Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shionozaki

Atsushi Shionozaki 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: 20180033331
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: KEIGO IHARA, TAKAHIKO SUEYOSHI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180025144
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing device, a control method, and a storage medium capable of maintaining or improving reliability of an emotion value. [Solution] An information processing system including: a communication unit configured to acquire information related to an interaction between objects from a sensing device that detects the interaction between the objects; an emotion information database constructed by accumulating an evaluation value used when an emotion value of each object generated on the basis of the information related to the interaction between the objects is calculated; a certification unit configured to certify the sensing device that detects the interaction between the objects and issue certification information to the sensing device; and an authentication unit configured to authenticate the information related to the interaction transmitted from the sensing device on the basis of the certification information issued to the sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170330160
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method and a storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed on the basis of an interaction between the objects. [Solution] An information processing system including: a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko SUEYOSHI, Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Hiroshi IWANAMI, Keigo IHARA, Yasushi MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170297201
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control system, a control method, and a storage medium through which a moving object can change a surrounding environment of a user depending on an emotion of the user. [Solution] Provided is a control system including: an estimation unit that estimates an emotion of a user; and a moving object controller that controls a moving object to change a surrounding environment of the user depending on the estimated emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Satoshi IKEDA, Tetsuo TAWARA, Yasushi MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160316448
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technique which is capable of reducing the possibility that information related to the user of a target terminal may be acquired by others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: TETSUO TAWARA, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160307361
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a depth acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of an object included in a captured image, an image combining unit configured to combine the object with an image object having depth information according to each piece of the depth information, and an effect processing unit configured to execute effect processing according to the depth information of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, JUNICHI REKIMOTO, HIROSHI GOTO
  • Patent number: 9465971
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture a current image including an information code, the information code being arranged at an arrangement position corresponding to a location within the captured current image, and a control unit configured to determine a difference between a predetermined position and the arrangement position, wherein, when the determined difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, a notification is output to a user, based on the determined difference, to notify of the difference as a guide for adjusting a capturing position of the current image to thereby move the information code to a new arrangement position corresponding to a location of the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20160295546
    Abstract: There is provided a position estimation apparatus including: an identification information provision unit which provides temporarily issued prescribed identification information to a target terminal; a data acquisition unit which acquires transmission data transmitted from a communication terminal receiving a wireless signal; and a position estimation unit which estimates a position of the target terminal, in the case where identification information included in the transmission data is the prescribed identification information notified to the communication terminal from the target terminal by the wireless signal, based on position information of the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tsubasa YUMURA, Atsushi SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 9454831
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an area decision processing unit configured to set, on the basis of at least three vertices designated to decide a boundary of an area to be defined in a map and on the basis of a drawing locus input to include at least three of the vertices, a boundary region by sequentially adding boundary line segments connecting one of the vertices to be a starting point from among the vertices included inside the drawing locus with points on the drawing locus in accordance with an input order of the drawing locus, configured to sequentially decide the vertices constituting respective area definition line segments for deciding the boundary of the area, and configured to decide, as the area, a region prescribed by connecting the area definition line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tawara, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 9451577
    Abstract: There is provided a position information processing device including a base station information storage section which stores base station information including position information, a MAC address, and an auxiliary identifier, and position information acquisition section which acquires, based on a MAC address of a base station and an auxiliary identifier acquired by reception of a radio signal transmitted from the base station, position information of the base station from the base station information stored in the base station information storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 9406139
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a depth acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of an object included in a captured image, an image combining unit configured to combine the object with an image object having depth information according to each piece of the depth information, and an effect processing unit configured to execute effect processing according to the depth information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Shionozaki, Junichi Rekimoto, Hiroshi Goto
  • Publication number: 20160217350
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of having another object related to one object easily recognized after detection of the one object, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information ordering that a predetermined imaging object according to the detection object fall within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Hiroshi GOTO
  • Patent number: 9357128
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program capable of naturally suppressing camera shake with a target object being arranged at a certain position on an image. An information processing terminal of an aspect of the present technology includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the taken image; a measuring unit that measures a motion occurring in the terminal itself; and a display control unit that displays an indicator composed of a plurality of components arranged in a nested structure on the image and varies a position and a size of each component in accordance with the motion. The present technology is applicable to a mobile terminal provided with a camera and a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20160123742
    Abstract: To provide navigation to a destination to a user even in a state in which acquisition of a current position via a positioning module is difficult. There is provided an image processing device including: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image onto which a real object including a visual recognition target is projected; a recognition unit configured to recognize relative arrangement of a terminal that has captured the image to the real object by executing image recognition of the recognition target; and a control unit configured to display a display object indicating a direction toward a destination of a user on a screen of the terminal on the basis of the relative arrangement of the terminal recognized by the recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo TAWARA, Atsushi SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 9269004
    Abstract: An information processing terminal includes a recognition unit that recognizes an identifier projected over an image, an acquisition unit that acquires data of an object corresponding to the identifier, a processing unit that changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image and, when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data, and a display control unit that causes the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Atsushi Shionozaki, Koshiro Mitsuya
  • Patent number: 9210539
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to provide a quality position estimation of a mobile communication device by determining a reference area. The reference area includes the position of the mobile communication device as well as a plurality of transmitters. Transmitters that are detected as being outside of the reference area are excluded from contributing to the position estimate. The reference area is centered at a standard position, which may be a previous position or a GPS based position, for example. The range of the reference area includes a component that considers the range of a transmitter, as well as a GPS error or an estimated move distance of the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20150278572
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture a current image including an information code, the information code being arranged at an arrangement position corresponding to a location within the captured current image, and a control unit configured to determine a difference between a predetermined position and the arrangement position, wherein, when the determined difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, a notification is output to a user, based on the determined difference, to notify of the difference as a guide for adjusting a capturing position of the current image to thereby move the information code to a new arrangement position corresponding to a location of the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20140368542
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image that shows a real object including a primary recognition target and a secondary recognition target, and a control unit configured to set an augmented reality space associated with the image on the basis of image recognition of the primary recognition target, and configured to decide an augmented reality object to be arranged in the augmented reality space depending on the secondary recognition target that is recognized on the basis of the image recognition of the primary recognition target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: TETSUO TAWARA, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140368510
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an area decision processing unit configured to set, on the basis of at least three vertices designated to decide a boundary of an area to be defined in a map and on the basis of a drawing locus input to include at least three of the vertices, a boundary region by sequentially adding boundary line segments connecting one of the vertices to be a starting point from among the vertices included inside the drawing locus with points on the drawing locus in accordance with an input order of the drawing locus, configured to sequentially decide the vertices constituting respective area definition line segments for deciding the boundary of the area, and configured to decide, as the area, a region prescribed by connecting the area definition line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: TETSUO TAWARA, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140300766
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program capable of naturally suppressing camera shake with a target object being arranged at a certain position on an image. An information processing terminal of an aspect of the present technology includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the taken image; a measuring unit that measures a motion occurring in the terminal itself; and a display control unit that displays an indicator composed of a plurality of components arranged in a nested structure on the image and varies a position and a size of each component in accordance with the motion. The present technology is applicable to a mobile terminal provided with a camera and a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Atsushi Shionozaki