Patents by Inventor Tetsu Sumii

Tetsu Sumii 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: 20220103919
    Abstract: Provided is a sound output device including an outer housing which includes a sound emission hole and in which an internal space is formed as a disposition space, and a speaker which is disposed in the disposition space and outputs a sound outward through the sound emission hole, and the sound output device is attachable or detachable to or from a holder attached to a garment. Thereby, the sound output device can be removed from the holder in an unused state or during maintenance, a failure or damage hardly occurs, an improvement in workability in maintenance work is also achieved, and an improvement in usability can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sai KARASAWA, Masaaki OHARA, Tetsu SUMII, Daigaku KUMANO
  • Publication number: 20220080826
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls scenery display according to a current position of a mobile body is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a region where a predetermined object outside the mobile body appears within a window of the mobile body, a display unit that displays a transmissive region and a non-transmissive region within the window, and a control unit that controls the display unit on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detection unit. The detection unit detects an appearance place where the object appears in the window, on the basis of a current position of the mobile body, a moving speed and a traveling direction of the mobile body, and position information associated with the object. Thereafter, a transmissive region is displayed in the region where the object appears, or a non-transmissive region that masks a region where the object is absent is displayed in the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: YUKI SHOJI, TOSHIYUKI KIMURA, NAOTO SHIMIZU, KENTARO SHIBUKAWA, TETSU SUMII, TERUYOSHI MASUDA, OSAMU SAKURAI, SO MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11146875
    Abstract: It is intended to improve usability while securing functionality of a sound output device. There are provided: a neck band to be worn on a user's neck and having an insertion hole; a cable partially led out from the neck band; and an earphone connected to the cable. The cable can be drawn out from the neck band to both sides of the insertion hole, and a length of a portion on both sides of the insertion hole in the cable is changed by changing a position of an inserted portion of the cable in the insertion hole. Since a length of each portion of the cable positioned on both sides of the insertion hole is changed by changing a position of the inserted portion of the cable, it is possible to improve usability while securing functionality of the sound output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Akaike, Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: 11013129
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first cover having a first face portion that covers a plurality of parts built in the electronic apparatus, and a first peripheral face portion which provides a first portion of an outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a second cover having a second face portion that covers the plurality of parts, and a second peripheral face portion which provides a second portion of the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a channel defined by a separation between the first cover and the second cover, where the first and second face portions are opposite to one another, a first peripheral edge of the first cover and a second peripheral edge of the second cover oppose one another and do not meet, thereby defining the separation between the first cover and the second cover; and a plurality of air vent holes located through at least one wall surface within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yukito Inoue, Yasuhiro Ootori, Tetsu Sumii
  • Publication number: 20200396848
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first cover having a first face portion that covers a plurality of parts built in the electronic apparatus, and a first peripheral face portion which provides a first portion of an outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a second cover having a second face portion that covers the plurality of parts, and a second peripheral face portion which provides a second portion of the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a channel defined by a separation between the first cover and the second cover, where the first and second face portions are opposite to one another, a first peripheral edge of the first cover and a second peripheral edge of the second cover oppose one another and do not meet, thereby defining the separation between the first cover and the second cover; and a plurality of air vent holes located through at least one wall surface within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yukito Inoue, Yasuhiro Ootori, Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: 10791634
    Abstract: A plurality of parts built in an electronic apparatus (1) are attached to a frame (20). Further, the frame (20) has a peripheral wall portion (21, 22, 23) formed along an outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus (1). An upper cover (30) has a rear face portion (32) attached to a rear wall portion (23) of the frame (20) by a screw. Further, a lower cover (40) has a rear face portion (43) attached to the rear wall portion (23) of the frame (20) by a screw. With the structure, insertion locations of the fixtures such as screws can be suppressed from standing out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yukito Inoue, Yasuhiro Ootori, Tetsu Sumii
  • Publication number: 20200120410
    Abstract: It is intended to improve usability while securing functionality of a sound output device. There are provided: a neck band to be worn on a user's neck and having an insertion hole; a cable partially led out from the neck band; and an earphone connected to the cable. The cable can be drawn out from the neck band to both sides of the insertion hole, and a length of a portion on both sides of the insertion hole in the cable is changed by changing a position of an inserted portion of the cable in the insertion hole. Since a length of each portion of the cable positioned on both sides of the insertion hole is changed by changing a position of the inserted portion of the cable, it is possible to improve usability while securing functionality of the sound output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO AKAIKE, TETSU SUMII
  • Patent number: 9967990
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus that has enhanced strength and reduced weight. An electronic apparatus includes: a housing having two faces that face each other, having an accommodation space therein, and having an opening on one of the two faces; and an electronic device contained in the accommodation space. The housing is configured of a first member and a second member that are divided in the faces, and has a device insertion opening on at least one of opposing faces of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Tomoaki Takuma, Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsu Sumii, Keita Hibi
  • Publication number: 20170354864
    Abstract: A directional interface object, including: a top tubular portion; a front tubular portion, a top end of the front tubular portion being joined to a first end of the top tubular portion; a bottom tubular portion, a first end of the bottom tubular portion being joined to a bottom end of the front tubular portion; a rear tubular portion, a top end of the rear tubular portion being joined to a second end of the front tubular portion opposite the first end of the front tubular portion, a bottom end of the rear tubular portion being joined to a second end of the bottom tubular portion opposite the first end of the bottom tubular portion; a trackable object disposed at the first end of the top tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Rogers, Dana Chung, Thomas Bruckbock, Tetsu Sumii, Taichi Nokuo, Seth Luisi
  • Patent number: D768639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D795225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D805087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D808361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D811483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D811484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D821501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D837220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D839356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D854543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D869443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii