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).
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Publication number: 20240134390Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: ALEXANDRE WILLIAM CONUS, TETSUYA NARITA, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, TETSURO GOTO
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Patent number: 11865853Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Nobukazu Hirai
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Patent number: 11823004Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Nobukazu Hirai
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Publication number: 20230364803Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya NARITA, Tomoko KATSUHARA, William Alexandre CONUS, Nobukazu HIRAI, Tetsuro GOTO
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Patent number: 11667142Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Kenji Takagi
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Publication number: 20220253621Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Nobukazu HIRAI
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Patent number: 11386588Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Asuka Tejima, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Nobukazu Hirai, Yusuke Kajio, Aya Shuto, Taichi Takeuchi, Isao Takahashi
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Patent number: 11364727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Mitsunari Hoshi, Taichi Takeuchi, Eikichi Shibata
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Patent number: 11228686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Oishi, Kenichi Kurihara, Satoko Asaoka, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto, Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Asuka Tejima, Taichi Takeuchi, Yusuke Kajio
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Publication number: 20210362511Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Mitsunari HOSHI, Nobukazu HIRAI
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Publication number: 20210287406Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: ASUKA TEJIMA, YUKI OISHI, MASARU WADA, KENICHI KURIHARA, SATOKO ASAOKA, YURIKO KAINO, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, YUSUKE KAJIO, AYA SHUTO, TAICHI TAKEUCHI, ISAO TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210268822Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUNO, Hirohisa AMAGO, Kazumasa NOMOTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Takehisa ISHIDA
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Patent number: 11104109Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Yuki Oishi, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Isao Takahashi
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Publication number: 20210187965Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Isao TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu HIRAI, Satoko ASAOKA, Mitsunari HOSHI, Taichi TAKEUCHI, Eikichi SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20210178796Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Nobukazu HIRAI
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Publication number: 20210162792Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Aya SHUTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuki OISHI
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Publication number: 20210078348Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuriko KAINO, Kenji TAKAGI
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Patent number: 10919329Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Aya Shuto, Nobukazu Hirai, Yuki Oishi
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Patent number: 10836183Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kajio, Isao Takahashi, Yuki Oishi, Masaru Wada, Kenichi Kurihara, Taichi Takeuchi, Satoko Asaoka, Asuka Tejima, Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Aya Shuto
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Publication number: 20200147989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Aya SHUTO, Nobukazu HIRAI, Yuki OISHI