Patents by Inventor Kazunori Hayashi
Kazunori Hayashi 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).
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Patent number: 10488208Abstract: A communication system, a control method, and a storage medium, which can guide a user to an action for having the predetermined feeling in accordance with a feeling map. A communication system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire present position information of a user; a guiding information generation unit configured to generate guiding information in accordance with the present position information and map information in which feeling data is mapped; and a supply unit configured to supply the guiding information to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Masakazu Yajima, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Kohei Asada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Abiko, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Publication number: 20190340523Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayasu KON, Yoichiro SAKO, Kazunori HAYASHI, Yasunori KAMADA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE
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Publication number: 20190272830Abstract: A recording device records a video and an imaging time, and a voice. Based on the voice, a sound parameter calculator calculates a sound parameter for specifying magnitude of the voice in a monitoring area at the imaging time for each of pixels and for each of certain times. A sound parameter storage unit stores the sound parameter. A sound parameter display controller superimposes a voice heat map on a captured image of the monitoring area and displays the superimposed image on a monitor. At this time, the sound parameter display controller displays the voice heat map based on a cumulative time value of magnitude of the voice, according to designation of a time range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryota FUJII, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki HAYASHI, Kazunori HAYASHI
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Patent number: 10387782Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20190138859Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 10244162Abstract: A directionality control system includes: a camera; a microphone provided as a separate body from the camera; a display that displays video data captured by the camera; and a processor that computes a sound collection direction, which is directed from the microphone toward a sound position corresponding to a designated position in the video data. The processor computes the sound collection direction by using parameters including: a first height of the camera from a reference surface, a second height of the microphone from the reference surface, a third height of a computation reference point from the reference surface, the computation reference point being positioned in the sound collection direction at a position different from the sound position, a direction which is directed from the camera toward the sound position, and a fourth height of the sound position from the reference surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Sawa, Toshimichi Tokuda, Shinichi Shigenaga, Shuichi Watanabe, Shojiro Matsuo, Takashi Hirabara, Tadashi Maki, Hisashi Tsuji, Teppei Fukuda, Akitoshi Izumi, Shintaro Yoshikuni, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kazunori Hayashi, Kosuke Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20190090307Abstract: To prevent a decrease in transmission rate of an entirety of a system including devices that transmit data items with use of a plurality of channels ever, in a case where some of the channels change in condition, for example, decrease in transmission rate. In an information processing device including channel evaluation units, a channel selection unit, and a transmission control unit, the channel evaluation units evaluate, on the basis of an evaluation function, a plurality of channels that transmit data items via wireless communication. The channel selection unit performs selection from the plurality of channels on the basis of results of the evaluations. The transmission control unit transmits the data items to the plurality of channels subjected to the selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: KAZUNORI HAYASHI, JUNJI KATO, TOMOAKI MATSUMURA, OSAMU YOSHIMURA, KENSAKU WAKUDA, TOMOYA OIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190065049Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising circuitry configured to obtain information of an input speed of a gesture input of at least one user from a sensor configured to detect a hand of the user, estimate an attribute of the user based on the input speed, control a display apparatus to display a layout image for the gesture input based on the estimated attribute of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 10219101Abstract: There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
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Patent number: 10204293Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10193593Abstract: A transfer function calculation unit (522) calculates a diagonal matrix G(f) on the basis of a band limit condition g(t) used in a transmission device (20). A transfer function calculation unit (524) calculates a diagonal matrix C(f) on the basis of a wavelength dispersion amount c(t) incurred in an optical transmission path. A transfer function combination unit (526) combines the diagonal matrix G(f) with the diagonal matrix C(f) so as to calculate a diagonal matrix H(f)=G(f)×C(f). An equalization coefficient calculation unit (528) calculates an equalization coefficient matrix W(f)=H(f)H(H(f)HH(f)+(1/Es)×??)?1 used in a multiplication unit (506) by using the diagonal matrix H(f). Here, H(f)H is a Hermitian transposed matrix of a matrix H(f), Es is power of an optical signal, and ?? is a diagonal matrix with N rows and N columns.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Wakako Yasuda, Kazunori Hayashi
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Patent number: 10173361Abstract: A vacuum forming method of forming a decorative film in close contact with a surface of an adherend in a forming space, by using a vacuum forming machine having the forming space seal-formed by a lower box and an upper box, includes: a pressure adjusting process of decompressing a lower division of the forming space sealed to have a lower pressure than an upper division of the forming space so as to produce a pressure difference between the divided forming spaces, thereby setting the pressure in the vicinity of the surface of the adherend lower pressure than that of the periphery thereof; a pressure releasing process of releasing the pressure difference after the forming process; and an extracting process of extracting a formed product. A lower end portion of the upper box is provided with a jig which suppresses lifting of the decorative film.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Nakano, Kazunori Hayashi, Shingo Matsubara, Takahiro Maeno, Ryuuta Soutome
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Patent number: 10142727Abstract: A directivity control apparatus is provided which controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collector including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus forms a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a position of a monitoring target in an image displayed on a display. Information on the position of the monitoring target in the image displayed on the display is obtained. The directivity of the sound is changed toward the position of the monitoring target in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target by referring to the obtained information on the position of the monitoring target.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Akitoshi Izumi, Kazunori Hayashi, Toshimichi Tokuda, Hirotaka Sawa
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Patent number: 10133481Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising circuitry configured to obtain information of an input speed of a gesture input of at least one user from a sensor configured to detect a hand of the user, estimate an attribute of the user based on the input speed, control a display apparatus to display a layout image for the gesture input based on the estimated attribute of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180273201Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Kayoko Tanaka, Kousuke Suzuki, Masaaki Masuda, Takekazu Kakinuma, Kazunori Hayashi
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Patent number: 10083351Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuki Koga, Maiko Saitou
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Publication number: 20180248582Abstract: A transfer function calculation unit (522) calculates a diagonal matrix G(f) on the basis of a band limit condition g(t) used in a transmission device (20). A transfer function calculation unit (524) calculates a diagonal matrix C(f) on the basis of a wavelength dispersion amount c(t) incurred in an optical transmission path. A transfer function combination unit (526) combines the diagonal matrix G(f) with the diagonal matrix C(f) so as to calculate a diagonal matrix H(f)=G(f)×C(f). An equalization coefficient calculation unit (528) calculates an equalization coefficient matrix W(f)=H(f)H(H(f)HH(f)+(1/Es)×??)?1 used in a multiplication unit (506) by using the diagonal matrix H(f). Here, H(f)H is a Hermitian transposed matrix of a matrix H(f), Es is power of an optical signal, and ?? is a diagonal matrix with N rows and N columns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Wakako YASUDA, Kazunori HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180199134Abstract: A directivity control apparatus is provided which controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collector including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus forms a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a position of a monitoring target in an image displayed on a display. Information on the position of the monitoring target in the image displayed on the display is obtained. The directivity of the sound is changed toward the position of the monitoring target in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target by referring to the obtained information on the position of the monitoring target.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Kazunori HAYASHI, Toshimichi TOKUDA, Hirotaka SAWA
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Patent number: 10011371Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Kayoko Tanaka, Kousuke Suzuki, Masaaki Masuda, Takekazu Kakinuma, Kazunori Hayashi
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Publication number: 20180160032Abstract: A directionality control system includes: a camera; a microphone provided as a separate body from the camera; a display that displays video data captured by the camera; and a processor that computes a sound collection direction, which is directed from the microphone toward a sound position corresponding to a designated position in the video data. The processor computes the sound collection direction by using parameters including: a first height of the camera from a reference surface, a second height of the microphone from the reference surface, a third height of a computation reference point from the reference surface, the computation reference point being positioned in the sound collection direction at a position different from the sound position, a direction which is directed from the camera toward the sound position, and a fourth height of the sound position from the reference surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka SAWA, Toshimichi Tokuda, Shinichi Shigenaga, Shuichi Watanabe, Shojiro Matsuo, Takashi Hirabara, Tadashi Maki, Hisashi Tsuji, Teppei Fukuda, Akitoshi Izumi, Shintaro Yoshikuni, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kazunori Hayashi, Kosuke Shinozaki