Patents by Inventor Takeshi Igarashi
Takeshi Igarashi 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: 20240134110Abstract: The number of light sources that emit light according to identification information regarding an input device is reduced. An input device (10) includes a first light source (S1), a second light source (S2), a first illumination part (E1) that is illuminated by light from the first light source (S1) in order to indicate identification information allocated to the input device, two second illumination parts (E2) that are placed at positions different from a position of the first illumination part (E1) and that are illuminated by light from the second light source in order to indicate the identification information, and a light guide member (50) that guides the light from the second light source (E2) to the two second illumination parts (E2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ryu Sannomiya, Takeshi Igarashi
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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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Publication number: 20240082702Abstract: An input device includes: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Takeshi IGARASHI, Masaho MORITA, Kazuyuki SUZUKI, Akinori ITO
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Patent number: 11878235Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Akinori Ito
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Patent number: 11866613Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that allows installation of a protection sheet with good shape precision on the surface of an object to be protected. The PSA sheet provided by this invention comprises a substrate whose primary component is a resin film and a PSA layer placed on one face of the substrate. The PSA sheet comprises a protection sheet part which is adhered to an adherend to protect it, a marginal part bounded from the protection sheet part by a tear-off line surrounding the protection sheet part, and a tear-aiding structure provided along the tear-off line. The PSA sheet is configured so that after the protection sheet part is adhered to the adherend, when the marginal part is pulled in a direction in which the PSA sheet is peeled off the adherend, the marginal part is torn off the protection sheet part.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Yasunori Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230380068Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic control device capable of improving the connection life and reliability of solder connecting a printed circuit board and a QFN type semiconductor package. For this purpose, a printed circuit board 106 includes a first land 109 connected to a first metal terminal 104 via a solder 107, a second land 110 connected to a second metal terminal 105 via a solder 108, a third land 112 disposed on the outer peripheral side of a semiconductor package 101 with respect to the first land 109, and a resist 113 formed on the third land 112 so as to be in contact with the lower surface of a molding resin 103.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Takeshi IGARASHI, Katsuya OYAMA
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Patent number: 11813518Abstract: Provided is a controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus including a controller body, first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors; buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Tsubasa Umeki, Masaaki Tonogai, Isao Okuyama, Takuro Sawada
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Publication number: 20230363067Abstract: A controller for receiving input from a user includes: a memory having at least one set of profile data stored therein; a communication unit operating to transmit and receive signals to and from at least one of a game console and a game server; and a control unit operating to control the controller based on the at least one profile data set. The communication unit operates to transmit a list of one or more profile IDs corresponding to the at least one profile data set to the at least one game console and game server. The communication unit receives a selected profile ID, from among the one or more profile IDs, selected by the user from the at least one game console and game server. The control unit reads a profile data set corresponding to the received, selected profile ID, which is stored in the memory. The control unit controls operations of at least one of the controller with respect to the at least one game console and game server in accordance with the profile data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akinori Ito, Hiroshi Morita, Tomoe Ochiai, Takeshi Igarashi, Yuji Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11779834Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
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Publication number: 20230310982Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a light source, a light emitting section that emits light from the light source to outside of the electronic apparatus, and a light guiding member including a light guiding section and a light shielding section formed by two-color molding. The light guiding section has a light receiving section that receives the light from the light source, a light output section that outputs the light toward the light emitting section, and a light transmitting section extending from the light receiving section toward the light output section, the light shielding section has a first opening, an inner peripheral edge of the first opening is in contact with a first section that is one of the light receiving section and the light output section, and the light transmitting section has an exterior surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ryu Sannomiya, Takeshi Igarashi
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Publication number: 20230305229Abstract: Provided is a light guide member including a light-receiving section having a light-receiving surface for receiving light of a light-emitting component, a first light guide section extending in a first extension direction from the light-receiving section, two second light guide sections branching out from the first light guide section, and two light radiation surfaces for externally emitting light guided by the two second light guide sections. The first light guide section has a first width in a first width direction that is orthogonal to the first extension direction. The first width gradually decreases as it approaches a branch point between the two second light guide sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ryu Sannomiya, Takeshi Igarashi
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Publication number: 20230293982Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Takeshi IGARASHI, Masaho MORITA, Kazuyoshi ENOMOTO, Toshimasa AOKI
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Publication number: 20230282417Abstract: A capacitor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a dielectric film disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the dielectric film, a third electrode in contact with the second electrode in a first region of at least a portion of a lower surface of the third electrode, and an organic insulator film covering an upper portion of the dielectric film, an upper portion of the second electrode, and the third electrode. In a normal direction normal to an upper surface of the substrate, the organic insulator film is not disposed between the lower surface of the third electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi IGARASHI, Yoshihide KOMATSU
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Patent number: 11711878Abstract: A controller for receiving input from a user includes: a memory having at least one set of profile data stored therein; a communication unit operating to transmit and receive signals to and from at least one of a game console and a game server; and a control unit operating to control the controller based on the at least one profile data set. The communication unit operates to transmit a list of one or more profile IDs corresponding to the at least one profile data set to the at least one game console and game server. The communication unit receives a selected profile ID, from among the one or more profile IDs, selected by the user from the at least one game console and game server. The control unit reads a profile data set corresponding to the received, selected profile ID, which is stored in the memory. The control unit controls operations of at least one of the controller with respect to the at least one game console and game server in accordance with the profile data.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akinori Ito, Hiroshi Morita, Tomoe Ochiai, Takeshi Igarashi, Yuji Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20230191243Abstract: The detection stability of a camera regarding light-emitting sections is enhanced. An input device (100) includes a tracked region in which a plurality of light-emitting sections (H) are arranged. The tracked region includes a rear tracked section (31A) located on the rear side of operation members (13, 14, and 15) in side view and a front tracked section (31B) that is located on the front side of the rear tracked section (31A) and that extends in a direction different from that of the rear tracked section (31A) in side view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Taichi NOKUO, Kenzo NISHIKAWA, Takeshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20230199355Abstract: Provided is electronic equipment capable of suppressing a change in sound quality output from a speaker. An operating device (10) (electronic equipment) has a speaker (2) with a terminal section P, a frame (50) (storage member), and an elastic member (3). The frame (50) has a wall section (52) that defines at least part of a storage chamber A that stores the speaker (2). An opening (53) from which the sounds from the speaker (2) are output is formed in the wall section (52). The elastic member (3) supports a lower surface of the speaker (2), is arranged at a position avoiding the terminal section P of the speaker (2), and presses the speaker (2) against an edge (54) of the opening (53).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ryo KUSUI, Ryu SANNOMIYA, Yu AOKI, Takeshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20230130381Abstract: When a vibration motor is driven, noise due to a contact between a circuit board and a support member is prevented from being generated and included in voice data. An input device includes a circuit board, a vibration motor, a microphone, a frame to which the circuit board is attached, and a damper disposed between the circuit board and the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masaho MORITA, Takeshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20230087998Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Takeshi IGARASHI, Masaho MORITA, Kazuyuki SUZUKI, Akinori ITO
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Patent number: 11603627Abstract: By sequentially performing: a step (I) of dissolving fullerene C60 in a polyalkylene glycol to prepare a fullerene solution; a step (II) of immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and a step (III) of extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution, washing the extracted carbon fiber with water, and drying the carbon fiber washed with water, a carbon fiber on which fullerene C60 adsorbs is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takei, Yu Gao, Masumi Kuritani
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Patent number: 11585043Abstract: By sequentially performing: a step (I) of dissolving fullerene C70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution; a step (II) of immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and a step (III) of extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber, a carbon fiber on which fullerene C70 adsorbs is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takei, Yu Gao, Masumi Kuritani