Patents by Inventor Koji Aoyama

Koji Aoyama 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: 11924402
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Tomoya Yano
  • Publication number: 20240017669
    Abstract: A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Koji NAGATA, Takashi SAITOH, Koji AOYAMA, Kazuki YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11813988
    Abstract: A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Takashi Saitoh, Koji Aoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230272388
    Abstract: Provided a novel miR-96-5p inhibitor that is more effective than an antisense oligonucleotide against miR-96-5p, and a novel pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The miR-96-5p inhibitor comprises a peptide nucleic acid moiety comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to miR-96-5p.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: TEIKYO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshio NAKAKI, Koji AOYAMA, Chisato KINOSHITA, Nobuko MATSUMURA, Kazue UTSUMI, Toru SUGIYAMA, Shun-suke MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20230191994
    Abstract: A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Koji NAGATA, Takashi SAITOH, Koji AOYAMA, Kazuki YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11603043
    Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax is easily realized. A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Takashi Saitoh, Koji Aoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11582438
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that calculates a first positional relationship between an eye of an observer observing an object displayed on a display unit and a first point in a master-side three-dimensional coordinate system, and controls an imaging unit that images the object so that a second positional relationship between the imaging unit and a second point corresponding to the first point in a slave-side three-dimensional coordinate system corresponds to the first positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itotani, Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Atsushi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220408560
    Abstract: An electronic component mounted body includes a substrate, a connection section provided on the substrate, an electronic component having a terminal connected to the connection section, and a solder that fixes the electronic component to the connection section. The connection section has a first region in which the terminal is fixed through the solder, and a second region lower in wettability than the first region, and the second region has an extension region extended to a peripheral edge of the connection section, and a spaced region that projects from the extension region toward the first region and that is provided to be spaced from the peripheral edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji AOYAMA, Naoto SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220060678
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that calculates a first positional relationship between an eye of an observer observing an object displayed on a display unit and a first point in a master-side three-dimensional coordinate system, and controls an imaging unit that images the object so that a second positional relationship between the imaging unit and a second point corresponding to the first point in a slave-side three-dimensional coordinate system corresponds to the first positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ITOTANI, Kazuki YOKOYAMA, Koji AOYAMA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220041107
    Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax is easily realized. A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Koji NAGATA, Takashi SAITOH, Koji AOYAMA, Kazuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210364815
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUKI YOKOYAMA, KOJI AOYAMA, TOMOYA YANO
  • Patent number: 11106050
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Tomoya Yano
  • Patent number: 11064176
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls display of a display unit such that a stereoscopic image is displayed on a virtual display surface arranged in a space, in which the display control unit controls an arrangement of the virtual display surface in the space on the basis of a position of a viewpoint of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200177861
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls display of a display unit such that a stereoscopic image is displayed on a virtual display surface arranged in a space, in which the display control unit controls an arrangement of the virtual display surface in the space on the basis of a position of a viewpoint of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki YOKOYAMA, Koji AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200073135
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUKI YOKOYAMA, KOJI AOYAMA, TOMOYA YANO
  • Patent number: 10253105
    Abstract: The present application provides a bispecific antibody for preventing or treating an immune inflammatory disease by acting on both human TLR2 and human TLR4 to inhibit human TLR2- and human TLR4-mediated immune inflammatory effects. More specifically, the provided bispecific antibody is a bispecific antibody for human TLR2 and human TLR4, including a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 4; a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 113 of SEQ ID NO: 6; a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 491 to 609 of SEQ ID NO: 4; and a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 625 to 732 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takeuchi, Masahito Sato, Jotarou Suzuki, Shinji Soga, Jun Takasaki, Koji Aoyama, Chie Okuyama
  • Patent number: 10163390
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to distribute brightness information to a plurality of display devices in accordance with external light amount information from a sensor; and a plurality of drive units configured to drive the plurality of display devices on a basis of the brightness information distributed by the display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9967536
    Abstract: There is provided a video format determination device including a video input unit that receives video having a feature amount for each pixel, a region representative value calculation unit that divides a left-eye video region and a right-eye video region in a three-dimensional video format to be determined in input video into small regions, and then computes representative values of feature amounts of the respective small regions for each of the left-eye video region and the right-eye video region, a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction value to correct the representative values, a data correction unit that corrects the representative values, an inter-region correlation calculation unit that calculates the correlation between the left- and right-eye video regions, and an evaluation determination unit that evaluates the correlation to determine whether input video is in the three-dimensional video format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Koji Aoyama, Mitsuo Sato, Tomoichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 9838752
    Abstract: Effective advertisements are provided to users of a network. On a terminal of a user B, user names of users whom the user B registered in advance as friends are displayed. On the terminal, information indicating whether respective friend users are online or offline, is also displayed. Icons representing video games, etc., played by the friend users are also displayed on the terminal. When the user B clicks the icon of the Game C associated with the user A, the terminal executes advertisement information display processing. By this processing, an advertisement information screen is displayed on the terminal. On the advertisement information screen, an advertisement relating to the status of the user A registered as the friend is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX
    Inventor: Koji Aoyama
  • Patent number: D1009879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Tomoya Yano, Koji Aoyama, Yuji Nakahata