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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Publication number: 20250225866Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to propose an appropriate parking position in a free space. A signal processing apparatus of the present technology includes a candidate setting section that sets multiple stop position candidates as candidates of a stop position of a moving body in a free space around a subject moving body on the basis of free space information related to the free space, and a choosing section that chooses a recommended stop position recommended as the stop position of the subject moving body from the multiple stop position candidates. In addition, the signal processing apparatus further includes a presentation control section that presents, to a user, at least either the multiple stop position candidates or the recommended stop position in the free space. For example, the present technology can be applied to a vehicle that performs automated parking.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: KAZUMA SHIGEMATSU, YASUHIRO YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20250191032Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of accurately measuring the effectiveness of advertisements. The information processing apparatus of the present technology includes an effectiveness measurement unit configured to measure effectiveness of an advertisement on the basis of encounter timing at which a user has encountered the advertisement and consumption timing at which the user has taken consumption behavior for an advertisement target of the advertisement. The effectiveness measurement unit measures the effectiveness of the advertisement on the basis of an evaluation value calculated using a weight corresponding to required consumption time from the encounter timing to the consumption timing. The present technology can be applied to servers configured to measure the effectiveness of the advertisements presented by vehicles, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Yuya TAKAYAMA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20240430379Abstract: 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: September 9, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Koji NAGATA, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Patent number: 12122122Abstract: [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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuto Ooshima, Masami Suenaga, Satoshi Kawamura, Yuji Funagi, Shiori Adachi, Shigeya Takahashi, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Patent number: 12088950Abstract: 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. Embodiments may be applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Go Yamanaka, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Takuya Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12088952Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagata, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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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: 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: 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: 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