Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Narahara
Tatsuya Narahara 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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Patent number: 11920377Abstract: Provided is a locking/unlocking device that accurately detects an opening/closing state of an opening/closing device and optimizes timing to lock or unlock. The locking/unlocking device includes a drive unit that drives a lock mechanism of the opening/closing device, a magnetic detection unit that detects a change in a magnetic field based on a change in the relative position between a movable section and a fixed section of the opening/closing device, and a control unit that determines an open/closed state of the opening/closing device on the basis of the change in the magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection unit and activates the drive unit to lock or unlock the lock mechanism on the basis of the open/closed state.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotada Taniuchi, Tatsuhiro Iida, Manabu Onishi, Tatsuya Narahara, Hiroshige Okamoto
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Patent number: 11834100Abstract: An electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; and a battery pack located below the floor panel. the battery pack may include: a bottom plate; a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks; a battery crossmember located between the battery stacks; a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to a side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks; a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction. The second load transmitting component may be a component extending to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA;, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito Sasaki, Yuuki Mukaigawa, Tatsuya Narahara
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Publication number: 20210323609Abstract: An electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; and a battery pack located below the floor panel. the battery pack may include: a bottom plate; a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks; a battery crossmember located between the battery stacks; a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to a side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks; a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction. The second load transmitting component may be a component extending to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito SASAKI, Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Tatsuya NARAHARA
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Publication number: 20210262251Abstract: Provided is a locking/unlocking device that accurately detects an opening/closing state of an opening/closing device and optimizes timing to lock or unlock. The locking/unlocking device includes a drive unit that drives a lock mechanism of the opening/closing device, a magnetic detection unit that detects a change in a magnetic field based on a change in the relative position between a movable section and a fixed section of the opening/closing device, and a control unit that determines an open/closed state of the opening/closing device on the basis of the change in the magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection unit and activates the drive unit to lock or unlock the lock mechanism on the basis of the open/closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotada TANIUCHI, Tatsuhiro IIDA, Manabu ONISHI, Tatsuya NARAHARA, Hiroshige OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10318028Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control device including a detection unit configured to detect, as a manipulation region, at least a part of a substantial object present at a position at which a user is estimated to be able to perform a manipulation, a function setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that a predetermined function matches the manipulation region detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform the function matched with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Seiji Wada, Hiroaki Ogawa, Hiroshi Mukawa, Tatsuya Narahara, Motoyuki Takai, Yasushi Miyajima, Ikuo Tsukagoshi, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masashi Takeda, Akira Tange, Kazuhide Kemmochi, Ichigo Hayakawa, Takao Tanikame
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Patent number: 10228895Abstract: An image display device which is used by being mounted on the head or face of a user includes a display unit which displays an image; an information maintaining unit which maintains user information of the user; a region specifying unit which specifies an attention region from a field of vision of the user based on the user information; an image processing unit which performs image processing with respect to the attention region; and a display control unit which displays the attention region after being subjected to the image processing on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasushi Miyajima, Yoichiro Sako, Motoyuki Takai, Hiroshi Mukawa, Tatsuya Narahara, Masashi Takeda, Hiroaki Ogawa, Seiji Wada, Ichigo Hayakawa, Akira Tange, Takao Tanikame, Kazuhide Kemmochi
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Patent number: 10108018Abstract: A first-person viewpoint image captured by a camera mounted on a radio-controlled model is displayed on a head mount display and is enjoyed. When a whole-sky image captured by a camera unit that is mounted on a model apparatus is reproduced and displayed with a head mount display, a CPU moves the display field so as to offset the motion of the head of a user detected by a posture/location detecting unit. In this manner, an image that follows the motion of the head of the user is displayed. Meanwhile, on the side of the head mount display, a combined image generated by superimposing an AR image as virtual image information on the actual image in the display field is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naomasa Takahashi, Tatsuya Narahara, Yoichiro Sako, Motoyuki Takai
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Publication number: 20180003983Abstract: Provided is an image display device used by being mounted to a head or a face of a user, including a first display unit that displays an internal image seen from a side of the user, a second display unit that displays an external image seen from outside the image display device, and a control unit that controls display of the internal image and the external image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, HIROSHI MUKAWA, TATSUYA NARAHARA, MOTOYUKI TAKAI, MASASHI TAKEDA, HIROAKI OGAWA, SEIJI WADA, ICHIGO HAYAKAWA, AKIRA TANGE, TAKAO TANIKAME, KAZUHIDE KEMMOCHI
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Publication number: 20170371439Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control device including a detection unit configured to detect, as a manipulation region, at least a part of a substantial object present at a position at which a user is estimated to be able to perform a manipulation, a function setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that a predetermined function matches the manipulation region detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform the function matched with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, SEIJI WADA, HIROAKI OGAWA, HIROSHI MUKAWA, TATSUYA NARAHARA, MOTOYUKI TAKAI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, IKUO TSUKAGOSHI, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, MASASHI TAKEDA, AKIRA TANGE, KAZUHIDE KEMMOCHI, ICHIGO HAYAKAWA, TAKAO TANIKAME
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Patent number: 9813771Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring means for acquiring focused content information that is information relating to a predetermined content and includes at least any one of descriptions of the predetermined content having information displayed on a display means, a word related to the descriptions, a genre, a title, and cast of the predetermined content; a retrieving means for using content information about the other content that includes at least any one of descriptions of the other content different from the predetermined content, a genre, a title, and cast of the other content and the acquired focused content information to retrieve a content having a high degree of relation to focused content information in the other contents; and a specification information generating means for generating specification information that specifies the resulted content of retrieval based on the result of retrieval done by the retrieving means.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Tatsuya Narahara, Nobuyuki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9798144Abstract: Provided is an image display device used by being mounted to a head or a face of a user, including a first display unit that displays an internal image seen from a side of the user, a second display unit that displays an external image seen from outside the image display device, and a control unit that controls display of the internal image and the external image.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yasushi Miyajima, Hiroshi Mukawa, Tatsuya Narahara, Motoyuki Takai, Masashi Takeda, Hiroaki Ogawa, Seiji Wada, Ichigo Hayakawa, Akira Tange, Takao Tanikame, Kazuhide Kemmochi
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Patent number: 9791948Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control device including a detection unit configured to detect, as a manipulation region, at least a part of a substantial object present at a position at which a user is estimated to be able to perform a manipulation, a function setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that a predetermined function matches the manipulation region detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform the function matched with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Seiji Wada, Hiroaki Ogawa, Hiroshi Mukawa, Tatsuya Narahara, Motoyuki Takai, Yasushi Miyajima, Ikuo Tsukagoshi, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masashi Takeda, Akira Tange, Kazuhide Kemmochi, Ichigo Hayakawa, Takao Tanikame
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Patent number: 9788070Abstract: Disclosed is a content-view supporting system to recommend to a user a clear result of searched contents, based on a group of similar users' favorite programs, through a user-basis collaborative filtering process. The system selects similar users whose program view history is similar to that of a recommended user, maps the program view history in a collaborative filtering matrix registers, in the collaborative filtering matrix, a virtual user whose program view history includes a group of hit programs obtained based on a search condition served for realizing a predetermined search topic. The system also counts the numbers of reservations or views achieved by each user according to program content based on the program view history, in the collaborative filtering matrix, which counted numbers are set as matching numbers, and outputs a search result representing a recommendation list of the contents arrayed in the descending order of matching number.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Tatsuya Narahara, Nobuyuki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9740008Abstract: There is provided an image display device used by being mounted to a head or a face of a user, the image display device including a display device configured to display an image, a waveguide configured to guide the image to each of a location seen from a side of the user and a location seen from an outside of the image display device, and a control unit configured to control display of an internal image and an external image, the internal image being seen from the side of the user, the external image being seen from the outside.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Yoichiro Sako, Yasushi Miyajima, Motoyuki Takai, Tatsuya Narahara, Seiji Wada, Hiroaki Ogawa, Akira Tange, Kazuhide Kemmochi, Takao Tanikame, Ichigo Hayakawa, Masashi Takeda
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Patent number: 9674572Abstract: An information processing device includes an extraction section for extracting, from program information, a genre feature word that is a keyword representing a genre feature. An identification section identifies a channel by genre based on the genre feature word extracted from the program information associated with a program to be broadcast on the channel. The processing device further includes a display processing section for providing control over the channel to be displayed after genre classification.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Tatsuya Narahara, Kazuhiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 9495029Abstract: Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Tatsuya Narahara, Masayuki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160195952Abstract: Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Tatsuya Narahara, Masayuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 9341847Abstract: Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Tatsuya Narahara, Masayuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 9268138Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display panel that displays a left-eye image, a left-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the left-eye image, a right-eye display panel that displays a right-eye image, a right-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the right-eye image, and a display control unit that controls the screen display of the left-eye display panel and the right-eye display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Shimizu, Tatsuya Narahara
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Publication number: 20150293362Abstract: A first-person viewpoint image captured by a camera mounted on a radio-controlled model is displayed on a head mount display and is enjoyed. When a whole-sky image captured by a camera unit 605 mounted on a model apparatus 120 is reproduced and displayed with a head mount display 110, a CPU 601 moves the display field so as to offset the motion of the head of a user detected by a posture/location detecting unit 604. In this manner, an image that follows the motion of the head of the user is displayed. Meanwhile, on the side of the head mount display 110, a combined image generated by superimposing an AR image as virtual image information on the actual image in the display field is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Naomasa Takahashi, Tatsuya Narahara, Yoichiro Sako, Motoyuki Takai