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).

  • Patent number: 12117618
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Homma, Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 12013723
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Kuronuma
  • Publication number: 20220146838
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Homma, Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20220137663
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Kuronuma
  • Patent number: 11095873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki, Hirohito Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10973459
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki, Hirohito Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200267378
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Toru KURONUMA, Toshihiro KUSUNOKI, Hirohito SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190090808
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru KURONUMA, Toshihiro KUSUNOKI, Hirohito SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9418707
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinjiro Komatani, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toru Kuronuma, Akio Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20130299369
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shinjiro Komatani, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toru Kuronuma, Akio Takizawa