Patents by Inventor Masanori Iwasaki

Masanori Iwasaki 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: 12166232
    Abstract: When the pressure in the battery case is increased, the gas discharge flow rate is secured sufficiently. This battery case (30) is a battery case in which a battery (2) is housed in a housing (10). The battery case (30) includes a gas discharge mechanism (G). The gas discharge mechanism (G) includes a gas discharge port (51) that opens in a wall plate (43) that covers a periphery of the housing (10), and a lid part (35m). The lid part (35m) is disposed to cover the gas discharge port (51) from inside the wall plate (43), and is fixed on the housing (10) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Suenaga, Yasukazu Iwasaki, Shuuto Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 12124038
    Abstract: To provide an image display device capable of improving display at a fovea of an eye, which is the most important part in a display range, such that display at the fovea of the eye is not darkened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20240295758
    Abstract: A contact lens according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lens substrate to be worn on an eyeball, an antenna unit that is provided on the lens substrate and receives alternating-current energy through a human body, and a load that receives electric power supplied from the antenna unit. The antenna unit includes a first antenna element including a first conductor and a second antenna element including a second conductor. The first conductor is provided on the lens substrate at a position that is in contact with the eyeball or an eyelid when an eye is open. The second conductor is provided on the lens substrate at a position that is separated from the first conductor by a predetermined gap and not in contact with the eyeball or the eyelid when the eye is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: MASANORI IWASAKI, YOSHITAKA YOSHINO, TAKAYUKI HIRABAYASHI, TADASHI IMAI, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, FUMIKO SHIGA
  • Patent number: 12032229
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens unit to be placed on an eyeball; and an optical device that is mainly provided in a circular region opposed to a pupil that becomes small by contraction in a case where the lens unit is placed on the eyeball, and provides an action that is different from an action of the lens unit to light entering the eyeball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Naoto Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Fumiko Shiga, Ken Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20240221424
    Abstract: The present technology provides a display apparatus capable of improving visibility of a display image. The display apparatus according to the present technology includes an irradiation system that radiates light to at least a part of a second region outside a first region corresponding to a central visual field of a retina of at least one of both eyes of a user. In accordance with the present technology, the display apparatus capable of improving visibility of the display image can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240171011
    Abstract: A power transmitter according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an antenna unit and a signal generation circuit. The antenna unit includes a first antenna conductor used in contact with a human body unconnected to ground of earth, and a second antenna conductor that is capacitively coupled to the ground of the earth without being brought into contact with the human body. The signal generation circuit applies an alternating current power signal between the first antenna conductor and the second antenna conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshitaka YOSHINO, Fumiko SHIGA, Tadashi IMAI, Masanori IWASAKI, Tsukasa YOSHIMURA, Takayuki HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240118546
    Abstract: To provide an image display device capable of improving display at a fovea of an eye, which is the most important part in a display range, such that display at the fovea of the eye is not darkened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: MASANORI IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11940630
    Abstract: To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to further improve a performance in controlling video presentation according to characteristics of an eyeball of a user. A display apparatus is provided that includes a light source; a processor that performs processing on a distribution of characteristics of an eyeball; a monitoring section that monitors a state of the eyeball; a matching section that performs matching on the distribution of the characteristics of the eyeball and the state of the eyeball; and an irradiator that irradiates a specified position on a retina with video display light emitted by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Imamura, Ryo Ogawa, Masanori Iwasaki, Takanobu Omata, Katsuyuki Akutsu, Itaru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230298542
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display section, an acquisition section, and an image generator. The display section includes a display that has a cylinder-like body and on which an output image is displayed. The acquisition section acquires pieces of direction information that respectively indicate directions of respective users of a plurality of users as viewed from the display. The image generator generates the output image on the basis of the pieces of direction information such that pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users are presented in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230213766
    Abstract: To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to further improve a performance in controlling video presentation according to characteristics of an eyeball of a user. A display apparatus is provided that includes a light source; a processor that performs processing on a distribution of characteristics of an eyeball; a monitoring section that monitors a state of the eyeball; a matching section that performs matching on the distribution of the characteristics of the eyeball and the state of the eyeball; and an irradiator that irradiates a specified position on a retina with video display light emitted by the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei IMAMURA, Ryo OGAWA, Masanori IWASAKI, Takanobu OMATA, Katsuyuki AKUTSU, Itaru SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11589817
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; an acquisition section that is provided in the lens section and acquires biological information; and an output section that outputs the biological information acquired by the acquisition section to an external apparatus to be worn on a human body. The output section has one or a plurality of coil antennas extending along a front surface of the lens section, and a capacitor that is coupled to the one or the plurality of coil antennas in series or in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Fumiko Shiga, Ken Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20230009290
    Abstract: The present technology provides a display device capable of appropriately displaying information in a visual field range of a user. The present technology provides a display device including: a display system configured to display information in a visual field range of a user by irradiating a retina of an eyeball with light using an element integrally provided on the eyeball of the user; a detection system configured to detect a change in an orientation and/or a position of the eyeball; and a control system configured to control a display position and/or a display mode of the information in the visual field range on the basis of a detection result in the detection system. According to the present technology, it is possible to provide a display device capable of appropriately displaying information in a visual field range of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: MASANORI IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11543621
    Abstract: There is provided a camera module including a stacked lens structure including a plurality of lens substrates. The plurality of lens substrates includes a first lens substrate including a first lens that is disposed at an inner side of a through-hole formed in the first lens substrate, and a second lens substrate including a second lens that is disposed at an inner side of a through-hole formed in the second lens substrate, wherein the first lens substrate is directly bonded to the second lens substrate. The camera module further includes an electromagnetic drive unit configured to adjust a distance between the stacked lens structure and a light-receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munekatsu Fukuyama, Hiroyasu Matsugai, Hiroyuki Itou, Suguru Saito, Keiji Ohshima, Masanori Iwasaki, Toshihiko Hayashi, Shuzo Sato, Nobutoshi Fujii, Hiroshi Tazawa, Toshiaki Shiraiwa, Yusuke Moriya, Minoru Ishida
  • Patent number: 11534065
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lens unit to be placed on an eyeball and a mesh-like or meandering linear communication electrode provided in all or a portion of the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Fumiko Shiga
  • Patent number: 11525984
    Abstract: The present technology relates to, for example, a lens attached substrate including a substrate which has a through-hole formed therein and a light shielding film formed on a side wall of the through-hole and a lens resin portion which is formed inside the through-hole of the substrate. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a lens attached substrate, a layered lens structure, a camera module, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Moriya, Masanori Iwasaki, Takashi Oinoue, Yoshiya Hagimoto, Hiroyasu Matsugai, Hiroyuki Itou, Suguru Saito, Keiji Ohshima, Nobutoshi Fujii, Hiroshi Tazawa, Toshiaki Shiraiwa, Minoru Ishida
  • Publication number: 20220390765
    Abstract: The present technology provides a display device that is able to display information in a region larger than a visual field region and cause the information to be visually recognized. The display device according to the present technology includes a light irradiation system configured to apply light through a pupil on at least a region outside an ambient light irradiation region, within a larger region than the ambient light irradiation region, the larger region including the ambient light irradiation region, the ambient light irradiation region being a region in a retina on which ambient light is to be applied through the pupil. According to the present technology, it is possible to provide a display device that is able to display information in a region larger than a visual field region and cause the information to be visually recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: MASANORI IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11520168
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lens section to be worn on an eyeball. The contact lens further includes a communication electrode, a sensor device, a controller, and a shield layer in the lens section. The controller supplies electric power to the communication electrode, and outputs a signal corresponding to information acquired by the sensor device to the communication electrode. The shield layer is provided at a position facing at least one of the sensor device, the controller, or the communication electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Fumiko Shiga
  • Patent number: 11442291
    Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lens section attachable to an eyeball, and one or a plurality of structure portions provided in the lens section and intended to accumulate tears. This makes it possible to, for example, measure an absorption spectrum of the tears, by emitting light toward the tears accumulated in the one or plurality of structure portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11395629
    Abstract: A device for placement in contact with an eye of a user. The device includes at least one detector for measuring at least one property, and a signal processor for determining, based on the at least one property, whether the eye of the user is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Ken Hayakawa, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Naoto Yamaguchi, Akira Tange
  • Patent number: 11342371
    Abstract: A deformation of a stacked lens is suppressed. A stacked lens structure has a configuration in which substrates with lenses having a lens disposed on an inner side of a through-hole formed in the substrate are bonded and stacked by direct bonding. The present technique can be applied to a camera module or the like in which a stacked lens structure in which at least three substrates with lenses including first to third substrates with lenses which are substrates with lenses in which a through-hole is formed in the substrate and a lens is formed on an inner side of the through-hole is integrated with a light receiving element, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Matsugai, Hiroyuki Itou, Suguru Saito, Keiji Ohshima, Masanori Iwasaki, Toshihiko Hayashi, Shuzo Sato, Nobutoshi Fujii, Hiroshi Tazawa, Toshiaki Shiraiwa, Minoru Ishida