Patents by Inventor Keisuke Yamaoka

Keisuke Yamaoka 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: 10954608
    Abstract: In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates having high transparency to ultraviolet light and low defect density are formed. The single-crystal aluminum nitride may function as a platform for the fabrication of light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Bondokov, Jianfeng Chen, Keisuke Yamaoka, Shichao Wang, Shailaja P. Rao, Takashi Suzuki, Leo J. Schowalter
  • Patent number: 10851474
    Abstract: In various embodiments, controlled heating and/or cooling conditions are utilized during the fabrication of aluminum nitride single crystals and aluminum nitride bulk polycrystalline ceramics. Thermal treatments may also be utilized to control properties of aluminum nitride crystals after fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Bondokov, Jianfeng Chen, Keisuke Yamaoka, Shichao Wang, Shailaja P. Rao, Takashi Suzuki, Leo J. Schowalter
  • Publication number: 20200192489
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points: an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke YAMAOKA, Jun YOKONO
  • Publication number: 20200190694
    Abstract: In various embodiments, controlled heating and/or cooling conditions are utilized during the fabrication of aluminum nitride single crystals and aluminum nitride bulk polycrystalline ceramics. Thermal treatments may also be utilized to control properties of aluminum nitride crystals after fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Robert T. BONDOKOV, Jianfeng CHEN, Keisuke YAMAOKA, Shichao WANG, Shailaja P. RAO, Takashi SUZUKI, Leo J. SCHOWALTER
  • Patent number: 10599228
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points; an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamaoka, Jun Yokono
  • Patent number: 10550493
    Abstract: In various embodiments, controlled heating and/or cooling conditions are utilized during the fabrication of aluminum nitride single crystals and aluminum nitride bulk polycrystalline ceramics. Thermal treatments may also be utilized to control properties of aluminum nitride crystals after fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Bondokov, Jianfeng Chen, Keisuke Yamaoka, Shichao Wang, Shailaja P. Rao, Takashi Suzuki, Leo J. Schowalter
  • Publication number: 20190382919
    Abstract: In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates have low Urbach energies and/or absorption coefficients at deep-ultraviolet wavelengths. The single-crystal aluminum nitride may function as a platform for the fabrication of light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and lasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. BONDOKOV, James R. GRANDUSKY, Jianfeng CHEN, Shichao WANG, Toru KIMURA, Thomas MIEBACH, Keisuke YAMAOKA, Leo J. SCHOWALTER
  • Publication number: 20190382916
    Abstract: In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates are formed from the vapor phase with controlled levels of impurities such as carbon. Single-crystal aluminum nitride may be heat treated via quasi-isothermal annealing and controlled cooling to improve its ultraviolet absorption coefficient and/or Urbach energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. BONDOKOV, James R. GRANDUSKY, Jianfeng CHEN, Shichao WANG, Toru KIMURA, Thomas MIEBACH, Keisuke YAMAOKA, Leo J. SCHOWALTER
  • Publication number: 20190179420
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points; an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke YAMAOKA, Jun YOKONO
  • Publication number: 20190153618
    Abstract: In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates having high transparency to ultraviolet light and low defect density are formed. The single-crystal aluminum nitride may function as a platform for the fabrication of light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and lasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. BONDOKOV, Jianfeng CHEN, Keisuke YAMAOKA, Shichao WANG, Shailaja P. RAO, Takashi SUZUKI, Leo J. SCHOWALTER
  • Publication number: 20190145020
    Abstract: In various embodiments, controlled heating and/or cooling conditions are utilized during the fabrication of aluminum nitride single crystals and aluminum nitride bulk polycrystalline ceramics. Thermal treatments may also be utilized to control properties of aluminum nitride crystals after fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. BONDOKOV, Jianfeng CHEN, Keisuke YAMAOKA, Shichao WANG, Shailaja P. RAO, Takashi SUZUKI, Leo J. SCHOWALTER
  • Patent number: 10234957
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points; an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamaoka, Jun Yokono
  • Publication number: 20180210556
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points; an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke YAMAOKA, Jun YOKONO
  • Patent number: 10015393
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging control device including a result receiving unit configured to receive an example image selected by an image processing device used for image processing using image information, the image information being information regarding an image captured by an imaging unit used for image capturing, a selection result transmitting unit configured to transmit information regarding the example image received by the result receiving unit to the image processing device, a setting receiving unit configured to receive setting information generated by the image processing device based on the example image transmitted from the selection result transmitting unit, the setting information indicating a setting condition when image capturing is performed like the example image, and a setting change unit configured to change an imaging setting of the imaging unit using the setting information received by the setting receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironari Sakurai, Jun Kimura, Yuji Ando, Keisuke Yamaoka, Takefumi Nagumo, Masashi Eshima
  • Patent number: 9952678
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an outline extraction unit extracting an outline of a subject from a picked-up image of the subject; a characteristic amount extraction unit extracting a characteristic amount, by extracting sample points from points making up the outline, for each of the sample points; an estimation unit estimating a posture of a high degree of matching as a posture of the subject by calculating a degree of the characteristic amount extracted in the characteristic amount extraction unit being matched with each of a plurality of characteristic amounts that are prepared in advance and represent predetermined postures different from each other; and a determination unit determining accuracy of estimation by the estimation unit using a matching cost when the estimation unit carries out the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamaoka, Jun Yokono
  • Patent number: 9875231
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for resolving zero anaphora in Chinese language and a training method. The apparatus includes: a feature vector extracting unit, configured to extract, from an input text, feature vectors which are respectively based on candidate positions of zero pronouns, and a word pair of candidate zero pronoun category and candidate noun for each position of the candidate zero pronouns; and a classifier, configured to input the feature vectors into a joint model, so as to determine the zero pronouns in the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhiwei Zhao, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Youzheng Wu, Keisuke Yamaoka, Yu Zhang, Qingyu Yin, Weinan Zhang, Ting Liu
  • Patent number: 9852358
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry (similarity calculation section) configured to calculate a similarity between a posture model and posture data, wherein the posture model being indicative of a posture in a time series gesture, and the posture data being indicative of a posture in a time series of a subject in moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamaoka, Toshinori Ihara, Goh Kobayashi, Takuro Kawai
  • Patent number: 9792032
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an input operating unit configured to receive an input operation from a user, the input operation allowing content to be scrolled, and a setting control unit configured to change a setting of a scrolling direction for the content on the basis of a situation in which the input operation has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Yuhei Taki, Kunihito Sawai, Yusuke Nakagawa, Keisuke Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 9710955
    Abstract: This technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of realizing motion parallax closely related to that of the real world. An image processing unit corrects a depth image formed of a depth value indicating a position in a depth direction of each pixel of a color image of a predetermined viewpoint externally input as an input image based on positional information indicating a position of a viewer and the like. This technology is applicable to an image processing device, which performs a process to correct the depth image based on the positional information as an image process, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goh Kobayashi, Takuro Kawai, Toshinori Ihara, Keisuke Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 9547791
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a storing section that stores a database in which specific pose data representing each of specific poses of a human, and effect manipulation data specifying each of manipulations applied to an image are registered in association with each other, a human region detecting section that detects a human region that is a region where a human appears in an image on which to perform image processing, a human pose recognizing section that recognizes a pose of the human in the human region detected by the human region detecting section, a matching section that finds the specific pose data matching the pose recognized by the human pose recognizing section, by referencing the database, and a manipulating section that applies a manipulation to the image on the basis of the effect manipulation data associated with the specific pose data found by the matching section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Hasegawa, Jun Yokono, Keisuke Yamaoka