Patents by Inventor Taichi Nokuo

Taichi Nokuo 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: 20230191243
    Abstract: The detection stability of a camera regarding light-emitting sections is enhanced. An input device (100) includes a tracked region in which a plurality of light-emitting sections (H) are arranged. The tracked region includes a rear tracked section (31A) located on the rear side of operation members (13, 14, and 15) in side view and a front tracked section (31B) that is located on the front side of the rear tracked section (31A) and that extends in a direction different from that of the rear tracked section (31A) in side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi NOKUO, Kenzo NISHIKAWA, Takeshi IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 11660527
    Abstract: An input device that enables various operations is proposed. A plurality of operating buttons (11) and direction keys (12) are arranged in an upper surface (17g). Lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) are arranged in a lower surface (17a). The lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) project downward from the lower surface (17a), have pressing target surfaces (31a) to be pressed by a finger of a user, and are arranged such that the pressing target surfaces (31a) are inclined with respect to a front edge (10a) of the input device (1). The lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) can be moved when the pressing target surfaces (31a) are pressed in a button rearward direction as a direction along the lower surface (17a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho Morita, Taichi Nokuo
  • Publication number: 20210197081
    Abstract: An input device that enables various operations is proposed. A plurality of operating buttons (11) and direction keys (12) are arranged in an upper surface (17g). Lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) are arranged in a lower surface (17a). The lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) project downward from the lower surface (17a), have pressing target surfaces (31a) to be pressed by a finger of a user, and are arranged such that the pressing target surfaces (31a) are inclined with respect to a front edge (10a) of the input device (1). The lower surface buttons (31R, 31L) can be moved when the pressing target surfaces (31a) are pressed in a button rearward direction as a direction along the lower surface (17a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho Morita, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: 10860205
    Abstract: Provided is a control device that projects an image representing input information onto a projection surface so as to follow an input of the input information, with an effect in accordance with the type of the projection surface. As the projection surface, a thin sheet material attached on a wall surface is prepared, for example. The color of the thin sheet material is a dark color, for example, and in time with projection of the image representing a handwritten character or picture, a sound, which will come out when the character or the picture is drawn with a chalk on a chalkboard, is output from a speaker installed on the back side of the projection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Nakajima, Masao Kondo, Hirotaka Tako, Daisuke Shiono, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Yoshihito Ohki, Yusuke Tsujita, Miho Yamada, Kenichi Yamaura, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Masanori Matsushima, Taichi Nokuo
  • Publication number: 20200234897
    Abstract: To provide a controller and an information processing system capable of providing a click feeling and an operation sound with a simpler mechanism. The controller includes a hollow portion, a freely movable first magnet placed in the hollow portion, a second magnet fixed to an outer side of the hollow portion, and a bottom surface having a tilted shape with respect to a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: YOSHIHITO OHKI, TAICHI NOKUO, HIROTAKA TAKO, MASAO KONDO, YUSUKE TSUJITA, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, DAISUKE SHIONO, MIHO YAMADA, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, KENICHI YAMAURA
  • Publication number: 20200059631
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, a program, and a projection system capable of conveying information in space more intuitively. The control apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology is an apparatus that acquires space sensing data regarding an object in a space obtained by sensing the space, acquires external environment data obtained by sensing an external environment, determines an image corresponding to the object on the basis of the space sensing data, and controls to project the image to which an effect corresponding to the external environment data has been added, onto the space. The present technology can be applied to a system that controls to project an image from a projector and presents information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: MASAO KONDO, SEIJI SUZUKI, YUSUKE TSUJITA, HIROTAKA TAKO, YOSHIHITO OHKI, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, TAICHI NOKUO, DAISUKE SHIONO, MIHO YAMADA, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, KENICHI YAMAURA
  • Publication number: 20200050355
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a method for control, a program, and a projection system that enable to, in a case where input information is to be presented by projecting an image, naturally attract the attention of a person around a projection surface. A control device of an aspect of the present technology projects an image representing input information onto a projection surface so as to follow an input of the input information, with an effect in accordance with the type of the projection surface. As the projection surface, a thin sheet material attached on a wall surface is prepared, for example. The color of the thin sheet material is a dark color, for example, and in time with projection of the image representing a handwritten character or picture, a sound, which will come out when the character or the picture is drawn with a chalk on a chalkboard, is output from a speaker installed on the back side of the projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: YOHEI NAKAJIMA, MASAO KONDO, HIROTAKA TAKO, DAISUKE SHIONO, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, YOSHIHITO OHKI, YUSUKE TSUJITA, MIHO YAMADA, KENICHI YAMAURA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, TAICHI NOKUO
  • Patent number: 10471344
    Abstract: A manipulating device includes an analog manipulator tiltable or slidable in a first direction perpendicular to a central line along a second direction, and a plurality of manipulating buttons disposed in surrounding relation to the analog manipulator. The manipulating buttons include a first manipulating button positioned off the central line in the first direction. The analog manipulator is tilted or slid in the first direction, a position of an upper end of the first manipulating button along the second direction is higher than a position of an outer edge of the analog manipulator which is closer to the first manipulating button, along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi Nokuo, Isao Okuyama, Takeshi Igarashi
  • Patent number: D860173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D908695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D933750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D933751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D954710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D954838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D958891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D958892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D969924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D977576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D984536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi, Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D1019665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo