Patents by Inventor Yoshiteru Kamatani
Yoshiteru Kamatani 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: 20140365552Abstract: An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada, Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako
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Patent number: 8872929Abstract: A picture imaging apparatus includes: an imaging means for imaging a subject picture to acquire taken picture data; a storage processing means for performing a storage process of taken picture data acquired by the imaging means; a motion detecting means for detecting motion of the picture imaging apparatus itself; a manipulating means for manipulating a shutter; and a control means for instructing the imaging means to perform a process in accordance with a shutter manipulation at a timing based on a result detected in the motion detecting means during a period during which the shutter is being manipulated by the manipulating means.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugino, Nozomu Ozaki, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Hidehiko Sekizawa, Akane Sano, Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoichiro Sako, Itaru Kawakami
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Patent number: 8847789Abstract: An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada, Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako
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Publication number: 20140246745Abstract: A chip size package (CSP) includes an antenna for wireless communication, used in signal transmission and reception with external substrates, the antenna being formed as a wiring of a rewiring layer, the rewiring layer being disposed between a silicon layer and solder bumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yukihisa KINUGASA, Toshihiro FURUSAWA, Yoshiteru KAMATANI, Yoshihito HIGASHITSUTSUMI
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Publication number: 20140132826Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first member including a holding member, the retaining member holding a lens; a second member surrounding the first member; an imaging device arranged opposite to the first member and the lens; and a driving member arranged in a region adjacent to the first member driving the first member in the vertical direction relative to the imaging device. The first member includes at least a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first outer diameter and the second portion having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter, the first and second portions respectively having a first corner and a second corner, the first and second corners respectively having a first cutout portion and a second cutout portion. At least a portion of the driving member is disposed at a region corresponding to the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazuhiko Suzuki
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Patent number: 8688370Abstract: Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Kazunori Hayashi, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino, Taiji Ito, Yoshiteru Kamatani
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Patent number: 8670048Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup section that picks up images to obtain picked-up-image-data items, a temporarily retaining section that temporarily retains the picked-up-image-data items, a storage-process section that performs a storage process on the picked-up-image-data items, a movement-detecting section that detects a movement of the image-pickup apparatus, an operation section that performs a shutter operation, and a control section that causes the temporarily retaining section to retain picked-up-image-data items in a shutter-operation period, that selects, on the basis of detection results obtained by the movement-detecting section in the shutter-operation period, a picked-up-image-data item from among the retained picked-up-image-data items, and that causes the storage-process section to perform the storage process on the selected picked-up-image-data item.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugino, Nozomu Ozaki, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Hidehiko Sekizawa, Akane Sano, Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoichiro Sako, Itaru Kawakami
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Patent number: 8605366Abstract: A driver includes: a first member that holds a lens; a second member to which the first member is fixed; and drive means for driving the second member, wherein a portion in which at least part of the drive means is accommodated is provided in the side surface of the second member.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 8602665Abstract: A lens module includes: a lens forming an image of an object; a lens holder to hold an outer peripheral side of the lens to allow reciprocal movement in an optical axis direction of the lens; a housing at least one end side of which is opened, which includes a cylindrical receiving part having an inner surface, one surface of which, at a lateral side, contacts one surface of the lens holder at the lateral side perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and which receives the lens holder in the receiving part to allow reciprocal movement in the optical axis direction of the lens and in a sliding state; and an actuator part including a movable part which is displaced by a displacement amount corresponding to a level of an applied drive voltage and reciprocates the lens holder received in the housing between a first position and a second position in the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Takehisa Ishida, Nobuyuki Nagai, Yusaku Kato
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Patent number: 8605196Abstract: A compact and thin lens module that uses a flat-plate-shaped displacement device to drive a lens, and a compact, thin imaging apparatus and electronic system using the lens module.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Fujinaga, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
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Patent number: 8587886Abstract: Provided are a lens drive device capable of moving with good accuracy a lens in the direction of an optical axis thereof, and a lens module and an image pickup device provided with such a lens drive device. By a pair of polymer actuator elements 441 and 442, a lens holding member 43 is driven via coupling members 451A, 451B, 452A, and 452B. As a result, a lens 48 can be moved with good accuracy in the direction of the optical axis Z1 thereof. In addition, preferably, the coupling members 451A, 451B, 452A, and 452B have the rigidity same as or lower than that of each of the polymer actuator elements 441 and 442.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Nagai, Takehisa Ishida, Yusaku Kato, Yoshiteru Kamatani
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Patent number: 8385894Abstract: An information delivery apparatus is provided, including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
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Publication number: 20130013186Abstract: Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Kazunori Hayashi, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino, Taiji Ito, Yoshiteru Kamatani
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Patent number: 8321127Abstract: Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Kazunori Hayashi, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino, Taiji Ito, Yoshiteru Kamatani
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Publication number: 20120287318Abstract: A compact and thin lens module that uses a flat-plate-shaped displacement device to drive a lens, and a compact, thin imaging apparatus and electronic system using the lens module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Fujinaga, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120249868Abstract: A lens module includes a lens body; a lens holding member that movably holds the lens body along an optical axis of the lens body without tilting the optical axis; a displacement element that has a flat-plate shape of which one end edge on a side of the lens body along the optical axis is disposed as a free end and the free end is displaced to freely approach the lens body by applying a voltage; and a push-up member that is disposed on the free end of the displacement element and is inserted on one end surface side of the lens body, which is perpendicular to the optical axis, by the approach towards the lens body of the displacement element so as to push up the lens body in the optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Yoichiro Fujinaga, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
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Patent number: 8280225Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of communicating with a purchase history storage device for storing purchase history data and a display device, the information processing device including a storage unit for storing user image data and property data; a communication unit; a purchase history data acquiring unit for acquiring the purchase history data; a property data recording unit for generating and recording the property data based on the purchase history data; a property data updating unit for updating the property data to property data including a second property image represented with a time interval from when the user purchased the property until present based on the property data and time information; and a display data generating unit for generating display data shown with the user image and an image of the property according to the display request.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasunori Kamada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Takashi Fukushima, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Mitsuru Takehara
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Patent number: 8175571Abstract: A communication system includes: sender-side communication equipment including a detection unit configured to detect information indicating the condition of a user, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the condition of the user detected through the detection unit to a communication partner; and receiver-side communication equipment including a reception unit configured to receive information indicating the condition of the user transmitted from the sender-side communication equipment, a notification unit configured to notify the condition corresponding to the condition of the user received through the reception unit, and a control unit configured to control the notification unit based on information indicating the condition of the user received through the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Yoichiro Sako, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino
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Publication number: 20120094641Abstract: An information delivery apparatus is provided, including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
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Publication number: 20120050898Abstract: Provided are a lens drive device capable of moving with good accuracy a lens in the direction of an optical axis thereof, and a lens module and an image pickup device provided with such a lens drive device. By a pair of polymer actuator elements 441 and 442, a lens holding member 43 is driven via coupling members 451A, 451B, 452A, and 452B. As a result, a lens 48 can be moved with good accuracy in the direction of the optical axis Z1 thereof. In addition, preferably, the coupling members 451A, 451B, 452A, and 452B have the rigidity same as or lower than that of each of the polymer actuator elements 441 and 442.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Nagai, Takehisa Ishida, Yusaku Kato, Yoshiteru Kamatani