Patents by Inventor Akira Tange
Akira Tange 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: 11968432Abstract: An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Tange, Hideo Nagasaka
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Patent number: 11930253Abstract: An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Tange, Hideo Nagasaka
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Publication number: 20230353843Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a storage medium capable of more easily performing support for providing content and a comment thereof together with the content. An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
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Patent number: 11556811Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20220391441Abstract: There is provided a content providing system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already obtained by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content, in which the control unit controls the provision of the content or the comment according to a context of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
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Publication number: 20220391440Abstract: A content provision system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already acquired by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
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Patent number: 11395629Abstract: A device for placement in contact with an eye of a user. The device includes at least one detector for measuring at least one property, and a signal processor for determining, based on the at least one property, whether the eye of the user is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Ken Hayakawa, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Naoto Yamaguchi, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 11285776Abstract: A terminal sealed portion is formed on an end portion of a hollow rod made of steel. An enclosed space is formed on an inner side of the hollow rod. At an end of the enclosed space, a terminal gap is formed. A volatile powdered rust inhibitor is supplied in the enclosed space. As the volatile powdered rust inhibitor is vaporized, the enclosed space is turned into a rust-inhibiting atmosphere. As the vaporized component of the volatile powdered rust inhibitor is adsorbed to an inner surface of the enclosed space, an inner surface rust-inhibiting film is formed. The vaporized component also enters inside the terminal gap, and forms a terminal rust-inhibiting film.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Tange, Masato Sugawara, Yutaka Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20220032455Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a measurement result of a measurement unit that measures an object to be an estimation target of a contact sense in a contactless manner; a determination section that makes a determination as to an aspect of the object or a measurement condition of the object on a basis of the measurement result of the measurement unit; a selection section that selects, on a basis of a result of the determination, an estimation scheme to be used for estimation of the contact sense of the object from among a plurality of estimation schemes; and an estimation section that estimates the contact sense of the object using the selected estimation scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: SHINICHIRO GOMI, MASANORI IWASAKI, KEN HAYAKAWA, NAOKI FUJIWARA, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, AKINORI SHINGYOUCHI, JUNICHI TANAKA, AKIRA TANGE
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Patent number: 11229272Abstract: A nail production system according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first correction section and a first conversion section. The first correction section corrects shape data of an existing nail tip or an existing nail sticker on the basis of measurement data of a nail, to thereby generate shape data of an original nail tip or an original nail sticker. The first conversion section converts the shape data of the original nail tip or the original nail sticker that is generated by the first correction section into print data.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fumiko Shiga, Tomomasa Watanabe, Naoko Ishiduka, Soichi Fukasawa, Yue Ouyang, Sachiko Takahashi, Nobuyuki Uchiyama, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 11111554Abstract: A stabilizer formed by using a metal bar having a solid structure and configured to reduce a displacement between right and left wheels, including a torsion part extending in a vehicle width direction, being capable of a torsional deformation, and having a diameter of 10 to 32 mm, is provided. The stabilizer has a chemical composition containing at least C: 0.15% by mass or more to 0.39% by mass or less, Mn, B, and Fe, and also has a metal structure 90% or more of which is a martensite structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Kuwatsuka, Yurika Okudaira, Akira Tange, Hideki Okada, Ken Takahashi
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Patent number: 11102613Abstract: A server for controlling an information sharing state between a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone via a network, including: a network interface that communicates with the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone; a memory that stores a predetermined distance data; and circuitry that receives first and second GPS signals, first and second user information, and first and second restriction information from the first and second mobile phones respectively; calculates a distance between the first and second mobile phones; compares the distance with the predetermined distance; changes an information sharing state between the first and second mobile phones from a first state to a second state based on the comparison result; and restricts the change of the information sharing state based on the first restriction information and the second user information.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito Yokoyama, Akira Tange, Masako Kadobayashi, Kyohei Takano
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Patent number: 11080310Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an action history acquiring unit configured to acquire action history information on a user, the action history information being accumulated in a predetermined time frame, an attribute score calculating unit configured to calculate an attribute score of the user for one or more attributes in an attribute group, the attribute score being based on the action history information, and an object generating unit configured to generate an object on the basis of the attribute score, the object representing the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Megumi Kikuchi, Toshihiko Kawai, Atsushi Kuribayashi, Akira Tange, Shigefumi Tamura
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Patent number: 11065898Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the technology includes an obtaining section, a determining section, and an instructing section. The obtaining section obtains a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image. The determining section determines one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image on the basis of the first design image or the corresponding data obtained by the obtaining section. The instructing section instructs printing of one or both of the one second design image determined by the determining section and a plurality of the second design images determined by the determining section.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Fukasawa, Fumiko Shiga, Naoko Ishiduka, Yue Ouyang, Sachiko Takahashi, Akira Tange, Shogo Kawata, Nobuyuki Uchiyama, Tomomasa Watanabe
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Patent number: 10995382Abstract: The invention provides a production method for stabilizers which produces with high productivity in a compact production line, without tempering. The production method for stabilizers of the invention includes: forming a steel bar material containing at least C: 0.15 wt % to 0.39 wt %, Mn, B and Fe into a product shape by bending; and quenching the bent steel bar material in a medium having a heat transfer coefficient higher than or close to that of water.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Kuwatsuka, Yurika Okudaira, Akira Tange, Hideki Okada, Ken Takahashi
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Patent number: 10962808Abstract: Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject, the image pickup unit being provided in the lens unit; and an image pickup control unit configured to control the image pickup unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Masanori Iwasaki, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 10955689Abstract: Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an adjustment unit configured to adjust light to be transmitted through at least one of a first region that is a central portion of the lens unit and covers a pupil of the eyeball and a second region that is an outer side of the first region and covers an iris of the eyeball; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit in response to input of a trigger signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Hayashi, Yoichiro Sako, Takayasu Kon, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Masakazu Yajima, Yuki Koga
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Patent number: 10900112Abstract: A hollow spring member and hollow spring member production method can be provided, which can save the time and energy necessary for carburization, thus requiring no dedicated carburizing furnace or the like for carburization, and further can make the interior space of a steel tube a rust-prevention atmosphere. A hollow stabilizer for a vehicle includes a steel tube sealed at one end and another end thereof and a carburizing gas sealed in the interior space of the steel tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Morimichi Kai, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 10837095Abstract: A hollow stabilizer production method of a hollow stabilizer used for a vehicle includes attaching a first mounting member and a second mounting member respectively to one end and another end of a formed steel tube and heating the steel tube. The method includes feeding a carburizing gas into the interior space of the heated steel tube through the first mounting member, and collecting the air and/or the surplus carburizing gas from the interior space through the second mounting member to thereby carburize the steel tube inner surface. The method includes rapidly cooling the heated steel tube to thereby quench the steel tube continuously from the carburization.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Morimichi Kai, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 10832099Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma