Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Nakashima

Ryoichi Nakashima 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: 20240066705
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acquisition unit acquiring an installation position, which serves as a point of origin within a range in which each of a plurality of robots can move, a start position, which is a prescribed location of each of the plurality of robots when in a starting posture, and an end position, which is a prescribed location when in a final posture, and an evaluation unit evaluates, for each of the plurality of robots, the risk of interference between the plurality of robots on the basis of overlap between polyhedra defined on the basis of polygons that include the installation position, the start position and the end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kuratani, Akane Nakashima, Takeshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 10102438
    Abstract: An information display device includes an attention object recognition unit that recognizes a plurality of attention objects, a traveling state recognition unit that recognizes a vehicle speed of a vehicle, a HUD that displays attention display, an attention depth calculation unit that calculates TTC and calculates attention depths for the attention objects on the basis of the TTC, a display information generation unit that determines a first attention object having the largest attention depth among the plurality of attention objects and generates first display information regarding first attention display for highlighting the first attention object and second display information regarding second attention display which is a line surrounding the first attention object and second attention objects other than the first attention object among the plurality of attention objects, and a display control unit that displays the first attention display and the second attention display on the HUD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kishi, Takatsune Kumada, Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20170323164
    Abstract: An information display device includes an attention object recognition unit that recognizes a plurality of attention objects, a traveling state recognition unit that recognizes a vehicle speed of a vehicle, a HUD that displays attention display, an attention depth calculation unit that calculates TTC and calculates attention depths for the attention objects on the basis of the TTC, a display information generation unit that determines a first attention object having the largest attention depth among the plurality of attention objects and generates first display information regarding first attention display for highlighting the first attention object and second display information regarding second attention display which is a line surrounding the first attention object and second attention objects other than the first attention object among the plurality of attention objects, and a display control unit that displays the first attention display and the second attention display on the HUD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi KISHI, Takatsune KUMADA, Ryoichi NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9153848
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery capacity computing unit configured to compute a current full-charge capacity of a currently inserted battery apparatus having secondary cells. The battery capacity computing unit acquires at least information on a full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state and information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count from the battery apparatus, retains a correction coefficient used when computing the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus, and calculates the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus using the information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state, the information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count, and the correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Ryota Hashizume, Jiro Moriya, Yukio Tsuchiya, Junya Yamada, Takashi Mutou
  • Patent number: 8934767
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a usable time calculation unit which calculates a usable time of a battery device having a secondary battery, wherein the usable time calculation unit measures an average power level while a component is performed at a predetermined operation mode, wherein the power consumption of the component is unknown in advance before the component is initially connected, and when power is supplied for the second and subsequent times while the component is continuously connected, the usable time calculation unit calculates the usable time of the battery device using the average power level and a current integration value which is an integration value of current flowing during charging and discharging of the battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Atsushi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 8745422
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first connection unit with power supply type information, a second connection unit with power supply type information, a connection state determination unit for determining whether the connection states of the first and second connection units have changed, a power supply identification information acquisition unit for selectively acquiring the power supply type information from the first power supply apparatus and from the second power supply apparatus if the connection state determination unit determines that the connection states have changed, a power supply identification information management unit for managing connected-power-supply identification information, and a power supply control unit for controlling a feed from the power supply apparatuses connected to the first and second connection units and a charge on the first power supply apparatus connected to the first connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20140050467
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a usable time calculation unit which calculates a usable time of a battery device having a secondary battery, wherein the usable time calculation unit measures an average power level while a component is performed at a predetermined operation mode, wherein the power consumption of the component is unknown in advance before the component is initially connected, and when power is supplied for the second and subsequent times while the component is continuously connected, the usable time calculation unit calculates the usable time of the battery device using the average power level and a current integration value which is an integration value of current flowing during charging and discharging of the battery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi NAKASHIMA, Atsushi TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20130318369
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first connection unit with power supply type information, a second connection unit with power supply type information, a connection state determination unit for determining whether the connection states of the first and second connection units have changed, a power supply identification information acquisition unit for selectively acquiring the power supply type information from the first power supply apparatus and from the second power supply apparatus if the connection state determination unit determines that the connection states have changed, a power supply identification information management unit for managing connected-power-supply identification information, and a power supply control unit for controlling a feed from the power supply apparatuses connected to the first and second connection units and a charge on the first power supply apparatus connected to the first connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8577219
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a usable time calculation unit which calculates a usable time of a battery device having a secondary battery, wherein the usable time calculation unit measures an average power level while a component is performed at a predetermined operation mode, wherein the power consumption of the component is unknown in advance before the component is initially connected, and when power is supplied for the second and subsequent times while the component is continuously connected, the usable time calculation unit calculates the usable time of the battery device using the average power level and a current integration value which is an integration value of current flowing during charging and discharging of the battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Atsushi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 8547204
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first connection section to which a first power-supply device is connected; a second connection section to which a second power-supply device is connected; a setting determiner that determines whether or not identification information is to be set for each power-supply device on the basis of connection states and setting control information; an authenticator that selectively obtains, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is not to be set, identification information from the power-supply devices connected to each connection section and that authenticates the obtained identification information; an identification-information setter that causes, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is to be set, unique identification information to be set for each power-supply device; and a processor that selectively performs executable power-supply-related processing on the basis of a result of the authentication o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8527784
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first connection unit with power supply type information, a second connection unit with power supply type information, a connection state determination unit for determining whether the connection states of the first and second connection units have changed, a power supply identification information acquisition unit for selectively acquiring the power supply type information from the first power supply apparatus and from the second power supply apparatus if the connection state determination unit determines that the connection states have changed, a power supply identification information management unit for managing connected-power-supply identification information, and a power supply control unit for controlling a feed from the power supply apparatuses connected to the first and second connection units and a charge on the first power supply apparatus connected to the first connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8368356
    Abstract: A battery pack detachably connectable to an equipment body to supply power to the equipment body, the battery pack including a battery cell, a microcomputer for communicating with the equipment body, a connection terminal connected to the microcomputer, a positive power supply input terminal connected to a cathode of the battery cell; and a negative power supply input terminal connected to an anode of the battery cell. After the power of the equipment body is turned on, the microcomputer alternately sends to the equipment body by serial communication via the connection terminal information to be used in authentication processing executed by the equipment body and information to be used in a battery residual quantity count executed by the equipment body. After the authentication processing is complete, the microcomputer sends to the equipment body information to be used in updating the battery residual quantity count executed by the equipment body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Hideyuki Sato, Yukio Tsuchiya, Kazuyasu Nawa
  • Patent number: 8359174
    Abstract: A battery pack has a charge and discharge count measuring part (131) configured to measure the number of times of charges and discharges of a secondary battery based on the summed value of the charge current for the secondary battery, and a decay rate output part (132) configured to compute a decay rate that indicates a degree of decay of the secondary battery based on the number of times of charges and discharges measured by the charge and discharge count measuring part (131) and to output it to a device being a discharge load. For example, the charge and discharge count measuring part (131) repeatedly sums the detected values of the charge current to a predetermined threshold, and counts up the number of times of charges and discharges every time when the summed value reaches the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Masashi Kumada, Hideyuki Sato, Yoshio Harada, Michihiro Kaneko, Kentaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120155849
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a usable time calculation unit which calculates a usable time of a battery device having a secondary battery, wherein the usable time calculation unit measures an average power level while a component is performed at a predetermined operation mode, wherein the power consumption of the component is unknown in advance before the component is initially connected, and when power is supplied for the second and subsequent times while the component is continuously connected, the usable time calculation unit calculates the usable time of the battery device using the average power level and a current integration value which is an integration value of current flowing during charging and discharging of the battery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi NAKASHIMA, Atsushi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20120150465
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery capacity computing unit configured to compute the current full-charge capacity of a currently inserted battery apparatus having secondary cells. The battery capacity computing unit acquires at least information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state and information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count from the battery apparatus, retains a correction coefficient used when computing the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus, and calculates the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus using the information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state, the information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count, and the correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi NAKASHIMA, Ryota Hashizume, Jiro Moriya, Yukio Tsuchiya, Junya Yamada, Takashi Mutou
  • Publication number: 20110102136
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first connection section to which a first power-supply device is connected; a second connection section to which a second power-supply device is connected; a setting determiner that determines whether or not identification information is to be set for each power-supply device on the basis of connection states and setting control information; an authenticator that selectively obtains, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is not to be set, identification information from the power-supply devices connected to each connection section and that authenticates the obtained identification information; an identification-information setter that causes, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is to be set, unique identification information to be set for each power-supply device; and a processor that selectively performs executable power-supply-related processing on the basis of a result of the authentication o
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20110107120
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first connection unit with power supply type information, a second connection unit with power supply type information, a connection state determination unit for determining whether the connection states of the first and second connection units have changed, a power supply identification information acquisition unit for selectively acquiring the power supply type information from the first power supply apparatus and from the second power supply apparatus if the connection state determination unit determines that the connection states have changed, a power supply identification information management unit for managing connected-power-supply identification information, and a power supply control unit for controlling a feed from the power supply apparatuses connected to the first and second connection units and a charge on the first power supply apparatus connected to the first connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7864065
    Abstract: A battery pack detachably connectable to an equipment body to supply power to the equipment body, the battery pack including a battery cell, a microcomputer for communicating with the equipment body, a connection terminal connected to the microcomputer, a positive power supply input terminal connected to a cathode of the battery cell; and a negative power supply input terminal connected to an anode of the battery cell. After the power of the equipment body is turned on, the microcomputer alternately sends to the equipment body by serial communication via the connection terminal information to be used in authentication processing executed by the equipment body and information to be used in a battery residual quantity count executed by the equipment body. After the authentication processing is complete, the microcomputer sends to the equipment body information to be used in updating the battery residual quantity count executed by the equipment body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Hideyuki Sato, Yukio Tsuchiya, Kazuyasu Nawa
  • Patent number: 7843164
    Abstract: A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes electronic equipment adapted to control power supply based on battery identification information from a battery installed in a battery housing section; and a power supply plate, the power supply plate including a plate main body installed in the battery housing section of the electronic equipment, and a cable, one end of which is connected to the plate main body and the other end of which is led through a lead-out hole of the battery housing section out of the electronic equipment, the other end also having a connector formed thereon which is connected to a power source, wherein power is supplied from the power source connected to the connector of the power supply plate to the electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mieko Hara, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Yoshihito Tamesue, Mitsuo Yamaguchi, Shoichi Shintani, Shinji Suzuki, Masashi Kumada, Ryoichi Nakashima, Jiro Moriya, Hisashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 7723949
    Abstract: A battery device includes a battery cell including a cell terminal, a case that houses the battery cell, a battery terminal provided to the case and electrically connected to the cell terminal, and a control section that is housed in the case and allows and inhibits charge and discharge of the battery cell, wherein the control section includes a detection section that detects an output voltage value of the cell terminal at an interval, and assuming that the latest output voltage value detected by the detection section is V1, and the output voltage value detected by the detection section immediately before the latest output voltage value V1 is V0, the control section allows charge and discharge of the battery cell if |?V| (?V=V1?V0) is smaller than a reference value, and to inhibit charge and discharge of the battery cell if |?V| is equal to and greater than the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Hideyuki Sato, Yukio Tsuchiya