Patents by Inventor Taichi Takeuchi
Taichi Takeuchi 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: 20230350190Abstract: Provided is a light source system capable of easily performing optical axis adjustment between units. The light source system includes a second unit that detects an optical axis and performs at least one of adjustment or monitoring of a laser beam, and a third unit that performs optical axis adjustment. The third unit is configured to be able to be placed on the light incident side of the second unit, and a control device controls the optical axis adjustment of the third unit on the basis of the detection result of the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou SAKAI, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Yasuyuki ISHIHAMA, Masaya KONDO, Misaki SHIMIZU, Kuni ENDO, Yusuke KAJIO
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Patent number: 11413878Abstract: A drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes a light-transmitting member above a recording layer, obtaining information regarding the light-transmitting member, predicting an optical axis deviation of a laser beam in the recording layer from the information regarding the light-transmitting member, and calculating a correction amount from a result of the prediction of the optical axis deviation.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Taichi Takeuchi, Asuka Tejima, Aya Shuto
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Patent number: 11386588Abstract: A product design system includes a first transmitting section that uses a look-up table to convert second design image data for which image correction is completed into third design image data of a color space that is represented with a thermochromic material, and transmits the third design image data derived from the conversion to an external apparatus, and a second transmitting section that transmits a decorating request based on fourth design image data that is profile-transformed from the second design image data to a decorating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Asuka Tejima, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Nobukazu Hirai, Yusuke Kajio, Aya Shuto, Taichi Takeuchi, Isao Takahashi
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Patent number: 11367463Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a reversible recording medium that includes recording layers and heat-insulating layers that are alternately stacked, in which the recording layers each include a reversible heat-sensitive color developing composition and a first light-heat converting agent. In this reversible recording medium, the recording layers are different from each other in a developing color of their respective reversible heat-sensitive color developing compositions and are different from each other in an absorption wavelength of their respective first light-heat converting agents. This reversible recording medium further includes a heat-generating layer that includes a second light-heat converting agent having an absorption wavelength that is different from the absorption wavelength of the first light-heat converting agent included in each of the recording layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Isao Takahashi, Satoko Asaoka, Taichi Takeuchi, Asuka Tejima, Kentaro Kuriyama, Mitsunari Hoshi
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Patent number: 11364727Abstract: A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Mitsunari Hoshi, Taichi Takeuchi, Eikichi Shibata
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Patent number: 11228686Abstract: A request processing apparatus includes a selecting section and an outputting section. The selecting section selects, from multiple pieces of photo data obtained through shooting during an event, one or more pieces of photo data consistent with a request accepted before or during the event. The outputting section outputs the one or more pieces of photo data selected by the selecting section.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Oishi, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto, Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Asuka Tejima, Taichi Takeuchi, Yusuke Kajio
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Publication number: 20210370688Abstract: A drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes a light-transmitting member above a recording layer, obtaining information regarding the light-transmitting member, predicting an optical axis deviation of a laser beam in the recording layer from the information regarding the light-transmitting member, and calculating a correction amount from a result of the prediction of the optical axis deviation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Asuka TEJIMA, Aya SHUTO
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Publication number: 20210362511Abstract: In a drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes, above a recording layer, a light-transmitting member having an uneven shape in a plane, an optical compensator having one surface and another surface is provided on the light-transmitting member to cause the one surface and the light-transmitting member to face each other, and the thermal recording medium is irradiated with a laser beam via the optical compensator. The one surface of the optical compensator has a shape that fits the uneven shape of the light-transmitting member, and the other surface is flat and opposed to the one surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Mitsunari HOSHI, Nobukazu HIRAI
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Patent number: 11173740Abstract: An erasing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a unit that performs erasing of information written on a reversible recording medium. This erasing unit includes: a light source section including one or a plurality of laser devices; and a controller that controls the light source section to cause the light source section to emit a smaller number of laser light beams having emission wavelengths than the number of the recording layers included in the reversible recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Isao Takahashi, Satoko Asaoka, Taichi Takeuchi, Asuka Tejima, Kentaro Kuriyama, Mitsunari Hoshi
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Publication number: 20210287406Abstract: A product design system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first transmitting section that uses a look-up table to convert second design image data for which image correction is completed into third design image data of a color space that is represented with a thermochromic material, and transmits the third design image data derived from the conversion to an external apparatus, and a second transmitting section that transmits a decorating request based on fourth design image data that is profile-transformed from the second design image data to a decorating apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: ASUKA TEJIMA, YUKI OISHI, MASARU WADA, KENICHI KURIHARA, SATOKO ASAOKA, YURIKO KAINO, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, YUSUKE KAJIO, AYA SHUTO, TAICHI TAKEUCHI, ISAO TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210187965Abstract: A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu HIRAI, Satoko ASAOKA, Mitsunari HOSHI, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Eikichi SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20210151080Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a reversible recording medium that includes recording layers and heat-insulating layers that are alternately stacked, in which the recording layers each include a reversible heat-sensitive color developing composition and a first light-heat converting agent. In this reversible recording medium, the recording layers are different from each other in a developing color of their respective reversible heat-sensitive color developing compositions and are different from each other in an absorption wavelength of their respective first light-heat converting agents. This reversible recording medium further includes a heat-generating layer that includes a second light-heat converting agent having an absorption wavelength that is different from the absorption wavelength of the first light-heat converting agent included in each of the recording layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Satoko ASAOKA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Asuka TEJIMA, Kentaro KURIYAMA, Mitsunari HOSHI
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Patent number: 10910010Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a reversible recording medium that includes recording layers and heat-insulating layers that are alternately stacked, in which the recording layers each include a reversible heat-sensitive color developing composition and a first light-heat converting agent. In this reversible recording medium, the recording layers are different from each other in a developing color of their respective reversible heat-sensitive color developing compositions and are different from each other in an absorption wavelength of their respective first light-heat converting agents. This reversible recording medium further includes a heat-generating layer that includes a second light-heat converting agent having an absorption wavelength that is different from the absorption wavelength of the first light-heat converting agent included in each of the recording layers.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Isao Takahashi, Satoko Asaoka, Taichi Takeuchi, Asuka Tejima, Kentaro Kuriyama, Mitsunari Hoshi
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Patent number: 10836183Abstract: A recording device according to the present disclosure includes: a writer that rewrites schedule information visibly recorded on a recording medium and corresponding to a time from first schedule information to second schedule information; and a generator that generates the second schedule information on the basis of a time.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kajio, Isao Takahashi, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Taichi Takeuchi, Satoko Asaoka, Asuka Tejima, Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto
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Publication number: 20200230992Abstract: An erasing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a unit that performs erasing of information written on a reversible recording medium. This erasing unit includes: a light source section including one or a plurality of laser devices; and a controller that controls the light source section to cause the light source section to emit a smaller number of laser light beams having emission wavelengths than the number of the recording layers included in the reversible recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Satoko ASAOKA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Asuka TEJIMA, Kentaro KURIYAMA, Mitsunari HOSHI
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Publication number: 20200152232Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a reversible recording medium that includes recording layers and heat-insulating layers that are alternately stacked, in which the recording layers each include a reversible heat-sensitive color developing composition and a first light-heat converting agent. In this reversible recording medium, the recording layers are different from each other in a developing color of their respective reversible heat-sensitive color developing compositions and are different from each other in an absorption wavelength of their respective first light-heat converting agents. This reversible recording medium further includes a heat-generating layer that includes a second light-heat converting agent having an absorption wavelength that is different from the absorption wavelength of the first light-heat converting agent included in each of the recording layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Satoko ASAOKA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Asuka TEJIMA, Kentaro KURIYAMA, Mitsunari HOSHI
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Publication number: 20200051128Abstract: An advertisement consideration calculating system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives location information and time information of a moving body; and a determining section that determines a consideration for advertisement posting on the moving body on the basis of the location information and the time information received by the receiving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: AYA SHUTO, ASUKA TEJIMA, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, YURIKO KAINO, YUKI OISHI, KENICHI KURIHARA, ISAO TAKAHASHI, SATOKO ASAOKA, TAICHI TAKEUCHI, YUSUKE KAJIO, MASARU WADA
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Publication number: 20190260883Abstract: A request processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a selecting section and an outputting section. The selecting section selects, from multiple pieces of photo data obtained through shooting during an event, one or more pieces of photo data consistent with a request accepted before or during the event. The outputting section outputs the one or more pieces of photo data selected by the selecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: YUKI OISHI, KENICHI KURIHARA, SATOKO ASAOKA, YURIKO KAINO, AYA SHUTO, ISAO TAKAHASHI, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, ASUKA TEJIMA, TAICHI TAKEUCHI, YUSUKE KAJIO
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Publication number: 20190240993Abstract: A recording device according to the present disclosure includes: a writer that rewrites schedule information visibly recorded on a recording medium and corresponding to a time from first schedule information to second schedule information; and a generator that generates the second schedule information on the basis of a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Yusuke KAJIO, Isao TAKAHASHI, Yuki OISHI, Masaru WADA, Kenichi KURIHARA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Satoko ASAOKA, Asuka TEJIMA, Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuriko KAINO, Aya SHUTO
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Patent number: 10371632Abstract: To provide a technique capable of highly accurately measure the intensity and the spectrum of fluorescence and scattered light by effectively correcting measurement error that occurs due to variation of flow positions of fine particles in a channel. A data correction method for a fine particle measurement device is provided, which includes an intensity detection procedure capable of detecting light generated from a fine particle by emitting light onto the fine particle flowing through a channel, and obtaining intensity information about the light, a position detection procedure capable of obtaining position information about the fine particle, and a correction procedure for correcting the intensity information on the basis of the position information.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nao Nitta, Shingo Imanishi, Taichi Takeuchi