Patents by Inventor Hideaki Hayashi

Hideaki Hayashi 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: 11942003
    Abstract: The visibility of the external scene from the inside of the transmissive transparent screen when the video image is not displayed and the visibility of the video image from the outside when the video image is displayed are satisfied. In a video image display system comprising a projection device 100 and a transmissive transparent screen 1 having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, having a visible light transmittance of at least 5[%], and displaying video images projected from the projection device 100 installed on the first surface side, as video images visible to an observer on the second surface side, the following formula 1 is satisfied: ?1.5?ln(((B/A)/I)×G)?3.9??Formula 1 in the formula 1, A is the projection area [m2] of the projection device 100, B is the luminous flux [lm] projected onto A by the projection device 100, I is the ambient illuminance [lx] at the side of the second surface, and G is the screen gain of the transparent screen 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Yoshinori Iguchi, Yukihiro Tao
  • Patent number: 11933974
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic device capable of recognizing a user's facial feature accurately. A glasses-type electronic device includes a first optical component, a second optical component, a frame, an imaging device, a feature extraction unit, and an emotion estimation unit. The frame is in contact with a side surface of the first optical component and a side surface of the second optical component. The imaging device is in contact with the frame and has a function of detecting part of a user's face. The feature extraction unit has a function of extracting a feature of the user's face from the detected part of the user's face. The emotion estimation unit has a function of estimating information on the user from the extracted feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takayuki Ikeda, Hidetomo Kobayashi, Hideaki Shishido, Kiyotaka Kimura, Takashi Nakagawa, Kosei Nei, Kentaro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240055653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte to be used in a lithium-ion secondary battery, including an argyrodite crystal structure including Li, P, S, and Ha, in which Ha is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak in at least one selected from the group consisting of 140 cm?1 to 170 cm?1, 205 cm?1 to 235 cm?1, and 460 cm?1 to 490 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy measurement, and the sulfide solid electrolyte does not have an endothermic peak within a range of 70° C. to 160° C. in a DSC curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11719551
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Akira Ono, Tetsuya Naruse, Mikio Takenaka, Ryosuke Murakami, Hideaki Hayashi, Mioko Ambe, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Ohno, Seiji Muramatsu, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230246227
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte to be use in a lithium-ion secondary battery includes an argyrodite crystal structure represented by LiaPSbHac (where 5?a?7, 4?b?6, and 0<c?2, and Ha represents a halogen element), in which in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using a Cu-K? ray, the argyrodite crystal structure has a peak A and a peak B, each having a full width at half maximum of 0.07° or more, within a range of 2?=30.3°±0.5°, and a difference between diffraction angles (2?) of the peak A and the peak B is 0.05° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Kosho AKATSUKA, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11708076
    Abstract: A method for identifying a cause of blockage in a sequence of images provided by a camera of a vehicle, the method comprising iteratively: S10) acquiring an image of the camera; successively acquired images forming a sequence of images; S20) detecting a blockage in last images of the sequence of images; S60) determining whether it is day-time or night-time based on time information; if it is determined that it is night-time: S82) determining whether toggling front light(s) of the vehicle on/off causes a change in images acquired by the camera; and S84) in this case, determining that for the current iteration, the cause of the blockage is presumably the road being dark. A computer program for performing said method, a computer-readable recording medium containing such computer program, a driving assistance system capable of executing said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Guillaume Fent, Christophe Gillet, Hideaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230198013
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte to be used in a lithium-ion secondary battery, including an argyrodite crystal, in which the crystal is represented by a composition formula Lia—M—Zb—Hac; M is at least one element selected from Na, K, and elements each of which exists as any of divalent to pentavalent cations in the crystal; Z is at least one element selected from elements that exists as a divalent anion in the crystal; Z includes S; Ha is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I; a, b, and c in the composition formula indicate a ratio among contents (unit: at%) of the respective elements and satisfy 5 < a < 7, 4 < b < 6, and 0 < c < 2; and a maximum distance between Li ions in the crystal is 2.54 ? or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosho AKATSUKA, Naoki FUJII, Tetsushi SHOBUDANI, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Shinji TERAZONO, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230178799
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a sulfide solid electrolyte, includes: heat-treating a starting material containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a phosphorous element to obtain an intermediate; and heating and melting the intermediate in an atmosphere of a gas comprising a sulfur element. In the heat treatment, the starting material may be heated at a temperature in a range of 250° C. to 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Hiroaki TANAKA, Shinji TERAZONO, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220208549
    Abstract: Provided is an indium phosphide substrate which has suppressed sharpness of a wafer edge when polishing is carried out from the back surface of the wafer by a method such as back lapping. An indium phosphide substrate, wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in a wafer, the phosphide substrate has an angle ? on the main surface side of 0°<??110° for all of the planes A where a distance from the main surface is 100 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, wherein the angle ? is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an wafer edge with each of the planes A and being tangent to the wafer edge, and an plane of each of the planes A extending in a wafer outside direction, and wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the wafer edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature Rf of from 200 to 350 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220199770
    Abstract: Provided is an indium phosphide substrate having good accuracy of flatness of the orientation flat, and a method for producing the indium phosphide substrate. An indium phosphide substrate having a main surface and an orientation flat, wherein a difference between maximum and minimum values of a maximum height Pz in each of four cross-sectional curves is less than or equal to 1.50/10000 of a length in a longitudinal direction of an orientation flat end face, wherein the four cross-sectional curves are set at intervals of one-fifth of a thickness of the substrate on a surface excluding a width portion of 3 mm inward from both ends of the orientation flat end face in the longitudinal direction of the orientation flat end face, and the maximum height Pz in each of the four cross-sectional curves is measured in accordance with JIS B 0601:2013.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya ITANI, Hideki KURITA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220189883
    Abstract: Provided is an indium phosphide substrate having good linearity accuracy of a ridge line where the main surface is in contact with the orientation flat, and a method for producing the indium phosphide substrate. An indium phosphide substrate having a main surface and an orientation flat, wherein a maximum value of deviation is less than 1/1000 of a length of a ridge line where the main surface is in contact with the orientation flat, when a plurality of measurement points are set at intervals of 2 mm from a start point to an end point at the ridge line, except for a length portion of 3 mm inward from both ends of the ridge line, and based on a reference line which is a straight line connecting the start point and the end point, a distance of each measurement point from the reference line is defined as the deviation of each measurement point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya ITANI, Hideki KURITA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220171273
    Abstract: The visibility of the external scene from the inside of the transmissive transparent screen when the video image is not displayed and the visibility of the video image from the outside when the video image is displayed are satisfied. In a video image display system comprising a projection device 100 and a transmissive transparent screen 1 having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, having a visible light transmittance of at least 5[%], and displaying video images projected from the projection device 100 installed on the first surface side, as video images visible to an observer on the second surface side, the following formula 1 is satisfied: ?1.5?ln(((B/A)/I)×G)?3.9??Formula 1 in the formula 1, A is the projection area [m2] of the projection device 100, B is the luminous flux [lm] projected onto A by the projection device 100, I is the ambient illuminance [lx] at the side of the second surface, and G is the screen gain of the transparent screen 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki HAYASHI, Yoshinori IGUCHI, Yukihiro TAO
  • Patent number: 11327568
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit and a signal output unit. The information acquisition unit acquires electronic information. The signal output unit outputs a first haptic signal for presenting haptic feedback with respect to an object, the haptic feedback with respect to the object being set corresponding to the acquired electronic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATION INC
    Inventors: Mikio Takenaka, Ryosuke Murakami, Hideaki Hayashi, Akira Ono, Ryo Yokoyama, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Seiji Muramatsu, Mioko Ambe, Kazutoshi Ohno, Tetsuya Naruse, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11307662
    Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a haptic-feedback presenting apparatus, a haptic-feedback presenting system, and a haptic-feedback presenting method capable of presenting information mapped in space without vision and audition. A haptic-feedback presenting apparatus according to the present technology includes a mapping-information acquisition part, a region detection part, and a haptic-feedback arithmetic part. The mapping-information acquisition part acquires mapping information that is information mapped in space. The region detection part sets a detection-target region, and determines whether or not the mapping information included in the detection-target region satisfies a condition, such as being a threshold or more. The haptic-feedback arithmetic part calculates a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of a determination result from the region detection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Ryo Yokoyama, Tetsuya Naruse, Mikio Takenaka, Ryosuke Murakami, Hideaki Hayashi, Mioko Ambe, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Ohno, Seiji Muramatsu, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11248970
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A force-sense presenting apparatus includes a casing structure, a weight, and a drive unit. The weight is provided in the casing structure or incorporated in the casing structure. The drive unit includes a first supporting portion constituted of a pair of supporting structures that support a first side of the weight and a second side opposed to the first side, at least one of the pair of supporting structures being configured to include an actuator capable of providing the weight with biased acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Mikio Takenaka, Shunki Shibaoka, Masaki Kawata, Hideaki Hayashi, Akihiro Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220011135
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Akira ONO, Tetsuya NARUSE, Mikio TAKENAKA, Ryosuke MURAKAMI, Hideaki HAYASHI, Mioko AMBE, Ryosuke TAKEUCHI, Kazutoshi OHNO, Seiji MURAMATSU, Tetsuya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210394488
    Abstract: Laminated glass for a vehicle includes a vehicle-interior side glass plate, a vehicle-exterior side glass plate, an interlayer film that bonds the vehicle-interior side glass plate and the vehicle-exterior side glass plate, and a structure sealed in the interlayer film. The interlayer film includes a first interlayer film bonded to the vehicle-interior side glass plate, a second interlayer film bonded to the vehicle-exterior side glass plate, and a third interlayer film located between the first interlayer film and the second interlayer film to enclose an outer periphery of the structure. Where a film thickness of the first interlayer film or the second interlayer film, whichever is thinner, is denoted as ti, and a thickness of the structure is denoted as ts, ti/ts?0.4 is satisfied. Where a flexural modulus of the structure is denoted as E1 [MPa], a relationship between ts and E1 satisfies E1×ts3?500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke SADAKANE, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210370938
    Abstract: A method for identifying a cause of blockage in a sequence of images provided by a camera of a vehicle, the method comprising iteratively: S10) acquiring an image of the camera; successively acquired images forming a sequence of images; S20) detecting a blockage in last images of the sequence of images; S60) determining whether it is day-time or night-time based on time information; if it is determined that it is night-time: S82) determining whether toggling front light(s) of the vehicle on/off causes a change in images acquired by the camera; and S84) in this case, determining that for the current iteration, the cause of the blockage is presumably the road being dark. A computer program for performing said method, a computer-readable recording medium containing such computer program, a driving assistance system capable of executing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Guillaume FENT, Christophe GILLET, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11156473
    Abstract: [Object] An object of the present technology is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Akira Ono, Tetsuya Naruse, Mikio Takenaka, Ryosuke Murakami, Hideaki Hayashi, Mioko Ambe, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Ohno, Seiji Muramatsu, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210224555
    Abstract: A method for identifying a cause of blockage in a sequence of images provided by a camera of a vehicle, the method comprising iteratively performing steps of: S10) acquiring an image of the camera; successively acquired images thus forming said sequence of images; S20) detecting a blockage in last images of the sequence of images; S60) determining whether it is day-time or night-time based on time information; S70) if it is determined that it is day-time, S72) determining whether outside temperature is below a low temperature threshold, and if it is the case, S73) determining that for the current iteration, the cause of the blockage is presumably icing or fogging. A computer program for performing said method, a computer-readable recording medium containing such computer program, a driving assistance system capable of executing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Guillaume FENT, Christophe GILLET, Hideaki HAYASHI