Patents by Inventor Naoto Aruga

Naoto Aruga 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: 20170339455
    Abstract: A device for sending or receiving a video according to a video wireless transmission standard for transmitting a video via one-to-one wireless communication, includes: a connection control unit which controls establishment of connection according to the video wireless transmission standard between the device and a connection destination device; and a state changing unit which changes the state of one of the device and the connection destination device prior to the establishment of the connection, if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a sending-side state of functioning as a sending-side device of the video, or if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a receiving-side state of functioning as a receiving-side device of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto ARUGA, Keiichi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20170294039
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Naoto ARUGA
  • Patent number: 9784975
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display section that transmits an outside scene and displays an image to be visually recognizable together with the outside scene. A control section acquires depth data concerning a direction visually recognizable through the image display section and controls the image display section on the basis of the acquired depth data. According to the control, the control section changes visibility of the outside scene visually recognized through the image display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto Aruga
  • Patent number: 9715113
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenro Yajima, Shinichi Kobayashi, Naoto Aruga
  • Publication number: 20160261905
    Abstract: A video display system that transmits a video from a video transmission device equipped with neither a display unit nor an operation unit for realizing a user interface to a video reception and display device according to a video radio transmission standard for transmitting a video through one-to-one direct radio communication and performs display. The video transmission device includes a connection control unit configured to control establishment of first connection for connecting the video transmission device and the video reception and display device according to the video radio transmission standard and second connection for connecting the video transmission device and the video reception and display device peer-to-peer prior to the establishment of the first connection. The connection control unit starts processing of the second connection according to any one of a request from the video reception and display device and occurrence of an opportunity in the video transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto ARUGA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Keiichi OKANO, Kenro YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160210736
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes: a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to a target present in a predetermined range; an imaging unit that images the predetermined range and acquires different preliminary information from the measured distance; and a distance decision unit that decides a distance to the target included in a second region based on the preliminary information acquired in regard to the target included in a measured first region when the first region and the second region different from the first region are included in the predetermined range in which the target is imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20160189364
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display section that transmits an outside scene and displays an image to be visually recognizable together with the outside scene. A control section acquires depth data concerning a direction visually recognizable through the image display section and controls the image display section on the basis of the acquired depth data. According to the control, the control section changes visibility of the outside scene visually recognized through the image display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20160156900
    Abstract: A transmission type head mounted display device includes a distance measuring unit that measures a distance to a specific point in an outside scene, an image display unit that is capable of transmitting the outside scene and displays an image, and an image setting unit that controls the image display unit such that the image can be stereoscopically displayed at the position of measured distance, and in a case where the measured distance is changed, sets the image stereoscopically displayed at the position of the distance measured before the change as the image to be stereoscopically displayed at the position of the distance measured after the change over a time longer than a time required for the measured distance be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Naoto ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20160033770
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device that enables a user to visually recognize a virtual image and an external scene includes an image display unit that causes the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an augmented reality processing unit that forms on the image display unit the virtual image indicating a virtual object which is an object for providing augmented reality to the user and of which the user's visual discomfort is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Hideho Kaneko, Masahide Takano, Naoto Aruga, Kaori Sendai
  • Publication number: 20150268473
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kenro YAJIMA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Naoto ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20140192092
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes: a display section that outputs an image light to overlap with an outside light and causes an image to be viewed; a distance detecting section that detects a distance to an object positioned in a visual line direction of a wearer; and an image adjusting section that changes the image light output by the display section according to the distance detected by the distance detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Aruga, Masahide Takano, Shinichi Kobayashi