Patents by Inventor Takeshi Iwatsu
Takeshi Iwatsu 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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Patent number: 10306045Abstract: [Object] To reduce power consumption even more. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including a communication necessity information acquisition unit configured to acquire communication necessity information indicating necessity to communicate with an external device, and a drive control unit configured to control drive of a first communication unit and a second communication unit on a basis of the acquired communication necessity information, the first communication unit communicating with the external device using a first communication mode, the second communication unit communicating with the external device using a second communication mode capable of transferring data at a rate higher than the first communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Makoto Takahashi, Yuichi Suzuki, Yasuki Kanema, Chisako Kajihara, Tohru Kadono, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Publication number: 20180307378Abstract: A wearable display according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display unit; a detection unit; and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to be attachable to a user, the display unit including a display area that provides a field of view in real space to the user. The detection unit detects orientation of the display unit around at least one axis. The display control unit is configured to be capable of presenting a first image relating to the orientation of the display unit in the display area on the basis of an output of the detection unit. The display control unit is configure to be capable of causing, depending on a change in the orientation, the first image to move in the display area in a direction opposite to a movement direction of the display unit by a first movement amount smaller than a movement amount of the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, TAKAFUMI ASAHARA, TAKESHI IWATSU, KEN SHIBUI, KENJI SUZUKI, TOMOHIDE TANABE
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Publication number: 20180239413Abstract: [Object] To effectively reduce power consumption of a wearable optical device by determining whether the wearable optical device is usable. [Solution] Provided is an electronic apparatus including a wearable optical device, a state detection unit configured to detect a state relating to the wearable optical device, a state determination unit configured to determine that the detected state is at least one of a first state in which the wearable optical device is worn by a user in usable state or a second state in which the wearable optical device is worn or carried by the user in unusable state, and a power supply controller configured to control a power supply state of the electronic apparatus based on a result obtained by the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI IWATSU, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
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Patent number: 9977483Abstract: To effectively reduce power consumption of a wearable optical device by determining whether the wearable optical device is usable. Provided is an electronic apparatus including a wearable optical device, a state detection unit configured to detect a state relating to the wearable optical device, state determination unit configured to determine that the detected state is at least one of a first state in which the wearable optical device is worn by a user in usable state or a second state in which the wearable optical device is worn or carried by the user in unusable state, and a power supply controller configured to control a power supply state of the electronic apparatus based on a result obtained by the determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Tsubasa Tsukahara
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Publication number: 20180101248Abstract: An HMD system according to the present technology includes a coordinate system setting unit, a segment selection unit, and an image generation unit. The coordinate system setting unit sets, in a real space, a cylindrical coordinate system partitioned into a plurality of segments. The segment selection unit brings, based on a direction of the display, any of the plurality of segments into a selection stand-by state in the cylindrical coordinate system. When the selection of the segment held in the selection stand-by state is determined, the image generation unit generates a display image to be displayed on the display corresponding to the determined segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Takeshi IWATSU, Hirotaka ISHIKAWA, Kenji SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9910281Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit. The display unit is mountable on a head of a user and configured to be capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis. The first control unit includes a region limiter, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The region limiter is capable of limiting a display region of the field of view along a direction of the one axis in three-dimensional coordinates surrounding the display unit. The storage unit stores images including information relating to a predetermined target present in the field of view with the images being made corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinates. The display control unit is configured to display, based on an output of the detector, an image in the three-dimensional coordinates, which corresponds to the azimuth, in the field of view.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Patent number: 9864198Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a mounting unit, a display unit, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The mounting unit is configured to be mountable on a head of a user. The display unit is provided in the mounting unit and capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space. The sensor unit is provided in a periphery of the display unit, includes a sensor that is capable of detecting a hand of the user that is brought close to or in contact with the sensor due to an action of the user, and performs output based on a detection result of the sensor. The control unit displays an image in the field of view and changes a display state of the image, based on a change in output of the sensor unit. With this configuration, the head-mounted display enables an intuitive operation to be performed using a natural action of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takeshi Iwatsu
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Patent number: 9829997Abstract: An HMD system according to the present technology includes a coordinate system setting unit, a segment selection unit, and an image generation unit. The coordinate system setting unit sets, in a real space, a cylindrical coordinate system partitioned into a plurality of segments. The segment selection unit brings, based on a direction of the display, any of the plurality of segments into a selection stand-by state in the cylindrical coordinate system. When the selection of the segment held in the selection stand-by state is determined, the image generation unit generates a display image to be displayed on the display corresponding to the determined segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Iwatsu, Hirotaka Ishikawa, Kenji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170329480Abstract: To improve retrieval performance of an object displayed in the visual field of the user. There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to display an object corresponding to at least one of a yaw angle and a pitch angle of a display unit in a visual field of a user. The display control unit is capable of operating in a first mode in which a position of the object in the visual field is not dependent on a roll angle of the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Hirotaka ISHIKAWA, Takeshi IWATSU
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Publication number: 20170278486Abstract: [Object] To enable a user to easily recognize correspondence relationship among objects displayed in a plurality of different display modes upon switching of a mode. [Solution] There is provided a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to display a first screen in a first display mode and display a second screen in a second display mode. Upon switching of a mode from the first display mode to the second display mode, in the case where a first object included in the first screen corresponds to a second object included in the second screen, the display control unit performs seamless transition from the first object to the second object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Publication number: 20170230492Abstract: Voice data communication is performed appropriately depending on the purposes of use. Provided is a wearable device including a microphone (172), a speaker (174), an input voice data acquisition unit (510) configured to acquire input voice data from the microphone (174), an output voice data providing unit (520) configured to provide output voice data to the speaker (172), a communication unit (530) configured to perform communication sessions for allowing the input voice data and the output voice data to be transmitted and received in accordance with a hands-free profile of Bluetooth between the communication unit and a smartphone (200), and a controller (540) configured to invalidate a session triggered by the smartphone (200) among the communication sessions. Representative Drawing FIG.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI IWATSU
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Patent number: 9709806Abstract: A head-mounted display according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis. The first control unit includes a region limiter, storage unit, and a display control unit. The region limiter is configured to be capable of limiting a display region of the field of view along a direction of the one axis in three-dimensional coordinates surrounding the display unit. The storage unit stores images that should be displayed in the field of view with the images being made corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinates. The display control unit displays, based on an output of the detector, an image in the three-dimensional coordinates, which corresponds to the azimuth, in the field of view.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Patent number: 9706338Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit that, when in each of a plurality of spaces short-range wireless communication is simultaneously performed in each space using a plurality of wireless communication devices, determines a channel to be used in each space for each space based on a predetermined rule, and a control unit that performs control of setting the channel determined in accordance with the space in which the wireless communication device is used in the wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Masayuki Ato, Ikuo Matsumura, Satoshi Nakano, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Publication number: 20170178596Abstract: A wearable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display unit, an operation section, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to display an image. The operation section is configured to receive input of a predetermined operation event for switching an image to be displayed on the display unit. The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of images to be displayed on the display unit. The display control unit is configured to be capable of sequentially switching the images to be displayed on the display unit every time the predetermined operation event is received, and to cause the display unit to display a first middle image during switching between the individual images from a top image to be first displayed on the display unit to a last image to be last displayed and cause the display unit to display a second middle image different from the first middle image during switching between the last image and the top image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Satoshi Akagawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Chisako Kajihara, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Yasuki Kanema
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Patent number: 9588910Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that performs a linked operation with an information processing device via first driver software that is installed in the information processing device and also performs a linked operation with an external device that performs a linked operation with the information processing device via second driver software that is installed in the information processing device. A linked operation is performed with the external device when only the first driver software and second driver software are installed in the information processing device. The first driver software includes a software portion that serves as application software capable of being invoked by the second driver software.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Patent number: 9581815Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a main body, an operation unit, and a controller. The main body includes a display unit capable of displaying an image in front of an eye of a user. The operation unit includes a buffer that is connected to the main body and deformable with respect to the main body, and a first detector configured to output a detection signal depending on the deformation. The controller is configured to generate an image signal for generating an image based on the detection signal and to output the image signal to the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Masatoshi Ueno, Tetsuro Goto, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Shinobu Kuriya
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Publication number: 20170054839Abstract: [Object] To reduce power consumption even more. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including a communication necessity information acquisition unit configured to acquire communication necessity information indicating necessity to communicate with an external device, and a drive control unit configured to control drive of a first communication unit and a second communication unit on a basis of the acquired communication necessity information, the first communication unit communicating with the external device using a first communication mode, the second communication unit communicating with the external device using a second communication mode capable of transferring data at a rate higher than the first communication mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Makoto Takahashi, Yuichi Suzuki, Yasuki Kanema, Chisako Kajihara, Tohru Kadono, Takeshi Iwatsu
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Publication number: 20170052692Abstract: A wearable apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to switch and display a plurality of images classified for each layer. The operation unit is configured to receive input of an operation event that causes the display unit to display, from a first image belonging to a first layer, a second image relating to the first image and belonging to a second layer at a level lower than the first layer. The display control unit is configured to selectively execute a first display control mode and a second display control mode. The first display control mode causes the display unit to display, on the basis of the operation event, the second image from a third image not relating to the first image via the first image. The second display control mode enables the display unit to display the second image from the third image without the first image when a control signal for prompting access to the second image is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, CHISAKO KAJIHARA, SATOSHI AKAGAWA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, TAKESHI IWATSU, YASUKI KANEMA
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Publication number: 20170053575Abstract: To enhance visibility of an image provided by a wearable optical device depending on different situations. Provided is an electronic apparatus including an illuminance information acquisition unit (510) configured to acquire illuminance information indicating illuminance of light incident on a wearable optical device toward a viewer from a real space, a situation information acquisition unit (540) configured to acquire situation information indicating a situation surrounding the wearable optical device, a luminance determination unit (520) configured to determine luminance of light emitted by the wearable optical device to allow the viewer to perceive an image superimposed on the real space, the determination of luminance being performed on a basis of the illuminance information and the situation information, and a controller (530) configured to control the wearable optical device to cause the wearable optical device to emit light having the determined luminance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI IWATSU, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
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Publication number: 20170045928Abstract: [Object] To effectively reduce power consumption of a wearable optical device by determining whether the wearable optical device is usable. [Solution] Provided is an electronic apparatus including a wearable optical device, a state detection unit configured to detect a state relating to the wearable optical device, a state determination unit configured to determine that the detected state is at least one of a first state in which the wearable optical device is worn by a user in usable state or a second state in which the wearable optical device is worn or carried by the user in unusable state, and a power supply controller configured to control a power supply state of the electronic apparatus based on a result obtained by the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI IWATSU, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA