Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kozuka
Masayuki Kozuka 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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Publication number: 20250104135Abstract: A virtual fitting apparatus is provided with a user information acquiring unit, a wearing item information acquiring unit, a prediction condition acquiring unit, a prediction unit, and an output unit. The user information acquiring unit acquires physical information on a user. The wearing item information acquiring unit acquires wearing item information related to characteristics of a predetermined wearing item. The prediction condition acquiring unit acquires, as a prediction condition, information related to a situation in which a predetermined exercise is performed. The prediction unit predicts, based on the physical information, the wearing item information, and the prediction condition, a user state resulting when the user does the predetermined exercise by wearing the predetermined wearing item. The output unit outputs information related to the predicted user state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Masayuki TSUTSUI, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Satoru ABE, Genki HATANO, Yuya KOZUKA, Lingyu HSU, Ryo KAMIYA
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Publication number: 20250106375Abstract: This correction method comprises: acquiring, by means of a processing circuit of a head-mounted display, projection angles via a photographic lens of dots of a correction test pattern corresponding to dots of a reference test pattern, the angle being calculated on the basis of the correction test pattern obtained by photographing the reference test pattern with the photographic lens through a correction lens that corrects the user's visual characteristics, the reference test pattern including one dot placed at a reference point and at least one dot placed on each of a plurality of straight lines extending in different directions from the reference point; and correcting, by means of the processing circuit, distortion in a virtual space image caused by the adjustment lens on the basis of projection angles corresponding to the dots of the reference test pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Hirokazu NAKANISHI, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Yoshihiro MORI, Masayuki KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20250085543Abstract: A video display system includes: an observation device, a data obtainment unit that obtains data related to a movement direction of the capturing unit, and a metadata composition unit that obtains metadata based on the obtained data; and a VR device including: a reception unit that receives the metadata; an orientation estimation unit that estimates an orientation of the display device; a differential calculation unit that calculates a relative movement direction of the capturing unit based on a difference between the orientation of the display device and the movement direction of the capturing unit in the metadata; a presentation unit that presents the calculated relative movement direction to a user of a display device; a video generation unit that generates a display video; and a VR device including a display device that displays the display video.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshihiro MORI, Junya SUZUki, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiro NISHO
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Publication number: 20250061652Abstract: This system for improving realistic sensations in VR comprises: a VR video generation unit for generating VR video data that includes perceived temperature information on the basis of VR space data in which the perceived temperature information is embedded; a temperature detection unit for extracting the perceived temperature information from the VR video data generated by the VR image generation unit; an XR control unit for controlling XR goggles so as to display a VR video on the basis of the VR video data; and a low-temperature device control unit for controlling a low-temperature device that adjusts the perceived temperature of a VR-experiencing person wearing the XR goggles, on the basis of the perceived temperature information extracted by the temperature detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshihiro MORI, Takuma IWASA
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Patent number: 12099205Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottomed lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottomed lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; and an adjustment mechanism that couples the first lens tube and the second lens tube and is capable of adjusting a distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube. The adjustment mechanism includes an operable part that adjusts the distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Suguru Ogawa, Hiroyasu Makino, Makoto Serizawa, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Toshiro Nishio, Masayuki Kozuka
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Patent number: 12092835Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected relative to the first rod; and an image maintainer that, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, rotates the first and second display parts relative to the first and second lens tubes to bring the horizontal directions of the first and second display parts closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Suguru Ogawa, Hiroyasu Makino, Makoto Serizawa, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Toshiro Nishio, Masayuki Kozuka
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Publication number: 20240205513Abstract: A video display system includes: an observation device including a capturing unit that generates a wide-angle video, and a data obtainment unit that obtains data related to a position and/or direction of a target in the wide-angle video to be gazed at by a user of a display device and cue information for informing of a change in the state of the observation system; and a VR device including a reception unit that receives the data and the cue information, and a differential calculation that calculates a relative position and/or direction of the gazing target relative to the position and/or direction of the display device in the wide-angle video, based on a difference between the position and/or direction of the display device in the wide-angle video and the position and/or direction of the gazing target in metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshihiro MORI, Junya SUZUKI, Yoshilchiro KASHIWAGI, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiro NISHIO
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Patent number: 12013544Abstract: A display device includes: a closed-bottomed first lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a closed-bottomed second lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including an operable part that is provided between and adjusts a distance between the first and second lens tubes; and an eye cup provided for each of the first and second lens tubes that is tubular and detachably attached to the open end of the first or second lens tube. The eye cup includes: an insertion part that is tubular and inserted inside the first or second lens tube; and a cup part having a curved sheet shape that extends outside of the first or second lens tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Serizawa, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Suguru Ogawa, Hiroyasu Makino, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Junya Suzuki, Toshiro Nishio, Masayuki Kozuka
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Publication number: 20240196045Abstract: A video display system for displaying a display video via a display device includes: a VR device including the display device that displays the display video; an observation device proved in a mobile object to give the observation device mobility and including a capturing unit configured to capture video, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain data related to a movement speed of the capturing unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, together with the data, the video captured; a reception unit configured to receive video and the data; a video generation unit configured to generate the display video including the video received; and a presentation unit configured to cause the video generation unit to generate and output a graphic corresponding to the movement speed from the data received and superimpose the graphic to present the movement speed of the capturing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshihiro MORI, Junya SUZUKI, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiro MISHIO
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Publication number: 20240196062Abstract: A video display system includes: a VR system including a display that displays a VR space to a participant who participates in a VR experience, and an audio processor that receives and outputs voice; an explainer terminal that receives and outputs voice from and to an explainer who provides an explanation to the participant in the VR space; a video distributor that distributes a 360-degree video for the VR space to the VR system; an audio conversation unit that assists an audio conversation between the participant and the explainer; and a controller that manages an operation mode that selectively takes a first state in which questions from the participant to the explainer are not allowed, a second state in which questions are allowed, and a third state in which a question is being asked, and causes the VR system to display information specifying the operation mode on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshihiro MORI, Junya SUZUKI, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiro NISHIO
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Patent number: 11974070Abstract: A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi
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Patent number: 11968470Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 11914750Abstract: An information management device includes: an obtainer that obtains first company information and personal information from a first company, the first company information relating to a first product or service of the first company, the personal information relating to a user who has purchased the first product or who has been provided with the service; a company information storage that stores the first company information obtained; a personal information storage that stores the personal information obtained; an integrator that integrates the company information and the personal information based on a purchase record or a use record to generate integrated information, the purchase record indicating that the user has purchased the first product, the use record indicating that the user has used the service; and a manager that manages an output of the integrated information based on restriction information for restricting an output destination of the integrated information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Kohsuke Yamamoto, Tomoki Ogawa, Masaya Yamamoto, Junya Suzuki, Hiroki Urabe
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Patent number: 11856200Abstract: A data output apparatus includes: a video decoder that decodes a video stream to generate a first video signal; an external metadata acquisition unit that acquires one or more pieces of metadata corresponding to one or more first conversion modes; an HDR metadata interpreter that interprets one of the one or more pieces of metadata to acquire characteristic data and conversion auxiliary data; a DR converter that supports one or more second conversion modes and performs conversion processing of a luminance range of the first video signal based on the conversion auxiliary data to generate a second video signal; and an HDMI output unit that outputs the second video signal to a display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Kengo Terada
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Patent number: 11812191Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
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Publication number: 20230280596Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first lens barrel in a shape of a bottomed barrel and including, as a bottom portion, a first display device that displays a first image; a second lens barrel in a shape of a bottomed barrel and including, as a bottom portion, a second display device that displays a second image; a support member that supports the first and second lens barrels; and an eye cup that is in a barrel shape and is provided at an open end of each of the first and second lens barrels along the open end. The eye cup includes two or more ventilation paths through which inside and outside of the eye cup communicate with each other in an intersecting direction that intersects a barrel axis direction of the first and second lens barrels and an arrangement direction in which the first and second lens barrels are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Suguru OGAWA, Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Makoto SERIZAWA, Junya SUZUKI, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Toshiro NISHIO, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Kota NAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro MORI
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Publication number: 20230258945Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first lens barrel in a bottomed barrel shape and including, at the bottom, a first display that displays an image; a second lens barrel in a bottomed barrel shape and including, at the bottom, a second display that displays another image; a support member elongated in an arrangement direction of the first and second lens barrels, and supporting, by passing through the first and second lens barrels in the arrangement direction, at least one of the first and second lens barrels to allow the at least one lens barrel to move in the arrangement direction; and temple parts respectively connected to two ends of the support member in the arrangement direction. The first lens barrel includes first and second sound pickup devices, the second lens barrel includes third and fourth sound pickup devices, and the temple parts respectively include fifth and sixth sound pickup devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Suguru OGAWA, Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Makoto SERIZAWA, Junya SUZUKI, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Toshiro NISHIO, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Kota NAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro MORl
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Publication number: 20230214858Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Masayuki KOZUKA, Motoji OHMORI, Takako HIROSE, Tsuyoshi SAKATA, Yoshiyuki MIYABE, Kazuo OKAMURA, Masayoshi TOJIMA
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Publication number: 20230156148Abstract: A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Tadamasa TOMA, Kengo TERADA, Masayuki KOZUKA, Takahiro NISHI
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Patent number: 11647148Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma