Patents by Inventor Koichi Kawasaki

Koichi Kawasaki 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: 10868977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of adaptively displaying a video corresponding to sensed three-dimensional information in a space in which the video is displayed. The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines a setting related to display of a video when the video corresponding to first three-dimensional information sensed in a first real space is displayed in a second real space, on the basis of a sensing result in the second real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10795278
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging roller configured to charge the photoconductor, and a self-excited oscillation circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil, the transformer being configured to produce, at the secondary coil, a voltage applied to the charging roller, in accordance with the primary coil being driven by the self-excited oscillation circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to control, at start-up of the self-excited oscillation circuit, the self-excited oscillation circuit to allow an amount of a current flowing through the primary coil to be larger than an amount of a current flowing from the photoconductor through the secondary coil, via the charging roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200259134
    Abstract: A grid spring is provided with first raised pieces that generate an elastic force for pressing a separator toward a power generation cell and second raised pieces that generate an elastic force independently of the first raised pieces. The spring constant of the first raised pieces decreases as a result of heating of a grid spring. The grid spring functions as a high reaction force spring as a result of a larger spring constant of the first spring member relative to a spring constant of the second spring member before heating. After being heated, the grid spring functions as a low reaction force spring as a result of the smaller spring constant of the first spring member before being heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki YAGINUMA, Norihiro TAJIMA, Koichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10732808
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of presenting information in a suitable mode according to a positional relationship between a display region and a user, the display control device including: a calculation unit configured to specify a first region in which a user is a reference point; and a display control unit configured to control display of a display object on a display unit according to the specified first region and a second region occupied by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Katsuya Hyodo, Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200241437
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging roller configured to charge the photoconductor, and a self-excited oscillation circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil, the transformer being configured to produce, at the secondary coil, a voltage applied to the charging roller, in accordance with the primary coil being driven by the self-excited oscillation circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to control, at start-up of the self-excited oscillation circuit, the self-excited oscillation circuit to allow an amount of a current flowing through the primary coil to be larger than an amount of a current flowing from the photoconductor through the secondary coil, via the charging roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200235417
    Abstract: A spring member is used in a fuel cell stack. The spring member includes a planar portion and a spring portion. The planar portion is joined to a separator in a state of surface contact with the separator. The spring portion extends from the planar portion and generates an elastic force for pressing the separator toward a power generation cell by receiving force in a stacking direction of a cell unit and undergoing bending deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki YAGINUMA, Akira YASUTAKE, Norihiro TAJIMA, Koichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10684707
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hyodo, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Naoyuki Sato, Koichi Kawasaki, Akihiko Izumi
  • Publication number: 20200143774
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program. [Solution] To provide an information processing device including a display control unit that controls display so that, of a first real object and a second real object present in a real space that are recognized as candidates for an object to be operated, in a case in which the first real object is selected by a user as the object to be operated, a first virtual object corresponding to the first real object is displayed at a first position in the real space corresponding to a position of the first real object based on the selection made by the user, and in a case in which the second real object is selected by the user as the object to be operated, a second virtual object corresponding to the second real object is displayed at a second position in the real space corresponding to a position of the second real object based on the selection made by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: SHUNITSU KOHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, KEI NITTA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10627736
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a charger, and a power source to apply to the charger a charging bias obtained by superimposing an AC voltage on a DC voltage. The power source includes a peak detection circuit to detect positive and negative peak values of a voltage of an AC component of the charging bias; and control circuitry to compare an absolute value of the positive peak value with an absolute value of the negative peak value, correct the AC voltage to cause the absolute value of the negative peak value to coincide with the absolute value of the positive peak value when the absolute value of the positive peak value is smaller, and to cause the absolute value of the positive peak value to coincide with the absolute value of the negative peak value when the absolute value of the negative peak value is smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200035205
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit; and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is capable of acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of a real space reflected on a user's eyeball, and a second image obtained by capturing an image related to the real space displayed on a predetermined display unit, the real space displayed on the predetermined display unit being reflected on the eyeball. The display control unit controls, on a basis of the acquired first image and the acquired second image, image display performed by the predetermined display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200004323
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20190364224
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of adaptively displaying a video corresponding to sensed three-dimensional information in a space in which the video is displayed. The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines a setting related to display of a video when the video corresponding to first three-dimensional information sensed in a first real space is displayed in a second real space, on the basis of a sensing result in the second real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIBE, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190346789
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a charger, and a power source to apply to the charger a charging bias obtained by superimposing an AC voltage on a DC voltage. The power source includes a peak detection circuit to detect positive and negative peak values of a voltage of an AC component of the charging bias; and control circuitry to compare an absolute value of the positive peak value with an absolute value of the negative peak value, correct the AC voltage to cause the absolute value of the negative peak value to coincide with the absolute value of the positive peak value when the absolute value of the positive peak value is smaller, and to cause the absolute value of the positive peak value to coincide with the absolute value of the negative peak value when the absolute value of the negative peak value is smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: KOICHI KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190339922
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an information acquisition section which acquires display information, and a first display section which displays the display information. A display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and a second display section provided in an external apparatus, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a control of a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: KOICHI KAWASAKI, NAOYUKI SATO, AKIHIKO IZUMI
  • Patent number: 10452128
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Publication number: 20190102956
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to correct the display of a virtual object in a more favorable mode under conditions in which the virtual object is superimposed onto a real space. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a result of recognizing a real object in a real space; a drawing unit that draws, in each of a plurality of buffers, display information directly or indirectly associated with the buffer from among a plurality of pieces of display information; and a display control unit that corrects a display of the display information drawn in each of the plurality of buffers on a basis of the result of recognizing the real object, and causes a predetermined output unit to present each piece of the display information whose display has been corrected according to a positional relationship with the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Mitsuru NISHIBE
  • Publication number: 20180154382
    Abstract: A film forming method forms a film by spraying and depositing material powder in a solid phase state on a base member, and includes: adjusting, in accordance with a type of the material powder, a distance between: a position where a diameter of a through passage formed inside a nozzle is smallest, the diameter of the through passage decreases and thereafter increases from a base end toward a distal end; and a mixing position where the material powder introduced into the nozzle is mixed with gas; mixing the material powder with the gas in the mixing position, introducing the mixture into the nozzle, accelerating the mixture toward the position where the diameter is the smallest, and injecting the material powder and the gas from the distal end of the nozzle; and spraying the material powder and the gas injected from the distal end onto the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20180101223
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Patent number: 9912627
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission control unit, a reception control unit, and a display request generation unit. The transmission control unit is configured to transmit a third condition to an apparatus configured to provide a notification. The reception control unit is configured to receive a score from the apparatus, in an event it is determined that the third condition is satisfied, wherein the score is indicative of a degree of satisfaction of the third condition. The display request generation unit is configured to generate an event notification content, wherein the transmission control unit is further configured to transmit the event notification content to the apparatus based on the received score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Izumi, Naoyuki Sato, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20170205899
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HYODO, Kuniaki TORII, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Naoyuki SATO, Koichi KAWASAKI, Akihiko IZUMI