Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Sato

Yoshihisa Sato 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: 11926285
    Abstract: A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Keigo Wakana, Daisuke Takai, Yukimitsu Yamada, Mitsuharu Nakasato, Kazuma Sato
  • Patent number: 11922649
    Abstract: It provides the measurement data of each portion of the target object with a high accuracy. The measurement data calculation apparatus 1020 includes an obtaining unit 1024A, an extraction unit 1024B, a conversion unit 1024C, and a calculation unit 1024D. The obtaining unit 1024A obtains the image data in which the target object is photographed and the full length data of the target object. The extraction unit 1024B extracts the shape data indicating the shape of the target object from the image data. The conversion unit 1024C converts and silhouettes the shape data based on the full length data. The calculation unit 1024D uses the shape data converted by the conversion unit 1024C to calculate the measurement data of each portion of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Arithmer Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Hiroki Yato, Chikashi Arita, Yoshihisa Ishibashi, Takashi Nakano, Ryosuke Sasaki, Ryosuke Tajima, Yoshihiro Ohta
  • Patent number: 11865829
    Abstract: There is provided a functional element that includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and a buffer layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The buffer layer has, in a layer thereof, a distribution of concentration of a metallic element. The distribution changes in a film thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Gen Yonezawa, Shohei Abe, Yuichi Takahashi, Takehito Shimatsu, Miyuki Uomoto
  • Patent number: 11443705
    Abstract: Provided is a device that displays a moving image with high dynamic range. A control unit controls drive of at least one of a light source unit, a phase modulation unit, or an intensity modulation unit in accordance with an image signal. The light source unit applies first illumination light to a phase modulation panel of the phase modulation unit, which modulates a phase of the first illumination light applied from the light source unit, divides second illumination light for each predetermined phase modulation pixel group of the phase modulation panel, and applies the second illumination light to the intensity modulation panel for each predetermined intensity modulation pixel group of the intensity modulation panel, and the intensity modulation panel modulates an intensity of the second illumination light applied from the phase modulation panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Takahiro Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11303860
    Abstract: A projection display unit includes a first spatial light modulator that first light enters; and an integrator optical system that second light and light passing through the first spatial light modulator enter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Sato
  • Publication number: 20220005424
    Abstract: Provided is a device that displays a moving image with high dynamic range. A control unit controls drive of at least one of a light source unit, a phase modulation unit, or an intensity modulation unit in accordance with an image signal. The light source unit applies first illumination light to a phase modulation panel of the phase modulation unit, which modulates a phase of the first illumination light applied from the light source unit, divides second illumination light for each predetermined phase modulation pixel group of the phase modulation panel, and applies the second illumination light to the intensity modulation panel for each predetermined intensity modulation pixel group of the intensity modulation panel, and the intensity modulation panel modulates an intensity of the second illumination light applied from the phase modulation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SATO, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210374147
    Abstract: A candidate data determination unit acquires a result of estimation of a score representing a likelihood of a label being added as an annotation to target data. A label candidate input unit receives designation of a candidate label from a user. The candidate data determination unit determines candidate data, from a plurality of pieces of labeled data included in a feature space, the candidate data representing a plurality of pieces of labeled data distributed in respective quadrants into which the feature space is divided, wherein the label is added to the labeled data as the annotation, and wherein the feature space is defined using the score, which represents a likelihood of a label being added as an annotation, as an axis. The candidate data determination unit determines, for each of the plurality of quadrants, candidate data based on the labeled data included in each of the plurality of quadrants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Sato
  • Patent number: 11156849
    Abstract: An illumination unit of the present disclosure includes an excitation light source, a phosphor section, an excitation-light intensity distribution generation section, and an illumination optical system. The excitation light source emits excitation light. The phosphor section includes a fluorescent light-emission surface that performs fluorescent light emission in response to receiving of the excitation light. The excitation-light intensity distribution generation section is provided between the excitation light source and the phosphor section, and varies an intensity distribution of the excitation light to bring the intensity distribution of the excitation light closer to a desired excitation-light intensity distribution on the fluorescent light-emission surface. The illumination optical system generates, on the basis of light derived from the fluorescent light emission from the phosphor section, illumination light with which an image display device is to be irradiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Sato
  • Publication number: 20210286249
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus including one or more light sources that emit pieces of light of first to third wavelength bands; first to third light modulation devices that modulate corresponding one of the pieces of light of the first to third wavelength bands; a color synthesis device that has a characteristic of reflecting or transmitting both S-polarized light and P-polarized light for the light of the first wavelength band, and reflecting the S-polarized light and transmitting the P-polarized light for the pieces of light of the second and third wavelength bands, and that synthesizes the pieces of light of the wavelength bands emitted from the first to third light modulation devices; and a projection optical system that projects the light synthesized by the color synthesis device, and full width at half maximum of a spectrum of the light of the first wavelength band that enters the color synthesis device is 40 nm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHIHISA SATO, HIROYUKI YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 11036122
    Abstract: A phase modulation data generating unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first calculating section; and a storage section. The first calculating section calculates basic phase modulation pattern data on the basis of a partial illumination image pattern that makes it possible to generate an intended illumination image pattern having a desired luminance distribution. The basic phase modulation pattern data makes it possible for a light phase modulation device to reconstruct the partial illumination image pattern. The storage section stores the basic phase modulation pattern data calculated by the first calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Yoshihisa Sato
  • Patent number: 10865950
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a substrate that is rotatable, a phosphor layer disposed at a center of the substrate, a light source that irradiates the phosphor layer with exciting light, and a support section that supports a portion, of the substrate, except for the center of the substrate. This makes it difficult for heat generated in the phosphor layer to travel to a motor through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishige, Izushi Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Sato, Hiroki Morita
  • Publication number: 20200369000
    Abstract: A functional element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; and a buffer layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The buffer layer has, in a layer thereof, a distribution of concentration of a metallic element. The distribution changes in a film thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: YOSHIHISA SATO, GEN YONEZAWA, SHOHEI ABE, YUICHI TAKAHASHI, TAKEHITO SHIMATSU, MIYUKI UOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200372844
    Abstract: An illumination unit of the present disclosure includes an excitation light source, a phosphor section, an excitation-light intensity distribution generation section, and an illumination optical system. The excitation light source emits excitation light. The phosphor section includes a fluorescent light-emission surface that performs fluorescent light emission in response to receiving of the excitation light. The excitation-light intensity distribution generation section is provided between the excitation light source and the phosphor section, and varies an intensity distribution of the excitation light to bring the intensity distribution of the excitation light closer to a desired excitation-light intensity distribution on the fluorescent light-emission surface. The illumination optical system generates, on the basis of light derived from the fluorescent light emission from the phosphor section, illumination light with which an image display device is to be irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: IZUSHI KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHISA SATO
  • Patent number: 10708558
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a light source; a phase modulation liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of pixels, the phase modulation liquid crystal panel modulating a phase of light from the light source for each of the pixels; a modulation signal corrector that performs signal correction that corrects a pixel modulation signal for a target pixel among the plurality of pixels on the basis of a pixel modulation signal for at least one peripheral pixel that is located around the target pixel to reduce a deviation amount relative to a desired amount of modulation for the target pixel; and an application voltage generator that generates an application voltage to be applied to each of the pixels on the basis of the pixel modulation signal having been corrected by the modulation signal corrector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Sato
  • Patent number: 10701327
    Abstract: A first projection display apparatus includes a color separator (41A) that has first and second incident surfaces (S1a and S1b), and allows light in first to third wavelength bands to pass therethrough or reflects the light in the first to third wavelength bands; first to third reflective light modulators (15); a first polarization splitter (12G); a second polarization splitter (12RB); and a projection optical system (19). Light in at least one of the first to third wavelength bands enters the first incident surface of the color separator as first polarized light, and light in the other wavelength bands enters the second incident surface of the color separator as second polarized light orthogonal to the first polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Masa Tanaka, Ryo Miyao
  • Publication number: 20200183260
    Abstract: A phase modulation data generating unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first calculating section; and a storage section. The first calculating section calculates basic phase modulation pattern data on the basis of a partial illumination image pattern that makes it possible to generate an intended illumination image pattern having a desired luminance distribution. The basic phase modulation pattern data makes it possible for a light phase modulation device to reconstruct the partial illumination image pattern. The storage section stores the basic phase modulation pattern data calculated by the first calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: KENICHI FUKUI, YOSHIHISA SATO
  • Publication number: 20200014890
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a light source; a phase modulation liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of pixels, the phase modulation liquid crystal panel modulating a phase of light from the light source for each of the pixels; a modulation signal corrector that performs signal correction that corrects a pixel modulation signal for a target pixel among the plurality of pixels on the basis of a pixel modulation signal for at least one peripheral pixel that is located around the target pixel to reduce a deviation amount relative to a desired amount of modulation for the target pixel; and an application voltage generator that generates an application voltage to be applied to each of the pixels on the basis of the pixel modulation signal having been corrected by the modulation signal corrector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: YOSHIHISA SATO
  • Publication number: 20190346092
    Abstract: A light source unit according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a substrate configured to be rotatable, a phosphor layer disposed at a center of the substrate, a light source that irradiates the phosphor layer with exciting light, and a support section that supports a portion, of the substrate, except for the center of the substrate. This makes it difficult for heat generated in the phosphor layer to travel to a motor through the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHIRO ISHIGE, IZUSHI KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHISA SATO, HIROKI MORITA
  • Patent number: 10415772
    Abstract: A light source unit according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a substrate configured to be rotatable, a phosphor layer disposed at a center of the substrate, a light source that irradiates the phosphor layer with exciting light, and a support section that supports a portion, of the substrate, except for the center of the substrate. This makes it difficult for heat generated in the phosphor layer to travel to a motor through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishige, Izushi Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Sato, Hiroki Morita
  • Publication number: 20190238810
    Abstract: A projection display unit includes a first spatial light modulator that first light enters; and an integrator optical system that second light and light passing through the first spatial light modulator enter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa SATO