Patents by Inventor Nozomu Uchida
Nozomu Uchida 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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Publication number: 20240123360Abstract: Provided is a cradle for supporting input devices having grips and tracked parts extending from the grips, the cradle including rear support parts that are capable of supporting rear parts of the grips, front support parts that are positioned forward away from the rear support parts and are capable of supporting front parts of the grips of the input devices, and, side support parts that are positioned outside in a left-right direction with respect to the rear support parts and the front support parts and are capable of supporting the tracked parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Takeshi IGARASHI, Masataka OTA, Nozomu UCHIDA
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Patent number: 11553114Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera unit including a camera main body, and a stand configured to support the camera main body, in which the camera main body includes a light receiving section and a main body housing in which the light receiving section is accommodated, the stand includes a first arm portion configured to support the main body housing for pivotal motion such that an orientation in an upward and downward direction of an optical axis of the light receiving section is adjustable, and a second arm portion attached for pivotal motion to the first arm portion, and the main body hosing has a protrusion that projects downwardly at a lower portion of the camera unit in a use state of the camera unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Katsuhisa Tadano, Naoki Ogishita, Nozomu Uchida, Kenta Kidoba
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Publication number: 20220146737Abstract: Provided is an input device including an exterior member; a light source housed in the exterior member; a tracked portion that is a part of the exterior member and includes a light emitting portion having an outer surface that emits light toward an outside; and a light guide tube that has an incident surface that receives light of the light source and guides the light of the light source to the light emitting portion, in which a curved surface that widens an angle range of light emitted from the outer surface of the light emitting portion is formed at a boundary surface between light media in an optical path from the incident surface of the light guide tube to the outer surface of the light emitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Katsuhisa Tadano, Nozomu Uchida, Isao Okuyama
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Patent number: 11199902Abstract: An input device includes a tracking target section having an outer surface on which a plurality of light emitting sections are provided; a housing constituting the outer surface of the tracking target section; a first substrate which is a rigid substrate disposed inside the housing; at least one light source mounted on a first surface of the first substrate; and a first light guide member that guides light from the at least one light source to positions of the plurality of light emitting sections on the outer surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Nozomu Uchida, Takeshi Igarashi, Isao Okuyama, Kawamura Yoshiaki, Katsuhisa Tadano, Takashi Furukawa
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Publication number: 20210377426Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera unit including a camera main body, and a stand configured to support the camera main body, in which the camera main body includes a light receiving section and a main body housing in which the light receiving section is accommodated, the stand includes a first arm portion configured to support the main body housing for pivotal motion such that an orientation in an upward and downward direction of an optical axis of the light receiving section is adjustable, and a second arm portion attached for pivotal motion to the first arm portion, and the main body hosing has a protrusion that projects downwardly at a lower portion of the camera unit in a use state of the camera unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Katsuhisa TADANO, Naoki OGISHITA, Nozomu UCHIDA, Kenta KIDOBA
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Patent number: 11052547Abstract: Convenience and usefulness of a tele-existence system are enhanced taking notice of the possibility by collaboration of tele-existence and a head-mounted display apparatus. A movable member is supported for pivotal motion on a housing. In the housing, a driving motor and a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the driving motor to the movable member are provided. A state information acquisition unit acquires facial expression information and/or emotion information of a user who wears a head-mounted display apparatus. A driving controlling unit controls rotation of the driving motor on the basis of the facial expression information and/or the emotion information.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Yusuke Takahashi, Shigeyuki Kazama, Tsubasa Umeki, Nozomu Uchida
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Patent number: 10808879Abstract: A first arc-shaped arm has a first elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a second arc-shaped arm has a second elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. A pedestal supports the first arc-shaped arm and the second arc-shaped arm for pivotal motion in a crossing relationship with each other. A first motor pivots the first arc-shaped arm, and a second motor pivots the second arc-shaped arm. An insertion member is fitted in the first elongated through-hole and the second elongated through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Shigeyuki Kazama, Yusuke Takahashi, Nozomu Uchida, Tsubasa Umeki
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Publication number: 20200301508Abstract: An input device includes a tracking target section having an outer surface on which a plurality of light emitting sections are provided; a housing constituting the outer surface of the tracking target section; a first substrate which is a rigid substrate disposed inside the housing; at least one light source mounted on a first surface of the first substrate; and a first light guide member that guides light from the at least one light source to positions of the plurality of light emitting sections on the outer surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Nozomu Uchida, Takeshi Igarashi, Isao Okuyama, Kawamura Yoshiaki, Katsuhisa Tadano, Takashi Furukawa
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Publication number: 20190353298Abstract: A first arc-shaped arm has a first elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a second arc-shaped arm has a second elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. A pedestal supports the first arc-shaped arm and the second arc-shaped arm for pivotal motion in a crossing relationship with each other. A first motor pivots the first arc-shaped arm, and a second motor pivots the second arc-shaped arm. An insertion member is fitted in the first elongated through-hole and the second elongated through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Shigeyuki Kazama, Yusuke Takahashi, Nozomu Uchida, Tsubasa Umeki
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Publication number: 20190118386Abstract: Convenience and usefulness of a tele-existence system are enhanced taking notice of the possibility by collaboration of tele-existence and a head-mounted display apparatus. A movable member is supported for pivotal motion on a housing (20). In the housing, a driving motor and a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the driving motor to the movable member are provided. A state information acquisition unit acquires facial expression information and/or emotion information of a user who wears a head-mounted display apparatus (100). A driving controlling unit controls rotation of the driving motor on the basis of the facial expression information and/or the emotion information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Yusuke Takahashi, Shigeyuki Kazama, Tsubasa Umeki, Nozomu Uchida