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: 20250110558
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) has a control unit (11). The control unit (11) controls, on the basis of a flexibility of an object, a presentation period of tactile feedback presented in response to a collision of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: IKUO YAMANO, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, SHIN SHIROMA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, RYO YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12260020
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command that is inputted by a first user and corresponds to presentation unit information for designating a presentation unit for presenting 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 unit in accordance with 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Ayumi Nakagawa, Yohei Fukuma, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20250043299
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase (DHS) polypeptides comprising mutations that deregulate the shikimate pathway, resulting in increased production of aromatic amino acids and enhanced carbon assimilation in plants. Also provided are polynucleotides, constructs, and vectors that encode the engineered polypeptides; cells, seeds, and plants that express the engineered polypeptides; and methods for generating and using plants that express the engineered polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, Ryo YOKOYAMA, Marcos Vinicius Viana DE OLIVEIRA
  • Patent number: 12194365
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a skill level difference detection unit that detects a skill level difference between a first user and a second user on the basis of sensing data regarding the first user and sensing data regarding the second user having a skill level lower than a skill level of the first user, and a presentation unit that dynamically changes and presents, during performance, skill level difference suppression information that reduces the skill level difference to at least one of the first and second users on the basis of the skill level difference detected. The sensing data is acquired through at least performance and the like performed by moving at least a part of a body of the users and other performance performed in the past with respect to the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20240427422
    Abstract: An information processing system includes the following units. A signal generation unit 303 generates a vibration signal on the basis of vibration measured by a microphone 110 provided at a mat speaker 10 and a result of detection of an object placed on the mat speaker 10. A signal output unit 392 vibrates a vibrator 120 on the basis of the vibration signal generated by the signal generation unit 303.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Minatsu SUGIMOTO, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Osamu ITO, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Keijiroh NAGANO, Ikuo YAMANO, Takayoshi YAMASAKI, Yohei FUKUMA
  • Publication number: 20240377578
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a display control unit configured to perform display control of a display unit that outputs a video to be projected on a projection surface formed by proximal ends of a plurality of light guide bodies that propagates light input from the proximal ends to distal ends; and a movement control unit configured to perform control of a movement drive unit that moves the distal ends of the plurality of light guide bodies forming a drawing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: TAHA MORIYAMA, RYO YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12141357
    Abstract: An information processor (10m) includes a control unit (104). On a basis of position information indicating a perceptual position that causes a haptic stimulus to be perceived in a haptic presentation device (2) and on a basis of haptic stimulus type information specifying a type of the haptic stimulus, and in accordance with an arrangement of one or more haptic stimulus units provided in the haptic presentation device (2), the control unit (104) generates a haptic control signal to each of the haptic stimulus units for presentation of the haptic stimulus of the type specified at the perceptual position, and a script in which time information on a reproduction content and one or more of the generated haptic control signals are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama, Takamoto Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12135838
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control unit that generates, on the basis of control information relating to tactile stimulation to be perceived by a second user as configured by a first user and on the basis of characteristics of a tactile stimulation unit that outputs the tactile stimulation to the second user, a control signal which is inputted to the tactile stimulation unit and which serves to cause the second user to perceive the tactile stimulation indicated by the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Osamu Ito, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20240357215
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an estimation processing unit that estimates at least some of a video latency time from a reproduction instruction of a video signal to video presentation based on the video signal, an acoustic latency time from a reproduction instruction of an acoustic signal to acoustic presentation based on the acoustic signal, and a haptic sense latency time from a reproduction instruction of a haptic signal to haptic sense presentation based on the haptic signal, and a latency time determination unit that determines an additional latency time related to the haptic sense presentation on the basis of an estimation result of the estimation processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo YAMANO, Osamu ITO, Ryo YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240304068
    Abstract: A control device includes a reproduction unit that causes stereo speakers of an aural-tactile presentation device to output sound on the basis of sound data and causes tactile presentation units provided corresponding to the respective stereo speakers in the aural-tactile presentation device to provide a tactile stimulus on the basis of tactile data, and a switching control unit that switches, on the basis of content information of content data including at least the sound data, the tactile data to be input to the tactile presentation units to either the tactile data generated by a tactile data generation unit on the basis of the sound data or the tactile data included in the content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: OSAMU ITO, IKUO YAMANO, TAKURO NODA, RYO YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240295925
    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, each of control commands 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 (302) that generates, according to each of the control commands, each of haptic control signals to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit, and a first distribution unit (302) that distributes each of the haptic control signals to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Yohei FUKUMA, Osamu ITO, Takayoshi YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 12036570
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Saito, Ryo Yokoyama, Yuki Higashino
  • Patent number: 12019804
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including: an information processor; and a plurality of tactile presentation apparatuses, the plurality of tactile presentation apparatuses including a first tactile presentation apparatus that, in a case of receiving tactile presentation information from the information processor, transmits the tactile presentation information to peripheral tactile presentation apparatus, and a second tactile presentation apparatus that, in a case of receiving the tactile presentation information from the peripheral tactile presentation apparatus, presents a tactile stimulus on a basis of the tactile presentation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Osamu Ito, Ryuichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240184368
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of displaying an effect image indicating a situation of tactile presentation caused by an object. The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires information regarding a situation of tactile presentation to at least a part of a user's body, and generates an effect image indicating the situation of the tactile presentation. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a transmissive head-mounted display (HMD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Ikuo YAMANO, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Shin SHIROMA, Keijiroh NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20240162641
    Abstract: An electrical connector 10 disposed on a circuit board 1 covered by an electrically conductive cover 70, the connector comprising an electrically conductive tubular outer conductor 11 mounted on the circuit board 1 and extending axially along the direction of mating Z with a counterpart electrical connector 20, 40, and an electrically conductive supporting portion 14 provided in the outer conductor 11 and having a connection portion at the top in the direction of mating Z, wherein the connection portion of the supporting portion 14 and the cover 70 are brought into direct or indirect contact when the circuit board 1 is covered by the cover 70, thereby electrically connecting the electrical connector 10 and the cover 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Naoki NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 11983324
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command that is inputted by a first user and corresponds to presentation unit information for designating a presentation unit for presenting 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 unit in accordance with 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 tactile control signal corresponds to at least one of a presentation timing, frequency, interval, waveform, presentation time, and intensity of the tactile stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Takeshi Ogita, Osamu Ito, Yohei Fukuma, Ayumi Nakagawa, Kentaro Nakamura, Takuma Domae
  • 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: 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: 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: 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