Patents by Inventor Yasutoshi Yamamoto

Yasutoshi Yamamoto 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: 20230280596
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first lens barrel in a shape of a bottomed barrel and including, as a bottom portion, a first display device that displays a first image; a second lens barrel in a shape of a bottomed barrel and including, as a bottom portion, a second display device that displays a second image; a support member that supports the first and second lens barrels; and an eye cup that is in a barrel shape and is provided at an open end of each of the first and second lens barrels along the open end. The eye cup includes two or more ventilation paths through which inside and outside of the eye cup communicate with each other in an intersecting direction that intersects a barrel axis direction of the first and second lens barrels and an arrangement direction in which the first and second lens barrels are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Suguru OGAWA, Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Makoto SERIZAWA, Junya SUZUKI, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Toshiro NISHIO, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Kota NAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20230258945
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first lens barrel in a bottomed barrel shape and including, at the bottom, a first display that displays an image; a second lens barrel in a bottomed barrel shape and including, at the bottom, a second display that displays another image; a support member elongated in an arrangement direction of the first and second lens barrels, and supporting, by passing through the first and second lens barrels in the arrangement direction, at least one of the first and second lens barrels to allow the at least one lens barrel to move in the arrangement direction; and temple parts respectively connected to two ends of the support member in the arrangement direction. The first lens barrel includes first and second sound pickup devices, the second lens barrel includes third and fourth sound pickup devices, and the temple parts respectively include fifth and sixth sound pickup devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Suguru OGAWA, Masayuki KOZUKA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Makoto SERIZAWA, Junya SUZUKI, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Toshiro NISHIO, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Kota NAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro MORl
  • Patent number: 11668945
    Abstract: The head mounted display includes: a headgear having an attachment that comes into close contact with the face of the user in a manner such that the user can see at least the front and a fixture that is attached to the attachment and is used for fixing the attachment to the head of the user while maintaining the close contact with the face of the user; a display unit that has a video display unit configured to display video and is detachable from the attachment; and a lock mechanism that is provided in at least one of the attachment or the display unit, and fixes the display unit to the attachment in a manner such that the fixing can be released. The attachment and the display unit are configured to engage with each other in the front-rear direction of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Toshihiro Sakatsume, Hiroyasu Makino
  • Patent number: 11624930
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod; and an image outputter that outputs the first and second images to the first and second display parts, respectively. The image outputter, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, controls and outputs the first and second images to bring the horizontal directions thereof closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Suguru Ogawa, Hiroyasu Makino, Makoto Serizawa, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Toshiro Nishio, Masayuki Kozuka
  • Publication number: 20220146814
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottomed lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottomed lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; and an adjustment mechanism that couples the first lens tube and the second lens tube and is capable of adjusting a distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube. The adjustment mechanism includes an operable part that adjusts the distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Suguru OGAWA, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Makoto SERIZAWA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Toshiro NISHIO, Masayuki KOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20220121032
    Abstract: A display device includes: a closed-bottomed first lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a closed-bottomed second lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including an operable part that is provided between and adjusts a distance between the first and second lens tubes; and an eye cup provided for each of the first and second lens tubes that is tubular and detachably attached to the open end of the first or second lens tube. The eye cup includes: an insertion part that is tubular and inserted inside the first or second lens tube; and a cup part having a curved sheet shape that extends outside of the first or second lens tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto SERIZAWA, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Suguru OGAWA, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Junya SUZUKI, Toshiro NISHIO, Masayuki KOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20220099981
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected relative to the first rod; and an image maintainer that, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, rotates the first and second display parts relative to the first and second lens tubes to bring the horizontal directions of the first and second display parts closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Suguru OGAWA, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Makoto SERIZAWA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Toshiro NISHIO, Masayuki KOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20220035171
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod; and an image outputter that outputs the first and second images to the first and second display parts, respectively. The image outputter, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, controls and outputs the first and second images to bring the horizontal directions thereof closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Suguru OGAWA, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Makoto SERIZAWA, Yoshiichiro KASHIWAGI, Toshiro NISHIO, Masayuki KOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11221491
    Abstract: A head mounted display is worn on a head of a user. The head mounted display includes a display device configured to display image; a casing that houses the display device; a right-eye lens and a left-eye lens attached to the casing; and an inter-lens structure disposed between the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens. The head mounted display causes the user to recognize a color of at least a part of the inter-lens structure as a color that is equal to or brighter than a skin color when the user wears the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sakatsume, Hiroyasu Makino, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210318545
    Abstract: The head mounted display includes: a headgear having an attachment that comes into close contact with the face of the user in a manner such that the user can see at least the front and a fixture that is attached to the attachment and is used for fixing the attachment to the head of the user while maintaining the close contact with the face of the user; a display unit that has a video display unit configured to display video and is detachable from the attachment; and a lock mechanism that is provided in at least one of the attachment or the display unit, and fixes the display unit to the attachment in a manner such that the fixing can be released. The attachment and the display unit are configured to engage with each other in the front-rear direction of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshihiro SAKATSUME, Hiroyasu MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20210197666
    Abstract: A display controller converts a detection target region contained within a detection range of an obstruction sensor group and extending from a vehicle to the periphery thereof into a virtual marker image and causes a virtual image to be displayed by superimposing the image over a scene in front of the vehicle. When the relative position of an obstruction is within the detection target region, the display controller causes an arc-shaped ripple spreading in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction to be displayed in a region, of the virtual marker image, located in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction. The display controller converts the important information into a notification image and causes the notification image to be displayed in a display medium. The display controller changes the display format of at least one of the virtual marker image or the notification image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki TANAKA, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO, Tomoka ISHIBASHI, Hiroyasu MAKINO
  • Patent number: 10983358
    Abstract: A head mounted display is worn on a head of a user. The head mounted display includes a display device configured to display image; a casing that houses the display device; a right-eye lens and a left-eye lens attached to the casing; and an inter-lens structure disposed between the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens. The head mounted display causes the user to recognize a color of at least a part of the inter-lens structure as a color that is equal to or brighter than a skin color when the user wears the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sakatsume, Hiroyasu Makino, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200192105
    Abstract: A head mounted display is worn on a head of a user. The head mounted display includes a display device configured to display image; a casing that houses the display device; a right-eye lens and a left-eye lens attached to the casing; and an inter-lens structure disposed between the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens. The head mounted display causes the user to recognize a color of at least a part of the inter-lens structure as a color that is equal to or brighter than a skin color when the user wears the head mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro SAKATSUME, Hiroyasu MAKINO, Yasutoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9197818
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a determining unit operable to determine whether a subject indicated by a feature quantity information extracted by an extracting unit is a same face indicated by a feature quantity information stored in a storing unit as the registration candidate, and a display unit operable to display a screen for prompting a user to perform an operation concerning registration in accordance with number of times the determining unit determines that the subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is the same subject indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mukai, Akio Nishiyama, Jun Watanabe, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8780214
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a continuous shooting function includes an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal based on an optical signal of a subject, a storage unit configured to store an image file based on the image signal, a first detector configured to detect a motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control a capturing interval of the imaging unit for capturing an image in a continuous shooting operation based on a detecting result of the first detector so that the capturing interval for a magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is larger than a predetermined value is shorter than the capturing interval for the magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Masatoshi Nakamura, Ryo Hirota, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8675096
    Abstract: An imaging device of the present invention comprises: an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; and a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouichi Kawanishi, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Keiichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8666221
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature associated with a case of the imaging apparatus, a moving image recording unit configured to generate moving image data based on one of a plurality of recording methods which determines image quality of a recording image, and records the moving image data in a recording medium, and a controller configured to control the recording method set on the moving image recording unit. The controller changes the recording method to be set on the moving image recording unit, according to a result of the sensing by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Okazaki, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Akira Seto, Tsutomu Mukai
  • Patent number: 8654229
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a synchronizing signal generation portion outputting a synchronizing signal periodically; a diaphragm; an imaging portion operated based on the synchronizing signal to pick up a subject image through the diaphragm and generate image data; a trigger input portion operable to input a trigger signal commanding a start of a photographing operation by the imaging portion; and a control portion controlling the operation of the imaging portion. The control portion controls synchronous processing for operating the diaphragm in synchronization with the synchronizing signal. When the trigger signal is input, the control portion stops the generation of the synchronizing signal by the synchronizing signal generation portion and thereafter resumes the generation of the synchronizing signal, while when the synchronous processing is being performed, the control portion initializes the synchronous processing before resuming the generation of the synchronizing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shigeta, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8503817
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus electrically corrects distortion of an input image to generate an output image. The image processing apparatus includes a correction processing section operable to sequentially read data of the input image for each pixel in an order of scanning, and perform distortion correction for each pixel of the output image using the read data of the pixel. The correction processing section outputs data of a pixel which distortion correction is completed, in an order different from an order of scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Sasaki, Yoshimasa Okabe, Yuji Shigeta, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Keiichi Tagano
  • Patent number: 8447161
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a setting unit and a display controller configured to control the display unit. A plurality of recording modes include a first recording mode which generates heat so that the temperature in the case reaches a predetermined temperature, and a second recording mode which generates heat so that the temperature in the case cannot reach the predetermined temperature. The display controller determines the remaining recording time based on the temperature of a case, and determines whether the set-up recording mode is the first recording mode, and determines, based on a result of the determination, whether to display a remaining recording time which is determined based on the temperature in the case, on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Okazaki, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Akira Seto, Tsutomu Mukai