Patents by Inventor Masayuki Yokoyama
Masayuki Yokoyama 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: 20240122781Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to perceive a surrounding situation reliably and stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: MASAYUKI YOKOYAMA, JUNYA SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240102957Abstract: In an electrochemical gas sensor (10), a first sensing element (21) is stored in a first storage portion (31). A moisture permeable film (24) is disposed in a first introduction inlet (31A) of the first storage portion (31). The moisture permeable film (24) substantially prevents a to-be-detected gas from permeating therethrough. A second sensing element (22) is disposed in a space into which water vapor and the to-be-detected gas contained in a target gas flow. In such a configuration, the electrochemical gas sensor (10) is capable of detecting a to-be-detected gas having a concentration of 0 or more and 1 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Shinichiro KITO, Masayuki SEGAWA, Takahiro YOKOYAMA, Junya IMAIZUMI, Yuki MIZUTANI, Masahiro TANAKA, Yoshiko KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20240040328Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable spatial perception suitable for places where quietness is required. Changes are made to a reproduced signal to be perceived by a user, based on an ultrasonic response signal returned from a space with respect to an inspection signal of an ultrasonic frequency band that is emitted into the space, according to a situation of the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: MASAYUKI YOKOYAMA, JUNYA SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11618730Abstract: Using a compound that contains a structure where a carbazol-9-yl group substituted with a perfluoroalkyl group at the 2-position and the 7-position and a structural unit having a positive Hammett constant ?p (but excluding an aromatic hydrocarbon group) bond to each other directly or via a ?-conjugated linking group, wherein at least a part of the carbazol-9-yl group and at least a part of the structural unit having a positive Hammett constant ?p and, if any, the ?-conjugated linking group form a ?-electron conjugated system, an organic light emitting device having a high emission efficiency can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Yokoyama, Kazutake Hagiya, Chihaya Adachi
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Publication number: 20220220869Abstract: In a valve timing adjustment device, a first arm projection portion that is caught by a terminal hook portion of a spiral spring and urged toward a lock phase side by the spiral spring is installed on a face opposite to the front surface of a plate in a first arm in a case where a rotational phase of a second rotating body with respect to a first rotating body is on a first rotational phase side, and a second arm projection portion that abuts on an outermost peripheral portion of the spiral spring is installed on a face opposite to the front surface of the plate in a second arm in a case where the rotational phase is on the first rotational phase side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya CHIKAYAMA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220156960Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable an operation to be performed using a wearable device that is less resistant to being worn all the times. An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a wearable device including a module whose appearance changes according to time, detects a module included in the captured image on the basis of an image representing an appearance of the module according to a current time, and estimates at least one of a position or a posture of the wearable device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a transmissive HMD.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: MASAYUKI YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 11295127Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a determination unit configured to determine, on a basis of information regarding an environment for acquiring biological information for use in biometric authentication regarding an eye, a method of realizing an environment for acquiring biological information suitable for the biometric authentication; and a control unit configured to perform control corresponding to the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Masayuki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20220026981Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that obtains first sensor information, which is output by a first sensor and is to be used to calculate positional information of an operator, and second sensor information, which is output by a second sensor and is to be used to calculate the positional information of the operator; and a calculation unit that calculates the positional information of the operator using the second sensor information in a case where the positional information of the operator calculated using the first sensor information is included in a set range set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka FUKUMOTO, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 11157078Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a movement unit. The acquisition unit acquires eye information regarding an eye of a user. The movement unit moves, on the basis of the acquired eye information, at least a part of an image display mechanism that emits and guides image light to the eye of the user. Thus, it is possible to realize high-quality viewing experience for, for example, a user using an HMD or the like. Thus, it is possible to realize high-quality viewing experience for, for example, a user using an HMD or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Sazuka, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Masayuki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20210282639Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to improve the accuracy of estimation of a user state further. [Solution] There is provided an information processing device including: a measurement unit configured to measure a first pupil diameter of a user; a calculation unit configured to calculate a reference pupil diameter on the basis of a condition for measuring the first pupil diameter; and an estimation unit configured to make an estimation of a state of the user on the basis of the first pupil diameter and the reference pupil diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventor: MASAYUKI YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 11098618Abstract: A press-fit member having a cylindrical shape is press-fit into a through hole formed in a vane. An advance-side lock pin and a retard-side lock pin are provided coaxially with each other inside the press-fit member. In the outer circumferential surface of the press-fit member, an advance-side lock pin-release oil passage for applying lock pin-release hydraulic pressure to an advance-side engagement groove and a retard-side lock pin-release oil passage for applying the lock pin-release hydraulic pressure, applied to the advance-side engagement groove, to a retard-side engagement groove are formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Chikayama, Masayuki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11092046Abstract: A first rotator (6) includes an internal gear (14) and rotates in conjunction with a crankshaft (4). A second rotator (12) includes an output gear (121) and rotates in conjunction with a camshaft (3). A planetary rotator (13) includes a planetary gear (131) that meshes with the internal gear (14) and the output gear (121), and the planetary gear (131) meshes with the internal gear (14) and the output gear (121) to perform planetary motion, thereby changing the relative rotational position between the first rotator (6) and the second rotator (12). An input shaft (16) causes the planetary rotator (13) to perform planetary motion. A first bearing (18) is interposed between the input shaft (16) and the first rotator (6). A planetary bearing (17) is interposed between the input shaft (16) and the planetary rotator (13), and is included on the same plane orthogonal to the rotation axis (O) as the first bearing (18).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuyoshi Nakayama, Masayuki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11080888Abstract: To enable a more accurate estimation of the center of a pupil even in a situation in which it is difficult to capture an image of the entire pupil. An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding an iris in an eyeball; and an estimation unit that estimates a center position of a pupil in the eyeball on the basis of the information regarding the iris.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Yokoyama, Naoki Ide
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Patent number: 10989079Abstract: An ECU (101) causes lock pin-release hydraulic pressure to be applied to an advance-side lock pin-release oil passage (5a) to disengage an advance-side lock pin (6) from an advance-side engagement groove (9), thereby making a rotor (1) rotatable in an advance direction, and forming a clearance communicating with a retard-side lock pin-release oil passage (5c), between the advance-side engagement groove (9) and the advance-side lock pin (6). Next, the ECU (101) causes hydraulic pressure to be applied to advancing hydraulic chambers (16) to rotate the rotor (1), and causes the lock pin-release hydraulic pressure to be applied through the clearance and through the retard-side lock pin-release oil passage (5c) to a retard-side engagement groove (10) to disengage a retard-side lock pin (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Chikayama, Masayuki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20210062688Abstract: A press-fit member having a cylindrical shape is press-fit into a through hole formed in a vane. An advance-side lock pin and a retard-side lock pin are provided coaxially with each other inside the press-fit member. In the outer circumferential surface of the press-fit member, an advance-side lock pin-release oil passage for applying lock pin-release hydraulic pressure to an advance-side engagement groove and a retard-side lock pin-release oil passage for applying the lock pin-release hydraulic pressure, applied to the advance-side engagement groove, to a retard-side engagement groove are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuya CHIKAYAMA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20210019493Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition section and a processor. The acquisition section acquires eye information regarding an eye of a user. The processor determines a first line-of-sight direction on the basis of the eye information using a first method, determines a second line-of-sight direction on the basis of the eye information using a second method that is different from the first method, calculates reliability information regarding at least one of reliability of the first line-of-sight direction or reliability of the second line-of-sight direction, and determines a line-of-sight direction of the user on the calculated reliability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: MASAYUKI YOKOYAMA, TAKURO NODA
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Publication number: 20200408116Abstract: A first rotator (6) includes an internal gear (14) and rotates in conjunction with a crankshaft (4). A second rotator (12) includes an output gear (121) and rotates in conjunction with a camshaft (3). A planetary rotator (13) includes a planetary gear (131) that meshes with the internal gear (14) and the output gear (121), and the planetary gear (131) meshes with the internal gear (14) and the output gear (121) to perform planetary motion, thereby changing the relative rotational position between the first rotator (6) and the second rotator (12). An input shaft (16) causes the planetary rotator (13) to perform planetary motion. A first bearing (18) is interposed between the input shaft (16) and the first rotator (6). A planetary bearing (17) is interposed between the input shaft (16) and the planetary rotator (13), and is included on the same plane orthogonal to the rotation axis (O) as the first bearing (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuyoshi NAKAYAMA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10868978Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an adjustment unit that adjusts any one of a background image which is a far-infrared image showing a background that does not include an object and a target image which is a far-infrared image showing the object, on the basis of a time change model of an observation pixel value, and an extraction unit that extracts a target region including the object in the target image on the basis of a result of comparison between the background image and the target image after the adjustment is performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Ito, Hideki Oyaizu, Yuki Asukabe, Masayuki Yokoyama, Makibi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200385025Abstract: An arrangement is realized in which the motion sickness level of an occupant of a vehicle while automatic driving is being carried out is estimated, and in case the sickness level becomes equal to or larger than an existing standard value, a warning is output to prompt the occupant to change to manual driving, making it possible to return to safe manual driving. The detected information from an acceleration sensor is input and the sickness level of an occupant of a vehicle while automatic driving is being carried out is estimated. Furthermore, in case an estimated value and a warning output standard value are compared with each other and the estimated value becomes equal to or larger than the standard value, the outputting of a warning for prompting the occupant to switch from automatic driving to manual driving is executed. Moreover, a learning process based on operation information of an operator after the warning has been output is carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Kiminobu NISHIMURA, Eiji OBA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10853648Abstract: State information corresponding to a subject on a visible light image, such as temperature information and sound field information, is acquired from state information indicating a subject state not indicated on the visible light image by an information acquisition unit. An effect processing unit performs an effect process on the visible light image on the basis of the state information acquired by the information acquisition unit. In the effect process, an effect component image is superimposed or a subject image is modified based on the type and temperature of the subject and an effect component image is superimposed or a subject image is modified based on the type of a sound source and the volume of a sound.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Oyaizu, Makibi Nakamura, Atsushi Ito, Yuki Asukabe, Masayuki Yokoyama