Patents by Inventor Koichi OBANA

Koichi OBANA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151297
    Abstract: There is provided a drive power transmitting mechanism that can transmit drive power losslessly and can be used in environments where silence is required. The drive power transmitting mechanism includes a rotor having a first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a first rotational axis, a rotor having a second outer circumferential surface pressed against the first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a second rotational axis due to a frictional force produced between the second outer circumferential surface and the first outer circumferential surface, a gear rotatable in unison with the rotor about the first rotational axis, and a gear rotatable in unison with the rotor about the second rotational axis, in which the gear and the gear are brought into mesh with each other when the second outer circumferential surface slips against the first outer circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Obana, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hiroshi Osawa
  • Publication number: 20240077737
    Abstract: AR glasses are provided with left and right temples extending well behind the ears of the wearer to establish a center of gravity of the glasses that is approximately vertically above the front portion of the ears of the wearer. Rear segments the temples may be detachably engaged with the temples and may hold one or more electrical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki Ogishita, Jeffrey R. Stafford, Koichi Obana
  • Patent number: 11906749
    Abstract: AR glasses are provided with left and right temples extending well behind the ears of the wearer to establish a center of gravity of the glasses that is approximately vertically above the front portion of the ears of the wearer. Rear segments the temples may be detachably engaged with the temples and may hold one or more electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Naoki Ogishita, Jeffrey R. Stafford, Koichi Obana
  • Patent number: 11813742
    Abstract: A configuration that exerts floor reaction force directly to a force sensor in a foot of a legged mobile robot requires a sensor having a large withstand load. A foot (10f) includes an upper frame (44) that is connected to a movable leg and receives the load of a robot, a lower frame (48) that is deployed under the upper frame (44) and contacts with a walking surface, a high rigidity spring (50) attached the lower frame (48) and elastically supporting the upper frame (44) against the load, and a plurality of sensor mechanisms that detect floor reaction force at positions different from each other on the lower frame (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Koda, Koichi Obana
  • Publication number: 20230166179
    Abstract: An operation system includes an operation device and an information terminal connected to the operation device. The operation device has an operation section including a plurality of operating elements. The information terminal includes an operation registration section configured to register an operation involving use of at least one of the plurality of operating elements to a target operating element constituted by at least one of the plurality of operating elements, an operation determination section configured to determine whether or not the target operating element is operated, and an information generation section configured to generate, when the target operating element is determined to be operated, operation information corresponding to the operation registered to the target operating element by the operation registration section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi OBANA, Kazuyuki SHIKAMA
  • Patent number: 11622036
    Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal case capable of mounting an external device thereon without detaching a case. A terminal case according to the present technique includes: a housing portion for housing a terminal in a state in which a display included in the terminal can be exposed; a mounted portion to which a gripping device including a gripping portion to be gripped by a user is mounted; and a communication portion for communicating between the terminal and the gripping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento Takura, Yoshihiro Takagi, Koichi Obana
  • Publication number: 20220355465
    Abstract: A configuration that exerts floor reaction force directly to a force sensor in a foot of a legged mobile robot requires a sensor having a large withstand load. A foot (10f) includes an upper frame (44) that is connected to a movable leg and receives the load of a robot, a lower frame (48) that is deployed under the upper frame (44) and contacts with a walking surface, a high rigidity spring (50) attached the lower frame (48) and elastically supporting the upper frame (44) against the load, and a plurality of sensor mechanisms that detect floor reaction force at positions different from each other on the lower frame (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta KODA, Koichi OBANA
  • Publication number: 20220314467
    Abstract: A floor reaction force to a foot of a legged mobile robot is detected with a suitable degree of accuracy, by use of a strain sensor having comparatively low sensitivity. The foot includes an upper frame connected to a movable leg, a lower frame which is disposed under the upper frame and contacts with a walking surface, a strain generating member which is connected to the upper frame and the lower frame at different positions from each other in top plan view and undergoes bending deformation according to a change in distance or inclination between the instep member and the sole member, and a plurality of strain sensors disposed at positions different from each other on the strain generating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Obana, Yuta Koda
  • Publication number: 20220268397
    Abstract: A rotation device includes a two-axis rotation mechanism including a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear disposed at a position where the second bevel gear coaxially faces the first bevel gear in an axial direction, a third bevel gear that meshes with the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, a first motor for supplying rotational force to the first bevel gear, and a second motor for supplying rotational force to the second bevel gear; a one-axis rotation mechanism including a drive shaft and a third motor for supplying rotational force to the drive shaft; and an attachment member that attaches the two-axis rotation mechanism to the one-axis rotation mechanism such that a rotational axis of the drive shaft passes a point of intersection where a rotational axis of the first bevel gear and the second gear and that of the third bevel gear intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Obana
  • Publication number: 20210344786
    Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal case capable of mounting an external device thereon without detaching a case. A terminal case according to the present technique includes: a housing portion for housing a terminal in a state in which a display included in the terminal can be exposed; a mounted portion to which a gripping device including a gripping portion to be gripped by a user is mounted; and a communication portion for communicating between the terminal and the gripping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kento TAKURA, Yoshihiro TAKAGI, Koichi OBANA