Patents by Inventor Akio Funanami

Akio Funanami 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).

  • Patent number: 8335040
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes an image display device, a wearing device with which the image display device is worn on a head of an observer, and an attachment member with which the image display device is attached to the wearing device. The attachment member is capable of adjusting a position of the image display device relative to the wearing device independently in a first direction and in a second direction, the first direction being defined by a virtual line connecting centers of eyes of the observer, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and extending vertically with respect to the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Akio Funanami
  • Patent number: 7936519
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head mounted display including: an eyeglasses frame-like frame to be mounted onto an observer's head; and two image display devices, each of the image display devices including an image generating device, and light guide means which is mounted to the image generating device, which as a whole is located on the side of the center of an observer's face relative to the image generating device, on which beams emitted from the image generating device are incident, through which the beams are guided, and from which the beams are emitted toward an observer's pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Akio Funanami, Teiyu Goto
  • Publication number: 20100157433
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head mounted display including: an eyeglasses frame-like frame to be mounted onto an observer's head; and two image display devices, each of the image display devices including an image generating device, and light guide means which is mounted to the image generating device, which as a whole is located on the side of the center of an observer's face relative to the image generating device, on which beams emitted from the image generating device are incident, through which the beams are guided, and from which the beams are emitted toward an observer's pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MUKAWA, Akio FUNANAMI, Teiyu GOTO
  • Publication number: 20100103078
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes an image display device, a wearing device with which the image display device is worn on a head of an observer, and an attachment member with which the image display device is attached to the wearing device. The attachment member is capable of adjusting a position of the image display device relative to the wearing device independently in a first direction and in a second direction, the first direction being defined by a virtual line connecting centers of eyes of the observer, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and extending vertically with respect to the observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Akio Funanami