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).

  • Publication number: 20170205240
    Abstract: [Object] To provide 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. [Solution] Provided is 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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20170164103
    Abstract: A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus includes a directivity forming unit, configured to form a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a monitoring target corresponding to a first designated position in an image displayed on a display unit, and an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain information on a second designated position in the image displayed on the display unit, designated in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target. The directivity forming unit is configured to change the directivity of the sound toward the monitoring target corresponding to the second designated position by referring to the information on the second designated position obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Kazunori HAYASHI, Toshimichi TOKUDA, Hirotaka SAWA
  • Publication number: 20170116472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9621982
    Abstract: A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus includes a directivity forming unit, configured to form a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a monitoring target corresponding to a first designated position in an image displayed on a display unit, and an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain information on a second designated position in the image displayed on the display unit, designated in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target. The directivity forming unit is configured to change the directivity of the sound toward the monitoring target corresponding to the second designated position by referring to the information on the second designated position obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Akitoshi Izumi, Kazunori Hayashi, Toshimichi Tokuda, Hirotaka Sawa
  • Patent number: 9569660
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20170034415
    Abstract: An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Itaru Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9549244
    Abstract: A directivity control system includes: a sound collection unit, configured to collect a sound; a display unit, configured to display a designation screen used to designate a directivity direction oriented from the sound collection unit to a first sound position; a directivity direction calculation unit, configured to calculate a horizontal angle and a vertical angle from the sound collection unit to the first sound position corresponding to the designated directivity direction in accordance with a designation of the directivity direction on the designation screen displayed by the display unit; and a control unit, configured to form directivity of the sound collected by the sound collection unit based on the horizontal angle and the vertical angle calculated by the directivity direction calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Kazunori Hayashi, Toshimichi Tokuda, Hirotaka Sawa, Kosuke Shinozaki, Shuichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9544979
    Abstract: There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20170006375
    Abstract: A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus includes a directivity forming unit, configured to form a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a monitoring target corresponding to a first designated position in an image displayed on a display unit, and an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain information on a second designated position in the image displayed on the display unit, designated in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target. The directivity forming unit is configured to change the directivity of the sound toward the monitoring target corresponding to the second designated position by referring to the information on the second designated position obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Kazunori HAYASHI, Toshimichi TOKUDA, Hirotaka SAWA
  • Publication number: 20160366549
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
  • Patent number: 9516412
    Abstract: A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. A beam forming unit forms a beam in a direction from the sound collecting unit toward a sound source corresponding to a position designated in an image on a display unit. A magnification setting unit sets a magnification for magnifying or demagnifying the image in the display according to an input. The beam forming unit also changes a size of the formed beam in accordance with the magnification set by the magnification setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Shuichi Watanabe, Tadashi Maki, Akitoshi Izumi, Kazunori Hayashi, Toshimichi Tokuda, Shojiro Matsuo, Hirotaka Sawa
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9497371
    Abstract: An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Itaru Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20160299357
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact lens and storage medium capable of adjusting light to be transmitted through the contact lens. [Solution] Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an adjustment unit configured to adjust light to be transmitted through at least one of a first region that is a central portion of the lens unit and covers a pupil of the eyeball and a second region that is an outer side of the first region and covers an iris of the eyeball; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit in response to input of a trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YOICHIRO SAKO, TAKAYASU KON, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, AKIRA TANGE, TOMOYA ONUMA, HIROYUKI HANAYA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, YUKI KOGA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160263811
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo NAKANO, Kazunori HAYASHI, Shingo MATSUBARA, Takahiro MAENO, Ryuuta SOUTOME
  • Publication number: 20160250799
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shingo NAKANO, Kazunori HAYASHI, Shingo MATSUBARA, Takahiro MAENO, Ryuuta SOUTOME
  • Patent number: 9429442
    Abstract: There is provided a navigation apparatus including an estimation section which estimates first environmental information in a movement route candidate of an object based on observation information observed in real time in the movement route candidate, an acquisition section which acquires second environmental information of a surrounding of the movement route candidate, and a guidance section which guides a movement direction for the object based on the first environmental information estimated by the estimation section and the second environmental information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kamada, Yoichiro Sako, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9414153
    Abstract: A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus includes a directivity forming unit, configured to form a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a monitoring target corresponding to a first designated position in an image displayed on a display unit, and an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain information on a second designated position in the image displayed on the display unit, designated in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target. The directivity forming unit is configured to change the directivity of the sound toward the monitoring target corresponding to the second designated position by referring to the information on the second designated position obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Akitoshi Izumi, Kazunori Hayashi, Toshimichi Tokuda, Hirotaka Sawa