Patents by Inventor Ryutaro Watanabe
Ryutaro Watanabe 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).
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Publication number: 20240318691Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring and an inner ring, a rolling element disposed in a rollable manner between the outer ring and the inner ring, a cage holding the rolling element, and a shield. The outer ring includes a raceway surface supporting the rolling element in a rollable manner, recess parts formed at both direction sides in an axial direction with respect to the raceway surface, and a ridge part formed between the recess part and the raceway surface. The recess part includes a placement surface for placing a grease, and a first inclined part formed between the placement surface and the ridge part and approaching an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring toward an outer side in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Kunihiro MATSUMOTO, Ryutaro HIRANO, Kazuki WATANABE
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Patent number: 12060365Abstract: The present invention provides a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory action on the interaction between menin and an MLL protein. The compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein, in the formula (1), the dotted circle, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ring Q1, W, m and n are each as defined in the description.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Kenji Yoshikawa, Noriyasu Haginoya, Tomoaki Hamada, Ryutaro Kanada, Jun Watanabe, Yoshiko Kagoshima, Eri Tokumaru, Kenji Murata, Takayuki Baba, Mayumi Kitagawa, Akiko Kurimoto, Masashi Numata, Machiko Shiroishi, Taeko Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20240244373Abstract: A sound pickup device includes: a sound pickup unit to which a sound is input; an attachment portion to which the sound pickup unit is attached and which is inserted into an ear canal; a holding portion that is inserted into the ear canal and holds the attachment portion at a predetermined position of the ear canal; a wearing portion positioned on an opposite side of the attachment portion with the holding portion interposed therebetween and formed in a shape having a curved portion; and an outer arrangement portion positioned on an opposite side of the holding portion with the wearing portion interposed therebetween and at least part of the outer arrangement portion positioned on an outer side of an auricle. The attachment portion, the holding portion, the wearing portion, and the outer arrangement portion each contain a linear material and are formed into a predetermined shape. The wearing portion is inserted into a cavum conchae and at least part of the wearing portion is engaged with the auricle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: YUKIO HIRAMOTO, RYUTARO WATANABE
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Publication number: 20240031759Abstract: Improvement in usability is further promoted. An information processing device (10) includes: an acquisition unit (111) that acquires a positional relationship between a plurality of users arranged in a virtual space; and a generation unit (1122) that generates, on a basis of the positional relationship acquired by the acquisition unit (111), output data of a sound to be presented to a target user from sound data of a sound made by each of the users, wherein the generation unit (1122) generates the output data by using a sound other than a sound that can be directly heard by the target user among the sounds respectively made by the users.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: RYUTARO WATANABE
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Patent number: 11477556Abstract: Provided is a sound collecting device in which sound is favorably input to a sound collecting unit. The sound collecting device includes an attachment portion that has a sound collecting unit attached and is adapted to be inserted into an external ear canal, a holding portion adapted to be inserted into the external ear canal and hold the attachment portion at a predetermined position in the external ear canal, and a wearing portion that is positioned on an opposite side of the attachment portion while interposing the holding portion and adapted to be at least partly engaged with an auricle, in which the attachment portion and the holding portion do not block the external ear canal and have acoustic transparency. Further, the attachment portion and the holding portion are positioned in the ear in a state of not blocking the external ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryutaro Watanabe, Tsutomu Toyoguchi, Toru Nakagawa, Go Igarashi
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Publication number: 20220174446Abstract: There is achieved a configuration that executes sound localization processing applying a head-related transfer function (HRTF) corresponding to a user identified by a user identification, and makes an output from an output unit for each user position. The configuration includes a user identification unit that executes user identification and a user position identification process and a sound localization processing unit that executes sound localization processing using, as a processing parameter, a head-related transfer function (HRTF) specific to the user. The sound localization processing unit executes sound localization processing that treats the HRTF specific to the identified user as a processing parameter, and outputs a signal obtained by the sound localization processing to an output unit for the identified user position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Ryutaro WATANABE
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Patent number: 11290835Abstract: An acoustic processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires operation position information of a seat apparatus that operates following a movement of a user; and a sound image localization processor that performs sound image localization processing on an audio signal according to the operation position information acquired by the acquisition section, the audio signal being reproduced by a speaker unit provided to the seat apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Nakagawa, Ryutaro Watanabe, Tetsunori Itabashi, Shigetoshi Hayashi
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Patent number: 11178488Abstract: The present invention is directed to reducing influence of crosstalk components by appropriately blocking a propagation path of the crosstalk components output from speakers that reproduce signals for right and left ears respectively. Provided is a contact member used in contact with a back and/or a back of a head of a listener. The contact member is installed with: a first speaker that reproduces a signal for the left ear and a second speaker that reproduces a signal for the right ear; and a propagation obstruction adapted to block a propagation path of crosstalk components output from the respective speakers.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryutaro Watanabe, Toru Nakagawa, Tetsunori Itabashi, Shigetoshi Hayashi, Toru Chinen, Asaya Hondo, Satoko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 11159886Abstract: To favorably reduce crosstalk components output from respective speakers that reproduce left and right ear signals. Directivity is given to a left ear signal and a right ear signal and the left ear signal and the right ear signal are reproduced by using at least two respective speakers arranged back-to-back to reduce crosstalk components. For example, the speaker may be a speaker installed in a headrest or a seat provided with the headrest. For example, the directivity given to the left ear signal and the directivity given to the right ear signal may be bidirectional directivity or unidirectional directivity.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shigetoshi Hayashi, Ryutaro Watanabe, Tetsunori Itabashi, Toru Nakagawa, Takuma Domae
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Publication number: 20210258670Abstract: Provided is a sound collecting device in which sound is favorably input to a sound collecting unit. The sound collecting device includes: an attachment portion that has a sound collecting unit attached and is adapted to be inserted into an external ear canal; a holding portion adapted to be inserted into the external ear canal and hold the attachment portion at a predetermined position in the external ear canal; and a wearing portion that is positioned on an opposite side of the attachment portion while interposing the holding portion and adapted to be at least partly engaged with an auricle, in which the attachment portion and the holding portion do not block the external ear canal and have acoustic transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: RYUTARO WATANABE, TSUTOMU TOYOGUCHI, TORU NAKAGAWA, GO IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20210227326Abstract: The present invention is directed to reducing influence of crosstalk components by appropriately blocking a propagation path of the crosstalk components output from speakers that reproduce signals for right and left ears respectively. Provided is a contact member used in contact with a back and/or a back of a head of a listener. The contact member is installed with: a first speaker that reproduces a signal for the left ear and a second speaker that reproduces a signal for the right ear; and a propagation obstruction adapted to block a propagation path of crosstalk components output from the respective speakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryutaro Watanabe, Toru Nakagawa, Tetsunori Itabashi, Shigetoshi Hayashi, Toru Chinen, Asaya Hondo, Satoko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20210037333Abstract: An acoustic processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires operation position information of a seat apparatus that operates following a movement of a user; and a sound image localization processor that performs sound image localization processing on an audio signal according to the operation position information acquired by the acquisition section, the audio signal being reproduced by a speaker unit provided to the seat apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Nakagawa, Ryutaro Watanabe, Tetsunori Itabashi, Shigetoshi Flayashi
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Publication number: 20200374631Abstract: To favorably reduce crosstalk components output from respective speakers that reproduce left and right ear signals. Directivity is given to a left ear signal and a right ear signal and the left ear signal and the right ear signal are reproduced by using at least two respective speakers arranged back-to-back to reduce crosstalk components. For example, the speaker may be a speaker installed in a headrest or a seat provided with the headrest. For example, the directivity given to the left ear signal and the directivity given to the right ear signal may be bidirectional directivity or unidirectional directivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shigetoshi Hayashi, Ryutaro Watanabe, Tetsunori Itabashi, Toru Nakagawa, Takuma Domae
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Publication number: 20200367005Abstract: A sound image localization processing section 41 performs sound signal processing for localizing a sound image of reproduction sound on a sound signal supplied from a sound source section 20. A control section 46 controls the sound signal processing performed by the sound image localization processing section, on the basis of posture tilt information that is generated by a posture tilt information generation section 30 and that indicates tilt of listening posture of a listener, and adjusts a localization position of the sound image in accordance with the tilt of the listening posture. For example, the localization position of the sound image is adjusted in an upward direction in accordance with tilt of the listening posture of the listener in a front direction, and the localization position of the sound image is adjusted in a downward direction in accordance with tilt of the listening posture in a rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsunori ITABASHI, Shigetoshi HAYASHI, Toru NAKAGAWA, Ryutaro WATANABE
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Patent number: 10200370Abstract: Systems include a service-provider device; and a browser loaded on a first device. To connect the service-provider device with the first device, the browser fetches a device ID from the first device, and sends a request for a service to the service-provider device with the device ID. The service-provider device determines whether the service is allowed to be provided by checking whether the device ID is registered.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignees: Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Kosuke Nakashima, Atsushi Kamasuka, Song Cang, Robert Dellago, Jiayin Peng, Ryutaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20160277407Abstract: Systems include a service-provider device; and a browser loaded on a first device. To connect the service-provider device with the first device, the browser fetches a device ID from the first device, and sends a request for a service to the service-provider device with the device ID. The service-provider device determines whether the service is allowed to be provided by checking whether the device ID is registered.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kosuke Nakashima, Atsushi Kamasuka, Song Cang, Robert Dellago, Jiayin Peng, Ryutaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 9189771Abstract: A client generates a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the list to a server. When an operation for the document is received from a user, the client acquires information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the information to the server. The server receives and stores the list from the client, receives the information from the client, searches storage unit for a list including information matching the information, and transmits the list to the client. The client receives and displays the searched list.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryutaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 8949274Abstract: A data migration apparatus, which migrates data from a first document management system capable of setting an access right in document units to a second document management system incapable of setting an access right in document units and capable of setting an access right in folder units, includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an access right to document data of a document to be migrated inherits an access right to a higher-level folder or is unique to the document, a sub-folder creation unit configured to create a sub-folder to which a same access right as that unique to the document is set at a migration destination, if the determination unit determines that the access right to the document data is unique to the document, and a document storage unit configured to store the document data to be migrated in the sub-folder created by the sub-folder creation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryutaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 8373876Abstract: A document management system and method of efficiently controlling a document print operation that entails storing specifying information pertaining to identification information of document data for a printing apparatus, determining whether or not the document data corresponding to the identification information has been updated after a prior printing of the document, and transmitting to the printing apparatus either the document data or the specifying information depending on the results of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryutaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130018962Abstract: A client generates a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the list to a server. When an operation for the document is received from a user, the client acquires information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the information to the server. The server receives and stores the list from the client, receives the information from the client, searches storage unit for a list including information matching the information, and transmits the list to the client. The client receives and displays the searched list.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryutaro Watanabe