Patents by Inventor Ryu SANNOMIYA

Ryu SANNOMIYA 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: 20230310982
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a light source, a light emitting section that emits light from the light source to outside of the electronic apparatus, and a light guiding member including a light guiding section and a light shielding section formed by two-color molding. The light guiding section has a light receiving section that receives the light from the light source, a light output section that outputs the light toward the light emitting section, and a light transmitting section extending from the light receiving section toward the light output section, the light shielding section has a first opening, an inner peripheral edge of the first opening is in contact with a first section that is one of the light receiving section and the light output section, and the light transmitting section has an exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ryu Sannomiya, Takeshi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20230305229
    Abstract: Provided is a light guide member including a light-receiving section having a light-receiving surface for receiving light of a light-emitting component, a first light guide section extending in a first extension direction from the light-receiving section, two second light guide sections branching out from the first light guide section, and two light radiation surfaces for externally emitting light guided by the two second light guide sections. The first light guide section has a first width in a first width direction that is orthogonal to the first extension direction. The first width gradually decreases as it approaches a branch point between the two second light guide sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ryu Sannomiya, Takeshi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20230199355
    Abstract: Provided is electronic equipment capable of suppressing a change in sound quality output from a speaker. An operating device (10) (electronic equipment) has a speaker (2) with a terminal section P, a frame (50) (storage member), and an elastic member (3). The frame (50) has a wall section (52) that defines at least part of a storage chamber A that stores the speaker (2). An opening (53) from which the sounds from the speaker (2) are output is formed in the wall section (52). The elastic member (3) supports a lower surface of the speaker (2), is arranged at a position avoiding the terminal section P of the speaker (2), and presses the speaker (2) against an edge (54) of the opening (53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo KUSUI, Ryu SANNOMIYA, Yu AOKI, Takeshi IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20230144784
    Abstract: An operation device includes an operation unit, a power generation element that generates power according to an operation of the operation unit, a battery that supplies power, and a communication unit that transmits an operation signal corresponding to the operation unit that has been operated. The communication unit transmits the operation signal by use of power supplied from the battery, in a case where a residual quantity of the battery is a predetermined residual quantity or larger. The communication unit transmits the operation signal by use of power generated by the power generation element, in a case where the residual quantity of the battery is smaller than the predetermined residual quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kentarou Suzuki, Tsubasa Umeki, Tomohiro Oto, Shinpei Kameoka, Kazuteru Fukayama, Ryu Sannomiya, Yusuke Onishi
  • Patent number: 11641723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including: a cabinet including an upper cabinet section and a lower cabinet section that are combined in an upward-downward direction; at least one fixture fixing the upper cabinet section to the lower cabinet section; and a cover attached to an exterior surface of the cabinet to cover the at least one fixture. The exterior surface of the cabinet has an exposed region adjacent to the cover and not covered by the cover. A step is formed between the exposed region of the exterior surface of the cabinet and an exterior surface of the cover, so that the exterior surface of the cover is recessed with respect to the exposed region of the exterior surface of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Masaho Morita, Ryu Sannomiya
  • Publication number: 20230096335
    Abstract: Noise is prevented from occurring in voice data acquired by a microphone due to an operation of an input stick. An input device (10) includes an upper cabinet section (41) having an opening formed therein, an input stick (31) movable inside the opening, and a buffer member (46) that is provided on an inner edge of the opening of the upper cabinet section (41) and is made of a material different from a material of the inner edge of the opening and from a material of an outer peripheral surface of the input stick (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho MORITA, Ryu SANNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210307188
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including: a cabinet including an upper cabinet section and a lower cabinet section that are combined in an upward-downward direction; at least one fixture fixing the upper cabinet section to the lower cabinet section; and a cover attached to an exterior surface of the cabinet to cover the at least one fixture. The exterior surface of the cabinet has an exposed region adjacent to the cover and not covered by the cover. A step is formed between the exposed region of the exterior surface of the cabinet and an exterior surface of the cover, so that the exterior surface of the cover is recessed with respect to the exposed region of the exterior surface of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Masaho MORITA, Ryu SANNOMIYA