Patents by Inventor Masakazu Yajima

Masakazu Yajima 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: 10729107
    Abstract: To provide a management apparatus capable of capturing a position of a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition. A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of first information that is generated by a sensor device worn by an individual and is related to a living body of the individual, a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition, and generates, on the basis of position information related to a position of the specific individual, search information for causing a mobile object to move to the position of the specific individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Hideo Niikura
  • Publication number: 20200237308
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; an acquisition section that is provided in the lens section and acquires biological information; and an output section that outputs the biological information acquired by the acquisition section to an external apparatus to be worn on a human body. The output section has one or a plurality of coil antennas extending along a front surface of the lens section, and a capacitor that is coupled to the one or the plurality of coil antennas in series or in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori IWASAKI, Takayuki HIRABAYASHI, Naoto YAMAGUCHI, Tsukasa YOSHIMURA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Fumiko SHIGA, Ken Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10716289
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal transmission device and management system which are capable of transmitting a signal including information of an attachment target or information of the surrounding of an attachment target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Niikura, Masakazu Yajima, Junya Matsui, Tamotsu Kiyakawauchi, Hiromitsu Komatsu, Chisako Kajihara, Shingo Seto, Nobuharu Murashima, Masaaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 10719053
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a plurality of power generation devices; at least one of an electrical storage device, a computation device, a storage device, or a communication device; a plurality of modularized unit blocks, wherein a first modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks comprises a first power generation device of the plurality of power generation devices, and wherein a second modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks comprises at least one of the electrical storage device, the computation device, the storage device, or the communication device; and a plurality of holding members, wherein each of the plurality of holding members is configured to accommodate a corresponding modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Hideo Niikura, Masataka Suzuki, Yayoi Fuchiki
  • Patent number: 10653112
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a group extraction unit; and a display control unit. The group extraction unit extracts a plurality of group constituent individuals belonging to a group from a plurality of individuals on the basis of individual information items of each of the plurality of individuals. The display control unit causes a display unit to display a shape of a region occupied by the group as a group indication in a map image on the basis of a distribution of position information items of a plurality of peripheral constituent individuals that form a periphery of the group among the plurality of group constituent individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Komatsu, Masakazu Yajima, Yasushi Ihara
  • Publication number: 20200137985
    Abstract: To provide a management apparatus capable of capturing a position of a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition. A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of first information that is generated by a sensor device worn by an individual and is related to a living body of the individual, a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition, and generates, on the basis of position information related to a position of the specific individual, search information for causing a mobile object to move to the position of the specific individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Hideo Niikura
  • Patent number: 10613615
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to one embodiment of the present technology includes a sensor, a power storage element, and a communication module. The sensor generates charge in accordance with a surrounding environment. The power storage element accumulates the generated charge. The communication module includes an electric power supply unit and a communication processing unit. The electric power supply unit supplies electric power by generating electric power with energy in a surrounding environment. The communication processing unit is configured to be capable of being switched between a stand-by state and an operating state on the basis of the electric power supplied from the electric power supply unit and is configured to be capable of acquiring accumulation information of the charge from the power storage element and outputting the accumulation information in the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Niikura, Masakazu Yajima
  • Patent number: 10609907
    Abstract: To provide a management apparatus capable of capturing a position of a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition. A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of first information that is generated by a sensor device worn by an individual and is related to a living body of the individual, a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition, and generates, on the basis of position information related to a position of the specific individual, search information for causing a mobile object to move to the position of the specific individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Hideo Niikura
  • Publication number: 20200090627
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology of enabling a user to easily comprehend one target object whose AR information is presented to the user. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to control display of information related to a target object located in a field of view of a user, in which, in a case in which it is determined that at least a part of the target object is shielded by another object on the basis of a position of the user, the display control unit controls display of an image related to the target object such that the target object shielded in the field of view is displayed in a form different from a form visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Masakazu Yajima, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
  • Publication number: 20200060240
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of managing target objects more easily. [Solution] There is provided a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to perform control such that an image corresponding to a state of a management target object located in a field of view of a user is displayed at a position having a predetermined positional relation with a position of the management target object. In a case in which the image is selected, the display control unit controls guidance display of guiding the user to visually recognize a confirmation part corresponding to the state in the management target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: MASAKAZU YAJIMA, SHOGO KAWATA, MARI SAITO, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, TOMOYA ONUMA, CHISAKO KAJIHARA, AKIHIRO MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20200058271
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of providing more useful information to a user in a case in which there is a target object group in a real world. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to be capable of controlling display of information related to a first target object which is a group management target and information for managing a target object group including the first target object, in which the display control unit controls a display parameter of each of the information related to the first target object and the information for managing the target object group in accordance with a distance between a user and a second target object included in the target object group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu KUBOTA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Mari SAITO, Akihiro MUKAI, Chisako KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200044472
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
  • Patent number: 10534202
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wearable device and an electricity supply system that make it possible to reduce the stress on a user in relation to electricity supply. A power generating unit is provided on the external world-side surface or the eyeball-side surface of a contact lens-type wearable device. The power generating unit generates electric power by chemical reaction with a substance contained in a secretion or a body fluid of a user wearing the wearable device, and a power managing unit supplies the electric power obtained in the power generating unit to each part of the wearable device. Thus, the power generating unit performs electricity generation using the secretion or the body fluid of the user as fuel; thereby, electric power can be stably supplied, and the stress on the user in relation to electricity supply can be reduced. The present technology can be applied to a contact lens-type wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masanori Iwasaki, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Itaru Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10515241
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal transmission system capable of ascertaining positions or the like of mounting targets with more versatile and simpler configurations. [Solution] A signal transmission device including: a power generation unit configured to generate power in accordance with a surrounding environment; a first communication unit configured to send a signal using the power generated by the power generation unit; a storage unit configured to store communication control information for controlling the first communication unit; a communication control unit configured to control the first communication unit on a basis of the communication control information; and a contactless communication unit configured to receive rewrite information for rewriting the communication control information stored in the storage unit by contactless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Niikura, Junya Matsui, Masakazu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20190380306
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal transmission device and management system which are capable of transmitting a signal including information of an attachment target or information of the surrounding of an attachment target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Niikura, Masakazu Yajima, Junya Matsui, Tamotsu Kiyakawauchi, Hiromitsu Komatsu, Chisako Kajihara, Shingo Seto, Nobuharu Murashima, Masaaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190385332
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology capable of more enjoyably managing a target object. [Solution] Provided is a display control device including a display control unit configured to perform control such that an image corresponding to state information of a target object located in a field of view of a user is displayed at a position having a predetermined positional relation with a position of the target object and an output control unit configured to control output of comment information of the target object corresponding to the state information of the target object and feature information of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Tomoya Onuma, Mari Saito, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Shogo Kawata, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
  • Patent number: 10495904
    Abstract: To provide a contact lens and a storage medium enabling a pair of contact lenses to operate in coordination with each other. Provided is a pair of contact lenses including: a pair of lens parts configured to be worn on respective eyeballs of both eyes; a first function unit provided to one of the pair of lens parts; and a second function unit provided to the other one of the pair of lens parts, the second function unit having a function different from a function of the first function unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Masakazu Yajima, Kohei Asada
  • Patent number: 10488208
    Abstract: A communication system, a control method, and a storage medium, which can guide a user to an action for having the predetermined feeling in accordance with a feeling map. A communication system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire present position information of a user; a guiding information generation unit configured to generate guiding information in accordance with the present position information and map information in which feeling data is mapped; and a supply unit configured to supply the guiding information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Masakazu Yajima, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Kohei Asada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Abiko, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Patent number: 10440936
    Abstract: A livestock registration system according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image data acquisition unit, a signal acquisition unit, and a registration unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by capturing an image of a target livestock animal. The signal acquisition unit acquires an individual identification signal transmitted from a transmission apparatus attached to the target livestock animal, the individual identification signal including an identifier for identifying the target livestock animal. The registration unit registers the identifier of the individual identification signal and the image data in association with each other, the identifier of the individual identification signal being received at a reception timing corresponding to a timing at which the image of the target livestock animal is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Yoshihisa Tsuchida, Chisako Kajihara
  • Patent number: 10447059
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka