Sony Corporation

Crewt Medical Systems, Inc.

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Renesas Electronics Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Sony Group Corporation

Mitsumi Electric Company Ltd.

Yahoo Japan Corporation

3m Innovative Properties Company

Shinji Kimura

Yuuki Iwasaki

Satoshi Inoue

Taku Sugawara

Motoki Kobayashi

Shuji Hiramatsu

Shigeru Enomoto

Yasuhiro Yamanaka

George A Arriola

Yumiko Tanaka

So Tanaka

Taku Horii

Shunsuke Yamada

Mikio Iwamura

Takeyoshi Masuda

Kazuhiko Takahashi

Carsten C Schwesig

Masahiro Yamaguchi

Kouki Hayashi

Hiroyuki Kawahara

Daisuke Morita

Tsutomu Horikoshi

Ryosuke Kubota

Yuji Aburakawa

Hiroki Sato

Mitsuo Okumura

Takuo Ikeda

Shinichi Iriya

Kazuto Mugura

Manabu Kii

Makoto Imamura

Hidenori Karasawa

Yoshiyasu Kubota

John J Rogers

Shigetoshi Onitsuka

Kinya Tagawa

Yosuke Kozuma

Shinpei Nishikawa

Yusuke Hori

Kenzo Yamanaka

Goro Mikano

Masayuki Kobayashi

Daisuke Hamajima

Eriko Oseki

Masashi Tsuboi

Osamu Goto

Anahi Bagu Casas

Taishi Yamamoto

Shunsuke Igarashi

Tomoya Nakamura

Mayu Irimajiri

Takashi Kitao

Masaaki Fukumoto

Shogo Sato

Yasuhiro Habara

Tomomitsu Ohara

Takayuki Tamura

Hajime Hotta

Hisashi Hosaka

Sadamichi Bamba

Masaki Kijima

Yukiko Sakata

Yusuke Ohba

Kuniichiro Naruse

Kosuke Kimura

Gen Miyazawa

Nobuharu Arai

Dan Li

Maki Ohata

Goru Mikano

Masayuki Yokoo

Fumitaka Sudou

Kazuki Tsutsumi

Tsuyoshi Onaka

Syuhei Suzuki

Maki Hamada

Mitsuo Kimoto

Makoto Takimoto

A positioning system includes a first storage unit that stores global map data in which image data outside a vehicle is associated with global position information and local map data in which image data inside the vehicle is associated with local position information, a division unit that divides image data into an image area outside the vehicle and an image area inside the vehicle, a global position estimation unit that performs matching of the global map data with the image area outside the vehicle, and estimates global position information, and a local position estimation unit that performs matching of the local map data with the image area inside the vehicle and estimates local position information.

Positioning system to position a terminal carried by a user in a vehicle

An AR system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a user state, an identification unit configured to identify gazed content which is content at which a content sharing source user is gazing, a first decision unit configured to decide whether or not to share the gazed content with other users, a second decision unit configured to identify a content sharing destination candidate user having a strong relationship with the content sharing source user on the basis of user states of the content sharing source user and one or more content sharing destination candidate users when the gazed content is shared with the other users and decide on the identified content sharing destination candidate user as a content sharing destination user, and a sharing unit configured to share the gazed content with the content sharing destination user.

Content sharing system with a plurality of users in augmented reality

An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.

System, apparatus and method for supplying electric power, apparatus and method for receiving electric power, storage medium and program

A visual field test device includes: first probability density function acquisition unit performs step (1) of obtaining a probability density function f(x1) for a result value x1 obtained in a first visual field test; a stimulation threshold determination unit performs step (2) of setting a stimulation threshold t1 to a value in the range of x1 in the f(x1); a test result acquisition unit performs step (3) of obtaining test results indicating if a result greater than or equal to t1 was obtained in the first visual field test; a second probability density function acquisition unit performs step (4) of obtaining a probability density function f(x2) by removing probability density values that's greater than or equal to t1, or removing values that are less than t1 from f(x1); and a determination unit performs step (5) of determining if a standard deviation σ of the f(x2) is below a predetermined value.

Visual field test device, method of controlling same, and visual field test program

A blur compensation system includes: a mirror on which light of an image from a predetermined position is incident and which reflects light of a specific wavelength such that an incidence angle and an emission angle of the light of the specific wavelength are different from each other; a mirror that is disposed at a position on which the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror is incident and reflects the light of the specific wavelength such that an incidence angle and an emission angle of the light of the specific wavelength are different from each other; and a lens that is disposed on an optical axis of the light of an image between the mirror and the mirror and changes a direction of the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror such that light of a wavelength other than the specific wavelength out of the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror is emitted in the same direction as the light of the specific wavelength from an emission position of the light of the specific wavelength in the mirror.

Blur compensation system

An optical module includes a fixed substrate, and a sensor substrate secured to the fixed substrate and having a through-hole formed therein. A light emitting device is secured to the fixed substrate at a position in the through-hole. A light receiving device is provided in the sensor substrate. A dummy light receiving device is formed between the light receiving device and the through-hole, around the through-hole, and in the sensor substrate. The light receiving device and the dummy light receiving device are made of an impurity diffusion layer having a same conductive type as a conductive type of a surface layer of the sensor substrate. The dummy light receiving device is deeper than the light receiving device.

Optical module and optical encoder comprising a dummy light receiving device formed between a light receiving device and a through hole in a sensor substrate

A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A vision testing device capable of reducing a psychological sense of uneasiness, stress and the like given to a testee when a vision test is performed with a main body of the vision testing device mounted on a head portion of the testee, including: a device main body mounted on a head portion of a testee who undergoes a vision test, and having display devices for displaying a test image for the testee and a camera for photographing an external image; a switch operated by the testee; and a display control unit which performs switching of display images to be displayed on display devices between a test image and the external image photographed by the camera when the switch is operated under a predetermined operation condition in a state that the test image is displayed on the display devices.

Vision testing device

A picture presentation systempresents a user U with a picture where a virtual image Di is created in a space in front of the user U. The picture presentation systemincludes a hologram mirrorconfigured to reflect a picture composed of light of a specific wavelength at an angle different from an angle of incidence and transmit light other than the light of the specific wavelength, and a screenconfigured to display the picture toward the hologram mirror. The hologram mirror, being placed opposite to the user U, reflects the picture from the screenin such a way that the user U can visually recognize the virtual image Di of the picture at a position on the opposite side from the user U across the hologram mirror(arrow AR).

Picture presentation system

Physical burden when a head-mounted display is mounted to the head of a user for use is reduced. A head-mounted display unit includes a head-mounted display, and a fixing stand configured so as to enable the attachment and detachment of the head-mounted display, and to enable the head-mounted display to be mounted in a fixed state. The fixing stand includes a base member, a support column projecting perpendicularly upwards from the base member, a pedestal mount attached to an upper end portion of the support column, a retaining member attached to the pedestal mount, a clamping implement, and a chin rest. The fixing stand is configured such that the head-mounted display is detachably mounted to the retaining member using the clamping implement.

Head-mounted display unit and head-mounted display fixing stand

System, apparatus and method for supplying electric power, apparatus and method for receiving electric power

A head mount-type vision testing device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a testee's head, including: a device main body having display devices for displaying a visual target for the testee and imaging devices for imaging eyeballs of the testee; a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the testee's head; and a controller that displays images of the eyeballs imaged by the imaging devices on the display devices, so that the testee can recognize a positional displacement state of the eyeballs caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the testee's head using the mounting fixture.

Vision testing device and head-mount type display device

A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The gate insulating film is provided as being in contact with the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film such that the gate insulating film lies between the gate electrode and the silicon carbide substrate. In a first stress test in which a gate voltage of &#x2212;5 V is applied to the gate electrode for 100 hours at a temperature of 175&#xb0; C., an absolute value of a difference between a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage is not more than 0.5 V, with a threshold voltage before the first stress test being defined as the first threshold voltage and a threshold voltage after the first stress test being defined as the second threshold voltage.

Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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