Patents by Inventor Kaori Sendai

Kaori Sendai 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: 11054650
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device that enables a user to visually recognize a virtual image and an external scene includes an image display unit that causes the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an augmented reality processing unit that forms on the image display unit the virtual image indicating a virtual object which is an object for providing augmented reality to the user and of which the user's visual discomfort is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Hideho Kaneko, Masahide Takano, Naoto Aruga, Kaori Sendai
  • Patent number: 10761333
    Abstract: An HMD including an image display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image, a right earphone and a left earphone to be installed in the user's right and left ears to output sound based on a sound signal of a right channel for a right ear and a sound signal of a left channel for a left ear, a second communication unit configured to receive a sound signal, and a control unit configured to assign a sound signal for sound associated with a displayed image displayed by the image display unit and the sound signal received by the second communication unit to the left channel and the right channel to output the sound signals as sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20190271846
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device that enables a user to visually recognize a virtual image and an external scene includes an image display unit that causes the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an augmented reality processing unit that forms on the image display unit the virtual image indicating a virtual object which is an object for providing augmented reality to the user and of which the user's visual discomfort is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Hideho Kaneko, Masahide Takano, Naoto Aruga, Kaori Sendai
  • Publication number: 20190227323
    Abstract: An HMD including an image display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image, a right earphone and a left earphone to be installed in the user's right and left ears to output sound based on a sound signal of a right channel for a right ear and a sound signal of a left channel for a left ear, a second communication unit configured to receive a sound signal, and a control unit configured to assign a sound signal for sound associated with a displayed image displayed by the image display unit and the sound signal received by the second communication unit to the left channel and the right channel to output the sound signals as sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Masahide TAKANO
  • Patent number: 10303435
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image includes an image display section configured to cause the user to visually recognize the virtual image, an image acquiring section configured to acquire an outside scene image in a visual field direction of the user in a state in which the head-mounted display device is mounted, and a guiding section configured to guide, with sound, the user to an object of attention, which is at least one real object present in the real world and included in the acquired outside scene image and is a real object to which the user is urged to pay attention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 10296104
    Abstract: An HMD includes an image display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, and an control device, capable of being moved independently of the image display unit, which includes a six-axis sensor detecting a movement and a track pad receiving an operation. The HMD controls the display of the image display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the six-axis sensor in a state where the track pad receives an operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Kazuo Nishizawa, Fusashi Kimura, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 10114604
    Abstract: A transmission type head-mounted display device includes a sound acquiring unit configured to acquire sound on the outside, a sound identifying unit configured to identify specific sound in the acquired sound, an image display unit capable of displaying an image and capable of transmitting an outside scene, an image storing unit configured to store an execution function image representing a function executable by the head-mounted display device and a specific sound image associated with the specific sound, a display-image setting unit configured to cause the image display unit to display a combined image obtained by combining the execution function image and the specific sound image, and a function executing unit configured to execute a function corresponding to the execution function image combined with the specific sound image associated with the acquired specific sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Akira Suzuki, Fusashi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10114610
    Abstract: A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and which displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a right headphone and a left headphone outputting a sound. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in the visual line direction; a distance detection unit that detects a distance between the detected target and the user; and an information output control unit that controls the output of the sound of the right headphone and the left headphone according to the detected distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Atsunari Tsuda, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 9972319
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes an image display unit that allows a user to visually recognize an image and through which outside scenery is transmitted and a microphone that detects a voice. In addition, the head mounted display device further includes a data acquisition unit that acquires data and an additional data display control unit that allows the image display unit to display an image based on the voice detected by the microphone and the data acquired by the data acquisition unit when the outside scenery is visually recognized by the user through the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Atsunari Tsuda, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 9959591
    Abstract: A head mounted display is worn on the body of a user before use and includes an image display unit that transmits an outside scene and displays an image in a visually recognizable manner along with the outside scene and a camera that performs image capturing in directions of sight lines of the user. A control section of the head mounted display includes an image generation section that generates a display image from a captured image from the camera and an image display control section that causes the image display unit to display the display image generated by the image generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Atsunari Tsuda, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 9880615
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires at least one of specific information regarding an environment where the information processing device is used, biological information of a user who uses the information processing device, and control information for controlling the information processing device, and a control unit that controls the information processing device on the basis of at least one of the acquired specific information, biological information, and control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kaori Sendai
  • Patent number: 9794684
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display unit which displays an image. The head-mounted display device includes: a microphone unit including an audio input unit which converts a sound into an electrical signal and capable of switching a position of the audio input unit between a plurality of positions; a position determination unit which determines which position of the plurality of positions the audio input unit is located at; and a mode switching control unit which switches an operation of the audio input unit and a display mode of the image display unit, respectively, on the basis of the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20170255447
    Abstract: A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and which displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a right headphone and a left headphone outputting a sound. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in the visual line direction; a distance detection unit that detects a distance between the detected target and the user; and an information output control unit that controls the output of the sound of the right headphone and the left headphone according to the detected distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170235380
    Abstract: An HMD includes an image display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, and an control device, capable of being moved independently of the image display unit, which includes a six-axis sensor detecting a movement and a track pad receiving an operation. The HMD controls the display of the image display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the six-axis sensor in a state where the track pad receives an operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Kazuo NISHIZAWA, Fusashi KIMURA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Patent number: 9684486
    Abstract: A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and which displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a right headphone and a left headphone outputting a sound. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in the visual line direction; a distance detection unit that detects a distance between the detected target and the user; and an information output control unit that controls the output of the sound of the right headphone and the left headphone according to the detected distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Atsunari Tsuda, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20170168562
    Abstract: A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and that displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in a visual line direction and a position detection unit that detects a position of the target with respect to a display region of the image display unit. Further, the head mounted display device includes an information display control unit that determines a display position of information based on a position of the target detected by the position detection unit and allows the image display unit to display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Patent number: 9542958
    Abstract: A transmissive display device includes an image display section adapted to generate image light representing an image, allow a user to visually recognize the image light, and transmit an external sight, a sound acquisition section adapted to obtain a sound, a conversion section adapted to convert the sound into a character image expressing the sound as an image using characters, a specific direction setting section adapted to set a specific direction, and a display position setting section adapted to set an image display position, which is a position where character image light representing the character image is made to be visually recognized in a visual field of the user, based on the specific direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kaori Sendai
  • Publication number: 20160238842
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display unit which displays an image. The head-mounted display device includes: a microphone unit including an audio input unit which converts a sound into an electrical signal and capable of switching a position of the audio input unit between a plurality of positions; a position determination unit which determines which position of the plurality of positions the audio input unit is located at; and a mode switching control unit which switches an operation of the audio input unit and a display mode of the image display unit, respectively, on the basis of the determined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Kaori Sendai, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20160209916
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image includes an image display section configured to cause the user to visually recognize the virtual image, an image acquiring section configured to acquire an outside scene image in a visual field direction of the user in a state in which the head-mounted display device is mounted, and a guiding section configured to guide, with sound, the user to an object of attention, which is at least one real object present in the real world and included in the acquired outside scene image and is a real object to which the user is urged to pay attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160188283
    Abstract: A transmission type head-mounted display device includes a sound acquiring unit configured to acquire sound on the outside, a sound identifying unit configured to identify specific sound in the acquired sound, an image display unit capable of displaying an image and capable of transmitting an outside scene, an image storing unit configured to store an execution function image representing a function executable by the head-mounted display device and a specific sound image associated with the specific sound, a display-image setting unit configured to cause the image display unit to display a combined image obtained by combining the execution function image and the specific sound image, and a function executing unit configured to execute a function corresponding to the execution function image combined with the specific sound image associated with the acquired specific sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Akira SUZUKI, Fusashi KIMURA