Patents by Inventor Koji Nagata
Koji Nagata 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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Patent number: 12267952Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a flexible printed wiring board including a base film and a plurality of wiring lines disposed on a front surface of the base film. Each of the wiring lines has a front end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the wiring line and two side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, and the side surfaces have an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 0.05 ?m to 2.0 ?m. The wiring lines have an average height of 40 ?m to 120 ?m. The wiring lines have an average spacing of 1 ?m to 30 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Maki Ikebe, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Shingo Nagata, Junichi Motomura, Masahiro Itoh
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Patent number: 12249049Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Akio Suzuki, Asami Yamagishi, Koji Nagata, Takashi Takamatsu, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20250074055Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head comprising a base plate and at least two device chips in which ejection ports for ejecting a liquid are formed and which are disposed on the base plate. At least one first reference mark is provided on the base plate. A second reference mark is provided on each of the device chips. At least one space is formed between adjacent ones of the device chips. The second reference marks and the first reference mark present in the space are disposed on an array axis along which the device chips are arrayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Koji Sasaki, Jun Yamamuro, Shingo Nagata
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Patent number: 12243331Abstract: The control device 50 includes a control unit 52 that controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projector 20 provided in a space in the moving body 10 on the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body 10.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takamatsu, Hiroshi Imamura, Seishi Tomonaga, Koji Nagata, Toru Nagara
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Patent number: 12233796Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, a program, and a mobile object which are capable of improving convenience. Pressure distributions for a plurality of measurement ranges of a seat on which a user is seated, and time variations of the pressure distributions are measured, and operation of a device or the seat is controlled according to the measurement result. Furthermore, it is determined that a behavior of the user is a gesture for a predetermined operation input, and control according to the gesture is performed. At this time, it is determined whether it is a gesture of the user intended to be the operation input or a posture change of the user not intended to be the operation input. The present technique is applicable to, for example, a control processing device that performs control processing for a seat for vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagata, Takashi Saitoh, Kenichiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20250033507Abstract: Implementations generally relate to electric vehicle charging station synchronization. In some implementations, a method includes computing a target charging time to charge a battery of an electric vehicle. The method further includes computing a total play length of one or more media items. The method further includes synchronizing the target charging time with the total play length. The method further includes playing the one or more media items in the electric vehicle while the battery of the electric vehicle is being charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Yamazaki, Tetsugoro Ihara, Koji Nagata, Naomasa Takahashi, Tatsushi Nashida, Tonni Sandager Larsen
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Publication number: 20240430379Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax and provision of various visual fields are satisfactorily realized. A display image is generated by superimposing a vehicle interior image on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle. The display image is generated on the basis of reference visual field setting information set by a setting unit. For example, the reference visual field setting includes a display position setting, a display size setting, a compression setting in all or part of a horizontal direction, a compression setting in all or part of a vertical direction, and the like. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Koji NAGATA, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20240388758Abstract: A vehicle control system (11) has a human-machine interface (31). The human-machine interface (31) performs display control of entertainment content (CT) on the basis of a monitoring result of a passenger (PA).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: KOJI MIURA, HIROSHI IMAMURA, MIKINORI MATSUDA, KENTA MIYAKAWA, TORU NAGARA, TSUYOSHI KAGOYA, KOJI NAGATA
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Patent number: 12136366Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program such that information with high usability can be presented. As a parameter related to presentation information to be presented in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, at least one of parameters of brightness, blur, area, and transparency is changed on the basis of vibration information. The present technology can be applied as a projection device placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Koji Nagata, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga
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Publication number: 20240351402Abstract: [Object] To provide a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and an ejection apparatus capable of ejecting a scent at an appropriate timing. [Solving Means] A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a calculation section and a signal generation section. The calculation section calculates a breathing cycle based on an output of a body motion detection section that detects a breathing body motion of a user. The signal generation section generates an output signal that causes an ejection section to eject a scent to a predetermined space region based on the output of the calculation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Koji NAGATA
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Patent number: 12088952Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax and provision of various visual fields are satisfactorily realized. A display image is generated by superimposing a vehicle interior image on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle. The display image is generated on the basis of reference visual field setting information set by a setting unit. For example, the reference visual field setting includes a display position setting, a display size setting, a compression setting in all or part of a horizontal direction, a compression setting in all or part of a vertical direction, and the like. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagata, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20240264678Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a recording medium, and a signal processing system that enable proper recognition of an operation using a gesture. The signal processing device according to the present technology includes a setting unit configured to set a recognition method for recognizing an operation using a gesture on the basis of first vibration data indicating vibrations predicted to occur in the future, and an operation recognition unit configured to recognize the operation indicated by the gesture performed by a user in accordance with the recognition method set by the setting unit. The operation recognition unit recognizes the operation indicated by the gesture performed by the user in a vehicle equipped with the signal processing device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a signal processing device that controls a display device provided in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TORU NAGARA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, KOJI NAGATA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 12054111Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Takamatsu, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Koji Nagata
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Publication number: 20240256042Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition section and a stimulus controller. The acquisition section acquires visually-induced-motion-sickness information that includes at least one of information obtained by estimating a state of a visually induced motion sickness of a user who is viewing video content, or information obtained by predicting the state of the visually induced motion sickness. The stimulus controller controls provision of a stimulus to the user, on the basis of the visually-induced-motion-sickness information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mari SAITO, Koji NAGATA, Kazuko YAMAGISHI, Hiroshi OYAMADA
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Publication number: 20240171682Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section configured to acquire a situation of a subject vehicle and a situation of another vehicle, a setting section configured to set, on the basis of the situation of the subject vehicle and the situation of the other vehicle, a position in the subject vehicle at which a sound image of an occupant riding in the other vehicle is localized, and a sound image localization processing section configured to localize the sound image of the occupant at the position set by the setting section. The acquisition section acquires at least a position of a seat in which the occupant is seated, and the setting section sets an empty seat in the subject vehicle as the position where the sound image of the occupant in the other vehicle is localized. The present technology is applicable to an information processing apparatus for controlling telepresence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Koji NAGATA, Tetsuo IKEDA
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Patent number: 11987182Abstract: A display image to be displayed on a display unit is obtained in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver, on the basis of a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle, when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including the display unit. For example, the display image is obtained in accordance with a deviation of a viewpoint position of the driver from a reference viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is updated on the basis of a long-term fluctuation of the viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is not updated when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including a display unit that displays a display image.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Nagata
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Publication number: 20240019695Abstract: [Object] To easily display an image with reduced distortion on a screen having a curved surface. [Solving Means] A display apparatus includes a plurality of display elements that emits image light to a screen having a curved surface, the plurality of display elements being arranged at non-uniform intervals therebetween such that the image light emitted from the plurality of display elements is reflected on the curved surface to display a target image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Koji NAGATA
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Publication number: 20240020803Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to display an image that is optimal for each viewer. A display control apparatus includes a distortion correction selecting section that determines a display position that is a position, on a screen, at which an image of content is displayed, determines a viewer position that is a position of a viewer who views the image, and determines, according to the viewer position, transformation information used to correct the image such that a distortion in the image appears reduced to the viewer when the viewer views the image displayed at the display position on the screen; and a distortion correction processor that renders a correction image that is an image obtained by correcting the image using the transformation information to generate correction-image rendering data that is output to the display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Koji NAGATA
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Publication number: 20240017669Abstract: A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Koji NAGATA, Takashi SAITOH, Koji AOYAMA, Kazuki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240010122Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a projection control unit. The acquisition unit acquires speed-related information regarding a speed of a vehicle. The projection control unit controls, on the basis of the speed-related information, display of a projection pattern projected on a peripheral road surface of the vehicle from the projection unit mounted on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Koji NAGATA