Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Fujii

Yasutaka Fujii 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: 10809807
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a body having a keyboard and a display unit attached to the body so as to be opened and closed; an acceleration sensor mounted on the apparatus body; a gesture motion determination unit mounted on the apparatus body and determining a reference posture of a holding state of the apparatus body taken when a user executes a given gesture function while holding the apparatus body based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as well as determining a gesture motion executed by the user by detecting posture change of the apparatus body from the reference posture based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; and an operation execution unit mounted on the apparatus body and executing a given operation corresponding to the gesture motion executed by the user based on the determination result in the gesture motion determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 10714022
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that detects brightness and outputs an illuminance value corresponding to the detected brightness, derives a luminance set value for controlling a light emission signal regulating luminance of a light source based on the illuminance value, and displays derived power consumption information related to power consumption of the light source based on the luminance set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Kiyohito Fujita
  • Patent number: 10314526
    Abstract: A biosensor including light emitting elements and a light receiving element disposed on a principal surface of a wiring board; a light shielding portion disposed between a light-emitting-element sealing portion and a light-receiving-element sealing portion; a base medium having light transmitting properties, disposed in parallel with the wiring board with the light shielding portion therebetween; an adhesion layer having light transmitting properties that bonds the base medium with the light-emitting-element sealing portion, the light-receiving-element sealing portion, and the light shielding portion; and a first electrocardiograph electrode attached to a principal surface of the base medium. Both end portions of the adhesion layer and both end portions of the base medium are disposed such that they overlap neither of the light-receiving-element sealing portion nor the light-emitting-element sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to the principal surface of the wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 10275528
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays information in a first display state of the information processing apparatus itself and displays a search result obtained by using at least a part of the information as a search key in a second display state of another information processing apparatus of a different type from the information processing apparatus itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sugihara, Yasutaka Fujii, Kentaro Maruyama, Keisuke Tanaka, Fumitaka Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10254938
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mode determination circuit configured to determine an input mode from at least a first mode and a second mode; an input circuit configured to receive a signal based on a user input; and an image processing circuit configured to determine a subset of an image including a desired image area based on the user input of a first line in the first mode, and to determine the desired image area based on the user input of a second line on the subset of the image in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
  • Publication number: 20180008177
    Abstract: A biosensor including light emitting elements and a light receiving element disposed on a principal surface of a wiring board; a light shielding portion disposed between a light-emitting-element sealing portion and a light-receiving-element sealing portion; a base medium having light transmitting properties, disposed in parallel with the wiring board with the light shielding portion therebetween; an adhesion layer having light transmitting properties that bonds the base medium with the light-emitting-element sealing portion, the light-receiving-element sealing portion, and the light shielding portion; and a first electrocardiograph electrode attached to a principal surface of the base medium. Both end portions of the adhesion layer and both end portions of the base medium are disposed such that they overlap neither of the light-receiving-element sealing portion nor the light-emitting-element sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to the principal surface of the wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: TORU SHIMUTA, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 9592000
    Abstract: A biosensor including light emitting elements and a light receiving element disposed on a principal surface of a wiring board; a light shielding portion disposed between a light-emitting-element sealing portion and a light-receiving-element sealing portion; a base medium having light transmitting properties, disposed in parallel with the wiring board with the light shielding portion therebetween; an adhesion layer having light transmitting properties that bonds the base medium with the light-emitting-element sealing portion, the light-receiving-element sealing portion, and the light shielding portion; and a first electrocardiograph electrode attached to a principal surface of the base medium. Both end portions of the adhesion layer and both end portions of the base medium are disposed such that they overlap neither of the light-receiving-element sealing portion nor the light-emitting-element sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to the principal surface of the wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150205501
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mode determination circuit configured to determine an input mode from at least a first mode and a second mode; an input circuit configured to receive a signal based on a user input; and an image processing circuit configured to determine a subset of an image including a desired image area based on the user input of a first line in the first mode, and to determine the desired image area based on the user input of a second line on the subset of the image in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
  • Publication number: 20150169766
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays information in a first display state of the information processing apparatus itself and displays a search result obtained by using at least a part of the information as a search key in a second display state of another information processing apparatus of a different type from the information processing apparatus itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: KENJI SUGIHARA, YASUTAKA FUJII, KENTARO MARUYAMA, KEISUKE TANAKA, FUMITAKA OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150097771
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a body having a keyboard and a display unit attached to the body so as to be opened and closed; an acceleration sensor mounted on the apparatus body; a gesture motion determination unit mounted on the apparatus body and determining a reference posture of a holding state of the apparatus body taken when a user executes a given gesture function while holding the apparatus body based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as well as determining a gesture motion executed by the user by detecting posture change of the apparatus body from the reference posture based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; and an operation execution unit mounted on the apparatus body and executing a given operation corresponding to the gesture motion executed by the user based on the determination result in the gesture motion determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 8947359
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a body having a keyboard and a display unit attached to the body so as to be opened and closed; an acceleration sensor mounted on the apparatus body; a gesture motion determination unit mounted on the apparatus body and determining a reference posture of a holding state of the apparatus body taken when a user executes a given gesture function while holding the apparatus body based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as well as determining a gesture motion executed by the user by detecting posture change of the apparatus body from the reference posture based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; and an operation execution unit mounted on the apparatus body and executing a given operation corresponding to the gesture motion executed by the user based on the determination result in the gesture motion determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140300652
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that detects brightness and outputs an illuminance value corresponding to the detected brightness, derives a luminance set value for controlling a light emission signal regulating luminance of a light source based on the illuminance value, and displays derived power consumption information related to power consumption of the light source based on the luminance set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka FUJII, Kiyohito FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8780033
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes an illuminance detection unit to detect brightness and output an illuminance value corresponding to the detected brightness, a luminance control unit to derive a luminance set value for controlling a light emission signal regulating luminance of a light source based on the illuminance value, and a display control unit to derive power consumption information related to power consumption of the light source based on the luminance set value and display the power consumption information on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Kiyohito Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140163342
    Abstract: A biosensor including light emitting elements and a light receiving element disposed on a principal surface of a wiring board; a light shielding portion disposed between a light-emitting-element sealing portion and a light-receiving-element sealing portion; a base medium having light transmitting properties, disposed in parallel with the wiring board with the light shielding portion therebetween; an adhesion layer having light transmitting properties that bonds the base medium with the light-emitting-element sealing portion, the light-receiving-element sealing portion, and the light shielding portion; and a first electrocardiograph electrode attached to a principal surface of the base medium. Both end portions of the adhesion layer and both end portions of the base medium are disposed such that they overlap neither of the light-receiving-element sealing portion nor the light-emitting-element sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to the principal surface of the wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 8447047
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a jack, a noise-canceling adjustment section, a signal superposition section, an inter-device universal communication bus, and a control section. The jack is connectable with a plug of a headphone including a microphone, outputs a first signal to the headphone, and inputs a second signal from the microphone. The noise-canceling adjustment section generates and outputs, based on the second signal input from the jack, a third signal that cancels a noise component around the headphone. The signal superposition section superposes the third signal on the first signal output from the jack. The control section controls the noise-canceling adjustment section via the inter-device universal communication bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Saraoka, Takashi Sato, Yasutaka Fujii, Tomoyuki Wada, Yukimasa Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20110279373
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a body having a keyboard and a display unit attached to the body so as to be opened and closed; an acceleration sensor mounted on the apparatus body; a gesture motion determination unit mounted on the apparatus body and determining a reference posture of a holding state of the apparatus body taken when a user executes a given gesture function while holding the apparatus body based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as well as determining a gesture motion executed by the user by detecting posture change of the apparatus body from the reference posture based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; and an operation execution unit mounted on the apparatus body and executing a given operation corresponding to the gesture motion executed by the user based on the determination result in the gesture motion determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Publication number: 20100061565
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a jack, a noise-canceling adjustment section, a signal superposition section, an inter-device universal communication bus, and a control section. The jack is connectable with a plug of a headphone including a microphone, outputs a first signal to the headphone, and inputs a second signal from the microphone. The noise-canceling adjustment section generates and outputs, based on the second signal input from the jack, a third signal that cancels a noise component around the headphone. The signal superposition section superposes the third signal on the first signal output from the jack. The control section controls the noise-canceling adjustment section via the inter-device universal communication bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Saraoka, Takashi Sato, Yasutaka Fujii, Tomoyuki Wada, Yukimasa Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20100060658
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes an illuminance detection unit to detect brightness and output an illuminance value corresponding to the detected brightness, a luminance control unit to derive a luminance set value for controlling a light emission signal regulating luminance of a light source based on the illuminance value, and a display control unit to derive power consumption information related to power consumption of the light source based on the luminance set value and display the power consumption information on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka FUJII, Kiyohito Fujita
  • Publication number: 20050052821
    Abstract: A variable capacitance element includes a coplanar line or signal conduction and a movable body, which are vertically displaced through a supporting bar and which are provided on a substrate. A movable electrode is provided between a first driving electrode and second and third driving electrodes which are movable electrodes. Voltage is applied between the movable electrodes, such that one of the movable electrodes is pressed against the coplanar line through a dielectric film. Thus, high frequency signals conducting through the coplanar line are shut off. When voltage is applied between the other electrodes, the movable electrode and the dielectric film are moved apart from the coplanar line. Thus, high frequency signals are conducted through the coplanar line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Shinji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kawai, Koji Takemura, Yoshihiro Konaka, Masato Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6833985
    Abstract: A variable capacitance element includes a coplanar line or signal conduction and a movable body, which are vertically displaced through a supporting bar and which are provided on a substrate. A movable electrode is provided between a first driving electrode and second and third driving electrodes which are movable electrodes. Voltage is applied between the movable electrodes, such that one of the movable electrodes is pressed against the coplanar line through a dielectric film. Thus, high frequency signals conducting through the coplanar line are shut off. When voltage is applied between the other electrodes, the movable electrode and the dielectric film are moved apart from the coplanar line. Thus, high frequency signals are conducted through the coplanar line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Shinji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kawai, Koji Takemura, Yoshihiro Konaka, Masato Kobayashi