Patents by Inventor So Morimoto

So Morimoto 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: 20260091308
    Abstract: Provided are an input device and an operation button capable of facilitating operation button attachment work. A controller includes a first magnetic structure that is provided on one of a button receiving portion and an operation button and that includes at least two magnetic poles disposed away from each other in a first direction, and a second magnetic structure that is provided on the other of the button receiving portion and the operation button and that includes a magnetic body or a magnet facing the at least two magnetic poles. The operation button includes an engaging portion that is located in a second direction crossing the first direction with respect to the at least two magnetic poles and that engages with the button receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: So MORIMOTO, Katsuhisa TADANO
  • Publication number: 20260091309
    Abstract: Provided is a novel input device capable of improving operational comfortability for users not satisfied with operational comfortability of conventional input devices. A controller includes a main body, a first operation button attached to the main body, and a second operation button attached to the main body at a position different from a position at which the first operation button is attached. The first operation button includes an upper surface portion that constitutes an operation portion operated by a user. The second operation button includes an upper surface portion constituting an operation portion operated by the user, and includes an extended portion that is provided at a part of the upper surface portion of the second operation button and that covers a part of the upper surface portion of the first operation button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: So MORIMOTO, Katsuhisa TADANO
  • Publication number: 20250269270
    Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Glenn Black, Arthur Kwun, So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: 12233714
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls scenery display according to a current position of a mobile body is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a region where a predetermined object outside the mobile body appears within a window of the mobile body, a display unit that displays a transmissive region and a non-transmissive region within the window, and a control unit that controls the display unit based on the detected region. The detection unit detects an appearance place where the object appears in the window, based on a current position of the mobile body, a moving speed and a traveling direction of the mobile body, and position information associated with the object. Thereafter, a transmissive region is displayed in the region where the object appears, or a non-transmissive region that masks a region where the object is absent is displayed in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shoji, Toshiyuki Kimura, Naoto Shimizu, Kentaro Shibukawa, Tetsu Sumii, Teruyoshi Masuda, Osamu Sakurai, So Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20250010179
    Abstract: To provide an input device that can make control comfortable for users who have difficulty in feeling comfortable controlling existing input devices. A controller includes a body of the controller, a first control button having a top surface portion for placing a hand and attached to the body, and a plurality of second control buttons arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the first control button, and attached to the body. The plurality of second control buttons have outer circumferential portions extending outward beyond an outer circumferential edge of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: So MORIMOTO, Katsuhisa TADANO, Glenn BLACK, Arthur KWUN
  • Patent number: 12109486
    Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Black, Arthur Kwun, So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: 11729553
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an arcuate headband with a continuous band having left and right side portions joining at an apex. The left and right side portions terminate in respective arcuate ends. A head rest band spans between the side portions and is connected to the side portions below the apex and spaced from the apex. Left and right ear cups that define respective centers and respective peripheries are respectively attached to the arcuate ends of the left and right side portions. The arcuate ends of the left and right side portions are juxtaposed with the respective peripheries and are distanced from the respective centers of the respective ear cups. The left and right ear cups are cambered inward from front to back and each include an element that couples a respective arcuate end segment to a hinge inside the respective ear cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Charles Kwun, So Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20230147235
    Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Glenn Black, Arthur Kwun, So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D960863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: So Morimoto
  • Patent number: D979509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Ogishita, So Morimoto
  • Patent number: D1017573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: So Morimoto
  • Patent number: D1070794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1071878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1071881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1071883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1071884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1071885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1079811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1078853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Katsuhisa Tadano
  • Patent number: D1107799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano