Patents by Inventor Keiichi Kitahara

Keiichi Kitahara 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: 11947869
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing device including a control unit that dynamically controls output of notification information related to a function corresponding to a gesture regarding function execution of the device based on a recognition status of an operation body that is executing the gesture in a predetermined operation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Junichi Shimizu, Junichi Nagahara, Manabu Fujiki, Tomohiro Imura, Keiichi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20230370801
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology includes a storage unit that stores HRTF data corresponding to a plurality of positions based on a listening position, and a sound image localization processing unit that performs a sound image localization process based on the HRTF data corresponding to a position, in a virtual space, of a participant participating in a conversation via a network and sound data of the participant. The present technology can be applied to a computer that performs remote conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takuto Onishi, Keiichi Kitahara, Isamu Terasaka, Masashi Fujihara, Toru Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220179616
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing device including a control unit that dynamically controls output of notification information related to a function corresponding to a gesture regarding function execution of the device based on a recognition status of an operation body that is executing the gesture in a predetermined operation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Junichi NAGAHARA, Manabu FUJIKI, Tomohiro IMURA, Keiichi KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220179613
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device and an information processing method, the information processing device including a control unit that, on the basis of a position of a recognized operation object, dynamically controls output of an information associated with at least one operation region in which the recognized operation object is located, the control unit being configured to, in a case where the recognized operation object is located in the operation region, control execution of a device function corresponding to the operation region in which the recognized operation object is located, and the operation region including a region incapable of being visually recognized by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi SHIMIZU, Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi NAGAHARA, Manabu FUJIKI, Tomohiro IMURA, Keiichi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 8236406
    Abstract: A fingerprint easily erasable film formed by providing a resin layer on a substrate, in which surface of the resin layer is matted and which is formed so that the surface of the resin layer should show a wet tension (JIS-K 6768:1999) of 25 mN/m or higher. Preferably, the resin layer has a surface roughness of 0.2 to 2.0 ?m in terms of the ten point mean roughness Rz (JIS-B 0601:1994). The resin layer preferably contains an ionizing radiation curable resin and a matting agent, more preferably, two kinds of matting agents having different average particle diameters. On the fingerprint easily erasable film having such a configuration, ingredients of fingerprint are unlikely to adhere, and even if ingredients of fingerprint adhere, the ingredients of fingerprint can be removed substantially completely or to such a degree that they cannot be visually observed by wiping with cloth or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuo Koyama, Keiichi Kitahara, Masato Saito, Junji Ichinokawa, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Patent number: 7709084
    Abstract: There is provided an anti-Newton ring sheet having an excellent anti-sparkle property, which can prevent the generation of sparkles when it is used in a touch panel using a high-definition color display, and a touch panel using this anti-Newton ring sheet. The anti-Newton ring sheet 1 of the present invention has an anti-Newton ring layer 3 comprising ionizing radiation curable organic-inorganic hybrid resin (binder component 32) and fine particles 31 on one surface of a transparent substrate 2, and preferably the mean diameter and the coefficient of variation of the diameter of the particle 31 is not less than 0.5 ?m and not more than 3.0 ?m and not less than 20% and not more than 80%, respectively, and the thickness of the anti-Newton ring layer 3 is preferably not less than 0.2 ?m and not more than 3.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masato Saito, Keiichi Kitahara, Masuo Koyama, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090130464
    Abstract: An antistatic hard coat film showing antistatic property and antireflection property for outer lights as well as superior hard coat properties such as superior surface hardness and antiscratching property is provided. The antistatic hard coat film of the present invention comprises an antistatic hard coat layer formed from an ionizing radiation curable resin, a pigment and a polymer antistatic agent having an organopolysiloxane unit and a quaternary ammonium salt unit, and the hard coat layer contains 1 to 5% by weight of the pigment. Weight ratio of the ionizing radiation curable resin and the polymer antistatic agent is preferably 6:4 to 5:5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Hikaru Nishinaga, Keiichi Kitahara, Masato Saito, Kazushige Matsumoto, Masuo Koyama, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090042017
    Abstract: To provide a surface protective sheet having superior anti-ultraviolet property and exhibiting little yellow tint. The surface protective sheet of the present invention has an anti-ultraviolet layer on at least one surface of a plastic film, and the anti-ultraviolet layer comprises an ultraviolet absorber, an ionizing radiation curable resin composition, and spherical microparticles having a mean particle diameter of 1 to 20 ?m, and the microparticles are contained in an amount of 0.4 to 3% by weight in the anti-ultraviolet layer. The anti-ultraviolet layer preferably contains 0.01 to 1% by weight of organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: KIMOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kitahara, Masato Saito, Masuo Koyama, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Patent number: 7320823
    Abstract: A light diffusing body and transmission type screen, which can reduce the shift of the color tone of the light source light seen through the light diffusing body and prevent the phenomenon that the white light source seen through the light diffusing body looks colored, is provide. The light diffusing body 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent resin and spherical micro-particles having a different refractive index from that of the said transparent resin, wherein the relation between the maximum value (Emax) and the minimum value (Emax) of the effective scattering efficiency values (E) obtained for each center wavelength in the wavelength ranges of blue, green and red by dividing the sum of scattering cross-sections of all spherical micro-particles contained in the unit area of the aforementioned light diffusing body 1 by the sum of geometrical cross-sections of all these spherical micro-particles satisfies Emin/Emax?0.90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kitahara, Hideki Etori, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070190291
    Abstract: A light diffusing body and transmission type screen, which can reduce the shift of the color tone of the light source light seen through the light diffusing body and prevent the phenomenon that the white light source seen through the light diffusing body looks colored, is provide. The light diffusing body 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent resin and spherical micro-particles having a different refractive index from that of the said transparent resin, wherein the relation between the maximum value (Emax) and the minimum value (Emax) of the effective scattering efficiency values (E) obtained for each center wavelength in the wavelength ranges of blue, green and red by dividing the sum of scattering cross-sections of all spherical micro-particles contained in the unit area of the aforementioned light diffusing body 1 by the sum of geometrical cross-sections of all these spherical micro-particles satisfies Emin/Emax?0.90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: KIMOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kitahara, Hideki Etori, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070184260
    Abstract: There is provided an anti-Newton ring sheet having an excellent anti-sparkle property, which can prevent the generation of sparkles when it is used in a touch panel using a high-definition color display, and a touch panel using this anti-Newton ring sheet. The anti-Newton ring sheet 1 of the present-invention has an anti-Newton ring layer 3 comprising ionizing radiation curable organic-inorganic hybrid resin (binder component 32) and fine particles 31 on one surface of a transparent substrate 2, and preferably the mean diameter and the coefficient of variation of the diameter of the particle 31 is not less than 0.5 ?m and not more than 3.0 ?m and not less than 20% and not more than 80%, respectively, and the thickness of the anti-Newton ring layer 3 is preferably not less than 0.2 ?m and not more than 3.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: KIMOTO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masato Saito, Keiichi Kitahara, Masuo Koyama, Yoshihisa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060035060
    Abstract: A fingerprint easily erasable film formed by providing a resin layer on a substrate, in which surface of the resin layer is matted and which is formed so that the surface of the resin layer should show a wet tension (JIS-K 6768:1999) of 25 mN/m or higher. Preferably, the resin layer has a surface roughness of 0.2 to 2.0 ?m in terms of the ten point mean roughness Rz (JIS-B 0601:1994). The resin layer preferably contains an ionizing radiation curable resin and a matting agent, more preferably, two kinds of matting agents having different average particle diameters. On the fingerprint easily erasable film having such a configuration, ingredients of fingerprint are unlikely to adhere, and even if ingredients of fingerprint adhere, the ingredients of fingerprint can be removed substantially completely or to such a degree that they cannot be visually observed by wiping with cloth or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Masuo Koyama, Keiichi Kitahara, Masato Saito, Junji Ichinokawa, Yoshihisa Kimura