Patents by Inventor Osamu Kawamae

Osamu Kawamae 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: 20220094857
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes a first imaging unit that images a user, a first distance detector that identifies an eye of the user and measure a first distance that is a distance from the identified eye to the first imaging unit, a second imaging unit that images an object, a second distance detector that measures a second distance that is a distance from the second imaging unit to the object, an image processor that processes the images, and a display unit, the image processor calculating a display imaging range, extracting the calculated display imaging range from the image imaged by the second imaging unit, and causing the display unit to display it, and the display imaging range being such a range that the object displayed and an external scenery not interrupted by the display unit seen from a viewpoint of the user have the same size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Ikuya ARAI, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Tomonori NOMURA, Osamu KAWAMAE, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Naohisa TAKAMIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11283301
    Abstract: An HMD includes first and second batteries mounted therein, and includes a plurality of power receivers that receive power from the first and second batteries by wireless transmission, a power supply manager that monitors states of the first and second batteries, a communication interface that performs wireless communication with the first and second batteries, and a plurality of limiters that limit the power received by the plurality of power receivers. A controller causes the limiters to limit power, which is supplied to a load, according to a power use state of the load in the device, and the power supply manager acquires information of remaining power storage amounts of the first and second batteries through the communication interface and displays the acquired information on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yahagi, Takatoshi Shirosugi, Hitoshi Akiyama, Osamu Kawamae
  • Publication number: 20220060680
    Abstract: The occlusion is faithfully expressed even in the binocular vision in the AR display by a head mounted display apparatus or the like. A head mounted display apparatus 10 includes a lens 12, a lens 13, a camera 14, a camera 15, and a control processor 16. A CG image for a right eye is displayed on the lens 12. A CG image for a left eye is displayed on the lens 13. The camera 14 captures an image for the right eye. The camera 15 captures an image for the left eye. The control processor 16 generates the CG image for the right eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the right eye is expressed and the CG image for the left eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the left eye is expressed, based on the images captured by the cameras 14 and 15 and projects the generated CG image for the right eye and CG image for the left eye onto the lenses 12 and 13. A center of a lens of the camera 14 is provided at the same position as a center of the lens 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Kenichi SHIMADA, Manabu KATSUKI, Megumi KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20220057636
    Abstract: Provide is a display terminal having a small display space, in which high operability is realized while convenience is maintained. A display terminal including a photographing device comprises: an image analysis unit configured to analyze an image captured by the photographing device, use region information that is information of a region on the image which corresponds to a real object existing in the external field, and refer to an icon DB so as to specify an icon related to the real object; and an app start unit configured to obtain an application associated with the specified icon from an app DB and start the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Ikuya ARAI, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Sadao TSURUGA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Osamu KAWAMAE
  • Publication number: 20220044482
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) display device includes a camera that captures a background image; a distance measuring sensor that measures a distance to a real object in the background image; a position and orientation sensor that detects the position of the camera and the shooting direction of the camera; a controller that recognizes the real object from the background image captured by the camera and associates the predetermined AR object with the recognized real object; a display displaying an image of the associated AR object; and a memory that stores data of the real object and the AR object associated with each other. The controller determines whether or not the real object is movable from the measurement result of the distance measuring sensor, and arranges the AR object according to the current position of the real object when the position of the real object associated with the AR object moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Masuo OKU
  • Publication number: 20210318234
    Abstract: Terahertz wave detection equipment comprises: a terahertz wave transceiver including a transmitter for transmitting a terahertz wave and a receiver for receiving a reflected terahertz wave reflected by a background reflected object which exists behind an object to be analyzed; a display; and an information processing apparatus, wherein the transmitter irradiates a terahertz wave based on a transmission signal including a specific frequency toward a two-dimensional area including the object to be analyzed, and the information processing apparatus is configured to analyze concentration of the object to be analyzed based on the reflected terahertz wave and generate a composite image in which a concentration image of the object to be analyzed is combined with an image of the background reflected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Yukinobu TANAKA, Misako KONO, Nobuhiro SHIRAMIZU, Masuo OKU, Manabu KATSUKI, Megumi KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20210255461
    Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsunobu WATANABE, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Nobuo MASUOKA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210231810
    Abstract: Provided is a camera apparatus capable of measuring a distance to a subject omnidirectionally while capturing an image of the subject omnidirectionally, and storing data of the image and the distance in correspondence therebetween. The camera apparatus includes two camera devices installed at positions that enable omnidirectional imaging; and two distance measurement devices installed at positions that enable omnidirectional distance measurement. Image data of each of pixel positions captured by the camera devices and distance data of each of the pixel positions measured by the distance measurement devices are stored in a memory in association with the pixel positions. The two camera devices are installed on surfaces that face each other with respect to a principal surface of the camera apparatus, and the two distance measurement devices are installed on surfaces that face each other with respect to a surface orthogonal to the principal surface of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Osamu KAWAMAE
  • Publication number: 20210167638
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a wireless terminal apparatus, a wireless power transmitter, and a wireless base station (a wide-area base station and a narrow-area base station). The wireless base station creates schedule information containing allocation of wireless resources regarding the wireless data communication and the wireless power transfer on the basis of grasp of a request of the wireless data communication and a request of the wireless power transfer from the wireless terminal apparatus, and transmits the schedule information to the wireless power transmitter and the wireless terminal apparatus. The wireless power transmitter executes the wireless power transfer to the wireless terminal apparatus in accordance with the schedule information. The wireless terminal apparatus receives the wireless power transfer from the wireless power transmitter in accordance with the schedule information, and executes the wireless data communication via the wireless base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo YAHAGI, Takatoshi SHIROSUGI, Hitoshi AKIYAMA, Osamu KAWAMAE, Manabu KATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20210142572
    Abstract: There are provided a 3D AR content creation device, a 3D AR content playback device, and a 3D AR content creation system capable of performing 3D display in consideration of the depth relationship between a background image and a 3D AR object. For the purpose, the 3D AR content creation device includes a camera, a position information sensor that detects position information of the camera, and a controller. The controller measures depths of feature points of at least a part of a background image captured by the camera, gives position coordinates of a space corresponding to the background image to an AR object having the feature points of the background image and a 3D image from the position information of the camera and the measured depths of the feature points, and evaluates depths of the feature points of the background image and the AR object to obtain a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Masuo OKU, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Mitsunobu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210104242
    Abstract: A speech recognition device includes a sound input section, a sound output section, a communication control section that performs data transmission and reception with at least one of other recognition devices, a conversation-mode executing section that transmits sound data input to each of the other recognition devices and outputs sound data received from each of the other recognition devices, a speech recognition section that converts the sound input into text data, a hot word detecting section that detects a conversation activation hot word from the text data to activate the conversation-mode executing section, and a command transmitting section that transmits a control command to each of the other recognition devices. If the hot word detecting section detects the conversation activation hot word, the command transmitting section transmits the control command to activate a conversation-mode executing section provided in each of the other recognition devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Ikuya ARAI, Satoru TAKASHIMIZU, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Sadao TSURUGA, Osamu KAWAMAE
  • Patent number: 10971952
    Abstract: The present invention improves charging efficiency in a wireless power transfer device. A wireless power transfer device wirelessly transfers power by using inductive coupling to a charging target device placed in the vicinity of a charging pad. The wireless power transfer device includes an amplifier for performing power amplification, a series resonant circuit constituted by a resonant capacitor and a power transfer coil, and a foreign material detection unit for detecting a non-charging device, which is not a charging target, placed in the vicinity of the charging pad. The foreign material detection unit is constituted by a pick-up coil, bandpass filters, detector circuits and a control circuit. The foreign material detection unit detects an IC card which is the non-charging device by a signal component emitted through inductive coupling with the power transfer coil from the device placed in the vicinity of the charging pad when transferring power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Katsuei Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10971953
    Abstract: A contactless power receiving device includes a power receiving coil receiving power from a contactless power transfer device, a rectifier circuit rectifying the power to form a rectified output on a high potential side and a rectified output on a low potential side, a smoothing circuit receiving the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side, and a switching power supply converting a DC voltage from the smoothing circuit to a first voltage. The smoothing circuit includes a first inductor transmitting the rectified output on the high potential side, a second inductor transmitting the rectified output on the low potential side, and a smoothing capacitance element to which the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side are supplied, and the rectified output on the low potential side is connected to a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Katsuei Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210044157
    Abstract: Provided is non-contact power transmission/reception technique which is easy to be used while ensuring consideration for safety. A non-contact power transmission device 100 that wirelessly transfers generated transmission power to a non-contact power reception device 200 comprises a transmission power generation unit 120 configured to perform generation of the transmission power and a control unit 117 configured to control the generation of the transmission power. The control unit 117 is further configured to control the generation of the transmission power which is performed by the transmission power generation unit 120 in accordance with a surrounding environment in which at least one of the non-contact power transmission device 100 and the non-contact power reception device 200, or at least one of states of these devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Yoshinori OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200343775
    Abstract: An HMD includes first and second batteries mounted therein, and includes a plurality of power receivers that receive power from the first and second batteries by wireless transmission, a power supply manager that monitors states of the first and second batteries, a communication interface that performs wireless communication with the first and second batteries, and a plurality of limiters that limit the power received by the plurality of power receivers. A controller causes the limiters to limit power, which is supplied to a load, according to a power use state of the load in the device, and the power supply manager acquires information of remaining power storage amounts of the first and second batteries through the communication interface and displays the acquired information on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuo YAHAGI, Takatoshi SHIROSUGI, Hitoshi AKIYAMA, Osamu KAWAMAE
  • Publication number: 20200341558
    Abstract: A modulator of a distance measuring sensor unit 102 has a photographing pattern that includes a plurality of patterns different from each other, and modulates intensity of light. A gesture detecting unit divides image data obtained by receiving light transmitted through the modulator by the image sensor; restores an image by calculation based on a developing pattern corresponding to the photographing pattern in a divided unit; and obtains an image for detecting gesture of a user. This makes it possible to obtain an image of an object in an outside world without using a lens for forming an image. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a load on a user when the user wears the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hiromi FUKUSHIMA, Yusuke NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWAMAE, Manabu KATSUKI, Megumi KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20200329031
    Abstract: A user authentication system 100 includes: a main body device 200 including: an authentication code transmission requesting unit that generates an authentication code transmission request including a first value, and transmits the authentication code transmission request to an authentication device 300; a verification unit 272 that decides that authentication is successful if an authentication code transmitted from the authentication device 300 in response to the authentication code transmission request is included in a verification authentication code generated in response to the first value; and an unlocking unit 273 that enables a predetermined functionality if the verification unit 272 decides that the authentication is successful; and an authentication device 300 including an authentication code reply unit that generates the authentication code in response to the first value included in the authentication code transmission request, and transmits the authentication code as a reply to the main body device
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Nobuo MASUOKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10652595
    Abstract: A content transmission device has a first encryption process means that encrypts, by a digital communication interface, a digital content for transmission to a content reception device and encrypts a low-resolution content by a first encryption process; a second encryption process that encrypts a high-resolution content by a second encryption process; and a down-conversion means that down-converts the high-resolution content to the low-resolution content. The content transmission device receives, from a digital reception device, information related to an encryption process of the digital reception device. Then, if the digital reception device supports the second encryption process, the content transmission device transmits the high-resolution content as encrypted by the second encryption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Hiroshi Chiba, Chiyo Ohno
  • Publication number: 20190190319
    Abstract: A contactless power receiving device includes a power receiving coil receiving power from a contactless power transfer device, a rectifier circuit rectifying the power to form a rectified output on a high potential side and a rectified output on a low potential side, a smoothing circuit receiving the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side, and a switching power supply converting a DC voltage from the smoothing circuit to a first voltage. The smoothing circuit includes a first inductor transmitting the rectified output on the high potential side, a second inductor transmitting the rectified output on the low potential side, and a smoothing capacitance element to which the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side are supplied, and the rectified output on the low potential side is connected to a ground potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Katsuei ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190163964
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging system capable of stereo-photographing with both of visible and infrared images, and improving color reproducibility in visible-light-photographing. The imaging system includes two imaging sensors 1, and two DBPFs 5 that have transmittance characteristics in a visible light band and a second wavelength band, are respectively provided correspondingly to the two imaging sensors, and serve as optical filters. The imaging system has: at least four kinds of filters, which have mutual different spectral transmission characteristics corresponding to wavelengths in the visible light band and whose transmissions in a second wavelength band approximate each other; and two color filters provided so as respectively correspond to the two imaging sensors. The imaging system measures a distance to a target based on two visible or infrared image signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu KAWAMAE, Chiyo OHNO, Hiroyasu OTSUBO, Osamu ISHIZAKI