Patents by Inventor Tomoya Narita

Tomoya Narita 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: 20240077809
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin (PEz) or a polycarbonate resin (PCz) that has at least one of a structure (Z1) represented by Formula (Z1) or a structure (Z2) represented by Formula (Z2) at at least one terminal, and a resin (X) that has at least one of a unit (X1) represented by Formula (X1) or a unit (X2) represented by Formula (X2), a mass proportion of the resin (X) in a total amount of the polyester resin (PEz), the polycarbonate resin (PCz), and the resin (X) in the charge transport layer is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Publication number: 20240061495
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (20) according to an embodiment includes a setting unit (230) that, based on basic trigger region information defining a basic trigger region which is to be a trigger of an occurrence of an event in an application that presents predetermined content to a user based on position information regarding the user within a real space, determines an extended trigger region having a predetermined positional relationship with the basic trigger region, and sets information defining the determined extended trigger region onto a storage unit (220).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: AKANE KONDO, TOMOYA NARITA
  • Patent number: 11908090
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately displaying an object in a virtual space. Included is a setting unit that sets an initial position at which an object is initially displayed on a display unit on the basis of presentation position information regarding a presentation position to be presented in a virtual three-dimensional space of the object superimposed and displayed on a real world, size information regarding a size of the object, and field of view area information regarding a field of view area of the display unit that displays the object, in which the setting unit sets the initial position on a deeper side in a depth direction than a position represented by the presentation position information in a coordinate system based on the real world. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device that provides augmented reality (AR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 11835727
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a physical information acquisition unit, a gesture information acquisition unit, a determination condition setting unit, and a control unit. The physical information acquisition unit acquires physical information of a user wearing a head-mounted casing. The gesture information acquisition unit acquires gesture information regarding a gesture of the user. The determination condition setting unit sets, on the basis of the physical information, a determination condition for determining a trigger gesture that is a trigger for an operation input by the gesture of the user. The control unit determines, on the basis of the gesture information and the determination condition, whether or not the trigger gesture is performed and controls, on the basis of a result of the determination, an output corresponding to the trigger gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20230367455
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display an operation target; determines a contact size of an object on the display; and enables or disables an operation input for the operation target based on the contact size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke HIRO, Lyo TAKAOKA, Akane YANO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Patent number: 11747958
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display an operation target; determines a contact size of an object on the display; and enables or disables an operation input for the operation target based on the contact size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiro, Lyo Takaoka, Akane Yano, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 11481943
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • Publication number: 20220317462
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a physical information acquisition unit, a gesture information acquisition unit, a determination condition setting unit, and a control unit. The physical information acquisition unit acquires physical information of a user wearing a head-mounted casing. The gesture information acquisition unit acquires gesture information regarding a gesture of the user. The determination condition setting unit sets, on the basis of the physical information, a determination condition for determining a trigger gesture that is a trigger for an operation input by the gesture of the user. The control unit determines, on the basis of the gesture information and the determination condition, whether or not the trigger gesture is performed and controls, on the basis of a result of the determination, an output corresponding to the trigger gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: AKANE KONDO, TOMOYA NARITA, RYO FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220270330
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately displaying an object in a virtual space. Included is a setting unit that sets an initial position at which an object is initially displayed on a display unit on the basis of presentation position information regarding a presentation position to be presented in a virtual three-dimensional space of the object superimposed and displayed on a real world, size information regarding a size of the object, and field of view area information regarding a field of view area of the display unit that displays the object, in which the setting unit sets the initial position on a deeper side in a depth direction than a position represented by the presentation position information in a coordinate system based on the real world. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device that provides augmented reality (AR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane KONDO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Patent number: 11156844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a setting unit and a display control unit. The setting unit sets a limitation region in which entry is limited. The display control unit controls display of a blocking object that is a virtual object that blocks entry into the limitation region on the basis of a display area in which the virtual object is capable of being displayed. With this configuration, the blocking object can be appropriately displayed, and natural virtual experience can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 11029766
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer to a projection image; an acquisition unit which acquires movement information of the laser pointer; and an output unit which outputs a control signal for causing display of an object within a projection image corresponding to the irradiation position to be changed in accordance with the movement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Narita, Taku Inoue, Takehiro Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20210142543
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki IMOTO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Patent number: 10922865
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 10916044
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of allowing a user to more intuitively perform operations for synthesis, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit causes the first object model or the second object model to be moved, for the synthesis, in response to an input based on a user's motion with respect to a screen on which an object model or an image corresponding to the object model is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 10897486
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an acquisition section configured to acquire display information for displaying a state of collaborative editing in which a plurality of editors collaboratively edit a same editing target, and a display control section configured to cause an editing screen to display, based on the display information, the state of the collaborative editing performed on a not displayed part not included in a display range displayed when the editing target is displayed on the editing screen referenced to by a first editor among the plurality of editors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hyodo, Shuichi Konami, Tomoya Narita, Akemi Tazaki
  • Publication number: 20210004130
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display an operation target; determines a contact size of an object on the display; and enables or disables an operation input for the operation target based on the contact size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke HIRO, Lyo TAKAOKA, Akane YANO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Publication number: 20200356226
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an object approach determining unit and a display control unit. The object approach determining unit is configured to determine an approach of an object based on received data. The display control unit is configured to control a display to display a plurality of selectable icons. The display control unit is configured to control the display to change the display of the plurality of selectable icons to display only a portion of the plurality of selectable icons when the object approach determining unit determines that the object is close to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: KENZO NISHIKAWA, TAKASHI NUNOMAKI, RYOKO AMANO, LYO TAKAOKA, RITSUKO KANO, TOMOYA NARITA, SHUNICHI KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200341284
    Abstract: [Problem] To make it possible to guide the line of sight of a user in a more preferable manner. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information regarding guidance of a line of sight of a user; and a control unit that controls second information to be presented to the user so as to guide the line of sight of the user, wherein the control unit controls, based on the first information, the second information so as to be localized in a route having a lower following load on the user with regard to the second information out of a first route and a second route connecting a start position and an end position regarding the guidance of the line of sight in accordance with a second coordinate that is independent of a first coordinate associated with an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: MIWA ICHIKAWA, TAKESHI OGITA, AKANE KONDO, TAKAYOSHI SHIMIZU, TAKURO NODA, RIE KAMIKUBO, RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOYA NARITA
  • Patent number: 10802663
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which causes a prescribed pattern to be displayed on a screen in a state where a device having a camera is arranged so that the camera faces the screen, and a position acquisition section which acquires a relative position of the camera with respect to the screen determined based on an image of the pattern captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ida, Tomoya Narita, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20200319472
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a setting unit and a display control unit. The setting unit sets a limitation region in which entry is limited. The display control unit controls display of a blocking object that is a virtual object that blocks entry into the limitation region on the basis of a display area in which the virtual object is capable of being displayed. With this configuration, the blocking object can be appropriately displayed, and natural virtual experience can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane KONDO, Tomoya NARITA, Ryo FUKAZAWA