Patents by Inventor Takashi Takamatsu
Takashi Takamatsu 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: 20240264678Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a recording medium, and a signal processing system that enable proper recognition of an operation using a gesture. The signal processing device according to the present technology includes a setting unit configured to set a recognition method for recognizing an operation using a gesture on the basis of first vibration data indicating vibrations predicted to occur in the future, and an operation recognition unit configured to recognize the operation indicated by the gesture performed by a user in accordance with the recognition method set by the setting unit. The operation recognition unit recognizes the operation indicated by the gesture performed by the user in a vehicle equipped with the signal processing device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a signal processing device that controls a display device provided in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TORU NAGARA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, KOJI NAGATA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20240260933Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a display; a probe; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an appearance image of an object that is scheduled to undergo dialysis, generates a 3D image from an echo signal acquired by the probe, the 3D image containing a plurality of frame images depicting inside of the object and positional information of each of the plurality of frame images, extracts a blood-vessel image depicting a blood vessel inside the object from the 3D image, generates a composite image of the appearance image and the blood-vessel image by aligning the appearance image and the blood-vessel image, and causes the display to display the composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Minori IZUMI, Taku MURAMATSU, Tomoko AIZAWA, Katsuyuki TAKAMATSU, Takashi KOYAKUMARU, Mitsuo AKIYAMA
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Patent number: 12054111Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Takamatsu, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Koji Nagata
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Publication number: 20230234523Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, KOJI NAGATA
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Publication number: 20230219495Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first acquisition section that acquires first illuminance information indicating illuminance of an inside of a moving body, a second acquisition section that acquires second illuminance information indicating illuminance to be compared with the first illuminance information, and a light adjusting control section that controls a light adjustment by a device included in the moving body on a basis of a result of a comparison between illuminance of the first illuminance information and illuminance of the second illuminance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
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Publication number: 20230186651Abstract: The control device 50 includes a control unit 52 that controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projector 20 provided in a space in the moving body 10 on the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
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Publication number: 20230085310Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20230083637Abstract: It is possible to display a frame that is comfortable for an occupant. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an image/sound creation unit (142) that: creates a frame belonging to one of a plurality of modes as a frame of an application to be displayed on a screen provided in a vehicle; and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a first direction parallel to or perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in the same mode for the application is input, and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in a different mode for the application is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Akio SUZUKI, Asami YAMAGISHI, Koji NAGATA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Takashi TAKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20230054104Abstract: It is possible to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a shape determination unit (152) that determines a screen shape suitable for displaying content on the basis of an automated driving state of a vehicle and information regarding the content to be displayed on a screen provided in the vehicle; and an image creation unit (153) that creates an image of the content to be displayed on the screen according to the shape determined to be suitable for displaying the content by the shape determination unit (152).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20220153108Abstract: A multilayer structure (1) includes a metallic material (2), a thermoplastic first resin material (3) bonded to the metallic material (2), and a thermoplastic second resin material (4) that is bonded to the first resin material (3) and contains carbon, the metallic material (2), the thermoplastic first resin material (3), and the thermoplastic second resin material (4) being stacked on one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Patent number: 11283329Abstract: A drive apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a generation unit; a gear unit; a rotation unit; and a housing unit. The generation unit generates a rotational force acting around a predetermined axis as a center of rotation. The gear unit includes one or more gears, decelerates the generated rotational force, and transmits the decelerated rotational force. The rotation unit includes a wheel unit and a tire, the wheel unit being directly connected to a gear included in the gear unit and being caused to rotate by the decelerated rotational force, the tire being supported by the wheel unit. The housing unit houses the generation unit by a pair of cover units divided in an axial direction of the predetermined axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Takamatsu
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Publication number: 20220006359Abstract: An in-wheel motor includes a housing 32 that is supported by two support portions 14A and 14B on a rotation axis in an inner space of a wheel and includes a heat dissipation surface at at least one end portion thereof in a rotation axis direction, and a stator core 62 that is supported between the two support portions 14A and 14B and inside the housing 32 and has an inner peripheral surface to which a distance from the rotation axis is smaller than a distance from the rotation axis to an outer edge of the heat dissipation surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventor: TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20210146772Abstract: A drive device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit; a wheel unit; and a cover unit. The generation unit generates a rotational force. The generated rotational force is transmitted to the wheel unit, and the wheel unit rotates about a predetermined axis. The cover unit includes a base portion connected to the wheel unit, and a rib portion that is formed of a material different from that of the base portion and reinforces the base portion, and forms a space that houses the generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventor: TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Patent number: 10976649Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a wheel, a rotation drive unit, and a first adhesive material. The wheel includes a light-emitting body that emits visible light by being excited. The rotation drive unit includes a support surface including a reference surface that comes into contact with the wheel and a non-contact surface that is set apart from the wheel, and causes the wheel supported by the support surface to rotate. The first adhesive material is filled in at least a part of a gap between the non-contact surface and the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Takamatsu
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Publication number: 20210044176Abstract: A drive apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a generation unit; a gear unit; a rotation unit; and a housing unit. The generation unit generates a rotational force acting around a predetermined axis as a center of rotation. The gear unit includes one or more gears, decelerates the generated rotational force, and transmits the decelerated rotational force. The rotation unit includes a wheel unit and a tire, the wheel unit being directly connected to a gear included in the gear unit and being caused to rotate by the decelerated rotational force, the tire being supported by the wheel unit. The housing unit houses the generation unit by a pair of cover units divided in an axial direction of the predetermined axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventor: TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20200361304Abstract: There are provided a motor device and a motor-driven type moving body that realize efficient cooling of a motor. The motor device includes a rotary shaft of a hollow structure, a motor section that rotates around the rotary shaft, a coolant circulation pipe that is connected to both ends of the rotary shaft and that constitutes a closed loop shaped coolant circulation path together with a hollow section of the rotary shaft, and a coolant flow control section that controls the flow of a coolant in the coolant circulation pipe. The motor device has a rotational speed sensor that detects the rotational speed of a motor and a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the motor. The coolant flow control section receives detection information from the rotational speed sensor and the temperature sensor as inputs, and performs a control to accelerate the flow of the coolant in the coolant circulation pipe according to a rise in the rotational speed of the motor and a rise in the temperature of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventor: TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Patent number: 10824065Abstract: This light source apparatus includes a wheel, a motor, a rotation member, and a contact member. The wheel includes a light emitter that is excited by excitation light and emits visible light, and a base that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto, supports the light emitter on either one of the first and second surfaces, and has a first linear expansion coefficient. The motor generates rotational force for rotating the base. The rotation member is connected to the first surface of the base, rotates integrally with the base due to the rotational force of the motor, and has a second linear expansion coefficient different from the first linear expansion coefficient. The contact member is connected to the second surface of the base and has a third linear expansion coefficient whose magnitude relationship to the first linear expansion coefficient is equal to a magnitude relationship of the second linear expansion coefficient to the first linear expansion coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Takamatsu
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Patent number: 10731841Abstract: A light source apparatus including a light source section including one or more solid light sources capable of emitting light of a predetermined wavelength band as incident light; a light outputting section including a light emitting body to be excited by incident light from the light source section and to emit visible light having a wavelength band longer than a wavelength of the incident light, the light outputting section being capable of emitting synthetic light containing light having the predetermined wavelength band and visible light from the light emitting body; and a housing holding the light source section and the light outputting section, the housing including an inlet and an outlet formed not to face a light path of the incident light from the light source section to the light outputting section.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Terasaki, Daisuke Ogawa, Hiroyuki Meguro, Takashi Takamatsu
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Patent number: 10545331Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a light source portion and a first dustproof structure portion that covers the light source portion. The second unit is connected to the first unit and includes a light-emitting body that emits visible light by being excited by emission light emitted from the light source portion and a second dustproof structure portion that covers the light-emitting body.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Takamatsu
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Patent number: 10539778Abstract: A rotor unit includes a rotor including a substrate and a wavelength conversion region, and a driving unit. The substrate includes an outer edge and is configured such that a substrate material is continuously provided from a center to the outer edge. The wavelength conversion region is provided on the substrate and receives light having a first wavelength region and emits light having a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region. The driving unit rotates the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Takamatsu