Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Takashi Takamatsu

Koji Nagata

Toru Nagara

Seishi Tomonaga

Hiroshi Imamura

Hiroshi Takeuchi

Daisuke Ogawa

Hiroyuki Meguro

Tadami Nakamura

Yoshihisa Aikoh

Kazuya Terasaki

Akio Suzuki

Tomohiro Yamada

Tetsuo Ikeda

Kazuhito Kurita

Tomonari Murakami

Manabu Sato

Asami Yamagishi

Miyuki Shirakawa

Kenichi Tamura

Maho Hayashi

Mamoru Nakamura

Sachiko Nishide

Satoru Minowa

Provided is a signal processing device that includes a setting unit to set a recognition method for recognizing an operation using a gesture on the basis of first vibration data indicating vibrations predicted to occur in the future, and an operation recognition unit to recognize the operation indicated by the gesture performed by a user in accordance with the recognition method set by the setting unit. The operation recognition unit recognizes the operation indicated by the gesture performed by the user in a vehicle equipped with the signal processing device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a signal processing device that controls a display device provided in a vehicle.

Signal processing device, signal processing method, and signal processing system

The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.

Image processing device, image processing method, and image presentation system

The control deviceincludes a control unitthat controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projectorprovided in a space in the moving bodyon the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body

Control device, projection system, control method, and program

Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.

Projector control apparatus and projector control method

A drive apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a generation unit; a gear unit; a rotation unit; and a housing unit. The generation unit generates a rotational force acting around a predetermined axis as a center of rotation. The gear unit includes one or more gears, decelerates the generated rotational force, and transmits the decelerated rotational force. The rotation unit includes a wheel unit and a tire, the wheel unit being directly connected to a gear included in the gear unit and being caused to rotate by the decelerated rotational force, the tire being supported by the wheel unit. The housing unit houses the generation unit by a pair of cover units divided in an axial direction of the predetermined axis.

Drive apparatus and moving object

A light source apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a wheel, a rotation drive unit, and a first adhesive material. The wheel includes a light-emitting body that emits visible light by being excited. The rotation drive unit includes a support surface including a reference surface that comes into contact with the wheel and a non-contact surface that is set apart from the wheel, and causes the wheel supported by the support surface to rotate. The first adhesive material is filled in at least a part of a gap between the non-contact surface and the wheel.

Light source apparatus, image display apparatus, and optical unit

This light source apparatus includes a wheel, a motor, a rotation member, and a contact member. The wheel includes a light emitter that is excited by excitation light and emits visible light, and a base that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto, supports the light emitter on either one of the first and second surfaces, and has a first linear expansion coefficient. The motor generates rotational force for rotating the base. The rotation member is connected to the first surface of the base, rotates integrally with the base due to the rotational force of the motor, and has a second linear expansion coefficient different from the first linear expansion coefficient. The contact member is connected to the second surface of the base and has a third linear expansion coefficient whose magnitude relationship to the first linear expansion coefficient is equal to a magnitude relationship of the second linear expansion coefficient to the first linear expansion coefficient.

A light source apparatus including a light source section including one or more solid light sources capable of emitting light of a predetermined wavelength band as incident light; a light outputting section including a light emitting body to be excited by incident light from the light source section and to emit visible light having a wavelength band longer than a wavelength of the incident light, the light outputting section being capable of emitting synthetic light containing light having the predetermined wavelength band and visible light from the light emitting body; and a housing holding the light source section and the light outputting section, the housing including an inlet and an outlet formed not to face a light path of the incident light from the light source section to the light outputting section.

Light source apparatus and image display apparatus

A light source apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a light source portion and a first dustproof structure portion that covers the light source portion. The second unit is connected to the first unit and includes a light-emitting body that emits visible light by being excited by emission light emitted from the light source portion and a second dustproof structure portion that covers the light-emitting body.

A rotor unit includes a rotor including a substrate and a wavelength conversion region, and a driving unit. The substrate includes an outer edge and is configured such that a substrate material is continuously provided from a center to the outer edge. The wavelength conversion region is provided on the substrate and receives light having a first wavelength region and emits light having a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region. The driving unit rotates the rotor.

Rotor unit, rotor, and projector

[Solving Means] A light source apparatus includes a light source unit, a rotor, and a ventilation structure. The light source unit includes a light source, an optical device that collects light from the light source at a light collecting position, and a housing having an opening at the light collecting position that houses the light source and the optical device. The rotor has a wavelength conversion region that is arranged on a light irradiation region which is irradiated with light, the light being collected at the light collecting position and emitted outside the housing via the opening, the rotor being disposed rotatably about a rotation axis. In the ventilation passage, at least a part of the rotor is arranged.

Light source apparatus and projector with rotor cooling mechanism

A light source unit, light source apparatus () and an image display device (), each including at least two reflecting surfaces () configured to reflect a first light and/or collect the first light to a point on a light emitter, at least one () of the at least two reflecting surfaces () is an aspheric reflecting surface.

Light source unit, light source apparatus, and image display apparatus

A light source apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a light source section, a member, and a support section. The light source section including a contacted surface formed in a predetermined position. The member is attached to the light source section and in contact with the contacted surface. The support section is capable of supporting a component of a load that acts on the contacted surface due to the weight of the member, the component being in at least a predetermined direction and supported by the support section in both orientations of the predetermined direction.

Light source apparatus including force reducing supporting section

There is provided a light source apparatus including a light source, a spreader to spread heat, and a conductor having a plurality of parts to conduct heat diffused from the light source. There is also provided a projector apparatus includes the light source apparatus.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Takamatsu