Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Yamamoto

Kazuyuki Yamamoto 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: 10578582
    Abstract: A magnetizer configured to form a main magnetic flux path so as to include a set interval in an axial direction of a wire rope includes a first pole piece and a second pole piece, which are arranged so as to sandwich the set interval therebetween, each have a U-shaped cross section which is formed so as to surround the wire rope in a circumferential direction of the wire rope for about a ? turn without coming into contact with the wire rope. When the wire rope is magnetized by the magnetizer, a leakage magnetic flux generated from the wire rope damaged portion is detected by a magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Omi, Takayuki Kotera, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10564827
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to control combining of a captured image and an operation target image so as to generate a combined image for feeding back gesture recognition to a user. A degree of visualization of the captured image appears to be changed in the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yasushi Okumura, Yoshihito Ohki, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada, Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 10560004
    Abstract: A sensor magnet holder is used to fix a sensor magnet to a motor shaft. The sensor magnet holder includes a press fitting part to which the motor shaft is press fitted; a holding part provided radially outside the press fitting part to hold the sensor magnet; and a joint part that joins the press fitting part and the holding part. The joint part is configured such that at least a part of the joint part is deflected by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10551899
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a device including processing circuitry that detects a first user action according to a first signal received from a first sensor while operating in a first mode, the first user action being gripping and lifting up of the device, changes an operation mode from the first mode to a second mode based on the first user action, detects a second user action according to a second signal received from a second sensor while operating the second mode, the second user action being a touch operation, performs an operation based on the second user action, and changes the operation mode from the second mode to a third mode after a predetermined period of time elapses, the second mode consuming more power than the first mode, and the third mode consuming more power than the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10540025
    Abstract: According to some aspect, an image display apparatus may include a communication section receiving a plurality of remote operation signals corresponding to remote operations of a plurality of input apparatuses, and a combination section combining a first image based on the plurality of individual remote operation signals received by the communication section and a second image supplied from other apparatus into a third image, and outputting the third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaharu Suzuki, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20200019278
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10503316
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita
  • Publication number: 20190346920
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of executing calibration for improving accuracy of gaze detection without causing a user to feel stress. The information processing apparatus, includes a marker control unit that changes, during calibration of an eyewear terminal, a display position of a point-of-regard marker displayed on a display unit of the eyewear terminal; a computational processing unit that computes an optical axis vector expressing a gaze direction of a user by a pupil-corneal reflection method, on a basis of a captured image that includes a user's eye imaged when the eye of the user wearing the eyewear terminal is irradiated with light from a light source, and the point-of-regard marker is displayed at a calibration point; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a variation of the optical axis vector computed for a plurality of the calibration points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: TAKURO NODA, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10474250
    Abstract: An input device includes a detection unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a compensation unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation by a user for controlling an electronic device and output an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the detected operation signal and a differential value of the operation signal. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire a function defined by the differential value to compensate for a delay in response of the operation signal with respect to the operation by the user. The compensation unit is configured to compensate the operation signal with the acquired function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10459578
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10452137
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of executing calibration for improving accuracy of gaze detection without causing a user to feel stress. An information processing apparatus that includes a marker control unit that changes, during calibration of an eyewear terminal, a display position of a point-of-regard marker displayed on a display unit of the eyewear terminal, a computational processing unit that computes an optical axis vector expressing a gaze direction of a user by a pupil-corneal reflection method, on a basis of a captured image that includes a user's eye imaged when the eye of the user wearing the eyewear terminal is irradiated with light from a light source, and the point-of-regard marker is displayed at a calibration point, and an evaluation unit that evaluates a variation of the optical axis vector computed for a plurality of the calibration points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10452158
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of calculating a position of an image displayed on a screen more flexibly. Provided is an information processing device including: a first reception unit configured to receive a first signal from a first input device; a second reception unit configured to receive a second signal different from the first signal from a second input device; a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of an image to be displayed on a screen on the basis of the first or second signal; and a display control unit configured to display the image at the position. The calculation unit has a first mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the first signal and a second mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the second signal, and switches a mode from the first mode to the second mode when a user manipulation event is detected in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ida, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Shin Shiroma, Kunihito Sawai
  • Patent number: 10450217
    Abstract: A glass for pharmaceutical containers, which is resistant to delamination and has excellent processibility, is provided. The glass for pharmaceutical containers comprises, in mol % on an oxide basis, 69 to 81% of SiO2, 4 to 12% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, to 20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0.1 to 12% of Li2O, and 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The glass has a hydrolytic resistance of Class 1 in a test in accordance with the European pharmacopoeia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ken Choju
  • Patent number: 10447118
    Abstract: A motor apparatus includes a sensor magnet configured to rotate integrally with a drive shaft of a motor; a housing including a sensor housing section in which the sensor magnet is located; a pulse output board including a magnetically permeable base and a rotation detection element mounted on a mounting surface of the base and adapted to detect rotation of the sensor magnet and output a pulse; and a terminal electrically connected with the pulse output board, wherein the terminal includes an insertion slot into which the pulse output board is inserted, and the insertion slot opens to the sensor housing section, and when the pulse output board is inserted, the insertion slot supports the pulse output board in a neighborhood of the sensor magnet with a reverse surface on a side opposite the mounting surface of the base facing the sensor magnet and electrically connects the pulse output board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190313047
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device that includes a pixel, the pixel comprising: a photodetector; a control transistor; a capacitor coupled to the photodetector; a reset transistor coupled between the control transistor and the capacitor; an amplifier transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the capacitor; and a select transistor coupled to the amplifier transistor; a first signal line coupled to the select transistor; and a first amplifying circuit including a first input terminal coupled to the first signal line and a second input terminal configured to receive a first reference signal and an output terminal coupled to the control transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Eiji Hirata, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10384975
    Abstract: A glass for pharmaceutical containers, which is resistant to delamination and has excellent processibility, is provided. The glass for pharmaceutical containers comprises, in mol % on an oxide basis, 69 to 81% of SiO2, 4 to 12% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, to 20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0.1 to 12% of Li2O, and 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The glass has a hydrolytic resistance of Class 1 in a test in accordance with the European pharmacopoeia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ken Choju
  • Patent number: 10374478
    Abstract: In an electric motor, an n-th layer of windings includes: a first winding portion wound from a radially outer side of the stator to a radially inner side of the stator so as to form a gap dimensioned to one pitch or more of the windings at a preset position; and a second winding portion wound from the radially inner side of the stator to the radially outer side of the stator in a continuous manner from the first winding portion so as to fill in the gap, the second winding portion crossing the first winding portion. The gap is formed at a position that is at an intermediate portion of the tooth in a stator radial direction and that is a position at which the windings switch from the n-th layer to an (n+1)th layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei Uno, Koji Masumoto, Mariko Nagai, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Terai
  • Patent number: 10352359
    Abstract: A thrust roller bearing cage (11) of the present invention is included in a thrust roller bearing (20) and includes a plurality of pockets (21) accommodating rollers (13). The thrust roller bearing cage (11) includes: a first cylindrical portion (36) extending in a direction of a rotation axis (12); a first disc portion (31) continuous with the first cylindrical portion (36) and extending in a radially outward direction; and a second cylindrical portion (37) continuous with the first disc portion (31) and extending in the direction of the rotation axis (12). The first cylindrical portion (36), the first disc portion (31), and the second cylindrical portion (37) are formed in an area located radially inside the pockets (21). The height (H36) of the first cylindrical portion (36) in the direction of the rotation axis is smaller than the height (H37) of the second cylindrical portion (37) in the direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Hisataka Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10324675
    Abstract: A method is provided for enabling sharing of data. The method comprises defining a sharing region corresponding to a portion of a surface of an apparatus. The method further comprises enabling sharing of data with an external device in response to user input associating the data with the sharing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Shunichi Kasahara, Yasuyuki Koga, Seiji Suzuki, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: RE47433
    Abstract: An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system including those apparatuses, and a control method therefor with which a user can feel a linearity between a movement of the input apparatus and that of a pointer and an accurate pointing operation is possible are provided. An MPU of an input apparatus variably controls a gain value in a range from first threshold value to a second threshold value or first range, in which the input apparatus is within a low-velocity range, and controls the gain value to be constant in a range exceeding the second threshold value second range. The gain value is a value multiplied to a velocity value of the input apparatus that is obtained by an operation, the velocity value being obtained through detection of a movement of the input apparatus. Accordingly, in a relatively-low-velocity range, a pointer velocity value becomes smaller by a multi-degree function as movements of the input apparatus and a pointer on a screen become slower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto