Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Tadano

Katsuhisa Tadano 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: 20230147235
    Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Glenn Black, Arthur Kwun, So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: 11553114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera unit including a camera main body, and a stand configured to support the camera main body, in which the camera main body includes a light receiving section and a main body housing in which the light receiving section is accommodated, the stand includes a first arm portion configured to support the main body housing for pivotal motion such that an orientation in an upward and downward direction of an optical axis of the light receiving section is adjustable, and a second arm portion attached for pivotal motion to the first arm portion, and the main body hosing has a protrusion that projects downwardly at a lower portion of the camera unit in a use state of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Tadano, Naoki Ogishita, Nozomu Uchida, Kenta Kidoba
  • Publication number: 20220146737
    Abstract: Provided is an input device including an exterior member; a light source housed in the exterior member; a tracked portion that is a part of the exterior member and includes a light emitting portion having an outer surface that emits light toward an outside; and a light guide tube that has an incident surface that receives light of the light source and guides the light of the light source to the light emitting portion, in which a curved surface that widens an angle range of light emitted from the outer surface of the light emitting portion is formed at a boundary surface between light media in an optical path from the incident surface of the light guide tube to the outer surface of the light emitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Tadano, Nozomu Uchida, Isao Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11199902
    Abstract: An input device includes a tracking target section having an outer surface on which a plurality of light emitting sections are provided; a housing constituting the outer surface of the tracking target section; a first substrate which is a rigid substrate disposed inside the housing; at least one light source mounted on a first surface of the first substrate; and a first light guide member that guides light from the at least one light source to positions of the plurality of light emitting sections on the outer surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nozomu Uchida, Takeshi Igarashi, Isao Okuyama, Kawamura Yoshiaki, Katsuhisa Tadano, Takashi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20210377426
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera unit including a camera main body, and a stand configured to support the camera main body, in which the camera main body includes a light receiving section and a main body housing in which the light receiving section is accommodated, the stand includes a first arm portion configured to support the main body housing for pivotal motion such that an orientation in an upward and downward direction of an optical axis of the light receiving section is adjustable, and a second arm portion attached for pivotal motion to the first arm portion, and the main body hosing has a protrusion that projects downwardly at a lower portion of the camera unit in a use state of the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa TADANO, Naoki OGISHITA, Nozomu UCHIDA, Kenta KIDOBA
  • Patent number: 11052547
    Abstract: Convenience and usefulness of a tele-existence system are enhanced taking notice of the possibility by collaboration of tele-existence and a head-mounted display apparatus. A movable member is supported for pivotal motion on a housing. In the housing, a driving motor and a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the driving motor to the movable member are provided. A state information acquisition unit acquires facial expression information and/or emotion information of a user who wears a head-mounted display apparatus. A driving controlling unit controls rotation of the driving motor on the basis of the facial expression information and/or the emotion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Yusuke Takahashi, Shigeyuki Kazama, Tsubasa Umeki, Nozomu Uchida
  • Patent number: 10808879
    Abstract: A first arc-shaped arm has a first elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a second arc-shaped arm has a second elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. A pedestal supports the first arc-shaped arm and the second arc-shaped arm for pivotal motion in a crossing relationship with each other. A first motor pivots the first arc-shaped arm, and a second motor pivots the second arc-shaped arm. An insertion member is fitted in the first elongated through-hole and the second elongated through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Shigeyuki Kazama, Yusuke Takahashi, Nozomu Uchida, Tsubasa Umeki
  • Publication number: 20200301508
    Abstract: An input device includes a tracking target section having an outer surface on which a plurality of light emitting sections are provided; a housing constituting the outer surface of the tracking target section; a first substrate which is a rigid substrate disposed inside the housing; at least one light source mounted on a first surface of the first substrate; and a first light guide member that guides light from the at least one light source to positions of the plurality of light emitting sections on the outer surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nozomu Uchida, Takeshi Igarashi, Isao Okuyama, Kawamura Yoshiaki, Katsuhisa Tadano, Takashi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20190353298
    Abstract: A first arc-shaped arm has a first elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a second arc-shaped arm has a second elongated through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. A pedestal supports the first arc-shaped arm and the second arc-shaped arm for pivotal motion in a crossing relationship with each other. A first motor pivots the first arc-shaped arm, and a second motor pivots the second arc-shaped arm. An insertion member is fitted in the first elongated through-hole and the second elongated through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Shigeyuki Kazama, Yusuke Takahashi, Nozomu Uchida, Tsubasa Umeki
  • Publication number: 20190118386
    Abstract: Convenience and usefulness of a tele-existence system are enhanced taking notice of the possibility by collaboration of tele-existence and a head-mounted display apparatus. A movable member is supported for pivotal motion on a housing (20). In the housing, a driving motor and a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the driving motor to the movable member are provided. A state information acquisition unit acquires facial expression information and/or emotion information of a user who wears a head-mounted display apparatus (100). A driving controlling unit controls rotation of the driving motor on the basis of the facial expression information and/or the emotion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okumura, Katsuhisa Tadano, Yusuke Takahashi, Shigeyuki Kazama, Tsubasa Umeki, Nozomu Uchida
  • Patent number: 10184606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera including a light receiving section and a camera body incorporating the light receiving section. An outside surface of the camera body has, at least on a portion thereof, a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along a left-right direction, and the curve surface is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline when the camera body is seen in the left-right direction. Also disclosed herein is a stand including a camera holding section configured to hold the outside of the camera. The camera holding section is formed so as to enclose the outside surface of the camera at an angle of at least 180 degrees when seen in the left-right direction, and the camera holding section has an inside surface formed so as to make the camera rotatable around the rotation centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi Nokuo, Katsuhisa Tadano, Kenji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180017204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera including a light receiving section and a camera body incorporating the light receiving section. An outside surface of the camera body has, at least on a portion thereof, a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along a left-right direction, and the curve surface is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline when the camera body is seen in the left-right direction. Also disclosed herein is a stand including a camera holding section configured to hold the outside of the camera. The camera holding section is formed so as to enclose the outside surface of the camera at an angle of at least 180 degrees when seen in the left-right direction, and the camera holding section has an inside surface formed so as to make the camera rotatable around the rotation centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi Nokuo, Katsuhisa Tadano, Kenji Kawashima