Patents by Inventor Hajime Wakabayashi

Hajime Wakabayashi 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).

  • Patent number: 11995740
    Abstract: A device and a method for performing AR image display control in which flicker in a boundary region between a virtual object and a real object is not noticeable are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunitsu Kohara, Hidenori Aoki, Hirotake Ichikawa, Shintaro Tsutsui, Hiroshi Matsuyama, Hajime Wakabayashi, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11954804
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that enables a virtual object to be displayed at an appropriate position in the real world. The information processing device includes a position estimation unit that estimates a current position in a first coordinate system, a display position setting unit that sets a display position of a virtual object in a third coordinate system on the basis of an environment database, virtual object information including the display position of the virtual object in a second coordinate system, and an observed image captured near the current position, a meta information generation unit that generates observation meta information, and an environment database management unit that compares observation data with environment data of the environment database to determine whether to add the observation data to the environment database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Wakabayashi, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11770517
    Abstract: Natural appearance of transition from a predetermined object of two-dimensional content displayed on a two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional display model of an AR display device or vice versa is achieved. Control is performed such that, the transition is performed after switching the two-dimensional content from the motion parallax non-application display to the motion parallax application display. For example, control is performed such that the motion parallax application display is displayed on the two-dimensional display in a case where there is one AR display device, and the motion parallax application display is displayed on the AR display device in a case where there is a plurality of AR display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuko Ishihara, Hirotake Ichikawa, Atsushi Ishihara, Hajime Wakabayashi, Takaomi Kimura, Masayuki Inoue, Hidenori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230177781
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a setting unit (6b) and an allocation unit (6c). In a virtual space displayed on a display unit (4), the setting unit (6b) sets a collider for collision determination, which is allocated to mesh data indicating a shape of a real object present in a real world, to a size different from the size of the mesh data. The allocation unit (6c) allocates the collider corresponding to the size set by the setting unit (6b) to the mesh data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230127539
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a drawing unit (6b), a setting unit (6c), and an expansion unit (6e). The drawing unit (6b) draws a virtual object displayed on a display device (4). The setting unit (6c) sets a shielding object indicating the shape of a real object existing in a real space and to be superimposed on the real object. The expansion unit (6e) expands the shielding object toward the virtual object side when a shielding condition indicating that the virtual object drawn by the drawing unit (6b) is partially shielded by the shielding object set by the setting unit is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: HARUKA FUJISAWA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230132045
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of suppressing a decrease in visibility of a display image in a case where a user's line of sight moves at a high speed. An information processing device (1) according to the present disclosure includes a resolution control unit (14). The resolution control unit (14) sets a high-resolution region including a gaze point of a user and a low-resolution region not including the gaze point of the user to a display image displayed by a display device and temporarily expands the high-resolution region toward a virtual object in a case where the virtual object enters the high-resolution region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: FUJIO ARAI, KAZUNORI ASAYAMA, GEN HAMADA, YU NAKADA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230120092
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit (173) that controls output on a presentation device so as to present content associated with an absolute position in a real space, to a first user, a determination unit (171) that determines a self-position in the real space, a transmission unit (172) that transmits a signal requesting rescue to a device positioned in the real space, when reliability of determination by the determination unit (171) is reduced, an acquisition unit (174) that acquires information about the self-position estimated from an image including the first user captured by the device according to the signal; and a correction unit (175) that corrects the self-position based on the information about the self-position acquired by the acquisition unit (174).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: DAITA KOBAYASHI, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, YOSHINORI OGAKI, YU NAKADA, RYOSUKE MURATA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HARUKA FUJISAWA, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230005454
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) according to an embodiment includes a display control unit (34) and a decision unit (31). The display control unit (34) displays a content image on a head-mounted display. During display of the content image by the display control unit (34), the decision unit (31) decides whether or not a surrounding person exists in a front direction of the head-mounted display on the basis of a camera image obtained by capturing an image of a surrounding environment of the head-mounted display. In a case where the decision unit (31) decides that a surrounding person exists, the display control unit (34) moves a display position of the content image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, RYOSUKE MURATA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220414945
    Abstract: A device and a method for performing AR image display control in which flicker in a boundary region between a virtual object and a real object is not noticeable are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHUNITSU KOHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, SHINTARO TSUTSUI, HIROSHI MATSUYAMA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220414960
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that displays a virtual object on a three-dimensional coordinate space associated with a real space and causes the virtual object to perform a predetermined movement according to a predetermined sound reproduced from a real sound source disposed in the real space, in which the control unit performs delay amount setting processing of increasing a delay amount of movement start timing at which the virtual object is caused to perform the predetermined movement with respect to reproduction timing at which the real sound source reproduces the predetermined sound, as a position of the real sound source in the real space and a position of the virtual object on the three-dimensional coordinate space are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaomi KIMURA, Yasuko ISHIHARA, Hajime WAKABAYASHI, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Masayuki INOUE, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Ryo FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220412741
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit selects, from a plurality of key frames to be used in self-position estimation, a second key frame different from a first key frame assumed to correspond to a current self-position, performs content output for guiding to a position corresponding to the second key frame, and acquires environment information to be used in self-position estimation at the position corresponding to the second key frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220377313
    Abstract: Natural appearance of transition from a predetermined object of two-dimensional content displayed on a two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional display model of an AR display device or vice versa is achieved. Control is performed such that, the transition is performed after switching the two-dimensional content from the motion parallax non-application display to the motion parallax application display. For example, control is performed such that the motion parallax application display is displayed on the two-dimensional display in a case where there is one AR display device, and the motion parallax application display is displayed on the AR display device in a case where there is a plurality of AR display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: YASUKO ISHIHARA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, TAKAOMI KIMURA, MASAYUKI INOUE, HIDENORI AOKI
  • Patent number: 11468868
    Abstract: Use of the AR technology is facilitated. [Solution] Such an information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit that controls a display to superimpose a virtual object, associated with a set position in the real world, on the real world with reference to position and orientation information indicative of the position and the orientation of a mobile body, and a correction unit that corrects the position and orientation information. When the position and orientation information is corrected from first position and orientation information to second position and orientation information that is non-continuous to the first position and orientation information, the control unit controls the display to perform transition display that indicates transition of display conditions from a first display condition, which displays the virtual object based on the first position and orientation information, to a second display condition based on the second position and orientation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20220253196
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a control unit that acquires first environmental information that expresses a three-dimensional space in the real world, that arranges, based on the first environmental information, a first virtual object represented by a first application into the three-dimensional space, that updates, based on the arrangement of the first virtual object, the first environmental information to second environmental information that includes information that indicates the arrangement of the first virtual object, and that arranges, during execution of the first application, based oa the second environmental information, a second virtual object represented by a second application into the three-dimensional space in which the first virtual object is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke MURATA, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Hajime WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220122345
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a virtual object to be displayed at an appropriate position in the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, KUNIAKI TORII, RYO WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210396543
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus including an imaging request unit (160) configured to issue a request for imaging capturing for updating an environmental map including image information, and an environmental map update unit (135) configured to update the environmental map on a basis of a captured image captured in accordance with the request for the image capturing is provided. With this configuration, an environmental map is updated on the basis of a captured image captured in accordance with a request for image capturing. Thus, it becomes possible to accurately update information regarding an environmental map, by a simple method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • 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: 20210166661
    Abstract: [Problem] Use of the AR technology is facilitated. [Solution] Such an information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit that controls a display to superimpose a virtual object, associated with a set position in the real world, on the real world with reference to position and orientation information indicative of the position and the orientation of a mobile body, and a correction unit that corrects the position and orientation information. When the position and orientation information is corrected from first position and orientation information to second position and orientation information that is non-continuous to the first position and orientation information, the control unit controls the display to perform transition display that indicates transition of display conditions from a first display condition, which displays the virtual object based on the first position and orientation information, to a second display condition based on the second position and orientation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20130241164
    Abstract: A carrier device includes a main body, a handle provided to the main body, an engaging unit provided to the main body and configured to be engaged with a foot provided at a lower end of an article to be carried, and a caster provided to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hajime Wakabayashi