Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Usuda

Hiroshi Usuda 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: 10082885
    Abstract: In a portable type information input and output apparatus having a portable housing, the control unit performs a control to determine whether a detected output by a first sensor (light sensor or atmospheric pressure sensor) for detecting a first environmental change in three-dimensional space exceeds a threshold value or not, and to execute command by regarding all or part of information obtained by a second sensor (acceleration sensor, angular velocity sensor, direction sensor, atmospheric pressure sensor or temperature sensor) for detecting a second environmental change in the three-dimensional space as an input information, and to generate an output signal according to the second environmental change in the three-dimensional space based on the input information, and to output the generated output signal as a vibration information from an information output device composed of at least one vibration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: USUDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE & SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20170068333
    Abstract: In a portable type information input and output apparatus having a portable housing, the control unit performs a control to determine whether a detected output by a first sensor (light sensor or atmospheric pressure sensor) for detecting a first environmental change in three-dimensional space exceeds a threshold value or not, and to execute command by regarding all or part of information obtained by a second sensor (acceleration sensor, angular velocity sensor, direction sensor, atmospheric pressure sensor or temperature sensor) for detecting a second environmental change in the three-dimensional space as an input information, and to generate an output signal according to the second environmental change in the three-dimensional space based on the input information, and to output the generated output signal as a vibration information from an information output device composed of at least one vibration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: USUDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE & SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi USUDA
  • Patent number: 7813551
    Abstract: A terminal device includes an input unit operable to input a first graphic code that corresponds to first information from a medium printed with a first series of graphic codes and a communication unit operable to use the first information as terminal identification information to establish communication through a network. The input unit inputs a second graphic code from a medium printed with a second series of graphic codes, the second graphic code corresponding to second information associated with the first information. The communication unit includes an acquiring unit operable to acquire the second information corresponding to the second graphic code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 7526122
    Abstract: An object surface is imaged by an imaging unit (11) and, based on the imaging information by the imaging unit (11), the information corresponding to the object is read out and recognized to identify the object, as an object identification code indicating the information set corresponding to the object stored in the storage unit (14) and the information for specifying the information in the information set corresponding to the object are matched to a position on the object surface by an imaging unit (12) and a controller (13). In this manner, the knowledge stored in the information system can be freely accessed without producing break points, if the knowledge is to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Usuda, Masanori Idesawa
  • Patent number: 7477235
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable for displaying at least a partial image of the first area; a case for exposing the display screen; a scroll unit operable to move a display screen area appearing on the display screen over the image in accordance with a movement of the case; and a controller operable to provide a virtual memory area for storing an image of a second area having a size greater than the size of the first area in the image when the scroll unit moves the display screen area beyond the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 7380206
    Abstract: Information matching output attributes and/or content attributes is contained in a single data content for distribution and is divided by tags for separation during processing. The expression format is prescribed by style sheets, so that the receiving system side selectively stores style sheets matching the content attributes of the distribution content or matching the output attributes of the output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 7370577
    Abstract: A stencil printing machine includes a rotatable drum having an outer circumferential wall formed by an ink impermeable member, a stencil clamping part for clamping a leading end of a stencil sheet, an ink supply unit having an ink supply opening for supplying a surface of the outer circumferential wall with ink, a press roll for pressing a printing paper against the outer circumferential wall of the drum, an ink recovery unit having an ink recovery opening formed on a downstream side of a maximum printing area in a printing direction to collect ink flowing into the ink recovery opening by suction, the maximum printing area being defined on the outer circumferential wall, and a press unit for pressing the stencil sheet onto the outer circumferential wall of the drum and a control unit for controlling respective operations of the main motor, the ink recovery unit and the press unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Naitou, Hiroshi Usuda, legal representative, Keita Usuda
  • Publication number: 20070181015
    Abstract: A stencil printing machine includes a rotatable drum having an outer circumferential wall formed by an ink impermeable member, a stencil clamping part for clamping a leading end of a stencil sheet, an ink supply unit having an ink supply opening for supplying a surface of the outer circumferential wall with ink, a press roll for pressing a printing paper against the outer circumferential wall of the drum, an ink recovery unit having an ink recovery opening formed on a downstream side of a maximum printing area in a printing direction to collect ink flowing into the ink recovery opening by suction, the maximum printing area being defined on the outer circumferential wall, and a press unit for pressing the stencil sheet onto the outer circumferential wall of the drum and a control unit for controlling respective operations of the main motor, the ink recovery unit and the press unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Taku Naitou, Keita Usuda, Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 7225101
    Abstract: An electronic device that prevents a failure caused by a temperature drift of an angular velocity sensor, and a signal compensation system and a signal compensation method for compensating for the temperature drift are provided. The present invention provides a mechanism including an angular velocity sensor that outputs a first signal in accordance with a rotational angular velocity. The device stores in advance data of a second signal normally output by the angular velocity sensor while in a stationary state, detects a stationary state and extracts the difference between the first and second signals when the stationary state is detected. The device thereby compensates for the first signal based on the extracted difference signal. A display unit in the device scrolls an image based on the compensated signal. This prevents a failure caused by the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Usuda, Eiji Miyazaki, Shinji Yamachika
  • Patent number: 7154478
    Abstract: Device names and device control parameters are registered in a content table of a terminal. These device names and control parameters are each associated in the content table with partial images forming a total image. A user causes an arbitrary partial image to be displayed on a display screen of the terminal by moving the position of the total image relative to the display screen. After reading the device name and the control parameters corresponding to the arbitrary partial image from the content table, the terminal remotely controls the targeted terminal based on the information read. Therefore, the targeted device and the control description thereof can be selected using a simple operation, such as moving the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen. The addition or replacement of targeted devices can be easily accommodated by updating the content table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20060209094
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable for displaying at least a partial image of the first area; a case for exposing the display screen; a scroll unit operable to move a display screen area appearing on the display screen over the image in accordance with a movement of the case; and a controller operable to provide a virtual memory area for storing an image of a second area having a size greater than the size of the first area in the image when the scroll unit moves the display screen area beyond the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20050071118
    Abstract: An electronic device that prevents a failure caused by a temperature drift of an angular velocity sensor, and a signal compensation system and a signal compensation method for compensating for the temperature drift are provided. The present invention provides a mechanism including an angular velocity sensor that outputs a first signal in accordance with a rotational angular velocity, for example, a voltage in a graph ? at a given temperature; means for storing in advance a graph ?, which is data of a second signal normally output by the angular velocity sensor that is in a stationary state; means for detecting a stationary state; means for extracting the difference between the first signal and the second signal when the stationary state is detected; means for compensating for the first signal based on the extracted difference signal; and a display unit that scrolls and displays an image based on the compensated signal. This prevents a failure caused by the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Usuda, Eiji Miyazaki, Shinji Yamachika
  • Publication number: 20050021559
    Abstract: Using a camera 3 included in a terminal 1, an image of an information-including region in an information input medium 43 is captured. Captured image information is processed to detect the direction of rotation of an image pattern and to recognize a code for specifying an image that can be provided as content. On the basis of the recognized code, the image serving as the corresponding content is obtained from, for example, a site on the Web or a storage medium. Accordingly, a terminal capable of obtaining content, such as a background image to be pasted on a display screen, from the Web or the like using a simple process is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 6748424
    Abstract: A field player 2 transmits to a field generator 1 an image of an ultra magic key (UMK) sticker 7 on which an image pattern instructing transmission of predetermined data to the field player 2 is printed. The field generator 1 transmits information corresponding to the image pattern of the UMK sticker 7 to the field player 2. The field player 2 reproduces information such as an image or a sound transmitted from the field generator 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20040061725
    Abstract: An object surface is imaged by an imaging unit (11) and, based on the imaging information by the imaging unit (11), the information corresponding to the object is read out and recognized to identify the object, as an object identification code indicating the information set corresponding to the object stored in the storage unit (14) and the information for specifying the information in the information set corresponding to the object are matched to a position on the object surface by an imaging unit (12) and a controller (13). In this manner, the knowledge stored in the information system can be freely accessed without producing break points, if the knowledge is to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Usuda, Masanori Idesawa
  • Publication number: 20040046993
    Abstract: A terminal device includes an input unit operable to input a first graphic code that corresponds to first information from a medium printed with a first series of graphic codes and a communication unit operable to use the first information as terminal identification information to establish communication through a network. The input unit inputs a second graphic code from a medium printed with a second series of graphic codes, the second graphic code corresponding to second information associated with the first information. The communication unit includes an acquiring unit operable to acquire the second information corresponding to the second graphic code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: 6682407
    Abstract: The work-piece-processing machine of the present invention is compact and has two tools for precisely processing a work-piece. In the work-piece-processing machine, the work-piece is processed by a first tool and a second tool. Diameter of the second tool is shorter than that of the first tool. A first motor rotates the first tool. A second motor rotates the second tool. The first motor and the second motor are attached to a rotatable member. A rotating unit rotates the rotatable member in a vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Koyama
    Inventors: Hideo Tokutake, Takenori Kitazawa, Takao Nishina, Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20030201972
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is configured to carry out a scroll operation of a picture image by detecting a movement of the apparatus body, and to display on a display screen a virtual keyboard having a size larger than the size of the display screen. The virtual keyboard includes a plurality of key areas dividing the keyboard in the vertical and horizontal directions. A key area at a predetermined position on the display screen is highlighted so as to be identified as a key area capable of carrying out a key input, and a highlighted key area is moved by moving the virtual keyboard using the scroll operation. Then, when a desired key area is highlighted, a corresponding key code is input by depressing an OK button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Publication number: 20030197686
    Abstract: Device names and device control parameters are registered in a content table of a terminal. These device names and control parameters are each associated in the content table with partial images forming a total image. A user causes an arbitrary partial image to be displayed on a display screen of the terminal by moving the position of the total image relative to the display screen. After reading the device name and the control parameters corresponding to the arbitrary partial image from the content table, the terminal remotely controls the targeted terminal based on the information read. Therefore, the targeted device and the control description thereof can be selected using a simple operation, such as moving the position of the image to be displayed on the display screen. The addition or replacement of targeted devices can be easily accommodated by updating the content table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Usuda
  • Patent number: RE43657
    Abstract: An electronic device that prevents a failure caused by a temperature drift of an angular velocity sensor, and a signal compensation system and a signal compensation method for compensating for the temperature drift are provided. The present invention provides a mechanism including an angular velocity sensor that outputs a first signal in accordance with a rotational angular velocity. The device stores in advance data of a second signal normally output by the angular velocity sensor while in a stationary state, detects a stationary state and extracts the difference between the first and second signals when the stationary state is detected. The device thereby compensates for the first signal based on the extracted difference signal. A display unit in the device scrolls an image based on the compensated signal. This prevents a failure caused by the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Usuda, Eiji Miyazaki, Shinji Yamachika