Patents by Inventor Kissei Matsumoto
Kissei Matsumoto 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).
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Publication number: 20200406482Abstract: A robot includes heat-generating members such as an actuator in spaces surrounded by exterior members. A heat-transfer section transfers heat of the heat-generating members to the exterior members. A heat-transfer control section adjusts the amount of heat transfer between the heat-generating members and the exterior members by operating the heat-transfer section. The heat-transfer section has a thermally conductive member that can shift between a coupling position for thermally coupling the heat-generating members and the exterior members, and an interrupting position for interrupting thermal conduction between the heat-generating members and the exterior members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Kissei Matsumoto, Hajime Inoue
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Patent number: 10795022Abstract: Machine learning is applied to both 2D images from an infrared imager imaging laser reflections from an object and to the 3D depth map of the object that is generated using the 2D images and time of flight (TOF) information. In this way, the 3D depth map accuracy can be improved without increasing laser power or using high resolution imagers.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Peter Shintani, Morio Usami, Kissei Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Shikama, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Keith Resch
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Patent number: 10511647Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro Morotomi, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20180252815Abstract: Machine learning is applied to both 2D images from an infrared imager imaging laser reflections from an object and to the 3D depth map of the object that is generated using the 2D images and time of flight (TOF) information. In this way, the 3D depth map accuracy can be improved without increasing laser power or using high resolution imagers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Peter Shintani, Morio Usami, Kissei Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Shikama, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Keith Resch
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Publication number: 20180007107Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro MOROTOMI, Hiroyuki KAWAHARA, Kissei MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9769229Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shiro Morotomi, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8577800Abstract: A sending receiving method for data, such as musical data, in which plural data stored in a first storage unit are retrieved based on the request information sent from a host side device. The retrieved data is sent to a terminal side device. The sent data is checked to see as to whether or not the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit. If the results of check indicate that the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit, the sent data is stored in a second storage unit of the terminal side device.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8416184Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an, external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shiro Morotomi, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8225235Abstract: To provide a reproduction apparatus able to easily select a desired content data based on an attribute of the content data by a simple operation from a user and a reproduction method for the same, wherein the reproduction apparatus having: a display displaying the item; a first operation unit instructing a switch of the attribute; a second function unit instructing a selection of a predetermined item on the display; and a processing unit switching a first screen from a screen of a plurality of items so as to display a plurality of items when the first operation key is operated, and switching to a second screen displaying a plurality of item when the second operation key is operated when a plurality of item is displayed on the first screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoko Takeda, Kissei Matsumoto, Takashi Kumagai, Toshihide Ooba, Hiroshi Iwata, Shingo Yamade
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Patent number: 8108305Abstract: A sending receiving method for data, such as musical data, in which plural data stored in a first storage unit are retrieved based on the request information sent from a host side device. The retrieved data is sent to a terminal side device. The sent data is checked to see as to whether or not the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit. If the results of check indicate that the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit, the sent data is stored in a second storage unit of the terminal side device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7813757Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processor including, a first function portion including communication means for executing processing relating to communication of data, and communication managing means for controlling the communication means and for managing information representing whether or not the communication means is executing the processing relating to the communication of the data, a second function portion different from the first function portion, instructing means for issuing an instruction to stop the first function portion, determing means provided in the second function portion for, when the instructing means issues the instruction to stop the first function portion, determing based on the information managed by the communication managing means whether or not the communication means is executing the communication processing, and stopping means provided in the second function portion for, when the determing means determines that the communication means is executing the communication processingType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Wataru Kato, Takashi Fukushima, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7636514Abstract: An electronic device including an image pick-up element and an image pick-up device including a recording and reproducing element are provided in which shutter sound is muted or decreased, so that the artificial electronic shutter sound is not mixed with audio signals when recording is performed and the shutter sound may not be reproduced at the time of reproduction. The shutter sound generated by the electric artificial shutter sound data unit and the shutter sound of the reverse phase stored in advance in the sound effect data unit are mixed to cancel each other after the occurrence of the electric shutter sound, and in the canceled state audio signals are recorded.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Fukushima, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7433140Abstract: A recording and playback apparatus includes a recording and playback unit recording a signal on a storage medium and playing back the signal recorded on the storage medium, the recording and playback unit at least having a magnetic head; a temperature detector detecting a temperature; and a controller executing a test writing controlling process of controlling the recording and playback unit so that a test writing operation on the storage medium is executed according to a result of temperature detection by the temperature detector, executing a checking process of checking whether a signal has been correctly written by the test writing operation, and executing a recording controlling process of controlling a recording operation on the storage medium by the recording and playback unit according to a result of the checking in the checking process.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kissei Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20080106513Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an, external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Shiro MOROTOMI, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7304921Abstract: To provide a recording control device able to control a data recording so as not to use a defective sector free from a sector test before a shipment thereof, which controls a data recording with respect to a plurality of sectors in a recording region of a recording medium and has: a verification unit writing data to be written to a first sector in the recording medium when receiving a write request to the recording medium, then reading out the data from the first sector, and performing a verification processing comparing the data to be written with the read out data; and a processing unit writing the data to be written to a second sector on condition that the verification unit decides that the comparison result is disagreement, and determining attribute data as a management data.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kissei Matsumoto, Takashi Fukushima
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Patent number: 7305527Abstract: A recording and/or playback apparatus for recording data read out from a first storage medium into a second storage medium, includes a recording device for recording data read out from the first storage medium into the second storage medium, an input unit for inputting identification data identifying the first storage medium in accordance with an operation carried out by the user, and a controller for executing control to associate additional information generated on the basis of the identification data input by the input unit with the data read out from the first storage medium during or after a recording operation carried out by the recording into the second storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2002Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: RE41112Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus has a communicating unit, a reading unit, a storing unit, a control unit, and an output unit. The communicating unit transmits and receives data to/from an information center in which a plurality of additional information have been stored. The reading unit reads out recorded data from a recording medium on which a plurality of data and index data of a plurality of data have been recorded. The data read out from the recording medium by the reading unit is stored in the storing unit. The control unit reads out the additional information corresponding to the recording medium from which the data is read out by the reading unit from the information center by the communicating unit and writes the read-out additional information into the storing unit as additional data of the recording medium which is read out by the reading unit. The output unit outputs the data stored in the storing unit and the additional data.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kissei Matsumoto, Min-jae Han, Takuya Kaeriyama, Tsutomu Imai, Seilchi Jinbo
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Patent number: RE41977Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus has a communicating unit, a reading unit, a storing unit, a control unit, and an output unit. The communicating unit transmits and receives data to/from an information center in which a plurality of additional information have been stored. The reading unit reads out recorded data from a recording medium on which a plurality of data and index data of a plurality of data have been recorded. The data read out from the recording medium by the reading unit is stored in the storing unit. The control unit reads out the additional information corresponding to the recording medium from which the data is read out by the reading unit from the information center by the communicating unit and writes the read-out additional information into the storing unit as additional data of the recording medium which is read out by the reading unit. The output unit outputs the data stored in the storing unit and the additional data.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kissei Matsumoto, Min-Jae Han, Takuya Kaeriyama, Tsutomu Imai, Seiichi Jinbo
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Patent number: RE42810Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus has a communicating unit, a reading unit, a storing unit, a control unit, and an output unit. The communicating unit transmits and receives data to/from an information center in which a plurality of additional information have been stored. The reading unit reads out recorded data from a recording medium on which a plurality of data and index data of a plurality of data have been recorded. The data read out from the recording medium by the reading unit is stored in the storing unit. The control unit reads out the additional information corresponding to the recording medium from which the data is read out by the reading unit from the information center by the communicating unit and writes the read-out additional information into the storing unit as additional data of the recording medium which is read out by the reading unit. The output unit outputs the data stored in the storing unit and the additional data.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kissei Matsumoto, Han Min-Jae, Takuya Kaeriyama, Tsutomu Imai, Seiichi Jinbo
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Patent number: RE43917Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus has a communicating unit, a reading unit, a storing unit, a control unit, and an output unit. The communicating unit transmits and receives data to/from an information center in which a plurality of additional information have been stored. The reading unit reads out recorded data from a recording medium on which a plurality of data and index data of a plurality of data have been recorded. The data read out from the recording medium by the reading unit is stored in the storing unit. The control unit reads out the additional information corresponding to the recording medium from which the data is read out by the reading unit from the information center by the communicating unit and writes the read-out additional information into the storing unit as additional data of the recording medium which is read out by the reading unit. The output unit outputs the data stored in the storing unit and the additional data.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kissei Matsumoto, Han Min-Jae, Takuya Kaeriyama, Tsutomu Imai, Seiichi Jinbo