Patents by Inventor Ryo Kodama

Ryo Kodama 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: 11849302
    Abstract: To provide a realistic video and audio to a passenger of a moving body, an output control device includes: a position and orientation identifying section which identifies a real position and a real orientation; a reading section which reads virtual space data; a virtual position determining section which determines a virtual position and a real orientation according to the real position and the real orientation; a display control section which controls a display to display, based on the virtual position, the virtual orientation, and a position where the display (4) is provided, an image of a partial region or a part of an object in a virtual space; and an audio output control section which controls, based on the virtual orientation and a positional relationship between the virtual position and an audio source object, a position of a stereo image formed by audio outputted from a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryogo Yoshimura, Ryo Kodama
  • Publication number: 20230293991
    Abstract: An example of a game system executes a racing game where a plurality of movement objects are moved in a course in a virtual space. The course includes a branch portion branching into a plurality of branch destinations, and the plurality of movement objects pass through the branch portion multiple times in progressing through the course. In the branch portion, a branch destination that a movement object is allowed to enter or a branch destination that the movement object is restricted from entering is switched in accordance with a degree of progress of the movement object in the racing game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Miyuki KIMURA, Takumi SAITO, Ryo KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20220232339
    Abstract: To provide a realistic video and audio to a passenger of a moving body, an output control device includes: a position and orientation identifying section which identifies a real position and a real orientation; a reading section which reads virtual space data; a virtual position determining section which determines a virtual position and a real orientation according to the real position and the real orientation; a display control section which controls a display to display, based on the virtual position, the virtual orientation, and a position where the display (4) is provided, an image of a partial region or a part of an object in a virtual space; and an audio output control section which controls, based on the virtual orientation and a positional relationship between the virtual position and an audio source object, a position of a stereo image formed by audio outputted from a speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryogo YOSHIMURA, Ryo KODAMA
  • Patent number: 9075234
    Abstract: A plurality of movable units is arranged in a matrix. First and second electrodes are used in common in the movable units arranged in a column. A plurality of third electrodes, which commonly connects tabular members of the movable units arranged in a row, is formed for each row. The drive circuit selects, in order and one by one, the third electrodes. Subsequently, the drive circuit swings the tabular member by applying a bias voltage to the selected third electrode and applying an approach voltage or a separating voltage to a plurality of the first electrodes and second electrodes. During a predetermined period of maintaining a swinging posture, the voltage applied to the third electrodes is maintained as the bias voltage. The tabular member is returned to a non-swinging state by changing the voltage applied to the third electrodes to a reset voltage after the lapse of the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Ryo Kodama
  • Publication number: 20120169702
    Abstract: A plurality of movable units is arranged in a matrix. First and second electrodes are used in common in the movable units arranged in a column. A plurality of third electrodes, which commonly connects tabular members of the movable units arranged in a row, is formed for each row. The drive circuit selects, in order and one by one, the third electrodes. Subsequently, the drive circuit swings the tabular member by applying a bias voltage to the selected third electrode and applying an approach voltage or a separating voltage to a plurality of the first electrodes and second electrodes. During a predetermined period of maintaining a swinging posture, the voltage applied to the third electrodes is maintained as the bias voltage. The tabular member is returned to a non-swinging state by changing the voltage applied to the third electrodes to a reset voltage after the lapse of the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Ryo Kodama
  • Patent number: D447468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihito Nakahara, Ryo Kodama
  • Patent number: D377351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuiko Toki, Ryo Kodama, Yoji Ishii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: D400902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamazaki, Ryo Kodama
  • Patent number: D401260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Kodama, Hideki Yano
  • Patent number: D422596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihito Nakahara, Ryo Kodama