Patents by Inventor Jun Kimura

Jun Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20180356636
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information associated with a user situation, determine a display mode based on the information associated with the user situation, and allow an operation unit to receive a user input based on a target displaying in the determined display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUN KIMURA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOHISA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180347987
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: TOMOHISA TANAKA, KEN MIYASHITA, JUN KIMURA, OSAMU OOBA
  • Patent number: 10146057
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device capable of ensuring the user's field of vision while keeping the user safe when the user is using a see-through head-mounted display, the display control device including: a situation acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation where a see-through display is being used, and a display control unit configured to perform display control on the see-through display using the information acquired by the situation acquisition unit so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Nobuhiro Saijo
  • Publication number: 20180282974
    Abstract: A fluid pressure control device includes a switching valve configured to switch an operation of an operate check valve, a relief valve configured to open when a pressure in a load-side pressure chamber reaches a predetermined pressure, and a relief discharge passage configured to lead a relief fluid discharged from the relief valve to a tank. The switching valve includes a piston giving thrust to a spool upon receipt of a pilot pressure on a back surface, a drain chamber defined by the spool and the piston, and a drain passage allowing the drain chamber and a spring chamber to communicate with the relief discharge passage. The relief fluid discharged from the relief valve is discharged to the tank through the relief discharge passage and does not operate the switching valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke KUBO, Jun KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180280762
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. In a case where the movement speed exceeds certain speed, displaying is performed with a unit or a label in a plurality of pieces of information being omitted, whereby the plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in a recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Katsuya HYODO, Daisuke NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180278888
    Abstract: To perform matching between a user who provides a first person view and a user who views the first person view. An icon indicating a current position of each Body is displayed on a map of a range that is currently specified. A Ghost can select a Body to whom the Ghost desires to perform JackIn by specifying an icon in a desired position by UI operation such as a touch or click. Further, when a keyword for limiting behavior or the like is input to a search field, only Bodies extracted on the basis of the behavior are displayed. Then, when selection is settled, a JackIn request is transmitted from the Ghost to the selected Body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Junichi Rekimoto, Jun Kimura, Taizo Shirai
  • Publication number: 20180257874
    Abstract: A lifting facility for a workpiece is provided in a drying furnace for drying the workpiece, and comprises: a drop lift that conveys the workpiece so as to raise and lower the workpiece between one of a carrying-in position at which the workpiece is carried in the drying furnace and a carrying-out position at which the workpiece is carried out from the drying furnace and a high-temperature zone which is formed above the carrying-in position and the carrying-out position and in which the workpiece is dried; and a strut that supports the drop lift so as to raise and lower the first drop lift. The strut is extended to the high-temperature zone in the drying furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo UEDA, Kiyotoku SONE, Jun KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180239487
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable improvement in the operability of an HMD. An output control unit prevents reflection of an operation in an output, in accordance with the attachment state of a housing to be attached to a head of a user. The operation is performed on an operation receiving unit provided in the housing. The present technology can be applied to a display module that forms an HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180240220
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further reducing the unpleasant feeling caused by the disturbance of the display of the virtual object, the information processing apparatus including: a prediction accuracy estimation unit that estimates a degree of prediction accuracy related to prediction of a position or a posture of a real object; and an output control unit that outputs information for causing a display unit to display a virtual object corresponding to the real object on a basis of an estimation result of the prediction accuracy estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KATORI, Jun KIMURA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kazuomi KONDO, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180234661
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. If the movement speed exceeds certain speed, a plurality of pieces of information is displayed in a time-division manner for a certain amount of information each with which amount a recognition rate is not decreased, whereby a plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in the recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Katsuya HYODO, Daisuke NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180203233
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including circuitry configured to acquire state information related to a user of the information processing device, and generate display control information for causing a display unit to display an indicator having a shape whose size changes in a first direction, and whose size also changes in a second direction different from the first direction, according to the acquired state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Emika ARAI, Katsuya HYODO, Daisuke NAKATA
  • Patent number: 10015393
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging control device including a result receiving unit configured to receive an example image selected by an image processing device used for image processing using image information, the image information being information regarding an image captured by an imaging unit used for image capturing, a selection result transmitting unit configured to transmit information regarding the example image received by the result receiving unit to the image processing device, a setting receiving unit configured to receive setting information generated by the image processing device based on the example image transmitted from the selection result transmitting unit, the setting information indicating a setting condition when image capturing is performed like the example image, and a setting change unit configured to change an imaging setting of the imaging unit using the setting information received by the setting receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironari Sakurai, Jun Kimura, Yuji Ando, Keisuke Yamaoka, Takefumi Nagumo, Masashi Eshima
  • Publication number: 20180133777
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a door channel is provided. The door channel is provided in a space defined between an inner panel and an outer panel of a vehicle door and has an outside wall and a connection wall connected to the outside wall The method includes: (a) disposing the door channel in a die; and (b) forming a cut portion in a comer portion of the door channel by punching the comer portion by a punch. The cut portion includes: a first cut portion formed in a comer portion of the outside wall; and a second cut portion formed in a corner portion of the connection wall and communicating with the first cut portion. By the first cut portion, a first cut surface and a second cut surface facing each other are formed on the outside wall. In the step (b), the first cut portion and the second cut portion are formed by a single punching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun KIMURA, Jun MAKITA
  • Patent number: 9967458
    Abstract: The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tomohisa Tanaka, Osamu Ooba, Ken Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9965029
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a setting unit configured to set a display mode corresponding to a posture of a user on the basis of posture information indicating the posture of the head of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Anthony Rogers
  • Publication number: 20180118135
    Abstract: A branch structure in which a branch harness is connected to a trunk harness includes connecting terminals. The trunk harness includes a plurality of trunk lines which are parallel-arranged. The branch harness includes a plurality of branch lines. The connecting terminals are respectively connected to the plurality of the trunk lines so as to electrically connect the plurality of the branch lines to the plurality of the trunk lines respectively. The trunk lines include connecting parts recessed in a radial direction. The connecting parts are arranged along an arrangement direction of the plurality of the trunk lines. The connecting terminals respectively includes connecting plate parts connected to the connecting parts in surface contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi TSUKAMOTO, Daiyu NAKAJIMA, Jun KIMURA, Mihoko SOWA
  • Patent number: 9940316
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience for a user, the information processing apparatus including: an update detection unit configured to detect update of presented information presented to a user during execution of an application; an interest data extraction unit configured to extract interest data that includes at least information accompanying the presented information whose update has been detected and is information on a target in which the user is interested during execution of the application; an input context detection unit configured to detect input context indicating a processing status of input information using the application, the input information being attempted to be inputted during execution of the application; and an input information candidate presentation unit configured to perform, on the basis of the input context, control to present input information candidates that are candidates of the input information among the interest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Tomohisa Tanaka, Jun Kimura, Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20180084127
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes an image processing device to perform processing, using electrical power supplied from a supply source, the supply source being selected from it commercial power supply, a first electrical power storage device, and a second electrical power storage device, the second electric power supply storage device supplying electric power in an amount smaller than an amount supplied from the first electric power supply storage device; and circuitry to control the processing to be performed by the image processing device according to the selected supply source. When the supply source is the first electrical power storage device, the circuitry controls the image processing device to execute processing that is executable when the supply source is the commercial power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Masataka YAMAZAKI, Jun KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9916012
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a hand shape recognition unit that performs hand shape recognition on an input image to detect a position and a size of a hand with a specific shape in the input image, a determination region setting unit that sets a region in a vicinity of the hand on the input image as a determination region used to recognize a gesture performed using the hand, based on the position and the size of the hand, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes the gesture by monitoring movement of the hand to the determination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Akio Ohba
  • Patent number: D838198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Kimura