Patents by Inventor Kentaro Kimura

Kentaro Kimura 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: 10609279
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit that recognizes an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit that performs a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit that causes the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20200053498
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10477336
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20190094775
    Abstract: A heater including a rectangular substrate; a resistance heat-generating element that is provided on one surface of the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate; a thermistor that is provided on the other surface, which is a rear side of the one surface of the substrate, and measures temperature of the substrate; and a conductor that is provided on the other surface of the substrate, is extended up to an end portion of the substrate from the thermistor along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and supplies power to the thermistor. A first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, which are connected to the conductor, are provided at both ends of the thermistor. A connection direction, in which the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are arranged on the other surface of the substrate, is different from a lateral direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko Kato, Kentaro Kimura, Masahiko Tamai
  • Publication number: 20180255236
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit configured to perform a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit configured to cause the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IZUMIHARA, TAKUO IKEDA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENTARO KIMURA, YASUYUKI KOGA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180048976
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro KIMURA, Tomohiko GOTOH, Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170371281
    Abstract: A heater according to an embodiment includes a substrate that is formed of a heat resistant insulating material, a heating resistor that is provided on the substrate, a conductor that is provided on the substrate and that is electrically connected to the heating resistor, and a coating film that covers the heating resistor and the conductor. A plurality of groove portions are arranged on an end surface of the substrate along an outer periphery of the substrate, and a coefficient A=100×D/(T×P) satisfies 0.4?A?0.9 where T [?m] is the thickness of the substrate, D [?m] is the depth of the groove portion in a thickness direction of the substrate, and P [?m] is a pitch between the groove portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Tsubouchi, Kentaro Kimura, Yoshitatsu Matsui, Takanobu Ueno
  • Patent number: 9742988
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, and a photographing control unit configured to control timing at which a photographing unit carried by the user is allowed to perform photographing based on the recognized action state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 9639043
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heater includes an elongated substrate; a conductor that is provided on the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate; and a plurality of resistance heating elements which are respectively disposed on the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, are electrically connected to each other in series by the conductor, and of which each resistance temperature coefficient becomes smaller as the resistance heating elements approach end regions in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Satoko Kato, Takanobu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160353014
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit configured to perform a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit configured to cause the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IZUMIHARA, TAKUO IKEDA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENTARO KIMURA, YASUYUKI KOGA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9449364
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image generated through imaging by an imaging apparatus having a view angle of 180° or more, and a virtual space generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional virtual space including one or more objects having a curved inner surface and a curved outer surface, on the basis of a plurality of frame images included in the moving image. The virtual space generation unit generates the three-dimensional virtual space in a manner that, for each of the one or more objects, a frame image included in the plurality of frame images is mapped on at least one of the curved inner surface and the curved outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga
  • Patent number: 9432532
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit configured to perform a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit configured to cause the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20160123467
    Abstract: Provided is a gasket for an automobile fuel tank that is attached to a connection part in which a fuel supply pipe is connected to an automobile fuel tank and can suppress permeation of gasoline more effectively. Along an inner periphery or an outer periphery of an O-ring 2 made of nitrile-butadiene rubber, a cross-sectionally rectangular annular member 3 made of polytetrafluoroethylene is arranged in close contact with the O-ring 2, and the O-ring 2 is protruded in thickness direction relative to the upper and lower surfaces in the thickness direction of the annual member 3 by allowing a thickness of the O-ring 2 to be larger than the thickness of the annular member 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicants: Nichias Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka TERANISHI, Kentaro KIMURA, Masahide KOBAYASHI, Shinji SHIMOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160078685
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a viewpoint acquisition unit configured to acquire a viewpoint of a user detected by a viewpoint detection unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit so that a virtual object is stereoscopically displayed by the display unit. The display control unit is configured to control a position in a depth direction of the virtual object presented to the user based on the viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KOGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Atsushi IZUMIHARA, Takuo IKEDA, Kentaro KIMURA, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160018885
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to provide a user interface to a user, determine whether a predetermined object is present in an input recognition area of a sensor, and determine a region of interest within the user interface. The circuitry is further configured to determine, while the predetermined object is determined to be present in the input recognition area, whether the region of interest within the user interface changes. The circuitry is further configured to perform an operation based on whether the region of interest is determined, while the predetermined object is determined to be present in the input recognition area, to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kentaro KIMURA, Takuo IKEDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Yasuyuki KOGA, Atsushi IZUMIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150370335
    Abstract: A display control apparatus of an illustrative embodiment controls display of a movable object on a display plane such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object has a component that appears perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Takuo IKEDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Atsushi IZUMIHARA, Kentaro KIMURA, Yasuyuki KOGA
  • Publication number: 20150124101
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, and a photographing control unit configured to control timing at which a photographing unit carried by the user is allowed to perform photographing based on the recognized action state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IZUMIHARA, TAKUO IKEDA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENTARO KIMURA, YASUYUKI KOGA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150124111
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit configured to perform a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit configured to cause the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi IZUMIHARA, Takuo IKEDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Kentaro KIMURA, Yasuyuki KOGA, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150116313
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image generated through imaging by an imaging apparatus having a view angle of 180° or more, and a virtual space generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional virtual space including one or more objects having a curved inner surface and a curved outer surface, on the basis of a plurality of frame images included in the moving image. The virtual space generation unit generates the three-dimensional virtual space in a manner that, for each of the one or more objects, a frame image included in the plurality of frame images is mapped on at least one of the curved inner surface and the curved outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kentaro KIMURA, Yasuyuki KOGA
  • Patent number: 8383862
    Abstract: Provided are a salt compound, cationic polymerization initiator and cationically polymerizable composition, which have a superior acid-generating capacity and high sensitivity, and are free from coloration. The salt compound is represented by the following general Formula (1): (wherein, R01 to R05 each independently represents a group selected from a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom and —YR group, one of the R01 to R05 being a —YR group and at least two of the R01 to R05 being fluorine atoms; Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R represents a C1-C4 alkyl group; Ctp+ represents a p-valent cation, the p being 1 or 2; and n represents a coefficient required for maintaining electrical neutrality).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Shohei Fujita, Tomoya Tamachi