Patents by Inventor Hisanori Nagata

Hisanori Nagata 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: 11916164
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes providing the light-emitting element that includes a light-emitting layer with an emission wavelength of not more than 306 nm and a p-type layer including AlGaInN including Mg as an acceptor, and removing hydrogen in the p-type layer from the light-emitting element by irradiating the light-emitting element with ultraviolet light at a wavelength of not more than 306 nm from outside and treating the light-emitting element with heat in a state in which a reverse voltage, or a forward voltage lower than a threshold voltage of the light-emitting element, or no voltage is applied to the light-emitting element. The removing of hydrogen in the p-type layer from the light-emitting element is performed in a N2 atmosphere at not less than 650° C. or in a N2+O2 atmosphere at not less than 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., MEIJO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiki Saito, Shinya Boyama, Shinichi Matsui, Hiroshi Miwa, Kengo Nagata, Tetsuya Takeuchi, Hisanori Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20230315278
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, an acceptance unit, and an image control unit. The detection unit is capable of detecting whether or not each of a plurality of reproduction apparatuses constitutes a group related to reproduction of content, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being connected to a network, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being capable of reproducing the content. The acceptance unit accepts a user operation related to constitution of the group. The image control unit outputs a group state image based on a detection result by the detection unit, the group state image representing a constitution state of the group, the group state image including an image of each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses, and controls the group state image in response to the accepted user operation related to constitution of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji FUJITA, Satoshi ASAI, Naohiro URIYA, Kenichiro TAKYU, Minako KAWATA, Hisanori NAGATA, Takashi ONOHARA, Ryo SOKABE, Naoki YUASA, Takuma HIGO
  • Patent number: 11083227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor inhaler includes a flavor releasing unit provided with at least one holding part for storing a flavor component and an aerosol-forming substrate, an aerosol generation part for generating an aerosol containing the flavor component from the contents of the holding part, and a flavor providing part configured to direct the aerosol generated by the aerosol generation part to a user, a speaker unit provided with an oscillator for generating a sound wave and a speaker interface for transmitting the sound wave from the oscillator to the user's skull, and a controller for controlling the flavor releasing unit and the speaker unit so that generation of the aerosol and generation of the sound wave are in coordination with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hisanori Nagata, Yukio Sone, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210011617
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, an acceptance unit, and an image control unit. The detection unit is capable of detecting whether or not each of a plurality of reproduction apparatuses constitutes a group related to reproduction of content, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being connected to a network, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being capable of reproducing the content. The acceptance unit accepts a user operation related to constitution of the group. The image control unit outputs a group state image based on a detection result by the detection unit, the group state image representing a constitution state of the group, the group state image including an image of each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses, and controls the group state image in response to the accepted user operation related to constitution of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji FUJITA, Satoshi ASAI, Naohiro URIYA, Kenichiro TAKYU, Minako KAWATA, Hisanori NAGATA, Takashi ONOHARA, Ryo SOKABE, Naoki YUASA, Takuma HIGO
  • Patent number: 10809903
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a detection unit, an acceptance unit, and an image control unit. The detection unit is capable of detecting whether or not each of a plurality of reproduction apparatuses constitutes a group related to reproduction of content, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being connected to a network, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being capable of reproducing the content. The acceptance unit accepts a user operation related to constitution of the group. The image control unit outputs a group state image on the basis of a detection result by the detection unit, the group state image representing a constitution state of the group, the group state image including an image of each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses, and controls the group state image in response to the accepted user operation related to constitution of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Fujita, Satoshi Asai, Naohiro Uriya, Kenichiro Takyu, Minako Kawata, Hisanori Nagata, Takashi Onohara, Ryo Sokabe, Naoki Yuasa, Takuma Higo
  • Publication number: 20190166915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor inhaler includes a flavor releasing unit provided with at least one holding part for storing a flavor component and an aerosol-forming substrate, an aerosol generation part for generating an aerosol containing the flavor component from the contents of the holding part, and a flavor providing part configured to direct the aerosol generated by the aerosol generation part to a user, a speaker unit provided with an oscillator for generating a sound wave and a speaker interface for transmitting the sound wave from the oscillator to the user's skull, and a controller for controlling the flavor releasing unit and the speaker unit so that generation of the aerosol and generation of the sound wave are in coordination with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hisanori NAGATA, Yukio SONE, Naoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170315715
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a detection unit, an acceptance unit, and an image control unit. The detection unit is capable of detecting whether or not each of a plurality of reproduction apparatuses constitutes a group related to reproduction of content, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being connected to a network, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being capable of reproducing the content. The acceptance unit accepts a user operation related to constitution of the group. The image control unit outputs a group state image on the basis of a detection result by the detection unit, the group state image representing a constitution state of the group, the group state image including an image of each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses, and controls the group state image in response to the accepted user operation related to constitution of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji FUJITA, Satoshi ASAI, Naohiro URIYA, Kenichiro TAKYU, Minako KAWATA, Hisanori NAGATA, Takashi ONOHARA, Ryo SOKABE, Naoki YUASA, Takuma HIGO
  • Publication number: 20150067734
    Abstract: Provided is an information display apparatus including an information acquisition section configured to acquire foreground information displayed on a foreground, a foreground screen generation section configured to generate a foreground screen based on the foreground information, a character string acquisition section configured to acquire character strings of one or more lines based on the foreground information, a background image generation section configured to generate a background image in which character strings acquired by the character string acquisition section are drawn, and an image combination section configured to superimpose the foreground screen on the background image, and generate a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi Asai, Hisanori Nagata
  • Patent number: 8115764
    Abstract: Map display systems, map data processing apparatuses, map display apparatuses, and map display methods for general navigation systems are provided. A map data processing section categorizes original three-dimensional map data into scene graph data representing a data structure of a three-dimensional map using a tree structure and rendering data for rendering an object included in the three-dimensional map and processes the scene graph data and the rendering data. A map data display section specifies a display area by referring to the scene graph data and reads and displays the rendering data in accordance with the specified display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito, Hisanori Nagata
  • Patent number: 7612777
    Abstract: An animation generating apparatus for generating a three-dimensional animation tracking a moving object includes a camera parameter setting section setting a point of regard and a point of view based on a current position of the moving object using route data indicating a route of the moving object so that the point of regard is located on the route and the point of view is located behind the point of regard along the route, and a rendering processor generating an image by retrieving necessary rendering data from three-dimensional map data based on the point of regard and point of view set by the camera parameter setting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Nagata, Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda
  • Publication number: 20060284879
    Abstract: An animation generating apparatus for generating a three-dimensional animation tracking a moving object includes a camera parameter setting section setting a point of regard and a point of view based on a current position of the moving object using route data indicating a route of the moving object so that the point of regard is located on the route and the point of view is located behind the point of regard along the route, and a rendering processor generating an image by retrieving necessary rendering data from three-dimensional map data based on the point of regard and point of view set by the camera parameter setting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori Nagata, Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda
  • Publication number: 20050035883
    Abstract: Map display systems, map data processing apparatuses, map display apparatuses, and map display methods for general navigation systems are provided. A map data processing section categorizes original three-dimensional map data into scene graph data representing a data structure of a three-dimensional map using a tree structure and rendering data for rendering an object included in the three-dimensional map and processes the scene graph data and the rendering data. A map data display section specifies a display area by referring to the scene graph data and reads and displays the rendering data in accordance with the specified display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito, Hisanori Nagata