Patents by Inventor Toru Kuronuma
Toru Kuronuma 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: 12117618Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a device main body, a mounting band that supports the device main body and is mounted on a user's head, a circuit board that is disposed in the upper portion of the device main body and has a mounting surface on which one or more electronic components are mounted, and a cooling device disposed facing the mounting surface in the upper portion of the device main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akira Homma, Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki
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Patent number: 12013723Abstract: An HMD includes a mounting band for surrounding a head H of a user. The mounting band includes a case, a stretching unit, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of the stretching unit to be accommodated in the case by relatively moving the stretching portion with respect to the case, a winding target member, and a spring member which is fixed at a front portion thereof to the stretching unit and at a rear portion thereof wound on the winding target member and in which an unwinding amount from the winding target member changes according to the length of the stretching unit accommodated in the case. The spring member generates elastic force that acts in a direction in which the stretching portion is accommodated into the case. A first elastic force of the spring member generated by a first unwinding amount and a second elastic force of the spring member generated by a second unwinding amount are equal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Toru Kuronuma
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Publication number: 20220146838Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a device main body, a mounting band that supports the device main body and is mounted on a user's head, a circuit board that is disposed in the upper portion of the device main body and has a mounting surface on which one or more electronic components are mounted, and a cooling device disposed facing the mounting surface in the upper portion of the device main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akira Homma, Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20220137663Abstract: An HMD includes a mounting band for surrounding a head H of a user. The mounting band includes a case, a stretching unit, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of the stretching unit to be accommodated in the case by relatively moving the stretching portion with respect to the case, a winding target member, and a spring member which is fixed at a front portion thereof to the stretching unit and at a rear portion thereof wound on the winding target member and in which an unwinding amount from the winding target member changes according to the length of the stretching unit accommodated in the case. The spring member generates elastic force that acts in a direction in which the stretching portion is accommodated into the case. A first elastic force of the spring member generated by a first unwinding amount and a second elastic force of the spring member generated by a second unwinding amount are equal to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Toru Kuronuma
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Patent number: 11095873Abstract: A head-mounted display that can suppress positional misalignment of a display apparatus in the left and right directions, and can reduce the load on a user's nose is proposed. A nose pad assembly H has: a movable portion (M2) having a frame (31), and a nose pad (32) attached to the frame (31); and a support mechanism (M1) that is attached to an apparatus body (10), and supports the frame (31). The support mechanism (M1) supports the frame (31) such that a motion of the nose pad (32) in the front and rear directions is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki, Hirohito Suzuki
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Patent number: 10973459Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head-mounted apparatus, including: an optical sensor having a contact face for contacting with the head of a user; a supporting unit disposed around the optical sensor and configured to contact with the head of the user; and a sensor supporting mechanism configured to support the optical sensor so as to permit a movement of the optical sensor in a contact direction that is a direction perpendicular to the contact face.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki, Hirohito Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200267378Abstract: A head-mounted display that can suppress positional misalignment of a display apparatus in the left and right directions, and can reduce the load on a user's nose is proposed. A nose pad assembly H has: a movable portion (M2) having a frame (31), and a nose pad (32) attached to the frame (31); and a support mechanism (M1) that is attached to an apparatus body (10), and supports the frame (31). The support mechanism (M1) supports the frame (31) such that a motion of the nose pad (32) in the front and rear directions is allowed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Toru KURONUMA, Toshihiro KUSUNOKI, Hirohito SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20190090808Abstract: Disclosed herein is a head-mounted apparatus, including: an optical sensor having a contact face for contacting with the head of a user; a supporting unit disposed around the optical sensor and configured to contact with the head of the user; and a sensor supporting mechanism configured to support the optical sensor so as to permit a movement of the optical sensor in a contact direction that is a direction perpendicular to the contact face.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Toru KURONUMA, Toshihiro KUSUNOKI, Hirohito SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9418707Abstract: An accommodating case from which a user can easily detach a recording medium is provided. An accommodating case includes an inner surface thereof with a medium disposition area that is an area to dispose the recording medium. In addition, the accommodating case includes an engagement plate portion for engaging with edges of the recording medium so that the recording medium disposed in the medium disposition area is prevented from separating from the inner surface thereof. Furthermore, the accommodating case includes a movable plate portion defining a part of the inner surface thereof. The movable plate portion is movable relative the other portion of the inner surface of the accommodating case to be recessed toward the outside of the accommodating case. The movable plate portion is located over the medium disposition area and an outside area of the medium disposition area.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Shinjiro Komatani, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toru Kuronuma, Akio Takizawa
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Publication number: 20130299369Abstract: An accommodating case from which a user can easily detach a recording medium is provided. An accommodating case includes an inner surface thereof with a medium disposition area that is an area to dispose the recording medium. In addition, the accommodating case includes an engagement plate portion for engaging with edges of the recording medium so that the recording medium disposed in the medium disposition area is prevented from separating from the inner surface thereof. Furthermore, the accommodating case includes a movable plate portion defining a part of the inner surface thereof. The movable plate portion is movable relative the other portion of the inner surface of the accommodating case to be recessed toward the outside of the accommodating case. The movable plate portion is located over the medium disposition area and an outside area of the medium disposition area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Shinjiro Komatani, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toru Kuronuma, Akio Takizawa