Patents by Inventor Akihiko Kusumoto

Akihiko Kusumoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105928
    Abstract: The composite active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an active material including Li, Ti, and O and a first solid electrolyte. The active material is a porous material having a plurality of pores. The first solid electrolyte includes Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements and metalloid elements belonging to the 5th or 6th period. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. At least a part of the first solid electrolyte is present inside the plurality of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: TAKANORI OMAE, TOMOKATSU WADA, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TAKUJI TSUJITA, AKIHIKO SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20240097132
    Abstract: An electrode material includes an active material particle and a solid electrolyte particle. The solid electrolyte particle includes Li, M, and X, wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements excluding Li and metalloid elements, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The ratio R1 of the volume of the active material particle to the sum of the volume of the active material particle and the volume of the solid electrolyte particle is greater than or equal to 10% and less than 65% when expressed as percentage. The ratio R2 of the average particle diameter of the active material particle to the average particle diameter of the solid electrolyte particle is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 3.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: MASAYOSHI UEMATSU, AKIHIKO SAGARA, HIROSHI ASANO, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TOMOKATSU WADA
  • Publication number: 20240097123
    Abstract: The electrode material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first active material particle, a second active material particle, and a solid electrolyte. The first active material particle and the second active material particle each include Li, Ti, and O. The ratio of the average particle size of the second active material particle to the average particle size of the first active material particle is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 6.0. The battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes the electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOKATSU WADA, YU OTSUKA, AKIHIKO SAGARA, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TAKANORI OMAE
  • Publication number: 20230381675
    Abstract: A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11794109
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11794108
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11724204
    Abstract: A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11712630
    Abstract: A method for launching interactive content including associating one or more templates with a corresponding one or more activities of an interactive content title and transmitting the one or more templates to a platform server. The method includes selecting and displaying a set of templates generated from the one or more templates received on a user device. The method includes launching the activity in the interactive title based on a template selected by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Steven Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Atsushi Fuse
  • Publication number: 20220297016
    Abstract: A method for gaming interaction. The method including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from a gaming application executed for a first user. The method including generating a user defined package according to parameter information provided by the first user through a first companion interface of a first computing device of the first user, wherein the parameter information is based on one or more snapshots of the plurality of snapshots. The method including generating a marker for the user defined package. The method including providing the marker for display on a second computing device of a second user, wherein the marker enables access to the user defined package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nicole Hayashida, Justin Lancaster
  • Publication number: 20220176256
    Abstract: A first ring buffer records a game moving image by game software currently being executed, together with time information. In a case where an event is generated in a game, an event information acquiring part acquires event information including an event code that identifies the generated event, from the game software. A second ring buffer records therein the acquired event information together with the time information synchronized with the first ring buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Takahisa Ishikawa, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Masahiro Fujihara, Steven Trombetta, Adil Sherwani
  • Publication number: 20220176253
    Abstract: In the case where an event occurs in game software being executed, an event information acquiring section acquires, from the game software, event information including an event code that identifies the event that has occurred. An update processing section updates a record associated with the acquired event information in a first memory. A transmission processing section sends the acquired event information from a communication unit to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishikawa, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Takahisa Ishikawa, Steven Trombetta, Adil Sherwani, Nobukazu Koyama, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11351468
    Abstract: A method for gaming interaction. The method including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from a gaming application executed for a first user. The method including generating a user defined package according to parameter information provided by the first user through a first companion interface of a first computing device of the first user, wherein the parameter information is based on one or more snapshots of the plurality of snapshots. The method including generating a marker for the user defined package. The method including providing the marker for display on a second computing device of a second user, wherein the marker enables access to the user defined package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nicole Hayashida, Justin Lancaster
  • Patent number: 11278807
    Abstract: A method for gaming, including establishing a first communication channel with a first computing device associated with a first user configured for implementing a first instance of a gaming application in association with a first game play of the first user. The method further including establishing a second channel with a second computing device associated with the first user. The method further including generating an interface including information related to the first game play of the first user and second game play of a second user playing the gaming application. The method further including delivering the interface and the information over the second channel to the second computing device for display concurrent with the first game play of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nicole Hayashida
  • Patent number: 11249623
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an integrated interface is provided. A user dataset of a user, a peer dataset of a peer user, and interactive titles available to the user are stored in memory. A network interface establishes a session with a user device associated with the first user. A processor executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor constructs a group of interactive activities based on the sets of one or more activities of each interactive title, a user presence based on the first user dataset, and a peer presence based on the peer dataset and displays the set of interactive activities, the user presence, and the peer presence on an integrated interface displayed on the first user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Steven Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Atsushi Fuse
  • Publication number: 20210283514
    Abstract: A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20210245059
    Abstract: A method for launching interactive content including associating one or more templates with a corresponding one or more activities of an interactive content title and transmitting the one or more templates to a platform server. The method includes selecting and displaying a set of templates generated from the one or more templates received on a user device. The method includes launching the activity in the interactive title based on a template selected by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: STEVEN TROMBETTA, CHARLES WAYNE DENISON, II, BENEDIKT NEUENFELDT, AKIHIKO KUSUMOTO, NOBUKAZU KOYAMA, ATSUSHI FUSE
  • Patent number: 11045737
    Abstract: A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10987593
    Abstract: A method for launching interactive content including associating one or more templates with a corresponding one or more activities of an interactive content title and transmitting the one or more templates to a platform server. The method includes selecting and displaying a set of templates generated from the one or more templates received on a user device. The method includes launching the activity in the interactive title based on a template selected by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Steven Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Atsushi Fuse
  • Publication number: 20200206628
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20200097147
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an integrated interface is provided. A user dataset of a user, a peer dataset of a peer user, and interactive titles available to the user are stored in memory. A network interface establishes a session with a user device associated with the first user. A processor executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor constructs a group of interactive activities based on the sets of one or more activities of each interactive title, a user presence based on the first user dataset, and a peer presence based on the peer dataset and displays the set of interactive activities, the user presence, and the peer presence on an integrated interface displayed on the first user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: STEVEN TROMBETTA, CHARLES WAYNE DENISON, II, BENEDIKT NEUENFELDT, AKIHIKO KUSUMOTO, NOBUKAZU KOYAMA, ATSUSHI FUSE