Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Okada

Naoyuki Okada 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: 11928266
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a pointing stick which is disposed on a keyboard, has an operable stick and is possible to detect a displacement in an installation plane direction of the stick and a displacement in a direction which is vertical to the installation plane and a main control unit which displays a predetermined menu screen on a display unit in a case where the pointing stick detects a specific operation which includes the displacement of the stick in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Watanabe, Takahide Wada, Akihiro Miyano, Mamoru Okada, Naoyuki Araki
  • Patent number: 11917218
    Abstract: A server includes: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data in which a game is imaged; a storage configured to store the video data; an image determining unit configured to determine whether or not target image data, which is data of a target image indicating an advertisement client, is included in the stored video data; an advertisement setting unit configured to generate, when the target image data is included in the video data, advertisement setting data at a time when video based on the video data is displayed in an external display, the advertisement setting data being to be used for displaying, in the external display, an advertisement of the advertisement client corresponding to the target image; and a communication unit configured to be capable of sending the video data and the advertisement setting data to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20220368964
    Abstract: A server includes: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data in which a game is imaged; a storage configured to store the video data; an image determining unit configured to determine whether or not target image data, which is data of a target image indicating an advertisement client, is included in the stored video data; an advertisement setting unit configured to generate, when the target image data is included in the video data, advertisement setting data at a time when video based on the video data is displayed in an external display, the advertisement setting data being to be used for displaying, in the external display, an advertisement of the advertisement client corresponding to the target image; and a communication unit configured to be capable of sending the video data and the advertisement setting data to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 11364444
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes: a communication unit that receives game situation data indicating a situation of a game and chat data indicating a content of a chat corresponding to the game from a server that manages the game situation data and the chat data, and transmits chat data to the server; a storage unit that stores therein the game situation data and the chat data received through the communication unit; an input unit through which chat data is input; a display that displays the chat data; and a control unit that causes the display to display, as candidate data, chat data having a content corresponding to game situation data at an input point in time, for inputting of the chat data through the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11344817
    Abstract: A chat system includes a chat server and a chat terminal device. The chat server acquires input information of at least one subject among participants of a game and spectators of the game, generates situation chat data, stores, in a storage unit, the generated situation chat data in association with a time, generates, upon storing the situation chat data, excitement information based on the input information acquired at a time corresponding to a time at which the situation chat data is stored in the storage unit, stores, in the storage unit, the excitement information in association with the situation chat data, and transmits, to a chat terminal device, the situation chat data and the excitement information. The chat terminal device acquires the chat data and the excitement information from the chat server and causes a display to display the acquired chat data and excitement information in an associated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11171901
    Abstract: A chat server includes an image data selection unit selecting, when one piece of chat data generated with a chat data processor is designated in a chat terminal device, one piece of image data from pieces of image data stored in a storage unit on the basis of evaluation points set for tag ranges corresponding to the designated chat data, and transmitting the selected image data from a server side communication unit to the chat terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Naoyuki Okada, Mizuki Ohara, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11060884
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive information, an input unit configured to receive input of state information indicating a state of a movable object, and a controller configured to determine whether a predetermined state change has occurred in the movable object based on the input state information, acquire, as attention information, state-changed position information indicating a state-changed position that is a position of the movable object when the predetermined state change has occurred and attention voice information including an attention content for the state-changed position as voice when it is determined that the predetermined state change has occurred, and cause the communication unit to transmit the acquired attention information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 11029174
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive information, an input unit configured to receive input of state information indicating a state of a movable object, and a controller configured to determine whether a predetermined state change has occurred in the movable object based on the input state information, acquire, as attention information, state-changed position information indicating a state-changed position that is a position of the movable object when the predetermined state change has occurred and attention voice information including an attention content for the state-changed position as voice when it is determined that the predetermined state change has occurred, and cause the communication unit to transmit the acquired attention information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20210060443
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes: a communication unit that receives game situation data indicating a situation of a game and chat data indicating a content of a chat corresponding to the game from a server that manages the game situation data and the chat data, and transmits chat data to the server; a storage unit that stores therein the game situation data and the chat data received through the communication unit; an input unit through which chat data is input; a display that displays the chat data; and a control unit that causes the display to display, as candidate data, chat data having a content corresponding to game situation data at an input point in time, for inputting of the chat data through the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210060444
    Abstract: A chat system includes a chat server and a chat terminal device. The chat server acquires input information of at least one subject among participants of a game and spectators of the game, generates situation chat data, stores, in a storage unit, the generated situation chat data in association with a time, generates, upon storing the situation chat data, excitement information based on the input information acquired at a time corresponding to a time at which the situation chat data is stored in the storage unit, stores, in the storage unit, the excitement information in association with the situation chat data, and transmits, to a chat terminal device, the situation chat data and the excitement information. The chat terminal device acquires the chat data and the excitement information from the chat server and causes a display to display the acquired chat data and excitement information in an associated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210001495
    Abstract: A direct drive brushless motor including a plurality of rotational components and a plurality of non-rotational components. Ones of the pluralities of rotational and non-rotational components form a dual magnetic circuit. The plurality of rotational components includes a center rotation shaft circumscribed by a plurality of coils and a coil termination plate configured to support the plurality of coils. The plurality of non-rotational components includes a plurality of outer magnets arranged around the plurality of coils in a Halbach configuration and a plurality of inner magnets arranged in a Halbach configuration between the coils and the shaft. A flex cable having one or more leads provides electrical current to the plurality of coils without the use of brushes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Edward A. NEFF, Toan M. VU, David D. Huang, Naoyuki Okada, Andrew Gladoch
  • Publication number: 20200336448
    Abstract: A chat server includes an image data selection unit selecting, when one piece of chat data generated with a chat data processor is designated in a chat terminal device, one piece of image data from pieces of image data stored in a storage unit on the basis of evaluation points set for tag ranges corresponding to the designated chat data, and transmitting the selected image data from a server side communication unit to the chat terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Naoyuki Okada, Mizuki Ohara, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10807248
    Abstract: A direct drive brushless motor including a plurality of rotational components and a plurality of non-rotational components. Ones of the pluralities of rotational and non-rotational components form a dual magnetic circuit. The plurality of rotational components includes a center rotation shaft circumscribed by a plurality of coils and a coil termination plate configured to support the plurality of coils. The plurality of non-rotational components includes a plurality of outer magnets arranged around the plurality of coils in a Halbach configuration and a plurality of inner magnets arranged in a Halbach configuration between the coils and the shaft. A flex cable having one or more leads provides electrical current to the plurality of coils without the use of brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Systems, Machines, Automation Components Corporation
    Inventors: Edward A. Neff, Toan M. Vu, David D. Huang, Naoyuki Okada, Andrew Gladoch
  • Patent number: 10675723
    Abstract: A system and method for precisely inserting threaded fasteners using a linear rotary actuator. The method includes aligning the threaded fastener with the threaded hole, soft landing the threaded fastener in contact with the threaded hole, aligning the ends of the threads, soft landing the threaded fastener in contact with the threaded hole, and snugging the threaded fastener. Additional threaded fasteners may be inserted and snugged before a final torque specification is applied to each of the fasteners. The system includes a linear rotary actuator and a tool for driving and coupling to the threaded fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Systems, Machines, Automation Components Corporation
    Inventors: Edward A. Neff, Naoyuki Okada, Stephen Curtiss
  • Patent number: 10476991
    Abstract: A chatting terminal includes: a communication unit capable of receiving match progress data indicating a progress state of a match and chatting data indicating a content of a chatting corresponding to the match from a server to which the match progress data and the chatting data are uploaded; a camera capable of capturing a match to acquire capturing data; a storage unit that stores the match progress data obtained by the communication unit in correlation with an upload time at which the match progress data was uploaded to the server; and a control unit that appends the match progress data corresponding to a time point at which the capturing data was acquired to the capturing data to generate appended data when the capturing data of the match is obtained by the camera in a state in which a chatting application is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Jiro Uzaki, Hideaki Onoda
  • Patent number: 10436406
    Abstract: This vehicle lamp fitting (10) includes a plurality of arranged light sources (12) and a light guide body (11) into which light from the plurality of light sources (12) is introduced. The light guide body (11) includes a light entry section (15) into which the light from the plurality of light sources (12) is incident; a light exit surface (11a) extending in an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources (12); a step-shaped first lens cut section (21) provided between the light entry section (15) and the light exit surface (11a) and extending in the arrangement direction; and a step-shaped second lens cut section (22) provided between the first lens cut section (21) and the light exit surface (11a) and extending in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20190293449
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive information, an input unit configured to receive input of state information indicating a state of a movable object, and a controller configured to determine whether a predetermined state change has occurred in the movable object based on the input state information, acquire, as attention information, state-changed position information indicating a state-changed position that is a position of the movable object when the predetermined state change has occurred and attention voice information including an attention content for the state-changed position as voice when it is determined that the predetermined state change has occurred, and cause the communication unit to transmit the acquired attention information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Naoyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 10328866
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenta Shimizu, Masahiro Yamada, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Takumi Hayashida, Azusa Matsuoka, Naoyuki Okada, Minoru Fujioka, Yuka Shidochi, Toshinori Esaka
  • Publication number: 20190093847
    Abstract: This vehicle lamp fitting (10) includes a plurality of arranged light sources (12) and a light guide body (11) into which light from the plurality of light sources (12) is introduced. The light guide body (11) includes a light entry section (15) into which the light from the plurality of light sources (12) is incident; a light exit surface (11a) extending in an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources (12); a step-shaped first lens cut section (21) provided between the light entry section (15) and the light exit surface (11a) and extending in the arrangement direction; and a step-shaped second lens cut section (22) provided between the first lens cut section (21) and the light exit surface (11a) and extending in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Naoyuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20190082035
    Abstract: A chatting terminal includes: a communication unit capable of receiving match progress data indicating a progress state of a match and chatting data indicating a content of a chatting corresponding to the match from a server to which the match progress data and the chatting data are uploaded; a camera capable of capturing a match to acquire capturing data; a storage unit that stores the match progress data obtained by the communication unit in correlation with an upload time at which the match progress data was uploaded to the server; and a control unit that appends the match progress data corresponding to a time point at which the capturing data was acquired to the capturing data to generate appended data when the capturing data of the match is obtained by the camera in a state in which a chatting application is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Jiro Uzaki, Hideaki Onoda