Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ishihara

Atsushi Ishihara 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: 20220036779
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information regarding relative movement between a viewpoint and display information, and second information regarding a light emission period for presentation of the display information to a display region, and a control unit configured to cause the display information to be presented in the display region on the basis of the first information and the second information, in which the control unit corrects a presentation position of the display information in the display region according to the relative movement between the viewpoint and the display information in the light emission period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIBE, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210377515
    Abstract: An information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires information according to a recognition result of the position and posture of a viewpoint; a projection processing unit that projects a target object on the basis of the position and posture of a first viewpoint onto a first projection surface defined in association with the first viewpoint, and associates second information according to the relative position and posture relationship between the first viewpoint and the object with first information according to a result of the projection; a correction processing unit that restores three-dimensional information of the object on the basis of the first information and the second information, and reprojects the object according to the relative position and posture relationship between the restored object and a second viewpoint onto a second projection surface defined in association with the second viewpoint; and an output control unit that causes an output unit to present display informa
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AGA, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Koichi KAWASAKI, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Hajime WAKABAYASHI, Shunitsu KOHARA, Ryosuke MURATA
  • Publication number: 20210368152
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit (101) configured to acquire first information regarding a recognition result of at least one of a position or an orientation of a viewpoint, and a control unit (117) configured to project a target object on a display region on the basis of the first information and cause display information to be presented to the display region according to a result of the projection, in which the control unit projects the object on a first partial region and a second partial region included in the display region on the basis of the first information according to the recognition result at timings different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, KOICHI KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11176747
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a spatial information acquisition unit that acquires information on a real object disposed in a real space, and a display control unit that, if a distance between a user and a virtual object is a first distance, exercises control such that a first display object is displayed by a display device as the virtual object on the basis of the real object and first processing, and that, if the distance between the user and the virtual object is a second distance that differs from the first distance, exercises control such that a second display object is displayed by the display device as the virtual object on the basis of the real object and second processing that differs from the first processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11176911
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image properly even if an orientation of a display device is rapidly changed, an information processing method, a program, and a head-mounted display. An information processing apparatus for controlling a display section configured to be capable of displaying an image in a displayable area preset in a space by a sequential scanning method includes a setting section and a determination section. The setting section sets the displayable area so as to remain at a certain position in the space. The determination section acquires information about a posture of the display section, calculates a moving direction of the displayable area as viewed from the display section along with a change in the posture of the display section, and determines a main scanning direction of the display section in a direction opposite to the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Takuya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210350611
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable to ensure visibility when a virtual object is shielded. An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a display control unit that controls a display so as to display a virtual object by using a first display parameter in a first state where it is determined that the virtual object displayed by the display is hidden by at least one real object as viewed from a first user of the display and display the virtual object by using a second display parameter different from the first display parameter in a second state where it is determined that the virtual object is hidden by real objects more than that in the first state as viewed from the first user. It is possible to apply the present disclosure to, for example, a device included in an augmented reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210327101
    Abstract: Deterioration in usability due to a delay is improved. An information processing device includes a control unit (10) that controls drawing of a picture displayed on a real object according to delay information based on a result of displaying of a picture on the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya IKEDA, Kentaro IDA, Fumihiko IIDA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11153478
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image sensor; a data buffer; an imaging interface part configured to read image data from the image sensor, generate an imaging signal, and write the generated imaging signal to the data buffer; an imaging processor configured to read out the imaging signal written in the data buffer and perform image processing; a synchronization signal generator configured to generate a synchronization signal synchronized with the image sensor; and a clock frequency controller configured to control a clock frequency of a clock input to the imaging processor on the basis of the synchronization signal, wherein the clock frequency controller is configured to change the clock frequency after a start of a valid period of the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Atsushi Ishihara, Yutaka Murata, Akira Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210271075
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 1 acquires motion information regarding a user 700 who is a user, determines the image quality (for example, the resolution) of a virtual object on the basis of the acquired motion information, and controls the display of the virtual object on the basis of the determined image quality. The virtual object is displayed with low resolution, for example, when the user 700 is turning his/her head. On the other hand, the virtual object is displayed with high resolution when the user 700 is put in a stationary state, that is, when a change becomes zero. The information processing apparatus 1 makes it possible to reduce a drawing load, while maintaining a real expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210243315
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an operation screen on which a processing mode and setting information may be selected. The operation unit is configured to receive an operation instruction from the operation screen displayed on the display unit and to transmit a processing job based on the operation instruction. The processing unit is configured to execute a process based on the processing job received from the operation unit. The storage unit is configured to store use history information indicating the processing jobs. The control unit is configured to customize the operation screen according to the use history information stored by the storage unit and cause the display unit to display the customized operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11030975
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit; and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is capable of acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of a real space reflected on a user's eyeball, and a second image obtained by capturing an image related to the real space displayed on a predetermined display unit, the real space displayed on the predetermined display unit being reflected on the eyeball. The display control unit controls, on a basis of the acquired first image and the acquired second image, image display performed by the predetermined display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210157398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20210160425
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a circuit block in which an operation period is predetermined and intermittent operation is performed according to the operation period; a plurality of SRAMs; and a dummy control circuit configured to increase an intensity of a dummy operation of an unused SRAM among the plurality of SRAMs for a certain period of time before the operation period of the circuit block, and to decrease the intensity of the dummy operation of the unused SRAM among the plurality of SRAMs for a certain period of time after the operation period of the circuit block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Murata, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Atsushi Ishihara, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 11012582
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an operation screen on which a processing mode and setting information may be selected. The operation unit is configured to receive an operation instruction from the operation screen displayed on the display unit and to transmit a processing job based on the operation instruction. The processing unit is configured to execute a process based on the processing job received from the operation unit. The storage unit is configured to store use history information indicating the processing jobs. The control unit is configured to customize the operation screen according to the use history information stored by the storage unit and cause the display unit to display the customized operation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210120173
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image sensor; a data buffer; an imaging interface part configured to read image data from the image sensor, generate an imaging signal, and write the generated imaging signal to the data buffer; an imaging processor configured to read out the imaging signal written in the data buffer and perform image processing; a synchronization signal generator configured to generate a synchronization signal synchronized with the image sensor; and a clock frequency controller configured to control a clock frequency of a clock input to the imaging processor on the basis of the synchronization signal, wherein the clock frequency controller is configured to change the clock frequency after a start of a valid period of the synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Atsushi Ishihara, Yutaka Murata, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 10948977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Patent number: 10943409
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to correct the display of a virtual object in a more favorable mode under conditions in which the virtual object is superimposed onto a real space. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a result of recognizing a real object in a real space; a drawing unit that draws, in each of a plurality of buffers, display information directly or indirectly associated with the buffer from among a plurality of pieces of display information; and a display control unit that corrects a display of the display information drawn in each of the plurality of buffers on a basis of the result of recognizing the real object, and causes a predetermined output unit to present each piece of the display information whose display has been corrected according to a positional relationship with the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe
  • Publication number: 20210019955
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable an AR image to be displayed more suitably. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: a control unit that controls a display device to display a first image in a first display region and a second display region, respectively, which are adjacent to each other and have mutually different display timing, so that the first image is superimposed over a real space as seen by a user of the display device, and that controls the display device to transform the first image in the first display region and the first image in the second display region on the basis of changes in position posture information relating to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: HIROYUKI AGA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE
  • Publication number: 20210012756
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image properly even if an orientation of a display device is rapidly changed, an information processing method, a program, and a head-mounted display. An information processing apparatus for controlling a display section configured to be capable of displaying an image in a displayable area preset in a space by a sequential scanning method includes a setting section and a determination section. The setting section sets the displayable area so as to remain at a certain position in the space. The determination section acquires information about a posture of the display section, calculates a moving direction of the displayable area as viewed from the display section along with a change in the posture of the display section, and determines a main scanning direction of the display section in a direction opposite to the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIBE, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Takuya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210005356
    Abstract: A superconducting cable (1) includes a superconducting cable core (2) and a corrugated pipe (21) storing the superconducting cable core (2). The superconducting cable core (2) has a corrugated pipe (11), a superconductor (12) provided on the outer peripheral side of the corrugated pipe (11), and a heat insulating pipe (23) stored in the corrugated pipe (11) and having a smooth inner peripheral surface. A coolant flows through a flow passage (FP1) formed in the heat insulating pipe (23) and then flows through a flow passage (FP2) formed between an outer peripheral surface of the corrugated pipe (11) and an inner peripheral surface of the corrugated pipe (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Masaru Tomita, Atsushi Ishihara