Patents by Inventor Akira Fukui

Akira Fukui 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: 11959188
    Abstract: A coating method for a cationic electrodeposition coating material includes steps for immersing a metal object to be coated in a first solution bath, a second solution bath and a third solution bath, and wherein: at least one step among the three steps is cationic electrodeposition coating that is accompanied by application of a current; a coating film which is formed through the three steps contains at least a base resin component (A), a reaction component (B) and a catalyst (C); and the first solution bath, the second solution bath and the third solution bath contain one or a combination of two of the base resin component (A), the reaction component (B) and the catalyst (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Fukui, Yuya Miyoshi, Akira Suehiro
  • Patent number: 11936718
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Totsuka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Takeda, Kan Kuroda, Yoshinori Maeda, Yuichiro Koyama, Akira Takahashi, Kazuya Tateishi, Chie Kamada, Emiru Tsunoo, Akira Fukui, Hideaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230395550
    Abstract: A bonding member 10 used for bonding a semiconductor device 20 and a substrate 30, the bonding member including: a thermal stress relieving layer 11 made of any of Ag, Cu, Au, and Al; a first Ag brazing material layer 12 containing Ag and Sn as main components and provided on a side of the thermal stress relieving layer to which the semiconductor device is bonded; a second Ag brazing material layer 13 containing Ag and Sn as main components and provided on a side of the thermal stress relieving layer to which the substrate is bonded; a first barrier layer 14 made of Ni and/or Ni alloy and provided between the thermal stress relieving layer and the first Ag brazing material layer; and a second barrier layer 15 made of Ni and/or Ni alloy and provided between the stress relieving layer and the second Ag brazing material layer, in which a thermal conductivity of the bonding member after a power cycle test is 200 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SUPERUFO291 TEC
    Inventors: Akira FUKUI, Toshie FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230349956
    Abstract: A current sensor according to the present invention that measures a current to be measured flowing through a busbar includes a sensing section that is capable of detecting a magnetic field generated by flow of the current to be measured through the busbar. The current flowing in the busbar is measured based on a change in the magnetic field detected by the sensing section. The sensing section is inserted into a through-hole of the busbar that penetrates the busbar in a thickness direction of the busbar, and a direction of an axis of detection of the magnetic field performed by the sensing section extends in a direction of the insertion into the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro Taoka, Manabu Tamura, Akira Fukui
  • Patent number: 11615476
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, that facilitate comparisons between insurances. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an output from one sensor or outputs from a plurality of sensors different from each other as behavior-monitoring data items of a user, and a diagnosis-result prediction unit that predicts a diagnosis result about one insurance or diagnosis results about a plurality of insurances for the user on the basis of a prediction model calculated in advance by learning for the one insurance or each of the plurality of insurances and on the basis of the behavior-monitoring data items. The present technology is applicable to comparison systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Naoki Ide, Akira Fukui, Yasufumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11593635
    Abstract: There is provide an information processing device capable of reducing the time taken for selection of the learning setting, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a learning setting corresponding to information related to previous learning processing in which a degree of similarity with information related to learning processing specified by a user is higher than a predetermined degree of similarity as a learning setting to be recommended to the user; and a display control unit configured to control display corresponding to the learning setting to be recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Akira Fukui, Naoki Ide, Yukio Oobuchi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220351600
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a process of detecting, as sensing information, information that indicates an operation status of a device, and a process of judging, when the sensing information has been detected, by referring to a storage unit that stores therein response content associated with the sensing information, whether to notify a user of the operation status of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, YOSHINORI MAEDA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220293010
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that generate second setting information related to a first setting item and a second setting item different from the first setting item of a second object used by the user based on first setting information related to the first setting item of a first object acquired when the user uses the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: HIDEAKI WATANABE, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA, HIROAKI OGAWA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, JUNYA SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11392092
    Abstract: [Problem] To more easily and effectively absorb a difference in motion characteristic between a simulator model and a real robot. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a communication unit that receives a movement result of an autonomous moving body based on a control command value, and a parameter approximation unit that approximates a motion characteristic parameter of a simulator model for a movement simulation of the autonomous moving body on the basis of a movement result of the autonomous moving body, in which the parameter approximation unit approximates the motion characteristic parameter on the basis of similarity between a plurality of simulation results acquired on the basis of the different motion characteristic parameters in the movement simulation based on the control command value, and the movement result of the autonomous moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Kimura, Akira Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220223167
    Abstract: A device and a method capable of performing audio recognition based on clear user speech by removing an external apparatus output sound from audio input through the audio input unit are realized. The device includes a user spoken voice extraction unit that extracts a user spoken voice from a microphone input sound. The user spoken voice extraction unit analyzes a sound source direction of an input sound, determines whether the input sound includes an external apparatus output sound on the basis of sound source directions of external apparatus output sounds recorded in a database, and removes a sound signal corresponding to a feature amount, for example, a frequency characteristic of the external apparatus output sound recorded in the database, from the input sound to extract a user spoken voice from which the external apparatus output sound has been removed upon determining that the input sound includes the external apparatus output sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA TAKAHASHI, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, EMIRO TSUNOO, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220141283
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko TOTSUKA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Yuki TAKEDA, Kan KURODA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Kazuya TATEISHI, Chie KAMADA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira FUKUI, Hideaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220122604
    Abstract: Information equipment includes: a reception unit that receives control information to control an operation of the information equipment; a detection unit that detects a living body located around the information equipment and detects a distance between the information equipment and the living body; and a determination unit that determines a response to the control information on the basis of the information detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Chie KAMADA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Emiru TSUNOO, Noriko TOTSUKA, Kazuya TATEISHI, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220122600
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of improving the convenience of voice operation. Provided is an information processing device including a control unit configured to perform control for giving an instruction on a function corresponding to an utterance for an operating apparatus that can operate an operation target apparatus having a function corresponding to the utterance on the basis of operation information regarding the operating apparatus that operates the operation target apparatus in a case where the utterance is made by the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a dedicated apparatus that can control a plurality of operating apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya TATEISHI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Noriko TOTSUKA, Chie KAMADA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yuki TAKEDA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220108693
    Abstract: A response processing device includes a reception unit configured to receive input information being information that triggers generation of a response by an information device, a presentation unit configured to present to a user each of the responses generated by a plurality of the information devices for the input information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit user's reaction to the presented responses, to the plurality of information devices. For example, the reception unit receives the voice information from the user, as the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHINORI MAEDA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220101850
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable intuitive voice operation. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology presents first information indicating that voice input for voice operation is possible and second information representing a domain of utterance in which voice operation is possible in response to an occurrence of a predetermined state transition, and performs voice recognition for voice input by a user. The present technology can be applied to various apparatuses equipped with a voice assistant function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA FUKUI, HIROAKI OGAWA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220075881
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a behavior detector that detects a behavior performed by a user when the user makes a request to an information providing apparatus with respect to information from the user, and a response determination section that determines a response to be made by the information providing apparatus to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: YUICHIRO KOYAMA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, NORIKO TOTSUKA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220076671
    Abstract: An information processing terminal according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (100) that performs a process of transmitting inquiry information on a specific device to a server on the basis of a spoken content of a user or a state of the specific device that is voluntarily collected, a process of outputting answer information when receiving, from the server, the answer information based on an answer database in which answer information prepared in advance is registered, and a process of making an inquiry to an operator with respect to the inquiry information if the answer information is not detected in the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: EMIRU TSUNOO, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220051679
    Abstract: A control section performs control to give notification of information regarding a previous dialogue on the basis of each status of participants in dialogue. For example, the information regarding the previous dialogue includes information regarding a significant word extracted from a speech of the previous dialogue. In this case, the information regarding the previous dialogue further includes, for example, additional information related to the significant word. For example, when one of utterers currently in dialogue makes an utterance indicative of intention to call up information, the control section perform control to give notification of the information regarding a previous dialogue in which all utterers currently in dialogue participated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KAN KURODA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11086678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of intuitively adding a hardware resource intended to execute the learning, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of information indicating progress of a learning process and an addition button used to add dynamically a second hardware resource intended to execute the learning process to a first hardware resource on which the learning process is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Akira Fukui, Naoki Ide, Yukio Oobuchi, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10949712
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing method and an information processing device to provide positional information with higher accuracy in accordance with situations in the real world. The information processing method includes: generating, by a processor, a feature point list in which three-dimensional coordinates of a feature point are associated with a local feature amount of the feature point, the feature point having been detected from observation information collected around a unit area. The information processing device includes: a computation section configured to extract a feature point and a local feature amount related to the feature point from acquired image information; and a communication section configured to acquire a feature point list on a basis of collected observation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Fukui