Patents by Inventor Kenro YAJIMA

Kenro YAJIMA 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: 10627620
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an image display unit configured to cause the user to visually recognize the virtual image, a detecting unit configured to cause the image display unit to form the virtual image for causing the user to visually recognize a mark on any standard coordinate on a three-dimensional space, calculate a gazing point coordinate on the three-dimensional space representing a gazing point of the user gazing at the mark, and detect a shift between the standard coordinate and the gazing point coordinate, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form the virtual image including a virtual object to be displayed with respect to a real object actually present in a real world, the virtual object being arranged using the detected shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro Yajima
  • Patent number: 10613333
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section worn on the head of a user and configured to be capable of transmitting external light and display an image, a right electronic shade and a left electronic shade configured to adjust transmittance of the external light transmitted through the image display section, and a control section configured to determine a worn state of the image display section on the head of the user, control the right electronic shade and the left electronic shade on the basis of a result of the determination, and adjust the transmittance of the external light transmitted through the image display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro Yajima
  • Patent number: 10416460
    Abstract: A transmission type head mounted display device includes an imaging unit that images an outside scene and an image display unit that is capable of transmitting the outside scene. An imaging range of the imaging unit is set based on a set distance from the image display unit set based on a focal length of a user and an estimated field of view estimated as a field of view of the user who wears the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro Yajima
  • Patent number: 10297062
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Shinichi Kobayashi, Naoto Aruga
  • Patent number: 10175484
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section capable of displaying an image in a display region, a visual-line-direction specifying section configured to specify a visual line direction of a user, and an image changing section configured to change, according to the specified visual line direction, a display image displayed in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Yuichi Mori
  • Publication number: 20180335635
    Abstract: A transmission type head mounted display device includes an imaging unit that images an outside scene and an image display unit that is capable of transmitting the outside scene. An imaging range of the imaging unit is set based on a set distance from the image display unit set based on a focal length of a user and an estimated field of view estimated as a field of view of the user who wears the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro YAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10102600
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes an imaging unit that images an outside scene, an image display unit that displays an image and is capable of transmitting the outside scene, an electronic watermark acquisition unit that acquires an electronic watermark image embedded such that watermark information is not visually recognized by a user from a captured image of the outside scene, and a display image control unit that displays a watermark information corresponding image associated with the watermark information embedded in the acquired electronic watermark image on the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Yuichi Mori
  • Patent number: 10102676
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an imaging section that performs imaging over a range including at least part of a user's field of view and a control section that detects the user's operation based on an image captured by the imaging section and estimates a target object from objects contained in the captured image in accordance with the detected operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Yuichi Mori
  • Patent number: 10101586
    Abstract: An HMD includes an image display section worn on the head of a user and configured to output image light and an illuminance sensor configured to detect light. The HMD includes a sub-control section. The sub-control section adjusts, on the basis of a detection value of the illuminance sensor, the image light output by the image display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Masayuki Takagi, Fusashi Kimura, Kenro Yajima
  • Publication number: 20180284438
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section capable of displaying an image in a display region, a visual-line-direction specifying section configured to specify a visual line direction of a user, and an image changing section configured to change, according to the specified visual line direction, a display image displayed in the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Yuichi MORI
  • Publication number: 20180246334
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section worn on the head of a user and configured to be capable of transmitting external light and display an image, a right electronic shade and a left electronic shade configured to adjust transmittance of the external light transmitted through the image display section, and a control section configured to determine a worn state of the image display section on the head of the user, control the right electronic shade and the left electronic shade on the basis of a result of the determination, and adjust the transmittance of the external light transmitted through the image display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro YAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10042171
    Abstract: A transmission type head mounted display device includes an imaging unit that images an outside scene and an image display unit that is capable of transmitting the outside scene. An imaging range of the imaging unit is set based on a set distance from the image display unit set based on a focal length of a user and an estimated field of view estimated as a field of view of the user who wears the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro Yajima
  • Patent number: 9977241
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section capable of displaying an image in a display region, a visual-line-direction specifying section configured to specify a visual line direction of a user, and an image changing section configured to change, according to the specified visual line direction, a display image displayed in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Yuichi Mori
  • Patent number: 9851566
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device worn on the body of a user includes a first sensor and a second sensor having different resolutions. The head-mounted display device includes a control section that switches detection values of the first sensor and the second sensor to perform processing and controls the head-mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Yutaka Fujimaki, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20170294039
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Naoto ARUGA
  • Patent number: 9715113
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Shinichi Kobayashi, Naoto Aruga
  • Publication number: 20170161957
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an imaging section that performs imaging over a range including at least part of a user's field of view and a control section that detects the user's operation based on an image captured by the imaging section and estimates a target object from objects contained in the captured image in accordance with the detected operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Yuichi MORI
  • Publication number: 20160313973
    Abstract: An HMD includes an image display section that causes the user to visually recognize an image and transmits an outside scene and a earphone that output sound. The HMD executes, with an AR control section, sound output processing for causing the earphone to output sound corresponding to an image displayed by the image display section and output control processing including sound processing for the sound output by the earphone or processing for the image displayed by the image display section, the output control processing changing the audibility of the sound output by the earphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenro YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160291666
    Abstract: An HMD includes an image display unit, which causes a user to visually recognize an image and causes an external view to be transmitted, a first battery, and a second battery. In addition, when the remaining power quantity of any one of the batteries becomes the remaining power quantity which requires exchange, the HMD maintains the display state of the HMD, and causes the image display unit to display guidance information relevant to the HMD such that the guidance information overlaps at least a part of the HMD, which is visually recognized as the external view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori HOSOYA, Yutaka FUJIMAKI, Kenro YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160274358
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display section capable of displaying an image in a display region, a visual-line-direction specifying section configured to specify a visual line direction of a user, and an image changing section configured to change, according to the specified visual line direction, a display image displayed in the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Yuichi MORI