Patents by Inventor KAZUMICHI SHIRAI

KAZUMICHI SHIRAI 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: 10758438
    Abstract: A mobility vehicle includes the following elements: a moving mechanism which moves a vehicle body; an information acquisition unit which acquires device information; a wireless communication unit capable of communicating via a communication network; and a determination unit which determines whether or not an event for which communication using connection-type communication with a server unit should be started has taken place, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a connection establishment request using the connection-type communication to the server unit when the determination unit determines that the event has taken place, and the wireless communication unit transmits, to the server unit, the device information acquired by the information acquisition unit using connectionless-type communication when the determination unit determines that the event has not taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: WHILL K.K.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Kazumichi Shirai
  • Patent number: 10416794
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that can detect the inclination of an input device through a simple operation while preventing the input device from increasing in size, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire, as detection data, output values or gains of a first sensor and a second sensor which are each capable of detecting contact with or approach to an input device; and an inclination detection unit configured to detect inclination of the input device on the basis of a difference value between the detection data of the first sensor and the detection data of the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LINFINY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumichi Shirai, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Tsutomu Tomokiyo
  • Patent number: 10061438
    Abstract: To improve determination accuracy for validity of input performed through operation with respect to an operation surface. An information processing apparatus includes an operation detecting unit configured to detect a contact area where each of one or two or more objects contacting an operation surface contacts the operation surface, a determining unit configured to determine contact between the object and the operation surface as valid input or invalid input based on comparison between the contact area and a threshold, and a threshold setting unit configured to dynamically set the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tomokiyo, Kazumichi Shirai, Hiroyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20180207040
    Abstract: A mobility vehicle includes the following elements: a moving mechanism which moves a vehicle body; an information acquisition unit which acquires device information; a wireless communication unit capable of communicating via a communication network; and a determination unit which determines whether or not an event for which communication using connection-type communication with a server unit should be started has taken place, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a connection establishment request using the connection-type communication to the server unit when the determination unit determines that the event has taken place, and the wireless communication unit transmits, to the server unit, the device information acquired by the information acquisition unit using connectionless-type communication when the determination unit determines that the event has not taken place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Muneaki FUKUOKA, Kazumichi SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180032155
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that can detect the inclination of an input device through a simple operation while preventing the input device from increasing in size, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire, as detection data, output values or gains of a first sensor and a second sensor which are each capable of detecting contact with or approach to an input device; and an inclination detection unit configured to detect inclination of the input device on the basis of a difference value between the detection data of the first sensor and the detection data of the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumichi SHIRAI, Hiroyuki KANEKO, Tsutomu TOMOKIYO
  • Publication number: 20170068389
    Abstract: To improve determination accuracy for validity of input performed through operation with respect to an operation surface. An information processing apparatus includes an operation detecting unit configured to detect a contact area where each of one or two or more objects contacting an operation surface contacts the operation surface, a determining unit configured to determine contact between the object and the operation surface as valid input or invalid input based on comparison between the contact area and a threshold, and a threshold setting unit configured to dynamically set the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: TSUTOMU TOMOKIYO, KAZUMICHI SHIRAI, HIROYUKI KANEKO