Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Okamoto

Yoshiki Okamoto 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: 20140306952
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a sensor output data acquisition unit acquires data of layered image information from a sensor group. A slice image generation unit generates data of a two-dimensional image for each slice plane surfaces in which distribution is acquired. An image axis conversion unit generates similar data of a two-dimensional image for a plurality of plane surfaces that are perpendicular to an axis different from a sensor axis. A slice image management unit of a display processing unit manages a slice image that is used for drawing according to the position of a viewpoint or the like. Memory for drawing sequentially stores data of an image necessary for drawing. An additional object image storage unit stores image data of an object that is additionally displayed such as a cursor or the like. An image drawing unit draws a three-dimensional object using data of the slice image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Oka, Satoru Seko, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara
  • Publication number: 20140293022
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controller that controls a display of an object to be displayed such that when the object to be displayed is displayed stereoscopically in accordance with 3D image data that can be displayed stereoscopically, a display format of the object to be displayed positioned outside a fusional area of an observer is different from a display format of the object to be displayed positioned inside the fusional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara, Satoru Seko, Masaaki Oka
  • Publication number: 20140251896
    Abstract: A separation membrane, including: a separation membrane main body having at least a base material and a separating functional layer; and a flow path material independently fixed in the thickness direction of the base material, and having a compression elasticity of 0.1-5.0 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140231332
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane sheet at least including a substrate and a separation functional layer, and a flow path member having a composition different from the separation membrane sheet and directly secured to the substrate by an adhesive force of at least 1 N/m on side opposite in thickness direction to the separation functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140151286
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane main body having at least a substrate and a separation function layer; and a channel material having a composition different from that of the separation membrane main body and affixed to a substrate-side surface of the separation membrane main body, wherein the channel material is discontinuous in a first direction and continuous in a second direction from one end to another end of the separation membrane main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuo Seike, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8692946
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit; a barrier unit including a plurality of transmissive sections; and a filter having a transmittance distribution in which transmittance of light passing through a central portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit is lower than transmittance of light passing through a circumferential portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140071411
    Abstract: The present invention is a developing treatment apparatus for performing development by supplying a developing solution to a substrate having a front surface coated with a positive resist or a negative resist and then subjected to exposure wherein a movable cup is raised to introduce one of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an inner peripheral flow path of a cup and the movable cup is lowered to introduce the other of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an outer peripheral flow path of the cup, and the developing solution introduced into the inner peripheral flow path and the developing solution introduced into the outer peripheral flow path are separately drained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi TAKIGUCHI, Taro YAMAMOTO, Yoshinori IKEDA, Koki YOSHIMURA, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Masahiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20130342530
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving spatial positions associated with a plurality of images. The method determines displacements of the images in opposing first and second horizontal directions, based on at least the spatial positions. The method then generates, using a processor, first and second composites of the images, based on the determined displacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Masami Ogata, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara
  • Patent number: 8576484
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, the pixels are periodically arranged at a first pixel pitch in the first direction, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections having a first width in the first direction are periodically arranged. On the assumption that pS1 is the first sub-pixel pitch, pP1 is the first pixel pitch, dPB is a distance between the display surface of the display unit and the barrier section, and ? and m (where m=0, 1, 2, . . . , N?1 (where N is the number of plurality of viewpoint images)) are a constant greater than 0, the first width wB1 is expressed by following expression; w B ? ? 1 = ( ? p P ? ? 1 2 · d PB + m ) · p S ? ? 1 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8432591
    Abstract: A light irradiation device includes: a focus servo control unit including a light source, a spatial light modulating unit, and a light irradiating unit, for focus servo control so that the ideal focal position of light via an objective lens is such that distance between an ideal focal position and a hologram recording medium surface is smaller than distance from the surface to the lower layer side face of the recording layer, and the focal position of light via the objective lens is constant at the ideal focal position; an objective-lens/relay-lens distance adjusting unit to adjust distance between the objective lens and a relay lens close to the objective lens; a light reception unit to receive marker light; and a constant distance control unit to control the objective-lens/relay-lens distance adjusting unit based on error between the ideal position of the marker light, and the actual position of the marker light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Yamakawa, Yoshiki Okamoto, Kenji Tanaka, Kazutatsu Tokuyama, Koji Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20130063565
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a correction unit that corrects at least position coordinates used to specify a position of an enlarged-image group generated in accordance with a scanning method of a microscope that scans a sample in vertical, horizontal, and depth directions and generates an image data group corresponding to the enlarged-image group of the sample, and a stereoscopic image generation unit that generates a stereoscopic image of the enlarged-image group by giving parallax to the corrected image data group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Hara, Atsushi Fukumoto, Takafumi Morifuji, Masami Ogata, Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120127286
    Abstract: A display device includes: an optical barrier unit which includes a plurality of gate groups each including a plurality of gates, and in which gates in different groups perform a gating operation individually at different timings; a combined image generator which generates a plurality of sequences of combined images each corresponding to the plurality of gate groups based on a plurality of different viewpoint images in accordance with an opening timing of the respective gate groups; and a display unit which displays the corresponding sequence of combined images in synchronization with the gating operation of the respective gate groups, wherein the combined image generator generates at least one sequence of combined images through interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SATO, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Tetsuyuki YOSHIDA, Atsuhiro CHIBA, Sho SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120120121
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including: a transmissive display panel; an illuminator configured to illuminate a rear surface of the transmissive display panel; an optical separator which includes a plurality of switchers capable of switching between a light transmitting state and a light blocking state, for separating an image displayed on the transmissive display panel by bringing one of the switchers into the light transmitting state and the other switchers into the light blocking state; and a light regulator capable of switching between a light diffusing state and a light transmitting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Yoshida, Yoshihisa Sato, Yoshiki Okamoto, Sho Sakamoto, Atsuhiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20120113159
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display section that is driven to perform line sequential scanning and display a plurality of different viewpoint video images; a backlight that includes a plurality of sub-light emitting areas separated in the line sequential scanning direction; a light barrier that has a plurality of open/close unit groups each of which is formed of a plurality of open/close units, the open/close units in different groups opened or closed at different timings; and a backlight controller that controls light emission from the sub-light emitting areas in the backlight in synchronization with the line sequential scanning in the display section, wherein the backlight controller separately controls intensities of the light emitted from the sub-light emitting areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Chiba, Yoshihisa Sato, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tetsuyuki Yoshida, Sho Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20120113319
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including plural display sections divided in a first direction and performing line sequential scanning in the first direction; and an interpolation picture generation unit generating an interpolation picture in accordance with a timing at which each display section is scanned based on supplied frame pictures, wherein the display unit displays the interpolation picture corresponding to the display section in each display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tetsuyuki Yoshida, Atsuhiro Chiba, Sho Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8169713
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a zoom lens, including: an object side lens group disposed on the object side and including a first variable lens having a deformation surface, the object side lens group having a focal length varied by deformation of the first variable lens; an image side lens group disposed on the image side with respect to the object side lens group with an aperture stop sandwiched therebetween and including a second variable lens having a deformation surface, the image side lens group having a focal length varied by deformation of the second variable lens; and a lens group disposed between the object side lens group and the image side lens group and including the aperture stop. The deformation of the first and second variable lenses is controlled to carry out power variation and carry out image surface movement compensation and focusing by the power variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Seo, Yoshiki Okamoto, Mamoru Suzuki, Akira Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120092470
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that composes p (here, p is an integer equal to or greater than two) viewpoint videos that are spatially divided within one screen by sequentially displaying q (here, q is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than p) display patterns that are divided in time; and an optical separation device that optically separates the p viewpoint videos configuring each one of the q display patterns displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120092468
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that composes p (here, p is an integer equal to or greater than two) viewpoint videos that are spatially divided within one screen by sequentially displaying q (here, q is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than p) display patterns that are divided in time; and an optical separation device that optically separates the p viewpoint videos configuring each one of the q display patterns displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120062990
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus including: an image display device in which a plurality of pixels are laid out in the horizontal and vertical directions to form a two-dimensional matrix, each of the pixels being configured to include m sub-pixels, and a plurality of observing-point disparity images being assigned for each of the sub-pixels to form a layout pattern determined in advance and displayed by carrying out a synthesizing process; and a parallax device which has a plurality of disparity separation sections associated with the sub-pixels, and which is used for separating the disparity images displayed on the image display device in a plurality of observing-point directions in order to make binocular vision of the disparity images possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120057228
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, the pixels are periodically arranged at a first pixel pitch in the first direction, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections having a first width in the first direction are periodically arranged. On the assumption that pS1 is the first sub-pixel pitch, pP1 is the first pixel pitch, dPB is a distance between the display surface of the display unit and the barrier section, and ? and m (where m=0, 1, 2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto