Patents by Inventor Naoto SAKAKIBARA

Naoto SAKAKIBARA 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: 11943539
    Abstract: An environmental capture system (ECS) captures image data and depth information in a 360-degree scene. The captured image data and depth information can be used to generate a 360-degree scene. The ECS comprises a frame, a drive train mounted to the frame, and an image capture device coupled to the drive train to capture, while pointed in a first direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a first field of view (FOV) of the 360-degree scene. The ECS further comprises a depth information capture device coupled to the drive train. The depth information capture device and the image capture device are rotated by the drive train about a first, substantially vertical, axis from the first direction to a second direction. The depth information capture device, while being rotated from the first direction to the second direction, captures depth information for a first portion of the 360-degree scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Patent number: 11852732
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Publication number: 20230243978
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Patent number: 11640000
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Patent number: 11630214
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Publication number: 20220334262
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Publication number: 20220317307
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Louis D. Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Publication number: 20220321780
    Abstract: An environmental capture system (ECS) captures image data and depth information in a 360-degree scene. The captured image data and depth information can be used to generate a 360-degree scene. The ECS comprises a frame, a drive train mounted to the frame, and an image capture device coupled to the drive train to capture, while pointed in a first direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a first field of view (FOV) of the 360-degree scene. The ECS further comprises a depth information capture device coupled to the drive train. The depth information capture device and the image capture device are rotated by the drive train about a first, substantially vertical, axis from the first direction to a second direction. The depth information capture device, while being rotated from the first direction to the second direction, captures depth information for a first portion of the 360-degree scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: David Alan Gausebeck, Kirk Stromberg, Lou Marzano, David Proctor, Naoto Sakakibara, Simeon Trieu, Kevin Kane, Simon Wynn
  • Patent number: 9436207
    Abstract: There is provided an operation device provided with: an operation member displaceable by an operator; a two-dimensional support mechanism in which a pair of one-dimensional support mechanisms that individually displaceably supports the operation member 11 in mutually crossing two directions are connected in series; and a pair of potentiometers that individually biases the operation member 11 toward a neutral position of displacement by the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms, in which biasing forces that the pair of potentiometers applies to the operation member against displacement of the operation member are different from each other, and in which a command signal according to the displacement of the operation member of the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: WHILL Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Naoto Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20150231001
    Abstract: There is provided an operation device provided with: an operation member displaceable by an operator; a two-dimensional support mechanism in which a pair of one-dimensional support mechanisms that individually displaceably supports the operation member 11 in mutually crossing two directions are connected in series; and a pair of potentiometers that individually biases the operation member 11 toward a neutral position of displacement by the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms, in which biasing forces that the pair of potentiometers applies to the operation member against displacement of the operation member are different from each other, and in which a command signal according to the displacement of the operation member of the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Muneaki FUKUOKA, Naoto SAKAKIBARA