Patents by Inventor Takeshi Niikura

Takeshi Niikura 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).

  • Light-emitting device, method of controlling light-emitting device, and program
    Patent number: 9661724
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device including a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another device, a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a control unit that performs control by switching between a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with a timing at which a signal is received by the wireless communication unit and a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with an internal timer based on a light emission timing included in a signal received from the other device by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ebihara, Takeshi Niikura, Satoshi Kawabe, Akihiro Ogata, Hideaki Kushida, Satoshi Nagasawa, Shinnosuke Oguma, Takashi Yamazaki
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160081169
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device including a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another device, a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a control unit that performs control by switching between a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with a timing at which a signal is received by the wireless communication unit and a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with an internal timer based on a light emission timing included in a signal received from the other device by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ebihara, Takeshi Niikura, Satoshi Kawabe, Akihiro Ogata, Hideaki Kushida, Satoshi Nagasawa, Shinnosuke Oguma, Takashi Yamazaki
  • Light-emitting device, method of controlling light-emitting device, and program
    Patent number: 9232613
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device including a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another device, a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a control unit that performs control by switching between a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with a timing at which a signal is received by the wireless communication unit and a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with an internal timer based on a light emission timing included in a signal received from the other device by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ebihara, Takeshi Niikura, Satoshi Kawabe, Akihiro Ogata, Hideaki Kushida, Satoshi Nagasawa, Shinnosuke Oguma, Takashi Yamazaki
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130241432
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device including a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another device, a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a control unit that performs control by switching between a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with a timing at which a signal is received by the wireless communication unit and a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with an internal timer based on a light emission timing included in a signal received from the other device by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ebihara, Takeshi Niikura, Satoshi Kawabe, Akihiro Ogata, Hideaki Kushida, Satoshi Nagasawa, Shinnosuke Oguma, Takashi Yamazaki