Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Hirai

Nobukazu Hirai 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: 20240134390
    Abstract: An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first information processing device to be provided to a movable body and a second information processing device to be provided to a portion that differs from the movable body. The first information processing device includes a sensor portion, a generation portion, a control portion, and an integration portion. The sensor portion senses a first external environment. The generation portion uses sensor data acquired from the sensor portion to generate a first map. The control portion controls motion of a manipulator on the basis of the first map. The integration portion uses position information of inside the first external environment, with which portion the manipulator is in contact, integrates the first map and a second map acquired from the second information processing device with each other, and generates an integration map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: ALEXANDRE WILLIAM CONUS, TETSUYA NARITA, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Patent number: 11865853
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer that includes a coloring compound having electron-donating property, a developer having electron-accepting property, a photothermal conversion agent, and a polymer material; and a protective member that is stacked on the recording layer, and has a convexo-concave shape in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Nobukazu Hirai
  • Patent number: 11823004
    Abstract: An information medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes two or more data layers provided on a support base. The two or more data layers have two or more pieces of visible information recorded on the two or more data layers. The two or more pieces of visible information are obtained by decomposing two-dimensional visible information and thereby allowing synthesis of the two or more pieces of visible information to result in the two-dimensional visible information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Nobukazu Hirai
  • Publication number: 20230364803
    Abstract: To provide a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a robot by which a movement of the robot can be made a movement suitable for a surrounding environment. A control apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit controls an operation of a robot on the basis of a map of an operation region that reflects weighting of placement stability information of an object that forms the operation region of the robot, the map being generated using surrounding environment information of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya NARITA, Tomoko KATSUHARA, William Alexandre CONUS, Nobukazu HIRAI, Tetsuro GOTO
  • Patent number: 11667142
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Kenji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20220253621
    Abstract: An information medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes two or more data layers provided on a support base. The two or more data layers have two or more pieces of visible information recorded on the two or more data layers. The two or more pieces of visible information are obtained by decomposing two-dimensional visible information and thereby allowing synthesis of the two or more pieces of visible information to result in the two-dimensional visible information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Nobukazu HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11386588
    Abstract: A product design system includes a first transmitting section that uses a look-up table to convert second design image data for which image correction is completed into third design image data of a color space that is represented with a thermochromic material, and transmits the third design image data derived from the conversion to an external apparatus, and a second transmitting section that transmits a decorating request based on fourth design image data that is profile-transformed from the second design image data to a decorating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asuka Tejima, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Nobukazu Hirai, Yusuke Kajio, Aya Shuto, Taichi Takeuchi, Isao Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11364727
    Abstract: A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Mitsunari Hoshi, Taichi Takeuchi, Eikichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11228686
    Abstract: A request processing apparatus includes a selecting section and an outputting section. The selecting section selects, from multiple pieces of photo data obtained through shooting during an event, one or more pieces of photo data consistent with a request accepted before or during the event. The outputting section outputs the one or more pieces of photo data selected by the selecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Oishi, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto, Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Asuka Tejima, Taichi Takeuchi, Yusuke Kajio
  • Publication number: 20210362511
    Abstract: In a drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes, above a recording layer, a light-transmitting member having an uneven shape in a plane, an optical compensator having one surface and another surface is provided on the light-transmitting member to cause the one surface and the light-transmitting member to face each other, and the thermal recording medium is irradiated with a laser beam via the optical compensator. The one surface of the optical compensator has a shape that fits the uneven shape of the light-transmitting member, and the other surface is flat and opposed to the one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Mitsunari HOSHI, Nobukazu HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20210287406
    Abstract: A product design system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first transmitting section that uses a look-up table to convert second design image data for which image correction is completed into third design image data of a color space that is represented with a thermochromic material, and transmits the third design image data derived from the conversion to an external apparatus, and a second transmitting section that transmits a decorating request based on fourth design image data that is profile-transformed from the second design image data to a decorating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: ASUKA TEJIMA, YUKI OISHI, MASARU WADA, KENICHI KURIHARA, SATOKO ASAOKA, YURIKO KAINO, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, YUSUKE KAJIO, AYA SHUTO, TAICHI TAKEUCHI, ISAO TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210268822
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer including a leuco pigment as a coloring compound; and a first barrier film that is provided on one surface and a side surface of the recording layer and suppresses mixing of at least one of water or oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUNO, Hirohisa AMAGO, Kazumasa NOMOTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Takehisa ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11104109
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first layer that reversibly changes between an achromatic state and a transparent state, and a second layer that reversibly changes between a chromatic state and a transparent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Yuki Oishi, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Isao Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210187965
    Abstract: A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu HIRAI, Satoko ASAOKA, Mitsunari HOSHI, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Eikichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210178796
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer that includes a coloring compound having electron-donating property, a developer having electron-accepting property, a photothermal conversion agent, and a polymer material; and a protective member that is stacked on the recording layer, and has a convexo-concave shape in a plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Nobukazu HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20210162792
    Abstract: An optical apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that performs one or both of writing and erasing of information with respect to a reversible recording medium. This optical apparatus includes a plurality of laser devices varying in emission wavelength in a near infrared region (700 nm to 2500 nm), an optical system that multiplexes laser beams outputted from the plurality of laser devices, and a scanner unit that scans a multiplexed light beam obtained by multiplexing by the optical system, on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Aya SHUTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuki OISHI
  • Publication number: 20210078348
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuriko KAINO, Kenji TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10919329
    Abstract: An optical apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that performs one or both of writing and erasing of information with respect to a reversible recording medium. This optical apparatus includes a plurality of laser devices varying in emission wavelength in a near infrared region (700 nm to 2500 nm), an optical system that multiplexes laser beams outputted from the plurality of laser devices, and a scanner unit that scans a multiplexed light beam obtained by multiplexing by the optical system, on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Aya Shuto, Nobukazu Hirai, Yuki Oishi
  • Patent number: 10836183
    Abstract: A recording device according to the present disclosure includes: a writer that rewrites schedule information visibly recorded on a recording medium and corresponding to a time from first schedule information to second schedule information; and a generator that generates the second schedule information on the basis of a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kajio, Isao Takahashi, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Taichi Takeuchi, Satoko Asaoka, Asuka Tejima, Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto
  • Publication number: 20200147989
    Abstract: An optical apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that performs one or both of writing and erasing of information with respect to a reversible recording medium. This optical apparatus includes a plurality of laser devices varying in emission wavelength in a near infrared region (700 nm to 2500 nm), an optical system that multiplexes laser beams outputted from the plurality of laser devices, and a scanner unit that scans a multiplexed light beam obtained by multiplexing by the optical system, on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Aya SHUTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuki OISHI