Patents by Inventor Yuta MURATA
Yuta MURATA 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: 11990497Abstract: A solid-state imaging element includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit. The first and second photoelectric conversion units are joined at joint surfaces facing each other, and include an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion film, and a storage electrode. The lower electrode of the first photoelectric conversion unit is connected to a charge storage unit via a first through electrode penetrating a semiconductor substrate. The lower electrode of the second photoelectric conversion unit is connected to the charge storage unit via: a second electrode provided on a joint surface of the second photoelectric conversion unit; a first electrode provided on a joint surface of the first photoelectric conversion unit; a second through electrode penetrating the first photoelectric conversion unit; and the first through electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Murata, Masahiro Joei, Yuta Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240126076Abstract: A head-up display device includes: an indicator dimmed by duty ratio control and configured to emit display light; a mirror member rotatable about a rotation shaft and configured to reflect the display light from the indicator to project a display image; a control unit configured to control the dimming of the indicator and the rotation of the mirror member; and a temperature sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to an ambient temperature around the indicator. The control unit includes: a temperature prediction unit configured to predict a temperature of the indicator, and a failure avoidance unit configured to execute lowering an upper limit of the duty ratio or rotation control of the mirror member for reducing the amount of sunlight that enters the indicator through the mirror member when the predicted temperature of the indicator is greater than or equal to a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yusuke Sugiura, Akira Yamanaka, Yuta Miyake, Naohisa Murata, Hiroshi Sano
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Patent number: 11580744Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a frame image acquisition section adapted to acquire a plurality of consecutive frame images included in a moving image displayed on a screen, and a matching process section adapted to perform, for each of the plurality of acquired frame images, a matching process of detecting an area that matches a template image representing appearance of a display element to be detected. An area in which the display element is being displayed on the screen is identified on a basis of a result of performing the matching process on the plurality of frame images.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yuta Murata, Takanori Shimizu, Ryuichi Hayashida
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Publication number: 20210240995Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a frame image acquisition section adapted to acquire a plurality of consecutive frame images included in a moving image displayed on a screen, and a matching process section adapted to perform, for each of the plurality of acquired frame images, a matching process of detecting an area that matches a template image representing appearance of a display element to be detected. An area in which the display element is being displayed on the screen is identified on a basis of a result of performing the matching process on the plurality of frame images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yuta Murata, Takanori Shimizu, Ryuichi Hayashida
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Patent number: 10930317Abstract: An attention position detection section detects an attention position of a user to a reproduction image of moving image data. Image-related information indicating a position of a virtual division area in which the reproduction image is virtually divided and an importance level of the virtual division area is associated with the moving image data. A reproduction control section determines the importance level of the virtual division area corresponding to the attention position detected by the attention position detection section and controls a reproduction operation of the moving image data in accordance with the determined importance level. For example, the reproduction control section sets a larger number of images to be thinned in the reproduction operation as the importance level becomes lower so as to make the reproduction speed faster. The user can control the reproduction operation only by moving the attention position and easily perform the appropriate reproduction operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji Ogawa, Hirofumi Shimada, Yuta Murata, Masako Komuro
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Patent number: 10878545Abstract: Captured images acquired by a plurality of imaging units are output to a captured image combining unit, which generates a composite image by joining the captured images in accordance with composite setting information generated by a composite setting information generation unit. A specific region information generation unit generates specific region information indicating the specific region corresponding to a specific imaging region in the composite image. In accordance with the specific region information, the captured image combining unit can easily perform an invalidation or emphasizing process, for example, on the image corresponding to the specific imaging region. The specific region information is also associated with the composite image generated by the captured image combining unit, so that reproduction control on the specific region corresponding to the specific imaging region in the composite image can be performed at the time of reproduction or the like of the composite image.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji Ogawa, Mitsuru Katsumata, Hirofumi Shimada, Yuta Murata, Takehiko Nakano
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Patent number: 10845942Abstract: Provided is an information processing device enabling performance of display that causes a user to recognize a position in a picture. Display of a screen is controlled, the screen includes a visual-field picture displaying a region of part of a three-dimensional picture, an indicator having a shape expressing a three-dimensional direction of the three-dimensional picture and a window expressing the region displayed as the visual-field picture in the indicator. The three-dimensional picture is an entire-celestial-sphere picture. Furthermore, the indicator is a three-dimensional sphere with wire frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Shimada, Kouji Ogawa, Yuta Murata, Masako Komuro
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Publication number: 20190179511Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device enabling performance of display that causes a user to recognize a position in a picture, an information processing method, and a program. Display of a screen is controlled, the screen including: a visual-field picture displaying a region of part of a three-dimensional picture; an indicator having a shape expressing a three-dimensional direction of the three-dimensional picture; and a window expressing the region displayed as the visual-field picture in the indicator. The three-dimensional picture is an entire-celestial-sphere picture. Furthermore, the indicator is a three-dimensional sphere with wire frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a head-mounted display or the like that displays a three-dimensional picture, such as an entire-celestial-sphere picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: HIROFUMI SHIMADA, KOUJI OGAWA, YUTA MURATA, MASAKO KOMURO
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Publication number: 20190139574Abstract: An attention position detection section detects an attention position of a user to a reproduction image of moving image data. Image-related information indicating a position of a virtual division area in which the reproduction image is virtually divided and an importance level of the virtual division area is associated with the moving image data. A reproduction control section determines the importance level of the virtual division area corresponding to the attention position detected by the attention position detection section and controls a reproduction operation of the moving image data in accordance with the determined importance level. For example, the reproduction control section sets a larger number of images to be thinned in the reproduction operation as the importance level becomes lower so as to make the reproduction speed faster. The user can control the reproduction operation only by moving the attention position and easily perform the appropriate reproduction operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji OGAWA, Hirofumi SHIMADA, Yuta MURATA, Masako KOMURO
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Publication number: 20190057496Abstract: Captured images acquired by a plurality of imaging units are output to a captured image combining unit, which generates a composite image by joining the captured images in accordance with composite setting information generated by a composite setting information generation unit. A specific region information generation unit generates specific region information indicating the specific region corresponding to a specific imaging region in the composite image. In accordance with the specific region information, the captured image combining unit can easily perform an invalidation or emphasizing process, for example, on the image corresponding to the specific imaging region. The specific region information is also associated with the composite image generated by the captured image combining unit, so that reproduction control on the specific region corresponding to the specific imaging region in the composite image can be performed at the time of reproduction or the like of the composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji OGAWA, Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Hirofumi SHIMADA, Yuta MURATA, Takehiko NAKANO