Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Jfe Steel Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hokkaido University

Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein Gmbh

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo.co., Ltd.

Yusuke Nakagawa

Ikuo Yamano

Akihiro Komori

Ryo Yokoyama

Katsumi Kojima

Shinichi Kawano

Shinichi Hirata

Yoichi Nishimaki

Yuhei Taki

Yuichi Machida

Yoichiro Yamanaka

Ayumi Kato

Mikito Suto

Yukari Konishi

Osamu Ito

Takeshi Suzuki

Ayumi Nakagawa

Junichi Kitagawa

Masaki Tada

Youhei Sakai

Yosuke Matsuzaki

Shinichi Hidesaka

Yuya Baba

Kunihito Sawai

Hiroki Iwasa

Kousuke Doi

Takeshi Ogita

Yoichi Tobiyama

Yuki Tamura

Shinsaku Hirano

Ryohei Uno

Hanyou Sou

Takashi Nozaki

Tomohisa Takaoka

Hiroki Nakamaru

Makiko Irie

Noboru Wada

Koji Masumoto

Hideharu Miyahara

Yohei Kinoshita

Kazuhiro Shono

Waki Ohkubo

Akira Katano

Shinichi Kono

Shunsuke Tokui

Hiroki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Seki

Norihiko Nakamura

Gen Ichimura

Hideo Hada

Kazuaki Toba

Yasushi Okumura

Hiroshi Kubo

Takeshi Igarashi

Kenji Maruyama

Hitoshi Nakamura

Keisuke Kato

Keisuke Yamaoka

Hiroyuki Mizunuma

Yasutaka Inanaga

Kazuyuki Nitta

Akiyoshi Yamazaki

Yasuhide Oshima

Hayato Saito

Gaku Oinuma

Satoshi Shimatani

Takahisa Nagayama

Sanae Furuya

Takuya Kuji

Takumi Tanaka

Yutaka Kojima

Burkhard Kaup

Hikotatsu Chin

Hiroyuki Ohnishi

Masahiro Masujima

Hiroki Habazaki

Keiichi Kobayashi

Kei Iwata

Kosuke Kawahara

Koichi Sasaki

Kazuhiko Nakayama

Masato Nakahama

Koji Miyake

Taha Moriyama

Daigo Hirata

Yuki Ito

Yohei Sakai

Yuki Satoh

Kenjiro Motomura

Kathleen Stein-Fechner

Mamiko Yoshida

A haptic signal can be generated using an intermediate state of a plurality of generation algorithms. A plurality of haptic signal generation units that generates haptic signals using generation algorithms different from each other on the basis of a sound signal by the plurality of haptic signal generation units is included. A mixing unit mixes haptic signals generated by at least two of the plurality of haptic signal generation units to obtain an output haptic signal. For example, a control unit that controls mixing ratios of the mixing unit is further included.

Information processing device for mixing haptic signals

Provided are a control apparatus, a control method, and a system for a force-sense device that can apply a more natural haptic sensation. According to the present disclosure, a control apparatus for a force-sense device has a position information acquiring section for acquiring position information regarding a surface of a virtual object and position information regarding a fingertip, and a control section for controlling the position of an acting portion that applies a force to the fingertip, in reference to the pieces of position information, and the control section makes a second force weaker than a first force, the first force being applied to the acting portion in a first direction away from the surface of the virtual object in a case where the fingertip is pushed in further beyond the surface of the virtual object, and the second force being applied in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a case where the fingertip is to be placed back from the position where the fingertip has been pushed in.

Control apparatus, control method, and control system for force-sense device

A signal processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating a state of a user including a posture of the user, a tactile signal acquisition unit that acquires a reference tactile signal for performing tactile presentation to the user in a reference state, and an adjustment processing unit that generates an adjusted tactile signal by adjusting the reference tactile signal on the basis of the state information.

Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and signal processing system

A controller includes a sensor that uses an elastically deformable elastic member, detects user's contact with or deforming action of the elastic member, and outputs an electric signal based on the detected contact or deforming action in question.

Controller

An information processing device obtains audio data, obtains, as teacher vibration data, information regarding vibration data used to vibrate a vibrating device, the vibration data being produced on a basis of the audio data, performs machine learning using the audio data and the teacher vibration data as input, and generates learned model data used to convert an audio waveform into a vibration waveform.

Information processing device

Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an operating device, where the operating device includes: (i) a grip part to be gripped by a user; and (ii) an operation part for activation by a finger of the user gripping the grip part, and where the operation part includes: (i) a movable part capable of moving from a resting position toward another position in response to a force applied by the finger of the user, (ii) a biasing element operating to urge the movable part toward the resting position, and (iii) a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal and apply a force to the movable part in an opposite direction of the force applied by the finger of the user.

Operation device and method for controlling the same

Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a generation unit that generates, on the basis of characteristic information items of a plurality of haptic presentation units having different characteristics, preparation information items to be used by the plurality of haptic presentation units to perform haptic presentation to a user. The plurality of haptic presentation units having different characteristics performs the haptic presentation to the user on the basis of the preparation information items generated on the basis of the characteristic information items of the plurality of haptic presentation units.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An image pickup apparatus manufacturing method includes: modifying glass inside a glass block using a laser to produce a first modified space including a first path connected to an exterior surface of the glass block; etching the first modified space to produce an optical member that internally includes an optical space including a lens surface and connected to a first hole including an opening in the exterior surface; and installing, on the optical member, an image pickup member configured to receive a subject image formed by light condensed by the optical member.

Image pickup apparatus manufacturing method and image pickup apparatus

An optical module for endoscope includes a light emitting element, an optical fiber, a ferrule to which the light emitting element is bonded, a wiring board to which the ferrule is bonded, and a resin disposed between the ferrule and the wiring board, wherein the ferrule has a first principal surface made of a transparent material, a second principal surface, and a side surface, the second principal surface has an opening of an insertion hole, the second principal surface has an opening of a groove communicating with the insertion hole, the side surface has an opening of the groove, and a first distance between the opening of the groove on the side surface and the first principal surface is greater than a second distance between the bottom surface of the insertion hole and the first principal surface.

Optical module for endoscope and endoscope

[Object] To provide a technology that enhances a user experience by appropriately setting vibration strength for each type of a sound output section. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control section. The control section determines a type of a sound output section outputting a sound and changes vibration strength of a vibration section in accordance with the determined type of the sound output section.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method for setting vibration strength for each type of a sound output section

An operation device has a movable portion movable between a first position and a second position. The movable portion is operated by a user while the operation device is gripped by the user. The operation device receives information identifying a control mode and control information defined for each control mode as an instruction related to control of a tactile force sense, and controls the tactile force sense presented to the movable portion by using the received control information in the control mode identified by the received information.

Information processing system, operation device, and operation device control method

An optical transducer for endoscope includes an optical element, an optical fiber, and a ferrule, the ferrule including a semiconductor substrate and a glass substrate, in which: the semiconductor substrate has an insertion hole penetrating therethrough; an optical fiber is inserted into the insertion hole; the semiconductor substrate has a trench connected with the insertion hole and having an opening in a side surface; the trench has a convex on a bottom surface; and when a distal end surface of the optical fiber is observed from an opening of side surface of the tech, at least a part of the distal end surface is shielded by the convex.

Optical transducer for endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method of optical transducer for endoscope

A steel sheet for can making and methods for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet includes, in order from a steel sheet side, an iron-nickel diffusion layer, a metallic chromium layer, and a chromium oxide layer. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a nickel coating weight of 50 mg/mto 500 mg/mper surface of the steel sheet and a thickness of 0.060 μm to 0.500 μm per surface of the steel sheet. The metallic chromium layer includes a flat-like metallic chromium sublayer and a granular metallic chromium sublayer placed on a surface of the flat-like metallic chromium sublayer. The total chromium coating weight of both sublayers per surface of the steel sheet is 60 mg/mto 200 mg/m. The chromium oxide layer has a chromium coating weight 3 mg/mto 10 mg/mper surface of the steel sheet in terms of metallic chromium.

Steel sheet for can making and method for manufacturing the same

An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes an image sensor, a ferrule which is a rectangular parallelepiped having a front surface, a rear surface, and four side surfaces and includes insertion holes and trenches parallel to the insertion holes on respective two side surfaces orthogonal to each other among the four side surfaces, an optical element in which a light emitting region is disposed in a position opposed to the insertion holes, and optical fibers inserted into the insertion holes.

Image pickup apparatus for endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method for image pickup apparatus for endoscope

Provided is a vibration control apparatus that acquires content information about content including at least either one of video and audio to be presented to a user, and vibrates a vibration mechanism in such a manner that the user feels a pseudo force sensation defined based on the content information while the content is being presented.

Vibration control apparatus

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Nakagawa