Patents by Inventor Takamasa Araki

Takamasa Araki 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: 20240057272
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a main body in which a display is built; a wearing band extending from the main body to a rear side and having a shape enclosing a head of a user as a whole; a right-side extending section configured to make up a right-side part of the wearing band; a left-side extending section configured to make up a left-side part of the wearing band; a movable section configured to make up a part of a rear side of the wearing band, link a rear section of the right-side extending section with a rear section of the left-side extending section, and be movable relative to the right-side extending section and the left-side extending section in a retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased and in an extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased, a first manipulating member operable by a user and rotatably provided on the movable section with an axis section that extends in a front-rear direction; where a vertical width of the first manipula
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 11832401
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a main body having a housing defining at least a portion of an exterior of the head mounted display; a built-in display disposed in the housing; a wearing band extending from the main body to a rear side and having a shape enclosing a head of a user as a whole; a right-side extending section configured to make up a right-side part of the wearing band; a left-side extending section configured to make up a left-side part of the wearing band; and a frame which is separate from the housing and constitutes at least a portion of a rear part of the main body, where the frame has left and right openings for receiving left and right lenses, respectively, and a recessed section for accommodating a user's nose when the head-mounted display is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 11619821
    Abstract: To propose a head-mounted display capable of enhancing convenience with respect to earphones. A head-mounted display (1) includes: a device main body (10) with a display device (11) incorporated therein; a mounting band (20) which extends toward the rear side from the device main body (10) and is used for mounting to a user's head; a right earphone holding section (24R) which is provided at a right portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a right earphone (31R) can be attached and detached; and a left earphone holding section (24L) which is provided at a left portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a left earphone (31L) can be attached and detached. According to the HMD 1, the user can recognize the positions of the earphones (31R) and (31L) without visual confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Takayuki Tateno, Yuto Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20220201881
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a main body having a housing defining at least a portion of an exterior of the head mounted display; a built-in display disposed in the housing; a wearing band extending from the main body to a rear side and having a shape enclosing a head of a user as a whole; a right-side extending section configured to make up a right-side part of the wearing band; a left-side extending section configured to make up a left-side part of the wearing band; and a frame which is separate from the housing and constitutes at least a portion of a rear part of the main body, where the frame has left and right openings for receiving left and right lenses, respectively, and a recessed section for accommodating a user's nose when the head-mounted display is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 11304323
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 10930185
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus provided with a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, connected to an output apparatus for presenting an image displayed on the display portion to a user through a lens, and producing the image to be displayed on the display portion receives source image data becoming an object of display, obtains a corresponding pixel on the source image data by information on a position of the sub-pixel and a predetermined conversion expression every sub-pixel included in a pixel with respect to the respective pixels constituting corrected image data, and determines luminances of the respective sub-pixels based on a pixel value of the pixel on the source image obtained every sub-pixel, thereby producing the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takizawa, Takamasa Araki, Rei Miyazaki, Shotaro Tada
  • Publication number: 20200344901
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 10750631
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Patent number: 10672110
    Abstract: To solve a problem that when there is an error in a mounting position in mounting a lens and thus an optical axis of the lens and a center of a display is shifted, centers of images seen by the left and right eyes of a user individually, are shifted and thus an intended sense of distance cannot be presented to the user. An output apparatus includes a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, and a lens arranged on a display surface side of the display portion, and outputs information on an assembly error representing position shift between an optical axis of the lens and a center of the display portion. An information processing apparatus produces corrected image data obtained by correcting image data becoming an object of display based on the information on the assembly error output from the output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takizawa, Takamasa Araki, Rei Miyazaki, Shotaro Tada
  • Publication number: 20200159028
    Abstract: To propose a head-mounted display capable of enhancing convenience with respect to earphones. A head-mounted display (1) includes: a device main body (10) with a display device (11) incorporated therein; a mounting band (20) which extends toward the rear side from the device main body (10) and is used for mounting to a user's head; a right earphone holding section (24R) which is provided at a right portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a right earphone (31R) can be attached and detached; and a left earphone holding section (24L) which is provided at a left portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a left earphone (31L) can be attached and detached. According to the HMD 1, the user can recognize the positions of the earphones (31R) and (31L) without visual confirmation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Takayuki Tateno, Yuto Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 10614558
    Abstract: To solve a problem that when there is an error in a mounting position in mounting a lens and thus an optical axis of the lens and a center of a display is shifted, centers of images seen by the left and right eyes of a user individually, are shifted and thus an intended sense of distance cannot be presented to the user. An output apparatus includes a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, and a lens arranged on a display surface side of the display portion, and outputs information on an assembly error representing position shift between an optical axis of the lens and a center of the display portion. An information processing apparatus produces corrected image data obtained by correcting image data becoming an object of display based on the information on the assembly error output from the output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takizawa, Takamasa Araki, Rei Miyazaki, Shotaro Tada
  • Publication number: 20200045842
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Tateno Takayuki
  • Patent number: 10502950
    Abstract: With an image display apparatus, such as a head-mounted display, the eyes of a user observe an image displayed on a display panel through an eyepiece in an enlarged manner. A microlens array sheet that is one example of an optical element functioning as an optical lowpass filter is inserted in an optical path running from the display panel to the eyepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kikuchi, Takamasa Araki, Masatoshi Nakamura, Shotaro Tada, Rei Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10477711
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Tateno Takayuki
  • Publication number: 20190182975
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Tateno Takayuki
  • Patent number: 10251292
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism M is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno
  • Publication number: 20180275398
    Abstract: With an image display apparatus, such as a head-mounted display, the eyes of a user observe an image displayed on a display panel through an eyepiece in an enlarged manner. A microlens array sheet that is one example of an optical element functioning as an optical lowpass filter is inserted in an optical path running from the display panel to the eyepiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kikuchi, Takamasa Araki, Masatoshi Nakamura, Shotaro Tada, Rei Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20180247392
    Abstract: To solve a problem that when there is an error in a mounting position in mounting a lens and thus an optical axis of the lens and a center of a display is shifted, centers of images seen by the left and right eyes of a user individually, are shifted and thus an intended sense of distance cannot be presented to the user. An output apparatus (12) includes a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, and a lens arranged on a display surface side of the display portion, and outputs information on an assembly error representing position shift between an optical axis of the lens and a center of the display portion. An information processing apparatus (11) produces corrected image data obtained by correcting image data becoming an object of display based on the information on the assembly error output from the output apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takizawa, Takamasa Araki, Rei Miyazaki, Shotaro Tada
  • Publication number: 20180247579
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus provided with a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, connected to an output apparatus for presenting an image displayed on the display portion to a user through a lens, and producing the image to be displayed on the display portion receives source image data becoming an object of display, obtains a corresponding pixel on the source image data by information on a position of the sub-pixel and a predetermined conversion expression every sub-pixel included in a pixel with respect to the respective pixels constituting corrected image data, and determines luminances of the respective sub-pixels based on a pixel value of the pixel on the source image obtained every sub-pixel, thereby producing the corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takizawa, Takamasa Araki, Rei Miyazaki, Shotaro Tada
  • Publication number: 20180027676
    Abstract: A head-mounted display configured to enhance the ease of wearing work and the stability of wearing is provided. A wearing band has an extending section and a movable section that is movable relative to the extending section in the length direction of the wearing band. A locking mechanism M is capable of switching the wearing band between an unlocked state in which the movements of the movable section in the extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased and in the retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased are allowed and a locked state in which the movement of the movable section in the extending direction is restricted. The movable section is urged at least in the retracting direction in an unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa Araki, Fumihiko Sato, Takayuki Tateno