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).

  • Control system and control method
    Patent number: 10083351
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuki Koga, Maiko Saitou
  • Information processing system and storage medium
    Patent number: 10075801
    Abstract: An information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a given target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the given target recognized by the recognizing unit, an estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the a signal detected by any one of the plurality of sensors, and a signal processing unit configured to process signals acquired from sensors around the given target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when output from a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user, the signals are localized near the position of the specific user estimated by the estimating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Information processing apparatus for controlling data transmission between devices in a network
    Patent number: 10044692
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to cause a second information processing apparatus to output authentication key information for allowing a first information processing apparatus to make a wireless connection with the second information processing apparatus in order to conduct data transmission from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus using wireless communication, and determine to allow the first information processing apparatus to make the wireless connection on the basis of authentication key information input into the first information processing apparatus and the output authentication key information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Kunihiro, Kento Suzuki, Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Katsuhito Ishida, Makoto Akagi, Kouichirou Ono, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Michihiro Kobayashi
  • Steel for spring, and method for producing spring
    Patent number: 10041160
    Abstract: Provided is high strength steel for springs that, compared to conventional high strength steel for springs, has excellent decarburization resistance and scale exfoliation property, by optimization of the added amounts of C, Si, Mn, and Cr as well as of Sb and Sn. The steel for springs contains C: more than 0.45 mass % and less than 0.65 mass %, Si: 0.15 mass % or more and 0.70 mass % or less, Mn: 0.10 mass % or more and 1.00 mass % or less, Cr: 0.20 mass % or more and 1.50 mass % or less, P: 0.025 mass % or less, S: 0.025 mass % or less, O: 0.0015 mass % or less, Sb: 0.010 mass % or more and less than 0.030 mass %, and Sn: 0.010 mass % or more and 0.030 mass % or less, under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, SUMIHATSU CO., LTD., NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Honjo, Kiyoshi Uwai, Shigeru Endo, Katsutoshi Yamashita, Koei Tsuru, Keiichi Fujie, Akira Tange
  • Information processing device, system, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 10037342
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Kikuchi, Toshihiko Kawai, Atsushi Kuribayashi, Akira Tange, Shigefumi Tamura
  • Communication device, service providing device, and communication server
    Patent number: 10026071
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including an acceptation unit configured to accept a service execution request for requesting execution of a service, a control unit configured to specify a service providing device to which a request for execution of a service provided by the service providing device is made based on a device record that includes the service and provision destination group information that indicates a provision destination group of the service, and the service execution request accepted by the acceptation unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit the service execution request to the service providing device specified by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kenta Kawamoto, Taizo Shirai, Masayuki Takada
  • Communication system, communication method and program
    Patent number: 9952674
    Abstract: A communication system includes processing circuitry that responds to a recognition result by initiating an electronic communication session with a user-designated destination. The recognition result corresponds with a recognized gesture made by the user as detected by a sensor, and the user-designated destination corresponds with the recognized gesture. A method and non-transitory computer program product also respond to the recognition result in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yasunori Kamada, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Mitsuru Takehara, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi
  • CARBURIZATION DEVICE AND CARBURIZATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180080113
    Abstract: A carburization device includes a heating furnace which heats a material, a transfer mechanism, an alcohol vapor generator, an alcohol vapor spraying portion, a quenching tank, and an exhaust heat intake tube. The transfer mechanism moves a plurality of materials. The alcohol vapor generator uses part of heat generated by the heating furnace as a heat source. As the alcohol vapor spraying portion repeats a vapor spraying step and a diffusion step a plurality of times in the heating furnace. In the vapor spraying step, by spraying alcohol vapor on the material which moves inside the heating furnace, carbon in the alcohol is adsorbed to the material. In the diffusion step, an interval for diffusing the carbon adsorbed to the material is taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru NAKAO, Akira TANGE, Koichi TANGO, Morimichi KAI
  • Imaging control apparatus, storage system, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9911186
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging control apparatus including an imaging control section configured to control an imaging section to capture a predetermined area in a body cavity, a comparison section configured to compare a captured image captured by the imaging section with a reference image, and a storage control section configured to execute a control to store the captured image in response to a comparison result by the comparison section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • PAIR OF CONTACT LENSES, CONTACT LENS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180039100
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact lens and a storage medium enabling a pair of contact lenses to operate in coordination with each other. [Solution] Provided is a pair of contact lenses including: a pair of lens parts configured to be worn on respective eyeballs of both eyes; a first function unit provided to one of the pair of lens parts; and a second function unit provided to the other one of the pair of lens parts, the second function unit having a function different from a function of the first function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, TOMOYA ONUMA, TAKAYASU KON, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, KOHEI ASADA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180039896
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayasu KON, Yoichiro SAKO, Kazunori HAYASHI, Yasunori KAMADA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE
  • Information processing device and storage medium
    Patent number: 9881517
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit configured to detect a plurality of pieces of food which are eating targets from an image obtained by imaging eating of a user, and a recommendation unit configured to recommend at least the food to be subsequently ingested in real time among the plurality of pieces of food so that the user ingests the plurality of pieces of food detected by the detection unit in an order satisfying a predetermined purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Hayashi, Yoichiro Sako, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
  • Image processor and storage medium
    Patent number: 9881402
    Abstract: There is provided an image processor including a recognition part configured to recognize a captured target on the basis of a captured image, and an image generation part configured to generate an additive image for decorating the target depending on a user circumstance of a user seeing the target and a recognition result by the recognition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Takayasu Kon
  • IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180003983
    Abstract: Provided is an image display device used by being mounted to a head or a face of a user, including a first display unit that displays an internal image seen from a side of the user, a second display unit that displays an external image seen from outside the image display device, and a control unit that controls display of the internal image and the external image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, HIROSHI MUKAWA, TATSUYA NARAHARA, MOTOYUKI TAKAI, MASASHI TAKEDA, HIROAKI OGAWA, SEIJI WADA, ICHIGO HAYAKAWA, AKIRA TANGE, TAKAO TANIKAME, KAZUHIDE KEMMOCHI
  • CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170371439
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control device including a detection unit configured to detect, as a manipulation region, at least a part of a substantial object present at a position at which a user is estimated to be able to perform a manipulation, a function setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that a predetermined function matches the manipulation region detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform the function matched with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, SEIJI WADA, HIROAKI OGAWA, HIROSHI MUKAWA, TATSUYA NARAHARA, MOTOYUKI TAKAI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, IKUO TSUKAGOSHI, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, MASASHI TAKEDA, AKIRA TANGE, KAZUHIDE KEMMOCHI, ICHIGO HAYAKAWA, TAKAO TANIKAME
  • STABILIZER
    Publication number: 20170349962
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichiro KUWATSUKA, Yurika OKUDAIRA, Akira TANGE, Hideki OKADA, Ken TAKAHASHI
  • PRODUCTION METHOD FOR STABILIZERS
    Publication number: 20170349961
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichiro KUWATSUKA, Yurika OKUDAIRA, Akira TANGE, Hideki OKADA, Ken TAKAHASHI
  • Client terminal and server to determine an overhead view image
    Patent number: 9836886
    Abstract: There is provided a client terminal including a determination unit configured to determine whether an overhead view image is associated with a position indicated by a user, and a display control unit configured to perform control so that the overhead view image is displayed on a display unit in accordance with a determination result obtained by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange
  • Server and client terminal for providing a result based on zoom operation
    Patent number: 9817630
    Abstract: There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Pair of contact lenses, contact lens and storage medium
    Patent number: 9810926
    Abstract: A pair of contact lenses comprise: a pair of lens parts configured to be worn on respective eyeballs of both eyes; a first function unit provided to one of the pair of lens parts; and a second function unit provided to the other one of the pair of lens parts, the second function unit having a function different from a function of the first function unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Masakazu Yajima, Kohei Asada