Patents by Inventor Ryo Yokoyama

Ryo Yokoyama 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: 20240138812
    Abstract: An ultrasonic wave generation device including: an ultrasonic wave generation source; an ultrasonic wave condensation part; and a waveguide. The ultrasonic wave condensation part has a first reflection surface opposed to the ultrasonic wave generation source and a second reflection surface opposed to the first reflection surface. The first reflection surface reflects the ultrasonic wave, generated from the ultrasonic wave generation source, toward the second reflection surface. The second reflection surface reflects the ultrasonic wave, which has been reflected by the first reflection surface, toward the waveguide so as to introduce the ultrasonic wave into the waveguide. The waveguide protrudes from the first reflection surface to a side opposite the second reflection surface. A recessed portion is formed from the first reflection surface to the second reflection surface side along an outer circumferential surface of the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Niterra Co., Ltd., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Satoshi SUZUKI, Kota YOKOYAMA, Ryo SUZUKI, Shinsuke ITOH, Takashi KASASHIMA, Takeshi MORITA, Shoki IEIRI
  • Publication number: 20240145978
    Abstract: To provide an electrical connector assembly capable of reliably restricting the tilting of an adaptor connected to a connector to a predetermined angle or less, an electrical connector assembly includes a first connector, an adaptor, a tubular portion forming part of the adaptor with a supporting portion made of a rigid material, a plurality of resilient pieces, and engagement portions protruding radially outwardly from the distal end portions of the resilient pieces. The first connector involves a main body portion having an opening the main body portion has a peripheral wall forming a recess portion; and, when the adaptor is tilted a predetermined angle relative to the first connector while the adaptor is engaged in a mated state, the supporting portion restricts further tilting of the adaptor by abutting the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Naoki NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 11964462
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical debonding type adhesive sheet capable of producing a joined body in which a voltage can be stably applied to an electrical debonding type adhesive layer. An electrical debonding type adhesive sheet according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a first adhesive layer, a substrate for voltage application including an electroconductive layer and a base layer, and a second adhesive layer in this order, and has a first protrudent part, in which the first adhesive layer and the substrate for voltage application extend and protrude with respect to the second adhesive layer, and a second protrudent part, in which the substrate for voltage application extends from the first protrudent part and protrudes with respect to the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Akamatsu, Kaori Mizobata, Ryo Awane, Akira Hirao, Junji Yokoyama, Yosuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11942108
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which can curb occurrence of howling at the time of outputting vibration in response to an input sound. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology is an apparatus that generates, at the time of outputting vibration in response to an input sound from the outside, a vibration signal representing the vibration having a frequency different from a frequency of the input sound. The present technology can be applied to, for example, smartphones, smart watches, wearable apparatuses, cushions, and music experience apparatuses that vibrate in response to input sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogita, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11943687
    Abstract: A data collection system includes a server device and at least one probe vehicle. The server device includes a storage unit configured to store a master map in which a necessity of data collection for each of a plurality of unit ranges included in a plurality of segments is represented by a binary value; and a server control unit configured to extract from the master map a segment corresponding to a position of the probe vehicle, and to transmit the segment to the probe vehicle as a partial map. The probe vehicle includes a data obtaining unit configured to obtain the data; and a vehicle control unit configured to identify a unit range requiring data collection based on the partial map received from the server device, and to transmit the data obtained in the unit range to the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Neyama, Akira Yoshioka, Jun Koreishi, Akihisa Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11941177
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command, inputted by a first user, including positional information for designating a presentation position at which to present a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus, a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation position in response to the control command, and a first distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user, in which the first distribution unit distributes, according to a predetermined rule, the tactile control signal related to the control command inputted by each of a plurality of the first users to the tactile presentation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Takeshi Ogita, Osamu Ito, Yohei Fukuma, Ayumi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11887631
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing video and sound in a synchronized state. An information processing device includes a determination unit that determines whether it is content in which sound is delayed with respect to video, and a processing unit that delays the video by a predetermined period and plays the video when the determination unit determines that it is the content in which the sound is delayed with respect to the video. The processing unit delays and plays the video so that the video when a sound source produces the sound is synchronized with the sound. The predetermined period corresponds to a period by which the sound is delayed. The present technology can be applied to an information processing device that processes video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Takeshi Ogita
  • Publication number: 20240024907
    Abstract: The objective of this invention is to provide a filter module for coating equipment that can improve the efficiency in removing coating-material mist and preventing the outflow of such coating-material mist to the outside. The filter module of this invention is made of a flammable material and includes an outer box, an eliminator and a baffle plate. Of the outer box, the air A2 containing the coating-material mist flows into the outer box from the outer-box inlet and is discharged from the outer-box outlet. The eliminator is formed by arranging zigzag-shaped eliminator elements in parallel to separate the coating-material mist from the air A2. The baffle plate is formed by arranging baffle-plate elements having an inclined surface for guiding the air A2 in parallel into the inflow-side space S2 of the eliminator, and guides the air A2 that has been introduced from the outer-box inlet to the inflow-side space S2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ryota SAITO, Ryo YOKOYAMA, Yuki HIGASHINO
  • Publication number: 20240028123
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device (300) including a first acquisition unit (308) that acquires, according to an input from a first user, a control command including presentation unit information designating a presentation unit that presents a haptic stimulus by a haptic presentation device, and form information designating a form of the haptic stimulus, a generation unit (310) that generates, according to the control commands, a first haptic control signal to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit; and a first distribution unit (302) that distributes the first haptic control signal to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of each of a plurality of second users designated by the input by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Yohei FUKUMA, Osamu ITO, Takayoshi YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240012516
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires sensing information regarding a user and first haptic information unique to a haptic presentation object; and a data processing unit that generates second haptic information from the first haptic information on the basis of the sensing information, the second haptic information being used in a case where a haptic presentation device presents a haptic stimulus to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIHARA, Yufeng JIN, Osamu ITO, Ryo YOKOYAMA, Ikuo YAMANO, Takeshi OGITA
  • Publication number: 20240012482
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating a state of a user including a posture of the user, a tactile signal acquisition unit that acquires a reference tactile signal for performing tactile presentation to the user in a reference state, and an adjustment processing unit that generates an adjusted tactile signal by adjusting the reference tactile signal on the basis of the state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUAKI TOBA, GEN ICHIMURA, OSAMU ITO, YUSUKE NAKAGAWA, RYO YOKOYAMA, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240009581
    Abstract: A tactile presentation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a movable member, an elastic portion, and at least one drive unit. The elastic portion supports the movable member. The at least one drive unit is connected to the movable member, moves the movable member so as to elastically deform the elastic portion, and is capable of keeping the elastic portion elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: RYO YOKOYAMA, YOHEI FUKUMA, TAHA MORIYAMA, YUSUKE NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240004471
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device (300) including a first acquisition unit (308) that is based on an input from a first user and that includes presentation unit information designating a presentation unit that presents a haptic stimulus by a haptic presentation device, and form information designating a form of the haptic stimulus, a generation unit (310) that generates, according to the control command, a haptic control signal to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit; and a first distribution unit (302) that distributes the haptic control signal to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of a second user. The haptic control signal corresponds to a predetermined image that is superimposed on an image of a real space distributed to the first user and that is generated on a basis of the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Yohei FUKUMA, Osamu ITO, Takayoshi YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11795300
    Abstract: Provided are: an additive composition which has an excellent extruder feed stability as a result of having an excellent powder flowability, and can impart excellent transparency and mechanical properties to molded articles; a polyolefin resin composition containing the additive composition; a method of producing a polyolefin resin composition; and a molded article of the polyolefin resin composition. The additive composition contains (A) 1-[8-propyl-2,6-bis(4-propylphenyl)tetrahydro[1,3]dioxino[5,4-d]-1,3-dioxin-4-yl]ethane-1,2-diol and (B) an aromatic phosphate metal salt represented by Formula (1) where R1 to R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n represents a number of 1 or 2; when n is 1, M1 represents an alkali metal; and when n is 2, M1 represents hydroxyaluminum. In this additive composition, the mass ratio of (A) and (B), (A)/(B), is in a range of 10/90 to 90/10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Yuri Yokota
  • Patent number: 11774991
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of controlling vibration in accordance with a situation in a case where the vibration is generated on the basis of an audio signal. The information processing apparatus can include: a vibrator; and a controller configured to detect a state of the information processing apparatus and control a state of the vibrator based on a detection result, in which the controller controls vibration the vibrator in accordance with reproduction of content while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus, and, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, restricts vibration of the vibrator even while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Miyazaki, Yugo Takeda, Takeshi Matsui, Taku Tomita, Seiji Muramatsu, Ryoko Amano, Risa Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano, Takeshi Ogita, Ayumi Kato, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11755117
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and a server device capable of presenting haptic information by using an existing data format. A smartphone includes a data processing unit that supplies a haptic control signal to a haptic presentation device on the basis of haptic control information embedded in image data in a predetermined file format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11738262
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (1) that performs generation and reproduction of control data of a haptic presentation device assuming that a control is performed in synchronization with a reproduction content, and there is provided an information processor (10), which makes it possible to achieve reduction in a burden of processing and improvement in convenience, including a control unit (104) that generates a script in which time information on the reproduction content and a control command of the haptic presentation device are associated with each other, in which the control command includes position information indicating a perceptual position that causes a haptic stimulus to be perceived in the haptic presentation device, and haptic stimulus type information specifying a type of the haptic stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama, Takamoto Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11719551
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Akira Ono, Tetsuya Naruse, Mikio Takenaka, Ryosuke Murakami, Hideaki Hayashi, Mioko Ambe, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Ohno, Seiji Muramatsu, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11709550
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, a method for processing information, and a program capable of adjusting a perceptual position of a tactile stimulus even with one tactile stimulus unit. The information processing apparatus (20) includes an output control unit (120) that performs output control of a vibration on at least one tactile stimulus unit (130), in which the output control unit changes a frequency of the vibration to be output from the tactile stimulus unit depending on a position of the tactile stimulus unit and predetermined positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20230224571
    Abstract: An imaging assistance control apparatus according to the present technology includes a control unit that performs control such that guidance regarding a composition change operation by a user is performed by tactile presentation to the user on the basis of a difference between a target composition and an actual composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Takeshi OGITA, Ryo YOKOYAMA, Manabu FUJIKI, Kazuki NAKAMURA