Patents by Inventor Atsushi Koshiyama

Atsushi Koshiyama 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: 9870065
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Publication number: 20170336887
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a sensor unit that detects the three-dimensional position of an object according to variations of electrostatic capacitances; and a control unit that performs display dependent on the detected three-dimensional position at a position on a display unit determined with positions in directions orthogonal to a direction of separation in which the object and the sensor unit are located at a distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Publication number: 20170131786
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 9588592
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Publication number: 20150338978
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 9110513
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 9052783
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba, Shintarou Morita, Minoru Nakano, Masao Kondo, Hiroaki Adachi
  • Patent number: 8872821
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Adachi, Katsutoshi Sakao, Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Publication number: 20140198077
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Patent number: 8754850
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Publication number: 20140152605
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi KOSHIYAMA, Haruo OBA
  • Patent number: 8665237
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 8659649
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image pickup part; a display part; a position detecting part for detecting a position of a target relative to the display part; a face detecting part for detecting a face from a taken image; an attribute obtaining part for obtaining attribute information of the target; a group determining part for determining a group to which the target belongs, at least based on the attribute information of the detected target; a content determining part for determining a content to be provided to the target based on at least one of group information of the target and the attribute information of the target; and a display processing part for displaying content information of the content to be provided to the target, on the display part in a display style in accordance with the position of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Takuro Noda, Akiko Terayama, Eijiro Mori, Kenichi Okada, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Patent number: 8378966
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Patent number: 8284165
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Publication number: 20120242608
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 8217914
    Abstract: An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
  • Patent number: 8115737
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a key operation section that has one or more operation keys arranged planarly, and outputs a key operation output corresponding to an operation of an operation key; a sensor that outputs a detection output corresponding to a distance of a detection target, spatially separated from a layout surface of the operation key, from the layout surface; a detection section that detects the distance of the detection target from the layout surface from the detection output from the sensor; and a control section that validates only the key operation output corresponding to the operation of the operation key and invalidates the detection output of the sensor when the detected distance is less than a predetermined distance, and executes a control function according to the distance detected by the detection section when the detected distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Atsushi Koshiyama
  • Publication number: 20120032905
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KOSHIYAMA, Haruo Oba, Shintarou Morita, Minoru Nakano, Masao Kondo, Hiroaki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20110298791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Adachi, Katsutoshi Sakao, Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba