patent number: 10849047Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to control a beacon in a mesh beacon. A system contains a plurality of beacons which are capable of communicating with one another within a prescribed radio wave reaching distance and which transmit and receive prescribed signals, each of the plurality of beacons being disposed within the radio wave reaching distance of at least one other beacon, and a control device capable of communicating with at least one of the plurality of beacons. Each beacon is provided with: a receiving unit for receiving a signal including a setting change instruction sent from the control device; a setting unit for changing the setting value of a prescribed item in the device on the basis of the setting change instruction; and a transmitting unit for transmitting a signal including information based on the setting value changed by the setting means to the control device.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Where, Inc.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Takeshi Ohyama, Shingo Fujishima
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Publication number: 20190320377Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to control a beacon in a mesh beacon. A system contains a plurality of beacons which are capable of communicating with one another within a prescribed radio wave reaching distance and which transmit and receive prescribed signals, each of the plurality of beacons being disposed within the radio wave reaching distance of at least one other beacon, and a control device capable of communicating with at least one of the plurality of beacons. Each beacon is provided with: a receiving unit for receiving a signal including a setting change instruction sent from the control device; a setting unit for changing the setting value of a prescribed item in the device on the basis of the setting change instruction; and a transmitting unit for transmitting a signal including information based on the setting value changed by the setting means to the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Takeshi Ohyama, Shingo Fujishima
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Patent number: 10444614Abstract: A screen with a high flatness where no distortion arises in a central portion of the screen can be obtained. A first thickness of a portion other than a plurality of inclined portions that reflects to the front a obliquely-incident projection light is no more than 2 times a second thickness of the inclined portion. Moreover, a width is about 1550 mm, a height is about 900 mm, and when the reflective screen is suspended so a vertically-downward pulling load is about 3 kg, in a first region that includes the central portion of the reflective screen but does not include an end portion of the reflective screen, no shift arises in an image displayed on the reflective screen between when a reference line passing through a substantially central portion of the reflective screen at an incidence angle of about 15 degrees and when the reference line is projected at an incidence angle of about 60 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime Maruta
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Publication number: 20190208492Abstract: In a position calculating method performed by a system including beacons, and a control device capable of communicating with the beacons: at least one of the plurality of beacons receives, from a terminal present in the radio wave reaching distance of the beacon, a first signal including terminal identification information identifying the terminal, measures the reception strength of the received signal, and transmits a second signal which includes the terminal identification information, the reception strength and beacon identification information identifying the beacon; and the control device receives the second signal from one of the plurality of beacons, and, on the basis of the position information of the beacon corresponding to the beacon identification information included in the second signal, and on the basis of the reception strength included in the second signal, calculates the position of the terminal corresponding to the terminal identification information included in the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Naoya Torigoe, Shingo Fujishima
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Patent number: 10248016Abstract: A reflection type screen including: a base portion which is tabular; and prism portions which are provided on one surface of the base portion, extending in one direction and lined up in a direction intersecting the one direction, wherein the prism portions each have: a pair of surfaces, at least one of the pair of surfaces being inclined with respect to the normal direction of the one surface of the base portion and intersecting the other of the pair of surfaces; and a reflecting layer, being formed on the one of the pair of surfaces and reflecting light, and the reflecting layer includes, on the one of the pair of surfaces, a first thin portion, a thick portion and a second thin portion in this order from a side of an intersection line of the one of the pair of surfaces and the other of the pair of surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime Maruta
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Patent number: 10185215Abstract: A reflection type screen including: a base portion which is tabular; and a plurality of prism portions which are provided on one surface of the base portion, extending in one direction and lined up in a direction intersecting the one direction, wherein the plurality of prism portions each have: a pair of surfaces, at least one of the pair of surfaces being inclined with respect to the normal direction of the one surface of the base portion and intersecting the other of the pair of surfaces; and a reflecting layer, being formed on the one of the pair of surfaces and reflecting light, and wherein the reflecting layer includes a low friction portion dispersed over within a reflecting portion to reflect light, having lower friction coefficient than that of the reflecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime Maruta
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Publication number: 20180299760Abstract: A reflection type screen including: a base portion which is tabular; and a plurality of prism portions which are provided on one surface of the base portion, extending in one direction and lined up in a direction intersecting the one direction, wherein the plurality of prism portions each have: a pair of surfaces, at least one of the pair of surfaces being inclined with respect to the normal direction of the one surface of the base portion and intersecting the other of the pair of surfaces; and a reflecting layer, being formed on the one of the pair of surfaces and reflecting light, and wherein the reflecting layer includes a low friction portion dispersed over within a reflecting portion to reflect light, having lower friction coefficient than that of the reflecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventor: Hajime MARUTA
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Publication number: 20180299761Abstract: A reflection type screen including: a base portion which is tabular; and prism portions which are provided on one surface of the base portion, extending in one direction and lined up in a direction intersecting the one direction, wherein the prism portions each have: a pair of surfaces, at least one of the pair of surfaces being inclined with respect to the normal direction of the one surface of the base portion and intersecting the other of the pair of surfaces; and a reflecting layer, being formed on the one of the pair of surfaces and reflecting light, and the reflecting layer includes, on the one of the pair of surfaces, a first thin portion, a thick portion and a second thin portion in this order from a side of an intersection line of the one of the pair of surfaces and the other of the pair of surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventor: Hajime MARUTA
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Publication number: 20170248839Abstract: A screen with a high flatness where no distortion arises in a central portion of the screen can be obtained. A first thickness of a portion other than a plurality of inclined portions that reflects to the front a obliquely-incident projection light is no more than 2 times a second thickness of the inclined portion. Moreover, a width is about 1550 mm, a height is about 900 mm, and when the reflective screen is suspended so a vertically-downward pulling load is about 3 kg, in a first region that includes the central portion of the reflective screen but does not include an end portion of the reflective screen, no shift arises in an image displayed on the reflective screen between when a reference line passing through a substantially central portion of the reflective screen at an incidence angle of about 15 degrees and when the reference line is projected at an incidence angle of about 60 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventor: Hajime MARUTA
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Patent number: 9188847Abstract: Since a screen contains a diffusion agent, the diffusion agent changes polarization characteristics of picture light and degrades the stereoscopic image. Provided is a screen comprising a substrate shaped as a flat board; a reflective layer made of metal arranged on one surface of the substrate; and an exposure layer that is arranged on a surface of the reflective layer facing away from the substrate, is optically isotropic and transparent with respect to visible light, and has bumps and depressions formed in an exposed surface thereof. Also provided is a screen manufacturing method comprising providing a reflective layer on a substrate shaped as a flat board; and forming an exposure layer on a surface of the reflective layer facing away from the substrate, the exposure layer being optically isotropic and transparent with respect to visible light and having bumps and depressions formed in an exposed surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Haruhisa Muro, Masatoshi Niwa
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Publication number: 20140293414Abstract: Since a screen contains a diffusion agent, the diffusion agent changes polarization characteristics of picture light and degrades the stereoscopic image. Provided is a screen comprising a substrate shaped as a flat board; a reflective layer made of metal arranged on one surface of the substrate; and an exposure layer that is arranged on a surface of the reflective layer facing away from the substrate, is optically isotropic and transparent with respect to visible light, and has bumps and depressions formed in an exposed surface thereof. Also provided is a screen manufacturing method comprising providing a reflective layer on a substrate shaped as a flat board; and forming an exposure layer on a surface of the reflective layer facing away from the substrate, the exposure layer being optically isotropic and transparent with respect to visible light and having bumps and depressions formed in an exposed surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Hajime MARUTA, Haruhisa MURO, Masatoshi NIWA
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Patent number: 7911695Abstract: The present invention provides a reflex-type screen which is wound up by a winding shaft to be retracted and is unwound from the winding shaft in use. The reflex-type screen comprises a reflection layer which reflects an incident light, a transparent surface protective layer provided on a first surface of the reflection layer, and a back surface protective layer provided on a second surface of the reflection layer, wherein as between the surface protective layer and the back surface protective layer, the one that has a higher loop stiffness value, faces inward when the reflex-type screen is wound up by the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Tadao Matsuki, Shinya Ishida, Takahito Tanabe, Kiyoshi Numata
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Patent number: 7633677Abstract: A reflective screen that uses an aluminum-foil reflecting layer, wherein speckling can easily be suppressed in the reflective screen. The reflective screen is composed of a surface diffusion layer, a transparent adhesive layer, and an aluminum-foil reflecting layer layered together. A diffusing material is added to the transparent adhesive layer, and a transparent layer having a prescribed thickness is provided between the transparent adhesive layer and the aluminum-foil reflecting layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignees: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Sony CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Niwa, Hajime Maruta, Norimitsu Ebata, Yuji Sawamura, Ken Kikuchi, Tomoya Yano
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Publication number: 20090141348Abstract: The present invention provides a reflex-type screen which is wound up by a winding shaft to be retracted and is unwound from the winding shaft in use. The reflex-type screen comprises a reflection layer which reflects an incident light, a transparent surface protective layer provided on a first surface of the reflection layer, and a back surface protective layer provided on a second surface of the reflection layer, wherein as between the surface protective layer and the back surface protective layer, the one that has a higher loop stiffness value, faces inward when the reflex-type screen is wound up by the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: HAJIME MARUTA, TADAO MATSUKI, SHINYA ISHIDA, TAKAHITO TANABE, KIYOSHI NUMATA
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Patent number: 7262911Abstract: A reflex-type screen includes a base which has saw-tooth appearance, and an optical absorption layer on one edge of each saw-tooth of the base. The base consists of white resin and includes a plurality of projector side inclined planes and non-projector side inclined planes, which are alternately provided to form the saw-tooth appearance. The projector side inclined planes are oriented so that the image light from the projector may be incident on them, while the non-projector side inclined planes are oriented so that the image light from the projector may not be incident on them. The optical absorption layer is formed on each of the non-projector side inclined planes of the base to absorb the light. The projector side inclined plane reflects the image light just in front of the observer of the reflex-type screen from the projector.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Niwa, Hajime Maruta, Takahiro Koyanagi
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Publication number: 20070146875Abstract: A reflective screen that uses an aluminum-foil reflecting layer, wherein speckling can easily be suppressed in the reflective screen. The reflective screen is composed of a surface diffusion layer 1, a transparent adhesive layer 2, and an aluminum-foil reflecting layer 5 layered together. A diffusing material is added to the transparent adhesive layer 2, and a transparent layer 3 having a prescribed thickness is provided between the transparent adhesive layer 2 and the aluminum-foil reflecting layer 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicants: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Niwa, Hajime Maruta, Norimitsu Ebata, Yuji Sawamura, Ken Kikuchi, Tomoya Yano
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Patent number: 7221508Abstract: The reflex-type screen includes an aluminum film reflecting layer for reflecting incident light, a lower adhesive layer which is made of adhesive agent, a polarization layer for transmitting the polarized light, a upper adhesive layer which is made of adhesive agent, and a surface diffusion layer for transmitting a part of the incident light and diffusing and reflecting anther part of the incident light, and the upper adhesive layer includes a diffusing agent dispersedly.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Norimitsu Ebata, Yuji Sawamura, Masatoshi Niwa
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Patent number: 7110176Abstract: A reflex-type screen for reflecting obliquely projected light from a projector to a front of the screen. The screen includes a light absorbing base material and a plurality of inclined planes disposed on the base material. The planes are arranged such that projected light do not enter non-projector side inclined planes, and the projector side and non-projector side planes alternate to form a saw-tooth shaped arrangement. A light reflecting white resin layer is disposed on the projector side planes to reflect light from the projector to the front of the screen. A transparent light diffusing layer including binding agent and diffusing agent is formed to cover the white resin layer and the base material, including all inclined planes. The non-projector side inclined planes absorbs incident light and the diffusing layer diffuses light reflected by the white resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Takahiro Koyanagi, Masatoshi Niwa