Patents by Inventor Masakazu Hayashi
Masakazu Hayashi 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: 11954866Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a movement estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of a first timestamp provided to an image captured by synchronous scanning, an event signal generated corresponding to an intensity change of light at one or a plurality of pixels of the image, and a second timestamp that is provided to the event signal and is in synchronism with the first timestamp, a movement of an imaging target in the image, an inverse filter generation unit that generates an inverse filter on the basis of the movement, and a filter application unit that applies the inverse filter to the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Hiromasa Naganuma, Masakazu Hayashi, Yosuke Kurihara
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Patent number: 11930740Abstract: The combine may include a threshing tank that is configured to store a threshing product obtained by the threshing device and includes a lower tapered portion formed in a bottom portion. A bottom screw is provided inside the lower tapered portion and configured to discharge the threshing product from the threshing tank. A threshing discharge device is connected to the bottom screw and configured to convey the threshing product from the bottom screw and discharge the threshing product in a body outward direction. The threshing tank includes an inspection port formed in a bottom section of the lower tapered portion, and a lid configured to open and close the inspection port, and the lid opens and closes by swinging upward and downward about a swing axis that is not parallel with a screw axis of the bottom screw.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Mamoru Shinya, Yusaku Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Kumatori, Takashi Kitahara, Yoshifumi Tango, Ryohei Higashitaki, Toshinari Nishimura, Masakazu Hino, Shota Hayashi, Nobuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 11929481Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rechargeable battery includes forming a mixture layer and an insulating layer on an electrode substrate having an edge extending in a specified direction so that an exposed portion where the electrode substrate is exposed extends between the edge and the insulating layer; pressing the mixture layer; and stretching an extension portion, located between the edge and the mixture layer, and the insulating layer in the specified direction. The stretching includes applying a stress greater than or equal to yield stress of the electrode substrate or greater than or equal to 0.2% proof stress of the electrode substrate and less than tensile strength of the electrode substrate to the extension portion, and applying a stress greater than or equal to yield stress of the insulating layer or greater than or equal to 0.2% proof stress of the insulating layer to the insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Masakazu Umehara, Naomichi Ishikawa, Naoto Ooshiro, Yuuki Kudou, Hideki Hayashi, Hiroki Yamada, Naoya Kishimoto
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Patent number: 11916195Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing a compound (1) represented by the formula (1), (wherein R101 and R102 are each individually a substituent such as a C1-C7 alkyl group, and the substituent optionally contains at least one divalent to hexavalent hetero atom in a structure or optionally has a structure obtained by replacing at least one hydrogen atom by a fluorine atom or a C0-C7 functional group) and at least one compound (11) selected from compounds such as a compound represented by formula (11-1) (wherein R111 and R112 are the same as or different from each other and are each a hydrogen atom or the like, and R113 is an alkyl group free from a fluorine atom or the like):Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Kinoshita, Tomoya Hidaka, Toshiharu Shimooka, Shigeaki Yamazaki, Hisako Nakamura, Takaya Yamada, Yuuki Suzuki, Yoshiko Kuwajima, Kenzou Takahashi, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Kotaro Hayashi
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Publication number: 20240063002Abstract: A measuring unit is provided in an electrode disposed inside a chamber or a wire connected to the electrode and measures either a voltage or a current. A gas supply unit supplies a gas to be made into plasma into the chamber. A radio-frequency power supply supplies radio-frequency power in a pulse form making the gas supplied into the chamber plasma to the chamber. A detector detects an end point of plasma processing from a change in any of a voltage, a current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the current measured by the measuring unit with a timing synchronized with a cycle of pulses of the radio-frequency power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventor: Masakazu HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11910110Abstract: A transfer control device includes a difference identifying section which identifies, for a first and second images sequentially captured by synchronous scanning, a difference region of the second image, on the basis of an event signal indicating a change in intensity of light generated in one or a plurality of pixels of each of the first and second images during a time period from capturing of the first image to capturing of the second image; and a transfer control section which executes data transfer different between the difference region and regions other than the difference region, for the second image.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Kurihara, Hiromasa Naganuma, Masakazu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20220329743Abstract: A transfer control device includes a difference identifying section which identifies, for a first and second images sequentially captured by synchronous scanning, a difference region of the second image, on the basis of an event signal indicating a change in intensity of light generated in one or a plurality of pixels of each of the first and second images during a time period from capturing of the first image to capturing of the second image; and a transfer control section which executes data transfer different between the difference region and regions other than the difference region, for the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Kurihara, Hiromasa Naganuma, Masakazu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20220292693Abstract: An image processing device includes a region identifying section that identifies a first region in which a first motion occurs in a subject in an image captured by synchronous scanning, and a second region in which a second motion different from the first motion occurs in the subject or in which the subject is not substantially moving, on the basis of an event signal generated in response to a change in intensity of light in one or a plurality of pixels of the image, and an image processing section that executes image processing different between the first region and the second region on the first region and the second region, in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu HAYASHI, Hiromasa NAGANUMA, Yosuke KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20220284593Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a movement estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of a first timestamp provided to an image captured by synchronous scanning, an event signal generated corresponding to an intensity change of light at one or a plurality of pixels of the image, and a second timestamp that is provided to the event signal and is in synchronism with the first timestamp, a movement of an imaging target in the image, an inverse filter generation unit that generates an inverse filter on the basis of the movement, and a filter application unit that applies the inverse filter to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Hiromasa Naganuma, Masakazu Hayashi, Yosuke Kurihara
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Patent number: 11282168Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can highly efficiently execute a generation process of a color image based on an image including a plurality of pixel sets each including a plurality of single-color pixels arranged in a predetermined color pattern, in which the pixel sets are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side. An intermediate image generation unit (64) generates, based on a basic image, an intermediate image in which pixel values of a plurality of basic pixels included in the pixel set are set as values of intermediate pixel data of one intermediate pixel associated with the pixel set. A pixel value determination unit (70) determines pixel values of a plurality of colors of at least one final pixel associated with a target intermediate pixel based on values of the intermediate pixel data of the target intermediate pixel and values of the intermediate pixel data of the intermediate pixel adjacent to the target intermediate pixel.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Masakazu Hayashi
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Patent number: 11094107Abstract: A behavior history data acquisition unit 304 acquires behavior history data on a plurality of users wearing head mounted displays on heads thereof and experiencing a same three-dimensional content space. A line-of-sight direction acquisition unit 312 acquires line-of-sight directions of the plurality of users in the three-dimensional content space, from the behavior history data on the plurality of users. A screen generation unit 316 generates, on a basis of the acquired line-of-sight directions of the plurality of users, an image concerning line of sights of the plurality of users in a three-dimensional virtual space.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Hisayuki Kunigita, Masakazu Hayashi, Kotaro Tajima, Robert Christopher Starkey
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Publication number: 20200258194Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can highly efficiently execute a generation process of a color image based on an image including a plurality of pixel sets each including a plurality of single-color pixels arranged in a predetermined color pattern, in which the pixel sets are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side. An intermediate image generation unit (64) generates, based on a basic image, an intermediate image in which pixel values of a plurality of basic pixels included in the pixel set are set as values of intermediate pixel data of one intermediate pixel associated with the pixel set. A pixel value determination unit (70) determines pixel values of a plurality of colors of at least one final pixel associated with a target intermediate pixel based on values of the intermediate pixel data of the target intermediate pixel and values of the intermediate pixel data of the intermediate pixel adjacent to the target intermediate pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Satoshi MORITA, Masakazu HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200175748Abstract: A behavior history data acquisition unit 304 acquires behavior history data on a plurality of users wearing head mounted displays on heads thereof and experiencing a same three-dimensional content space. A line-of-sight direction acquisition unit 312 acquires line-of-sight directions of the plurality of users in the three-dimensional content space, from the behavior history data on the plurality of users. A screen generation unit 316 generates, on a basis of the acquired line-of-sight directions of the plurality of users, an image concerning line of sights of the plurality of users in a three-dimensional virtual space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Hisayuki KUNIGITA, Masakazu HAYASHI, Kotaro TAJIMA, Robert Christopher STARKEY
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Patent number: 10671233Abstract: A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroki Masuda, Eriko Matsumura, Kensaku Ishizuka, Masakazu Hayashi, Masaru Nomura
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Patent number: 10055089Abstract: A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the thumbnails, the thumbnails move across the screen in sequence, following a path through a focus outline in the center of the screen. The path followed by the thumbnails depends on the selected layout.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Masakazu Hayashi, Makoto Imamura, Masato Kuninori, Haruo Oba, Junichi Rekimoto, Hideyuki Agata
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Patent number: 9922456Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai
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Patent number: 9910560Abstract: An operation button carries out an operation of an electronic apparatus through a key input. A touch panel is a display area of the electronic apparatus and carries out an operation of the electronic apparatus through a touch operation. A display controlling unit displays, in response to the operation of at least one of the operation button and the touch panel, a menu including at least one choice relating to the operation of the electronic apparatus on a display device. Here, the display controlling unit displays a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the operation button and a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the touch panel such that the menus include at least one common choice and besides the common choice is disposed in layouts different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Hayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Eiji Yamada, Yuki Kobayashi, Manabu Nishizawa
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Patent number: 9813660Abstract: An apparatus information acquisition unit 444 acquires information representative of a limitation relating to viewing or recording of a broadcasting program in regard to each of a plurality of recording apparatus. An operation detection unit 44 accepts a user operation which designates a recording target program. When the user operation is accepted, a recording apparatus selection unit 446 determines a priority of each recording apparatus in response to the limitation relating to viewing or recording of a broadcasting program in each recording apparatus, and selects a recording apparatus which has the highest priority as a recording apparatus which is to record the recording target program.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Kensaku Ishizuka, Yuki Kobayashi, Masakazu Hayashi, Manabu Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20160334965Abstract: A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the thumbnails, the thumbnails move across the screen in sequence, following a path through a focus outline in the center of the screen. The path followed by the thumbnails depends on the selected layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Eduardo Agusto SCIAMMARELLA, Masakazu HAYASHI, Makoto IMAMURA, Masato KUNINORI, Haruo OBA, Junichi REKIMOTO, Hideyuki AGATA
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Publication number: 20160314617Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai