Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Yukawa
Yasuhiro Yukawa 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: 11827416Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusaku Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Kouji Yamada
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Publication number: 20230358553Abstract: A more desirable travel route for a user is set. An information processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit (18) configured to acquire road information on each of two or more travel routes to a destination; a priority acquisition unit (23) configured to acquire priority of driving means in accordance with the road information; and a selection unit (11) configured to select one of the two or more travel routes on the basis of the road information and the priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: TOSHIO YAMAZAKI, GUIFEN TIAN, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA, YASUHIRO YUKAWA
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Patent number: 11722645Abstract: The present technology relates to, for example, an image-capturing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to suppress an increase in costs. A controller performs an extraction control for extracting a first image and a second image from a captured image captured by an image sensor that performs image-capturing, the first image being displayed on a first display section, the second image being displayed on a second display section. A data amount adjuster adjusts data amounts of the first image and the second image according to vehicle information acquired from a vehicle. For example, the present technology is applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Go Yamanaka, Takuya Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Patent number: 11511735Abstract: There is provided a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method for appropriate driving control. The signal processing apparatus includes a safety determination unit that determines safety of a preceding vehicle on a basis of sensor-related information related to a sensor provided in the preceding vehicle, the sensor being relevant to a safety function, and a control signal generation unit that generates, on a basis of a result of the determination of the safety, a control signal for controlling a host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Yukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 11409283Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20220030178Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax and provision of various visual fields are satisfactorily realized. A display image is generated by superimposing a vehicle interior image on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle. The display image is generated on the basis of reference visual field setting information set by a setting unit. For example, the reference visual field setting includes a display position setting, a display size setting, a compression setting in all or part of a horizontal direction, a compression setting in all or part of a vertical direction, and the like. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Koji NAGATA, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20210400241Abstract: The present technology relates to, for example, an image-capturing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to suppress an increase in costs. A controller performs an extraction control for extracting a first image and a second image from a captured image captured by an image sensor that performs image-capturing, the first image being displayed on a first display section, the second image being displayed on a second display section. A data amount adjuster adjusts data amounts of the first image and the second image according to vehicle information acquired from a vehicle. For example, the present technology is applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Go Yamanaka, Takuya Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20210400209Abstract: The present technology relates to an image-capturing apparatus, a control method, and a program that make it possible to easily provide an image suitable for the operation of a vehicle. The controller controls reading of an image from an image sensor that captures the image, on the basis of vehicle information acquired by a vehicle, the image being displayed on a display section of the vehicle. For example, the present technology is applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Go Yamanaka, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Takuya Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20200369266Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a program that enable more appropriate control. The signal processing apparatus includes: a safety determination unit configured to determine safety of a preceding vehicle on a basis of sensor-related information related to a sensor provided in the preceding vehicle, the sensor being relevant to a safety function; and a control signal generation unit configured to generate, on a basis of a result of the determination of the safety, a control signal for controlling a host vehicle. The present technology can be applied to vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: YASUHIRO YUKAWA, NORIKO TANAKA, ASAKO KANEKO
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Publication number: 20200122431Abstract: [Problem] To provide: a resin-coated metallic plate which cannot undergo the occurrence of a retort brushing phenomenon (the formation of white spots) or the delamination of a film under retort sterilization treatment conditions; and others. [Solution] A resin-coated metallic plate having a resin layer (A) and a resin layer (B) is characterized in that the resin layer (A) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), wherein the resin layer (B) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) has a melting point of 210 to 230 ° C. inclusive, the polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II) has a melting point of 215 to 225° C. inclusive, and the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) has a melting point of higher than 230° C. and 205° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Yuuto OOSHIMA, Masami SUENAGA, Satoshi KAWAMURA, Yuji FUNAGI, Shiori ADACHI, Shigeya TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20200086889Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize travelling in a more appropriate operation mode. An acquisition unit acquires, as information regarding an operation mode of a different vehicle, operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode, for example. A determination unit determines an operation mode of a host vehicle in accordance with the received information regarding the operation mode of the different vehicle (e.g., the operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or the operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode). The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Kaneko, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20200086886Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize more appropriate switching of an operation mode. A vehicle control unit switches operation modes of driving mechanisms such as an engine or a driving motor relating to driving (travelling) of a vehicle, a braking device relating to braking of the vehicle, and a steering mechanism relating to steering of the vehicle at different timings in accordance with an operation mode switching trigger of the vehicle, on a basis of, for example, a state of an individually identified driver or a situation around the vehicle. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Kaneko, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20200010242Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusaku SHIMIZU, Yasuhiro YUKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20190179315Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20160303879Abstract: A printed film for containers of this invention includes a transparent film ink-jet images formed thereon by an ink-jet printing and other-printing images formed by a printing system other than the ink-jet printing, the ink-jet images being formed between a top coating and an underlying layer, and the other-printing images being formed between the underlying layer and an adhesive layer enabling variable images to be ink-jet printed thereon in combination making it, therefore, possible to cope with the designs for many kinds of products in small lots that could not be done by only the printing system such as gravure printing other than the ink-jet printing, the printed images excellently reproducing image densities that could not be attained by the ink-jet printing only. The invention, further, provides a method of producing a printed film maintaining good productivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Yukiko SAITOU, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Patent number: 8527606Abstract: [Object] To provide a network system capable of efficiently carrying out synchronous processing by positively notifying a home network appliance of an update content of a content or metadata. [Solving Means] A subscriber in a home network appliance acquires via a network an update notification message that stores update information of a content or metadata and in which a filter attribute for categorizing the update notification message is set. The appliance includes a service client that updates, by an application corresponding to a specific service, the content or the metadata in a local content/metadata database using the update information within the update notification message. The subscriber manages a correspondence between the service client and the filter attribute and specifies the service client that provides the update information within the update notification message based on the filter attribute set in the update notification message and the correspondence.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Patent number: 8113839Abstract: An image and motion corresponding to the image are presented in response to a request issued by an user. The user transmits image data from a terminal to a motion data generating apparatus. The motion data generating apparatus generates motion data from the received image data. The motion data generating apparatus transmits the generated motion data together with the image data, in a mutually related fashion, to an image/motion control apparatus. The motion data generating apparatus also transmits ID data assigned to the image data and the motion data to the terminal. The image/motion control apparatus stores the received data. When the image/motion control apparatus receives ID data input by a user via an image/motion presenting apparatus, the image/motion control apparatus reads image data and motion data corresponding to the received ID data and transmits the image data and the motion data to the image/motion presenting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsushi Kokubo, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20100181315Abstract: The present invention is to provide an oxygen barrier cap with pull ring that maintains the opening easiness by tearing off with a pull ring, and the high productivity of one-piece molding by injection molding, and enhances significantly the gas barrier property, particularly oxygen barrier property. Further, in order to prevent conventional contamination of stored content caused by metal dust generated by tearing off the metal foil, or use of gas barrier resin molding material, the oxygen barrier cap with pull ring is molded from thermoplastic resin, and fixed to an opening of a container, and an oxygen barrier agent is coated on a score surface of a cap with pull ring, to form a coating film with oxygen barrier property.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2006Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Imoda, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20100174680Abstract: [Object] To provide a network system capable of efficiently carrying out synchronous processing by positively notifying a home network appliance of an update content of a content or metadata. [Solving Means] A subscriber in a home network appliance acquires via a network an update notification message that stores update information of a content or metadata and in which a filter attribute for categorizing the update notification message is set. The appliance includes a service client that updates, by an application corresponding to a specific service, the content or the metadata in a local content/metadata database using the update information within the update notification message. The subscriber manages a correspondence between the service client and the filter attribute and specifies the service client that provides the update information within the update notification message based on the filter attribute set in the update notification message and the correspondence.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20080049831Abstract: An image and motion corresponding to the image are presented in response to a request issued by an user. The user transmits image data from a terminal to a motion data generating apparatus. The motion data generating apparatus generates motion data from the received image data. The motion data generating apparatus transmits the generated motion data together with the image data, in a mutually related fashion, to an image/motion control apparatus. The motion data generating apparatus also transmits ID data assigned to the image data and the motion data to the terminal. The image/motion control apparatus stores the received data. When the image/motion control apparatus receives ID data input by a user via an image/motion presenting apparatus, the image/motion control apparatus reads image data and motion data corresponding to the received ID data and transmits the image data and the motion data to the image/motion presenting apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Tetsushi Kokubo, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa