Patents by Inventor Tomio Sonehara
Tomio Sonehara 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: 9791708Abstract: A display apparatus includes a screen formed in an arcuate shape centering on a center axis and a projection device configured to project, along projecting directions orthogonal to the center axis and different from one another, images corresponding to the projecting directions on the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the screen. The screen includes a retroreflective layer having a reflection surface directed to the projection device and a diffusion layer arranged on the projection device side with respect to the retroreflective layer and configured to diffuse, when transmitting light made incident from the retroreflective layer, the light wider in a first direction along the center axis than in a second direction, which is a circumferential direction centering on the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio Yoneno, Tomio Sonehara, Takashi Endo
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Patent number: 9470899Abstract: A transmissive screen formed in an arc shape around a center axis, and, when light entering an inner circumferential surface is output from an outer circumferential surface, having a diffusion angle in a first direction as a direction along the center axis wider than a diffusion angle in a second direction as a circumferential direction around the center axis, projection devices that are arranged at equal intervals along the second direction around the center axis and respectively project image lights on the inner circumferential surface, and a display control device that allows the projection devices to project the image lights so that partial images formed by portions of the respectively projected image lights of the projection devices may be observed as one visually recognized image having the partial images arranged in the second direction at viewpoints set outside of the outer circumferential surface along the second direction are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio Yoneno, Takashi Endo, Tomio Sonehara
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Patent number: 9233561Abstract: A lens sheet is provided with a lens layer which is formed by arranging lenses, which extend in a y direction as a first direction, in a plurality of lines in an x direction as a second direction which is a direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and an ink absorbing layer which configures a surface on the opposite side with regard to a surface which is configured by the lens layer, where the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on one side of the lens layer in the x direction is thinner than the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on the other side. The printer performs recording from the edge which is a reference side toward the edge on the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko Yoshihisa, Katsumi Yamada, Hiroshi Shirotori, Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara
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Publication number: 20150362742Abstract: A transmissive screen formed in an arc shape around a center axis, and, when light entering an inner circumferential surface is output from an outer circumferential surface, having a diffusion angle in a first direction as a direction along the center axis wider than a diffusion angle in a second direction as a circumferential direction around the center axis, projection devices that are arranged at equal intervals along the second direction around the center axis and respectively project image lights on the inner circumferential surface, and a display control device that allows the projection devices to project the image lights so that partial images formed by portions of the respectively projected image lights of the projection devices may be observed as one visually recognized image having the partial images arranged in the second direction at viewpoints set outside of the outer circumferential surface along the second direction are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Kunio YONENO, Takashi ENDO, Tomio SONEHARA
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Publication number: 20150355471Abstract: A display apparatus includes a screen formed in an arcuate shape centering on a center axis and a projection device configured to project, along projecting directions orthogonal to the center axis and different from one another, images corresponding to the projecting directions on the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the screen. The screen includes a retroreflective layer having a reflection surface directed to the projection device and a diffusion layer arranged on the projection device side with respect to the retroreflective layer and configured to diffuse, when transmitting light made incident from the retroreflective layer, the light wider in a first direction along the center axis than in a second direction, which is a circumferential direction centering on the center axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Kunio YONENO, Tomio SONEHARA, Takashi ENDO
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Publication number: 20150036220Abstract: A lens sheet is provided with a lens layer which is formed by arranging lenses, which extend in a y direction as a first direction, in a plurality of lines in an x direction as a second direction which is a direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and an ink absorbing layer which configures a surface on the opposite side with regard to a surface which is configured by the lens layer, where the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on one side of the lens layer in the x direction is thinner than the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on the other side. In other words, a width of a lens which is formed at the edge is wider than a width of a lens which is formed at the edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori YAMASHITA, Hiroshi SHIROTORI, Katsuhito SUZUKI, Tomio SONEHARA
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Publication number: 20150035887Abstract: A lens sheet is provided with a lens layer which is formed by arranging lenses, which extend in a y direction as a first direction, in a plurality of lines in an x direction as a second direction which is a direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and an ink absorbing layer which configures a surface on the opposite side with regard to a surface which is configured by the lens layer, where the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on one side of the lens layer in the x direction is thinner than the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on the other side. The printer performs recording from the edge which is a reference side toward the edge on the opposite side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko YOSHIHISA, Katsumi YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIROTORI, Katsuhito SUZUKI, Tomio SONEHARA
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Publication number: 20130337199Abstract: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara, Jun Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8517529Abstract: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara, Jun Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8508615Abstract: A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kar-Han Tan, Tomio Sonehara
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Publication number: 20120147110Abstract: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Katsuhito SUZUKI, Tomio SONEHARA, Jun SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 8159526Abstract: A stereoscopic image display system includes: an image display unit that displays a parallax image composed of a right eye image and a left eye image; glasses having a transmission portion for a right eye transmitting only the right eye image of the parallax image and a transmission portion for a left eye transmitting only the left eye image of the parallax image; an inclination detection unit that detects an inclination of the glasses; a parallax image generation unit that generates the parallax image in accordance with a detection result from the inclination detection unit; and a display unit that displays the parallax image generated by the parallax image generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigemi Sato, Akira Kubota, Tomio Sonehara
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Patent number: 8142865Abstract: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara, Jun Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20110298960Abstract: A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kar-Han Tan, Tomio Sonehara
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Patent number: 8013904Abstract: A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kar-Han Tan, Tomio Sonehara
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Patent number: 8009187Abstract: A lens sheet has an external shape of a rectangle or a square defined by four sheet ends in a vertical direction thereto. The lens sheet includes: a first surface, on which a plurality of lenses extending in a direction inclined to one of the sheet ends are arranged in parallel with each other; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, on which a printing is to be performed or to which a printed medium is to be stuck.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara
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Publication number: 20110128315Abstract: A lens sheet has an external shape of a rectangle or a square defined by four sheet ends in a vertical direction thereto. The lens sheet includes: a first surface, on which a plurality of lenses extending in a direction inclined to one of the sheet ends are arranged in parallel with each other; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, on which a printing is to be performed or to which a printed medium is to be stuck.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara
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Patent number: 7907163Abstract: A lens sheet has an external shape of a rectangle or a square defined by four sheet ends in a vertical direction thereto. The lens sheet includes: a first surface, on which a plurality of lenses extending in a direction inclined to one of the sheet ends are arranged in parallel with each other; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, on which a printing is to be performed or to which a printed medium is to be stuck.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuhito Suzuki, Tomio Sonehara
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Publication number: 20100323133Abstract: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Katsuhito SUZUKI, Tomio SONEHARA, Jun SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20100141780Abstract: A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Kar-Han Tan, Tomio Sonehara