Patents by Inventor Kouichi Matsuda

Kouichi Matsuda 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: 20240312157
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space: a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUTO, Masaki FUKUCHI, Kenichirou OOI, Jingjing GUO, Kouichi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12002173
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suto, Masaki Fukuchi, Kenichirou Ooi, Jingjing Guo, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11835552
    Abstract: A current detection device (100) includes a shunt resistor (1) connected in series to a path through which a current flows; a first circuit (2) that converts a voltage across the shunt resistor (1) into a predetermined differential voltage; a second circuit (3) to which the predetermined differential voltage is input from the first circuit (2) via a pair of wirings (55) and that amplifies the predetermined differential voltage; a constant current circuit (4) connected between the pair of wirings (55); and an arithmetic circuit (5) that operates the current flowing through the path based on the voltage amplified by the second circuit (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Naoki Takigashira, Masanori Yamashita, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20230385309
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users arc in activity; a local map generating unit that generates a local map representing positions of nearby objects detectable by a device of one user among the plurality of users; and an updating unit that updates the global map based on position data of objects included in the local map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro OI, Quan WANG, Kouichi MATSUDA, Takayuki YOSHIGAHARA
  • Patent number: 11762887
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users are in activity; a local map generating unit that generates a local map representing positions of nearby objects detectable by a device of one user among the plurality of users; and an updating unit that updates the global map based on position data of objects included in the local map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Oi, Quan Wang, Kouichi Matsuda, Takayuki Yoshigahara
  • Publication number: 20230245402
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUTO, Masaki FUKUCHI, Kenichirou OOI, Jingjing GUO, Kouichi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230204631
    Abstract: A current detection device (100) includes a shunt resistor (1) connected in series to a path through which a current flows; a first circuit (2) that converts a voltage across the shunt resistor (1) into a predetermined differential voltage; a second circuit (3) to which the predetermined differential voltage is input from the first circuit (2) via a pair of wirings (55) and that amplifies the predetermined differential voltage; a constant current circuit (4) connected between the pair of wirings (55); and an arithmetic circuit (5) that operates the current flowing through the path based on the voltage amplified by the second circuit (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKIGASHIRA, Masanori YAMASHITA, Kouichi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11651574
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suto, Masaki Fukuchi, Kenichirou Ooi, Jingjing Guo, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11460997
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20220076499
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUTO, Masaki FUKUCHI, Kenichirou OOI, Jingjing GUO, Kouichi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220050588
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 11189105
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suto, Masaki Fukuchi, Kenichirou Ooi, Jingjing Guo, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11163436
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 11058817
    Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10908676
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit that stores object identification data for identifying an object operable by a user and feature data indicating a feature of appearance of each object; an environment map storage unit that stores an environment map representing a position of one or more objects existing in a real space and generated based on an input image obtained by imaging the real space using an imaging device and the feature data stored in the data storage unit; and a selecting unit that selects at least one object recognized as being operable based on the object identification data, out of the objects included in the environment map stored in the environment map storage unit, as a candidate object being a possible operation target by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Fukuchi, Kouichi Matsuda, Yasuhiro Suto, Kenichiro Oi, Jingjing Guo
  • Publication number: 20210027543
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUTO, Masaki FUKUCHI, Kenichirou OOI, Jingjing GUO, Kouichi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200401611
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users are in activity; a local map generating unit that generates a local map representing positions of nearby objects detectable by a device of one user among the plurality of users; and an updating unit that updates the global map based on position data of objects included in the local map
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro OI, Quan WANG, Kouichi MATSUDA, Takayuki YOSHIGAHARA
  • Patent number: 10810803
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suto, Masaki Fukuchi, Kenichirou Ooi, Jingjing Guo, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10803098
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users are in activity; a local map generating unit that generates a local map representing positions of nearby objects detectable by a device of one user among the plurality of users; and an updating unit that updates the global map based on position data of objects included in the local map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Oi, Quan Wang, Kouichi Matsuda, Takayuki Yoshigahara
  • Publication number: 20200310581
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida