Patents by Inventor Masaki Handa

Masaki Handa 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: 20240132049
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a rotating electric machine is provided. The rotating electric machine includes a moving portion that applies torque to a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine. The control apparatus acquires a rotational frequency signal that is a signal that changes depending on a rotational frequency of the moving portion per unit time. The control apparatus calculates a damping torque that is applied from the moving portion to the drive shaft to suppress vibration during operation of the internal combustion engine. The control apparatus calculates the damping torque based on the rotational frequency signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit in response to the rotating electric machine performing cranking of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuya KAMIZONO, Akira Sakamoto, Yuichi Handa, Masaki Amakawa, Keisuke Kawai
  • Publication number: 20240134397
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a recording unit, a detection unit, and a reproduction unit. The recording unit records a flight parameter during flight in a state in which no sensor abnormality is detected. The detection unit detects the sensor abnormality. The reproduction unit reproduces the flight parameter on the basis of the sensor abnormality detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: MASAKI HANDA, TAKUTO MOTOYAMA, SHINICHIRO ABE, MASAHIKO TOYOSHI, KOHEI URUSHIDO
  • Publication number: 20240120805
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a stator equipped with a stator winding, a rotor arranged to face the stator, a housing in which the stator and the rotor are disposed, and a coolant supply unit. The coolant supply unit is located vertically above the stator and the rotor in the housing in a condition where the rotating electrical machine is mounted in place. The coolant supply unit works to deliver liquid coolant into the housing. A coolant guide is provided to direct the coolant, as supplied from the coolant supply unit, into an air gap between the stator and the rotor in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki AMAKAWA, Yuichi HANDA, Keisuke KAWAI, Syuya KAMIZONO, Akira SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11814155
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires captured data in which an object around a moving object is captured by an imaging unit, where the moving object is one of a moving object that is irradiated with spontaneous emission light and a moving object that moves with a predetermined pattern, and a determination unit that determines that the object is an obstacle if the captured data acquired by the acquisition unit includes a specific pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Handa, Shinichiro Abe, Masahiko Toyoshi, Takuto Motoyama, Shun Lee, Kenichiro Oi
  • Publication number: 20220157179
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to action control device and an action control method and a program that enable more appropriate action control to be achieved. An EKF processing unit selects a self-position estimation unit used to estimate a position of a drone from a plurality of the self-position estimation units which is different in estimation accuracy on the basis of waypoints that are indexes when the drone acts, and obtains a state of the drone. Then, a navigator controls an action of the drone according to an action plan created in advance on the basis of the state of the drone. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a mission flight control device that controls a mission flight of a drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro OI, Masaki HANDA, Takuto MOTOYAMA, Shun LEE, Masahiko TOYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220153411
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving body, a control method thereof, and a program capable of accurately detecting and avoiding a linear object that can be an obstacle in movement. The moving body detects a line segment in a captured image captured by at least one camera of a stereo camera, and moves a machine body to which the stereo camera is fixed in a direction orthogonal to the line segment. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a moving body and the like that perform autonomous flight, such as a drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko TOYOSHI, Kohei URUSHIDO, Shun LEE, Ryuta SATOH, Shinichiro ABE, Takuto MOTOYAMA, Masaki HANDA
  • Publication number: 20220049946
    Abstract: A controller (100) includes: an acquisition unit (121) that acquires image data captured by an imaging device (10) for photographing disposed in a moving body; and a calculation unit (127) that calculates a relative position of a position of a subject, which is detected by a plurality of distance-measuring imaging devices (20-1, 20-2, 20-3, and 20-4) provided in the moving body, based on the subject included in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: TAKUTO MOTOYAMA, MASAKI HANDA, SHINICHIRO ABE, MASAHIKO TOYOSHI, SHUN LEE, KENICHIRO OI
  • Publication number: 20220024560
    Abstract: A control apparatus (100) includes an acquisition unit (121) that acquires captured data in which an object around a moving object is captured by an imaging unit, where the moving object is one of a moving object that is irradiated with spontaneous emission light and a mobbing object that moves with a predetermined pattern, and a determination unit (122) that determines that the object is an obstacle if the captured data acquired by the acquisition unit (121) includes a specific pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: MASAKI HANDA, SHINICHIRO ABE, MASAHIKO TOYOSHI, TAKUTO MOTOYAMA, SHUN LEE, KENICHIRO OI
  • Patent number: 11216179
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that determines an angle between at least a part of an upper limb of a user and one of a vector or a plane. The processing unit further determines whether an operation of the user is a pointing operation or a hover operation on the basis of the angle that is between at least the part of the upper limb of the user and one of the vector or the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Kosuke Yoshitomi, Masaki Handa, Junji Otsuka, Kenji Gotoh, Katsuji Miyazawa, Shoji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210181864
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that detects at least two candidate points positioned in a detected operation direction, switches the candidate points such that a predetermined candidate point is selected from the at least two candidate points, and displays at least the selected candidate point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji OTSUKA, Masaki HANDA, Kenji GOTOH, Tetsuo IKEDA, Eisuke FUJINAWA, Kosuke YOSHITOMI, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Shoji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210034162
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that outputs information that controls output of scent on the basis of a result of recognizing a hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, MASAKI HANDA, TAKETO AKAMA, HSINGYING HO, TAKESHI OHASHI, MIDORI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20200409547
    Abstract: [Problem] It is desired to provide a technology capable of conveniently determining the type of operation in a case where a non-contact operation is performed with a fingertip separated from an object. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that determines whether an operation of a user is a pointing operation or a hover operation on the basis of an angle of at least a part of an upper limb of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, KOSUKE YOSHITOMI, MASAKI HANDA, JUNJI OTSUKA, KENJI GOTOH, KATSUJI MIYAZAWA, SHOJI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200278754
    Abstract: [Problem] In a case where information is projected and displayed, confidentiality is ensured by controlling display according to a state of an object. [Solution] A display processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a state acquisition unit configured to acquire a spatial state of an object; and a display control unit configured to control display of projected information according to the state of the object including a posture of the object. With this configuration, in a case where information is projected and displayed, it is possible to ensure confidentiality by controlling display according to the state of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: MASAKI HANDA, TAKESHI OHASHI, TETSUO IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10229483
    Abstract: A subject information acquisition unit 12 acquires imaged subject information indicative of attributes related to illumination for a subject from a taken image. A preset information selection unit 21 selects preset information as illumination setting information for setting an illumination environment according to a user operation. An illumination setting information adjustment unit adjusts the illumination setting information selected by the illumination setting information selection unit to illumination setting information corresponding to the subject on the basis of the imaged subject information acquired by the subject information acquisition unit. By simply selecting the preset information, it is possible to set easily an illumination environment for relighting, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Doba, Yasutaka Hirasawa, Masaki Handa
  • Publication number: 20170124689
    Abstract: A subject information acquisition unit 12 acquires imaged subject information indicative of attributes related to illumination for a subject from a taken image. A preset information selection unit 21 selects preset information as illumination setting information for setting an illumination environment according to a user operation. An illumination setting information adjustment unit adjusts the illumination setting information selected by the illumination setting information selection unit to illumination setting information corresponding to the subject on the basis of the imaged subject information acquired by the subject information acquisition unit. By simply selecting the preset information, it is possible to set easily an illumination environment for relighting, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro DOBA, Yasutaka HIRASAWA, Masaki HANDA
  • Patent number: 9569821
    Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20160125575
    Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9177386
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for executing calculation of a global motion vector (GMV) with a high degree of reliability. Local motion vectors (LMV) corresponding to blocks and block weights as reliability indicators of the LMVs of the respective blocks are calculated, and the global motion vector (GMV) is calculated on the basis of the block weights. By calculating a degree of reliability of the local motion vector (LMV) corresponding to each block of a target block and near-field blocks adjacent to the target block and a degree of similarity between the local motion vectors (LMV) of the target block and each near-field block, the block weight is calculated through arithmetic processing to which the degree of reliability and the degree of similarity are applied. With the present configuration, it is possible to efficiently calculate the global motion vector (GMV) with a high degree of reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Tamayama, Masaki Handa, Tamaki Eyama
  • Publication number: 20140185938
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for executing calculation of a global motion vector (GMV) with a high degree of reliability. Local motion vectors (LMV) corresponding to blocks and block weights as reliability indicators of the LMVs of the respective blocks are calculated, and the global motion vector (GMV) is calculated on the basis of the block weights. By calculating a degree of reliability of the local motion vector (LMV) corresponding to each block of a target block and near-field blocks adjacent to the target block and a degree of similarity between the local motion vectors (LMV) of the target block and each near-field block, the block weight is calculated through arithmetic processing to which the degree of reliability and the degree of similarity are applied. With the present configuration, it is possible to efficiently calculate the global motion vector (GMV) with a high degree of reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Tamayama, Masaki Handa, Tamaki Eyama
  • Patent number: 8378894
    Abstract: A planar antenna device includes a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The lower conductor layer is used as a ground, and the upper conductor layer forms a radiating element having a structure in which four or more radiating element pieces of different sizes are connected to a feeder line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroto Kimura, Seiji Wada, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo