Patents by Inventor Wataru Sakuma

Wataru Sakuma 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: 20240127270
    Abstract: In a demand level calculation apparatus (20) of the present invention, the advertisement information acquisition unit (21) acquires advertisement information on at least one of an advertising target product or an advertising target service in a specific area of a real space, the coordinate information generation unit (22) generates coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in the specific area, and maps a virtual point indicating a specific position in the specific area on the coordinate information, and associates the virtual point with the advertisement information, the visitor information acquisition unit (23) acquires visitor information including attribute information and behavior information of a visitor in the specific area, and the demand level calculation unit (24) calculates a magnitude of a demand level for the advertisement information based on the advertisement information and the visitor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yulaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240127294
    Abstract: In an advertisement information generation apparatus (30) of the present invention, the advertisement information generation unit (31) generates advertisement information on at least one of an advertising target product or an advertising target service, the coordinate information acquisition unit (32) acquires coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in a specific area of a real space, a virtual point indicating a specific position in the specific area is mapped on the coordinate information, the virtual object generation unit (33) generates a virtual object associated with the virtual point and the advertisement information, the virtual object is composed of a main object and a sub object, the main object is an image object representing contents of the advertisement information, and the sub object is an object to which text information representing the contents of the advertisement information is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Solution innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240061261
    Abstract: A display device includes a frame supporting a first display unit and a second display unit. A substrate placement unit includes a first substrate placement unit located above the first display unit and a second substrate placement unit located above the second display unit. A video-image substrate at which a video-image processing circuit is mounted is disposed at one of the first substrate placement unit or the second substrate placement unit. The video-image processing circuit is configured to output a video image to the first display element and the second display element. A first drawing-out portion at which the first cable is drawn out is provided at one surface of the video-image substrate, and a second drawing-out portion at which the second cable is drawn out is provided at the other surface of the video-image substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro ONO, Wataru SAKUMA, Nobuhiko YOKOO, Masahide TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11579454
    Abstract: A HMD including an image display that notifies detection of an abnormality, a DP six-axis sensor that detects whether the image display unit is mounted, and a DP control unit that executes a first reboot mode for rebooting the HMD in accordance with a first order when mounting of the image display unit is not detected and the abnormality of the HMD is detected, and a second reboot mode for rebooting the HMD in accordance with a second order when mounting of the image display unit is detected and the abnormality of the HMD is detected. An order of reboot of the image display unit in the second order is set before an order of reboot of the image display unit in the first order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Fujiwara, Wataru Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20230004010
    Abstract: A wearable display device including a mounting unit, an image display unit that displays an image, a frame that supports the image display unit; an imaging unit that is supported by the frame and that captures an external scene, a coupling unit that connects the frame and the mounting unit in a manner that a position of the image display unit with respect to the mounting unit changes from one side to another side in a first direction, and a driving unit that changes an angle of the imaging unit to tilt the imaging unit toward the one side in the first direction when the position of the image display unit is changed from the one side to the other side in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 11533579
    Abstract: An HMD includes a display unit mounted on a head of a user, and configured to display an image such that a real object located in a real space is visually recognizable, a right earphone and a left earphone configured to output a sound, a position specification unit configured to specify a position of the real object and a virtual object, and a sound output control unit configured to generate a synthesized sound with the position of the virtual object as a sound source position, and output the synthesized sound from the right earphone and the left earphone. The sound output control unit adjusts the synthesized sound so that the synthesized sound becomes an audible sound bypassing the real object when the position of the real object is located between the position of the virtual object and a position of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20220374941
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information sharing apparatus that can promote products and the like at low cost and easily. An information sharing apparatus (40) of the present invention includes a visitor management unit (41), an organizer management unit (42), and an exhibitor management unit (43), the visitor management unit (41) includes an acquisition unit (411) and an output unit (412), the organizer management unit (42) includes an acquisition unit (421) and an output unit (422), the exhibitor management unit (43) includes an acquisition unit (431) and an output unit (432), and the respective components manage information sharing of a visitor's terminal, an organizer's terminal, and an exhibitor's terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20220366451
    Abstract: In a display apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in a specific area of a real space and a virtual object including advertisement information, an imaging unit images a real image and the fiducial marker, a self-position specifying unit specifies a self-position from a distance and an angle from the imaged fiducial marker, a state detecting unit detects a distance and an angle of view from the virtual point based on the self-position, a selection unit selects any virtual object existing within an angle of view from the self-position, and a display unit displays a main object of the virtual object existing within the angle of view from the self-position in such a manner that the main object is superimposed on a relative position on the real image and displays a main object and a sub object of the selected virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA, Masahito TAKAHASHI, Takamitsu WATANABE, Keisuke SUMIDA, Yohei MIZUTANI, Yuya KIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11491494
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator film transfer device is provided which realizes a foreign object removing technique that is less likely to cause defects in a separator. The device includes a magnet bar which is arranged in a transfer path and generates a magnetic field for removing, from a separator film being transferred, a magnetic substance adhering to a first surface of the separator film; and an air cylinder which allows a distance to the magnet bar from the first surface of the separator film to be variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yosuke Tsukuda, Yusuke Kon, Wataru Sakuma, Akinobu Sakamoto, Tatsuya Kataoka, Takamasa Egawa
  • Publication number: 20220308351
    Abstract: A HMD including an image display that notifies detection of an abnormality, a DP six-axis sensor that detects whether the image display unit is mounted, and a DP control unit that executes a first reboot mode for rebooting the HMD in accordance with a first order when mounting of the image display unit is not detected and the abnormality of the HMD is detected, and a second reboot mode for rebooting the HMD in accordance with a second order when mounting of the image display unit is detected and the abnormality of the HMD is detected. An order of reboot of the image display unit in the second order is set before an order of reboot of the image display unit in the first order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Fujiwara, Wataru Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20210337341
    Abstract: An HMD includes a display unit mounted on a head of a user, and configured to display an image such that a real object located in a real space is visually recognizable, a right earphone and a left earphone configured to output a sound, a position specification unit configured to specify a position of the real object and a virtual object, and a sound output control unit configured to generate a synthesized sound with the position of the virtual object as a sound source position, and output the synthesized sound from the right earphone and the left earphone. The sound output control unit adjusts the synthesized sound so that the synthesized sound becomes an audible sound bypassing the real object when the position of the real object is located between the position of the virtual object and a position of the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20210184310
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator film transfer device is provided which realizes a foreign object removing technique that is less likely to cause defects in a separator. The device includes a magnet bar which is arranged in a transfer path and generates a magnetic field for removing, from a separator film being transferred, a magnetic substance adhering to a first surface of the separator film; and an air cylinder which allows a distance to the magnet bar from the first surface of the separator film to be variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke TSUKUDA, Yusuke KON, Wataru SAKUMA, Akinobu SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya KATAOKA, Takamasa EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200341069
    Abstract: Achieved is a highly efficient separator inspecting step. An inspection for a defect is carried out with respect to at least part of an unwound part, and quality of a roll is determined in accordance with a result of the inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke KON, Wataru SAKUMA, Tatsuya SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7785079
    Abstract: A compressor of the present invention is provided with a plurality of housing members (a front housing, a cylinder block, and a rear housing) that forms a body, a fastener (a bolt member) for coupling the plurality of the housing members to one another, a drive shaft inserted through the body and coupled to a power source via an electromagnetic clutch, a movable member (a piston) that moves in association with the drive shaft to compress a fluid, a detection body that moves in association with the drive shaft, and a detection part for detecting a rotational state of the drive shaft by means of the detection body. A magnetic sensor having a magnetic impedance element constitutes the detection part. The magnetic sensor is provided on an outer lateral face side of the body and in proximity to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisya, Aichi Micro Intelligent Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ono, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D623172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kondo, Pen-hao Ma, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D633896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kondo, Chih-Wei Yang, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D634732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kondo, Chung-Hsien Tseng, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D635958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Kozo Ando, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D639282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Taira Ohori, Wataru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D639283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ozawa, Wataru Sakuma