Patents by Inventor Sayaka Watanabe

Sayaka Watanabe 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: 20240177894
    Abstract: A laminated varistor includes a sintered body and first to third internal electrodes provided inside the sintered body. The first internal electrode includes a first facing part facing the third internal electrode in a third direction, and a first connecting part connecting the first facing part and the first external electrode. The second internal electrode includes a second facing part facing the third internal electrode in the third direction, and a second connecting part connecting the second facing part and the second external electrode. The first connecting part includes a first connection portion connected to the first external electrode, and a first narrow part having a dimension in a second direction smaller than the first connection portion. The second connecting part includes a second connection portion connected to the second external electrode, and a second narrow part having a dimension in the second direction smaller than the second connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: MASASHI TAKAMURA, KEN YANAI, YUJI YAMAGISHI, SAYAKA WATANABE, YUTO AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240177895
    Abstract: A first internal electrode includes a pair of first connecting parts extending from a first end surface along a first direction to be connected to a first external electrode, and a first facing part provided between the pair of first connecting parts. A second internal electrode includes a pair of second connecting parts extending from a second end surface along the first direction to be connected to a second external electrode, and a second facing part provided between the pair of second connecting parts. A third internal electrode includes a third facing part disposed along the first direction. The third facing part overlaps the first facing part and the second facing part. A first end of the third facing part is disposed between the pair of first connecting parts, and a second end of the third facing part is disposed between the pair of second connecting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: MASASHI TAKAMURA, KEN YANAI, YUJI YAMAGISHI, SAYAKA WATANABE, YUTO AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11986959
    Abstract: More natural communication and interaction are enabled. The autonomous system (100) includes an action decision unit (140) that decides, based on an attention level map (40) in which an attention level indicating the degree of attention for each position in a predetermined space is set, the action which a drive mechanism is caused to perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko Ozaki, Jun Yokono, Jianing Wu, Tatsuhito Sato, Sayaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11986746
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Midori Kawano, Natsuko Ozaki, Jingjing Guo, Jianing Wu, Sayaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240161950
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic component according to the present disclosure includes a sintered body, a plurality of internal electrodes, and a side surface electrode. The side surface electrode includes: a primary electrode layer containing silver as a main component thereof; and a plating layer covering the primary electrode layer at least partially. The primary electrode layer includes a first terminal portion provided for the side surface of the sintered body and a second terminal portion. The second terminal portion extends, in a second direction, from at least one of a pair of end portions of the first terminal portion in a third direction and is provided for at least one of a pair of principal surfaces. An interposed portion is formed by allowing a part of the plating layer to enter a region where a tip of the second terminal portion and the sintered body are separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yuto AKIYAMA, Sayaka WATANABE, Yuji YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20240086509
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) includes a registration information storage unit (112), an acquisition unit (122), a presentation unit (123), and a registration unit (124). The registration information storage unit (112) stores registration information related to an object to be a recognition target. The acquisition unit (122) acquires attribute information indicating a property of a new object to be a recognition target in accordance with a message of advice received from a user. The presentation unit (123) presents the attribute information acquired by the acquisition unit (122) to the user. In accordance with a registration instruction received from the user, the registration unit (124) associates attribute information with name information designated by the user, and registers the associated information in the registration information storage unit (112) as registration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI IWAI, JIANING WU, NATSUKO OZAKI, SAYAKA WATANABE, JUN YOKONO
  • Patent number: 11929049
    Abstract: An output content generation device, includes: a first calculation unit that calculates a size, in a display region of a display device, of each of pieces of information to be displayed in the display region; a determination unit that determines whether or not the pieces of information are arrangeable in the display region, based on the size of each of the pieces of information and a size of the display region; and a generation unit that allocates the pieces of information in a plurality of screens accommodated in the display region in a distributed manner, and generates output content of the pieces of information, when the pieces of information are not arrangeable in the display region, thereby enabling information to be legibly viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Saito, Yumiko Matsuura, Kiyoshi Nakahama, Masahiro Watanabe, Junichi Sawase, Sayaka Teranaka
  • Patent number: 11921509
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a motion control unit (107) that controls a motion of an autonomous moving body (10), in which, when transmitting/receiving internal data related to the autonomous moving body, the motion control unit causes the autonomous moving body to express execution of the transmission/reception of the internal data by an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka Watanabe, Jianing Wu, Jingjing Guo, Natsuko Ozaki, Jun Yokono
  • Patent number: 11780097
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reality determiner that determines whether an object detected on the basis of sensing data is a real object or an unreal object, and a controller that performs predetermined control on the basis of a result of the determination made by the reality determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jingjing Guo, Sayaka Watanabe, Jun Yokono, Natsuko Ozaki, Jianing Wu
  • Publication number: 20230210828
    Abstract: An object is to provide a drug that effectively treats a vascular disorder caused by excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein from a vascular endothelial cell. Provided are [1] a therapeutic agent for a vascular disorder associated with excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein; [2] a therapeutic agent for a disease caused by excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein; [3] a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a vascular disorder associated with excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein; [4] a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a disease caused by excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein from a vascular endothelial cell; and [5] an agent that inhibits excessive synthesis and secretion of a type IV collagen protein from a vascular endothelial cell, each of [1] to [5] containing sirolimus as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi ERA, Sayaka WATANABE, Tomoe KUSAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20230104285
    Abstract: A stacked varistor having a small variation in electrostatic capacitance is obtained. The stacked varistor includes first internal electrode projection extending from third internal electrode toward first end surface between first side surface and first varistor region, and second internal electrode projection extending from third internal electrode toward second end surface between first side surface and second varistor region . First internal electrode projection extends closer to first end surface than a line connecting point closest to first end surface of first varistor region and point closest to first end surface of third external electrode is. Second internal electrode projection extends closer to second end surface than a line connecting point closest to second end surface of second varistor region and point closest to second end surface of third external electrode is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: MASASHI TAKAMURA, KEN YANAI, SAYAKA WATANABE, TOMOMITSU MURAISHI
  • Publication number: 20230079197
    Abstract: A multilayer varistor has a stack structure including a plurality of layers stacked in a third direction. The multilayer varistor includes a first internal electrode electrically connected to a first external electrode, a second internal electrode electrically connected to the second external electrode, and a third internal electrode electrically connected to the third external electrode. The first internal electrode is disposed between the second internal electrode and the third internal electrode in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAMURA, Sayaka WATANABE, Takeshi FUJII, Ken YANAI, Yuto AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230073513
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of presenting a learning status of object recognition learning to the user in an understandable manner. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a learning unit, an assessment unit, and a signal generation unit. The learning unit performs recognition learning of an object in an image captured by a camera. The assessment unit assesses a progress status of the recognition learning of a target region of the object. The signal generation unit generates a presentation signal for presenting the target region and the progress status to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: JIANING WU, JUN YOKONO, SAYAKA WATANABE, NATSUKO OZAKI, YOSHIAKI IWAI
  • Publication number: 20220314133
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: JUN YOKONO, MIDORI KAWANO, NATSUKO OZAKI, JINGJING GUO, JIANING WU, SAYAKA WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220016783
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reality determiner that determines whether an object detected on the basis of sensing data is a real object or an unreal object, and a controller that performs predetermined control on the basis of a result of the determination made by the reality determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: JINGJING GUO, SAYAKA WATANABE, JUN YOKONO, NATSUKO OZAKI, JIANING WU
  • Publication number: 20210387355
    Abstract: An information processing device including: an information obtaining unit that obtains environmental information from sensor information obtained by a sensor with which an autonomous moving body is provided; an extraction unit that extracts, from the environmental information, specific environmental information to be saved; and an action control unit that controls an action of the autonomous moving body so as to output the specific environmental information to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: JUN YOKONO, NATSUKO OZAKI, SAYAKA WATANABE, JIANING WU, TATSUHITO SATO, MIDORI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20210389767
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a motion control unit (107) that controls a motion of an autonomous moving body (10), in which, when transmitting/receiving internal data related to the autonomous moving body, the motion control unit causes the autonomous moving body to express execution of the transmission/reception of the internal data by an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka WATANABE, Jianing WU, Jingjing GUO, Natsuko OZAKI, Jun YOKONO
  • Publication number: 20210316452
    Abstract: More natural communication and interaction are enabled. The autonomous system (100) includes an action decision unit (140) that decides, based on an attention level map (40) in which an attention level indicating the degree of attention for each position in a predetermined space is set, the action which a drive mechanism is caused to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko OZAKI, Jun YOKONO, Jianing WU, Tatsuhito SATO, Sayaka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210216808
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method that are capable of performing natural interaction between a user and a robot. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: a state-change detection unit. The state-change detection unit compares reference image information regarding an autonomously acting robot acquired at a certain time point with comparison image information regarding the autonomously acting robot acquired at another time point, and detects a state change of the autonomously acting robot on the basis of a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: SAYAKA WATANABE, JUN YOKONO, NATSUKO OZAKI, JIANING WU, TATSUHITO SATO
  • Publication number: 20210116934
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an autonomous behavior robot control system that enable an autonomous behavior robot to perform a behavior more suitable for the surrounding environment. The information processing apparatus includes a map generating unit and a behavior control signal generating unit. The map generating unit generates a spatio-temporal map on the basis of data obtained by a data obtaining unit of an autonomous behavior robot, the autonomous behavior robot including the data obtaining unit that obtains data related to surrounding environment information. The behavior control signal generating unit generates a behavior control signal for the autonomous behavior robot to move and obtain data from the data obtaining unit in order to obtain information to be added to the spatio-temporal map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianing WU, Sayaka WATANABE, Tatsuhito SATO, Natsuko OZAKI, Jun YOKONO