Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Watanabe

Kazuhiro Watanabe 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for converting proficiency levels into indices
    Patent number: 9519343
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The storage is configured to store rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation by the user. The controller is configured to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user and the rule information, points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation, to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated points, and to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Isozu, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160350621
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for connecting an apparatus to the internet
    Patent number: 9473554
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit. The first communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with a first apparatus via a predetermined communication path. The first apparatus has a predetermined sensing function and does not have an Internet connecting function. The second communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with a second apparatus via the Internet. The control unit is configured to be capable of controlling the first communication unit to receive sensed data from the first apparatus and controlling the first communication unit to transmit the received data to the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Isozu, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Ion implantation apparatus
    Patent number: 9466467
    Abstract: An ion implantation apparatus includes: a plurality of units for accelerating an ion beam generated in an ion source; and a plurality of units for adjusting a scan beam and implanting ions into a wafer. A horizontal U-shaped folder type beamline having opposite long straight portions includes the plurality of units for adjusting the scan beam in a long straight portion to have substantially the same length as the ion source and the plurality of units for accelerating the ion beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Hitoshi Ando, Kouji Inada, Tatsuya Yamada
  • System to provide a guide display based on a predicted action of a subject
    Patent number: 9465984
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Ophthalmologic measurement apparatus, method and program of controlling the same
    Patent number: 9427145
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit that acquires an image of an eye to be inspected, a main unit in which the measurement unit is placed and which includes a holding part for holding the main unit with a hand, an eyepiece part having a shape asymmetric about a measurement optical axis of the measurement unit and capable of being in contact with an area around an eye to be inspected, a position detection unit that detects a position of the eyepiece part, an acquisition unit that acquires eye distinguishing information indicating whether the eye is a right eye or a left eye, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display an image of the eye such that the image of the eye is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on the eye distinguishing information and a resultant image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Sakiko Yamaguchi, Naofumi Sekine, Wataru Kaku
  • Information processing device and recording medium for face recognition
    Patent number: 9432581
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • EMBOSSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160243815
    Abstract: An embossing apparatus includes a base, a work table, a mat, a pen carriage and a first tool. The base includes a conveyance path extending in a first direction. The work table is attached to the conveyance path and moves in the first direction. The mat is arranged on the work table. The pen carriage is spaced apart from the base and moves in the second direction parallel to the major surface of the work table and different from the first direction. The first tool is arranged on the pen carriage and moves in the third direction perpendicular to the major surface of the work table. The first tool moves in the third direction and is pressed against a medium adhered on the mat, thereby forms a recess in the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoichi Oka, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tsutomu Ohira
  • CONTROL METHOD OF EMBOSSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160243752
    Abstract: A blade of a cutting tool is stuck into a medium adhered on a support member and is stopped in a state in which a blade edge is positioned between upper and lower surfaces of the medium. A cut line is formed in the medium by the support member and the cutting tool being moved. The blade is pulled out from the medium. An embossing tool is pressed against a position along the cut line of the medium. A continuous recess extending along the cut line is formed in the medium by the support member and the embossing tool being moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoichi Oka, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tsutomu Ohira
  • Radiation generating apparatus and radiation imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 9414795
    Abstract: There are provided a radiation generating apparatus and a radiation imaging apparatus that have excellent transportability. The radiation generating apparatus and radiation imaging apparatus include a radiation generating unit configured to generate radiation, an arm configured to support the radiation generating unit, and a support pillar configured to support the arm and rotate the arm, wherein the support pillar has a housing portion that has a space for housing at least a part of the radiation generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakata, Hideki Hayashi, Hitomi Ogasawara, Kenta Koyama, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Ion implanter and method of ion beam tuning
    Patent number: 9390889
    Abstract: An energy analysis slit of an ion implanter is configured to enable switching between a standard slit opening used for implantation processing performed under a predetermined implantation condition and a high-precision slit opening having higher energy precision than the standard slit opening and used to tune an acceleration parameter for a radio frequency linear accelerator. The acceleration parameter is determined for the predetermined implantation condition so that at least a part of ions supplied to the radio frequency linear accelerator is accelerated to have target energy, and so that the beam current amount measured by a beam measurement unit is equivalent to a target beam current amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuuji Takahashi, Yusuke Ueno
  • High-energy ion implanter
    Patent number: 9390890
    Abstract: A high-energy ion implanter includes a high-energy multi-stage linear acceleration unit that accelerates an ion beam so as to generate a high-energy ion beam, a deflection unit that changes the direction of the high-energy ion beam toward a semiconductor wafer, and a beam transportation unit that transports the deflected high-energy ion beam to the wafer. The beam transportation unit includes a beam shaper, a high-energy beam scanner, a high-energy electric field type beam collimator, and a high-energy electric field type final energy filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Haruka Sasaki, Kouji Inada
  • Image processing device, server, and storage medium to perform image composition
    Patent number: 9392192
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an extraction nit configured to extract an object from an image picked up by use of a certain imaging parameter, a ranging unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance between an image pickup unit that has picked up the image and the object that has been imaged, a communication unit having a first transmission function, a second transmission function, and a reception function, and a composition unit configured to combine the object candidate image received by the communication unit in a region of the object included in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • INPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160196061
    Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus including an estimation unit configured to automatically estimate an attribute of a user, a setting unit configured to set an input mode based on the attribute of the user estimated by the estimation unit, and a control unit configured to control input based on the set input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YUKI KOGA
  • ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160183349
    Abstract: There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Hiroshi OKADA, Hirofumi YUCHI, Kohei ASADA, Takashi SATO, Yutaka FUKUYAMA, Kiyoshi YONEDA, Kouji MIYATA
  • Terminal apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 9370042
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada, Tomoya Onuma
  • High-energy ion implanter
    Patent number: 9368327
    Abstract: A high-energy ion implanter includes: a beam generation unit that includes an ion source and a mass analyzer; a high-energy multi-stage linear acceleration unit that accelerates an ion beam so as to generate a high-energy ion beam; a high-energy beam deflection unit that changes the direction of the high-energy ion beam toward the wafer; and a beam transportation unit that transports the deflected high-energy ion beam to the wafer. The deflection unit is configured by a plurality of deflection electromagnets, and at least a horizontal focusing element is inserted between the plurality of deflection electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuuji Takahashi, Tatsuya Yamada
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160155474
    Abstract: There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma
  • High-energy ion implanter
    Patent number: 9355847
    Abstract: A high-energy ion implanter includes: a beam generation unit that includes an ion source and a mass spectrometer; a radio frequency multi-stage linear acceleration unit; a deflection unit that includes a magnetic field type energy analysis device for filtering ions by a momentum; a beam transportation line unit; and a substrate processing/supplying unit. In this apparatus, an electric field type final energy filter that deflects a high-energy scan beam in the vertical direction by an electric field is inserted between the electric field type beam collimator and the wafer in addition to the magnetic field type mass spectrometer and the magnetic field type energy analysis device as momentum filters and the radio frequency multi-stage linear acceleration unit as a velocity filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Haruka Sasaki, Kouji Inada, Makoto Sano
  • Cutting plotter
    Patent number: D765769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Graphtec Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Umezawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe