Patents by Inventor Masaomi Nabeta
Masaomi Nabeta 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: 11747816Abstract: Achieved is an autonomous traveling control device which generates a safety priority path for avoiding passage through or approach to a dangerous region where a contact with another mobile object is possible, and travels along the safety priority path. The autonomous traveling control device includes a traveling path determination unit that generates a safety priority path for avoiding passage through or approach to a dangerous region where a contact with another mobile object is possible; and a traveling control unit that executes control causing the own device to travel along the safety priority path generated by the traveling path determination unit. The traveling path determination unit generates a cost priority path in a metric map on the basis of a minimum cost path in a topology map, and generates a safety priority path bypassing the dangerous region by correcting the cost priority path in the metric map.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Masaomi Nabeta
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Patent number: 11519741Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a planning unit that sets a joining route on the basis of information about at least one of a planned route of a user mobile unit that uses a service or a planned route of a provider mobile unit that provides the service, the joining route being a zone for the user mobile unit and the provider mobile unit to receive and provide the service, and makes a movement plan including at least one of a route plan for the user mobile unit or a route plan for the provider mobile unit based on the joining route. The information processing device further includes a service provision unit that controls provision of the service so that the user mobile unit and the provider mobile unit receive and provide the service while moving on the joining route.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Tamori, Atsushi Ochiai, Tomoya Fujita, Chao Wang, Masaomi Nabeta, Keisuke Maeda, Takamori Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220229438Abstract: Achieved is an autonomous traveling control device which generates a safety priority path for avoiding passage through or approach to a dangerous region where a contact with another mobile object is possible, and travels along the safety priority path. The autonomous traveling control device includes a traveling path determination unit that generates a safety priority path for avoiding passage through or approach to a dangerous region where a contact with another mobile object is possible; and a traveling control unit that executes control causing the own device to travel along the safety priority path generated by the traveling path determination unit. The traveling path determination unit generates a cost priority path in a metric map on the basis of a minimum cost path in a topology map, and generates a safety priority path bypassing the dangerous region by correcting the cost priority path in the metric map.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Masaomi NABETA
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Publication number: 20220107643Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kayoko TANAKA, Kohtaro SABE, Miki SHIBUYA, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Kousuke SUZUKI, Haruto TAKEDA, Peter DUERR, Masaomi NABETA, Takekazu KAKINUMA, Hironari MIZUMURA
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Patent number: 11237560Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
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Publication number: 20220019224Abstract: A mobile body controller according to the present disclosure includes circuitry configured to recognize an environment surrounding a mobile body to be controlled, and change parameters used for self-position estimation by the mobile body based on the recognized environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Ryo WATANABE, Yukihiro SAITO, Masaomi NABETA
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Publication number: 20210190515Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a moving object that enable provision of a service from a mobile unit to another mobile unit. An information processing device includes: a planning unit that sets a joining route on the basis of information about at least one of a planned route of a user mobile unit that is a mobile unit to use a service or a planned route of a provider mobile unit that is a mobile unit to provide the service, the joining route being a zone for the user mobile unit and the provider mobile unit to receive and provide the service, and makes a movement plan including at least one of a route plan for the user mobile unit or a route plan for the provider mobile unit in accordance with the joining route; and a service provision unit that controls provision of the service so that the user mobile unit and the provider mobile unit receive and provide the service while moving on the joining route.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: MASAHIRO TAMORI, ATSUSHI OCHIAI, TOMOYA FUJITA, CHAO WANG, MASAOMI NABETA, KEISUKE MAEDA, TAKAMORI YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200209869Abstract: An autonomous mobile device is implemented that adjusts a sensor rate according to a situation, and enables both reduction of power consumption and processing resources, and safe traveling. The autonomous mobile device includes: a sensor; a sensor information analysis unit that generates sensor analysis information by inputting output information from the sensor; an action plan determination unit that generates an action plan by inputting the sensor analysis information; a sensor rate calculation unit that calculates an optimal sensor rate of the sensor on the basis of at least one of the sensor analysis information or the action plan information; and a sensor control unit that adjusts either a sensing rate of the sensor or an output rate of sensor output information to the optimal sensor rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masataka TOYOURA, Masaomi NABETA
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Publication number: 20190302770Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. [Solution] Provided is a control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
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Patent number: 10372133Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. [Solution] Provided is a control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
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Patent number: 9813697Abstract: To appropriately prevent a burn-in phenomenon when a still image such as an OSD screen is displayed on a display panel. When a menu screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a menu phrase in at least one of a left-eye video and a right-eye video is deleted on a menu background area. A time period in which a brightness difference between still pixels in a boundary between a menu background area and a menu phrase remains large is reduced, and thus the occurrence of the burn-in phenomenon can be prevented. However, the menu background area is constantly displayed without being deleted, so that screen flickering does not occur.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Masaomi Nabeta, Naomasa Takahashi, Yohsuke Kaji, Yoichi Hirota
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Publication number: 20170010615Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. [Solution] Provided is a control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
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Patent number: 9316831Abstract: Provided is a head mounted display including a displaying unit to display an image, an image signal processing unit to process an image signal, a display control unit to perform an image quality adjustment of the image signal processed by the image signal processing unit, and to control a display in the displaying unit, a mounting sensor to detect whether an observer has mounted the apparatus, and a control unit to issue an instruction for the image quality adjustment of the image signal in the display control unit, in response to a detection result by the mounting sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naomasa Takahashi, Yoichi Hirota, Yohsuke Kaji, Masaomi Nabeta, Hiroaki Itou
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Publication number: 20150168723Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a display device is provided. The display device includes a display to display an image; and a video signal processing section to gradually lower an output power, for the image, of light of a wavelength in an approximate range of wavelengths corresponding to blue light, the gradual lowering being performed after a user begins observing the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Hiroaki Eto, Naomasa Takahashi, Masaomi Nabeta
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Publication number: 20140266989Abstract: Provided is a head mounted display including a displaying unit to display an image, an image signal processing unit to process an image signal, a display control unit to perform an image quality adjustment of the image signal processed by the image signal processing unit, and to control a display in the displaying unit, a mounting sensor to detect whether an observer has mounted the apparatus, and a control unit to issue an instruction for the image quality adjustment of the image signal in the display control unit, in response to a detection result by the mounting sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naomasa Takahashi, Yoichi Hirota, Yohsuke Kaji, Masaomi Nabeta, Hiroaki Itou
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Publication number: 20140198193Abstract: To appropriately prevent a burn-in phenomenon when a still image such as an OSD screen is displayed on a display panel. When a menu screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a menu phrase in at least one of a left-eye video and a right-eye video is deleted on a menu background area. A time period in which a brightness difference between still pixels in a boundary between a menu background area and a menu phrase remains large is reduced, and thus the occurrence of the burn-in phenomenon can be prevented. However, the menu background area is constantly displayed without being deleted, so that screen flickering does not occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Masaomi Nabeta, Naomasa Takahashi, Yohsuke Kaji, Yoichi Hirota
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Patent number: 8027236Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus is provided, which includes a rotary drive unit, an optical pickup unit, an adjustment unit which compensates for changes in characteristics of the laser light caused by changes in temperature, a temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the optical pickup unit, an evaluation value generation unit which generates an evaluation value based on reflected light information, and a control unit. The control unit performs a temperature acquisition process, an optimum point adjustment process, a temperature acquisition process for acquiring a detected temperature during spin down, an optimum point search process, and a temperature characteristic compensation operation coefficient calculation process for performing temperature compensation with respect to the adjustment values.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masaomi Nabeta
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Publication number: 20100322051Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus is provided, which includes a rotary drive unit, an optical pickup unit, an adjustment unit which compensates for changes in characteristics of the laser light caused by changes in temperature, a temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the optical pickup unit, an evaluation value generation unit which generates an evaluation value based on reflected light information, and a control unit. The control unit performs a temperature acquisition process, an optimum point adjustment process, a temperature acquisition process for acquiring a detected temperature during spin down, an optimum point search process, and a temperature characteristic compensation operation coefficient calculation process for performing temperature compensation with respect to the adjustment values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Masaomi Nabeta
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Patent number: 7778129Abstract: An optical disk apparatus can reliably detect the target recording layer of an optical disk having two recording layers. The optical disk apparatus is adapted to recording information on and reproducing information from an optical disk formed by sequentially laying a first recording layer, a second recording layer and a cover layer. The focal point of the light beam is moved closer to the optical disk from the side of the cover layer and the focal point of the light beam is determined to be coming close to the recording layer when the signal level of the focus error signal falls below a positive focus error threshold value after rising above the latter or rises above the negative focus error threshold value after falling below the latter.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masaomi Nabeta
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Optical recording/reproducing apparatus, focusing method therefor, and optical disk recording medium
Patent number: 7333412Abstract: A method and apparatus for realizing a stable focus jump operation even in a case where a waveform of an S-curve of a focus error signal fluctuates due to aberration due to fluctuation of a multilayer optical disk substrate thickness or the level of the S-curve fluctuates due to reflectance fluctuation are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Manoh, Masaomi Nabeta