Patents by Inventor Kazuharu Tanaka

Kazuharu Tanaka 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: 20240114181
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that performs control to output information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space, in which the control unit performs control to switch a display corresponding to a performer included in the image between a live-action image generated based on a captured image of the performer and a character image corresponding to the performer, according to a result of detecting a state of at least one user in the virtual space or a state of the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma DOMAE, Junichi TANAKA, Kazuharu TANAKA, Masaaki MATSUBARA, Yasunori MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20230385011
    Abstract: Proposed is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of a virtual space, in which the control unit performs control to acquire communication information of one or more other users in another virtual space and present the acquired communication information by a virtual object disposed in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takayoshi SHIMIZU, Kazuharu TANAKA, Masaaki MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 8240540
    Abstract: Provided is a structure for joining members applicable even to different members. Included are first and second plate-like members 1 and 2 to be joined which are stacked one on the other for face-to-face contact and formed with respective, mutually contiguous holes 3 and 4, a fastening member 5 formed with a threaded hole 20 contiguous with the holes 3 and 4 of the members 1 and 2 and abutting on the member 1 on a side away from the member 2 and an auxiliary member 7 inserted into the holes 20, 3 and 4 of the members 5, 1 and 2. Due to frictional heat and plastic flow, material derived from the member 7 is adapted to enter into a threaded groove on an inner periphery of the hole 20 of the member 5 and cover a circumference of the hole 4 of the member 2 so as to join the members 1 and 2 together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Tanaka, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20100064494
    Abstract: Provided is a structure for joining members applicable even to different members. Included are first and second plate-like members 1 and 2 to be joined which are stacked one on the other for face-to-face contact and formed with respective, mutually contiguous holes 3 and 4, a fastening member 5 formed with a threaded hole 20 contiguous with the holes 3 and 4 of the members 1 and 2 and abutting on the member 1 on a side away from the member 2 and an auxiliary member 7 inserted into the holes 20, 3 and 4 of the members 5, 1 and 2. Due to frictional heat and plastic flow, material derived from the member 7 is adapted to enter into a threaded groove on an inner periphery of the hole 20 of the member 5 and cover a circumference of the hole 4 of the member 2 so as to join the members 1 and 2 together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Tanaka, Hiroshi Fukuda