Patents by Inventor Masafumi NODA

Masafumi NODA 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: 11953342
    Abstract: A laser marking system in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a laser marker, a beam receiving device, and a notifier. The laser marker includes a laser beam emitter. The beam receiving device includes a beam receiver and a transmitter. The beam receiver receives a laser beam emitted by the laser beam emitter. The transmitter transmits a first positional signal. The first positional signal indicates a receiving position of the laser beam in the beam receiver. The notifier notifies of the receiving position of the laser beam based on the first positional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manami Honoki, Yoichiro Koike, Masafumi Noda
  • Publication number: 20230249071
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, wherein the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position between the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and wherein the generating includes generating an image of an object which is emitted from the input apparatus in response to the user manipulating the input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11660536
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, where the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and where the generating includes generating an image of a hand of the user when the user controls the input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230009819
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas DOUCET, Yutaka YOKOKAWA, Masafumi NODA, Takumi YOSHIDA, Keiichiro ISHIHARA, Gento MORITA, Yuki MIYAMAE, Ngo Tuyen THIBAUD, Kazutomo SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11474361
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida, Keiichiro Ishihara, Gento Morita, Yuki Miyamae, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Kazutomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220244050
    Abstract: A display control method in one aspect of the present disclosure includes: displaying a position image; acquiring a relevant signal; and rotating the position image. Displaying a position image includes displaying a position image in a specified direction with respect to a background image of a screen of a portable terminal device. Rotating the position image includes rotating the position image with respect to the background image so that an image direction matches a device direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manami HONOKI, Yoichiro KOIKE, Masafumi NODA, Yuriko KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20220008825
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, where the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and where the generating includes generating an image of a hand of the user when the user controls the input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220003546
    Abstract: A laser marking system in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a laser marker, a beam receiving device, and a notifier. The laser marker includes a laser beam emitter. The beam receiving device includes a beam receiver and a transmitter. The beam receiver receives a laser beam emitted by the laser beam emitter. The transmitter transmits a first positional signal. The first positional signal indicates a receiving position of the laser beam in the beam receiver. The notifier notifies of the receiving position of the laser beam based on the first positional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manami HONOKI, Yoichiro KOIKE, Masafumi NODA
  • Publication number: 20220003545
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a support body, a rotation body, a motor, a laser beam emitter, a device communicator, and a motor control circuit. The device communicator performs a wireless communication with a portable terminal device and with a beam receiving device. The portable terminal device transmits a rotation start command signal. The beam receiving device generates and transmits a bean receiving position signal. The motor control circuit starts controlling a rotation of the motor based on the beam receiving position signal in response to the device communicator receiving or having received the rotation start command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manami HONOKI, Yoichiro KOIKE, Masafumi NODA
  • Publication number: 20220003549
    Abstract: A laser marker according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a laser emitter; an information reception circuit; a measuring circuit; and a disabling circuit. The measuring circuit starts to measure an elapsed time in response to the information reception circuit receiving an enabled time. The disabling circuit disables the laser marker for operating in response to a length of the elapsed time reaching or having reached a length of the enabled time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manami HONOKI, Yoichiro KOIKE, Masafumi NODA
  • Patent number: 11154778
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a display include: acquiring information indicative of first entered instructions from a first input apparatus used by a first user wearing a head mounted display and information indicative of second entered instructions from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; controlling, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of one or more of the first entered instructions and the second entered instructions acquired; generating a first image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said head mounted display; and generating a second image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said display apparatus, where the first image includes the first input apparatus, and where the second image does not include the second input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10784676
    Abstract: An electrically-driven working apparatus in one aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a battery; an abnormality detection unit; a power supply path; a first disconnection unit; a second disconnection unit; and a control unit. The control unit activates the first disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if either of an overload or an over discharge of the battery is detected by the abnormality detection unit, and subsequently determines whether discharge from the battery has stopped after activating the first disconnection unit, and activates the second disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if discharge from the battery has not stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Uesugi, Takuya Umemura, Takayoshi Endo, Masafumi Noda
  • Publication number: 20200271940
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas DOUCET, Yutaka YOKOKAWA, Masafumi NODA, Takumi YOSHIDA, Keiichiro ISHIHARA, Gento MORITA, Yuki MIYAMAE, Ngo Tuyen THIBAUD, Kazutomo SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10712575
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida, Keiichiro Ishihara, Gento Morita, Yuki Miyamae, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Kazutomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200171385
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a display include: acquiring information indicative of first entered instructions from a first input apparatus used by a first user wearing a head mounted display and information indicative of second entered instructions from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; controlling, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of one or more of the first entered instructions and the second entered instructions acquired; generating a first image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said head mounted display; and generating a second image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said display apparatus, where the first image includes the first input apparatus, and where the second image does not include the second input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10596464
    Abstract: The game apparatus has an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an entered instruction from a first input apparatus used by a first user whose head wearing a head mounted display on and information indicative of entered instruction from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; a control block configured to control, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block; a first image generation block configured to generate a first image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display; and a second image generation block configured to generate a second image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Gento Morita, Keiichiro Ishihara, Yuki Miyamae, Kazutomo Sasaki, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10578660
    Abstract: A reactance measurement apparatus has a series circuit has a first circuit including a first resistor and a second circuit including a reactance element, a first voltage generation unit for generating a first AC voltage to apply the same to the series circuit, a second voltage generation unit for generating a second AC voltage having a phase difference with respect to the first AC voltage, a multiplication unit for multiplying the second AC voltage and a second circuit voltage to generate a multiplication voltage, a measurement unit for measuring a voltage of a DC component of the multiplication voltage, a phase shift amount calculation unit for calculating a phase shift amount, and a reactance calculation unit for calculating a reactance of the reactance element based on the phase shift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masafumi Noda
  • Patent number: 10418826
    Abstract: A battery device having a chargeable and dischargeable battery; a detection unit that detects a state of the battery; and a control unit. The control unit calculates a value of a maximum charging current that can be supplied to the battery during charging of the battery on the basis of the state of the battery detected by the detection unit, and notifies a result of such calculation to a charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Katayama, Masafumi Noda, Tadahiko Kobayakawa
  • Publication number: 20190227106
    Abstract: A reactance measurement apparatus has a series circuit has a first circuit including a first resistor and a second circuit including a reactance element, a first voltage generation unit for generating a first AC voltage to apply the same to the series circuit, a second voltage generation unit for generating a second AC voltage having a phase difference with respect to the first AC voltage, a multiplication unit for multiplying the second AC voltage and a second circuit voltage to generate a multiplication voltage, a measurement unit for measuring a voltage of a DC component of the multiplication voltage, a phase shift amount calculation unit for calculating a phase shift amount, and a reactance calculation unit for calculating a reactance of the reactance element based on the phase shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Masafumi NODA
  • Patent number: 10293252
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires data of a shot image obtained by a camera, a depth image acquirer that acquires a depth image obtained by representing a distance of a subject from the camera in the depth direction as a pixel value, and a first object detector that detects a region of an image of a first object from the shot image or the depth image. The image processing device further includes a second object detector that detects a region of an image of a second object based on the region of the image of the first object and the pixel value in the depth image, a clipping region decider that decides a clipping region including at least the regions of the images of the first and second objects, and a display image generator that generates a display image by using the clipping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Yokokawa, Nicolas Doucet, Masafumi Noda, Yuki Miyamae