Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Matsunaga

Hideyuki Matsunaga 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: 9946352
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Kosei Yamashita, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 9891592
    Abstract: The present technique relates particularly to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which can improve sleep efficiency. The information processing device according to one aspect of the present technique has: an acquisition unit which acquires information which indicates an action schedule of a user; and a first determination unit which determines whether the user needs to wake up or sleep, and determines the degree of necessity of waking up when determining that the user needs to wake up and the degree of necessity of sleeping when determining the user needs to sleep, according to the action schedule of the user. The present technique is applicable to a mobile device such as a mobile telephone, a PDA and a digital camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Kimishima, Naoyuki Onoe, Tatsuhito Sato, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20180027090
    Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, each of which is capable of extracting appropriate content in accordance with a state of a user. [Solution] There is provided an information processing device including: a context information acquisition unit configured to acquire context information on a state of a user obtained by analyzing information including at least one piece of sensing data regarding the user; and a content extraction unit configured to extract one or more pieces of content from a content group on the basis of the context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKANISHI, Ryo MUKAIYAMA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20170316522
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a matching system, information processing device, matching method, and program that are capable of introducing a currency requested person to a requester in a real space in real time. The matching system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on service providers; and a selection unit configured to select a service provider capable of handling a service request by reference to service providable time of the service providers, current positions of the service providers, and characteristics of the service providers that are included in the information on the service providers acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sho MURAKOSHI, Yoshihiro NAKANISHI, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170280182
    Abstract: [Object] To evaluate action itself on the basis of a variate related to the action. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a variate acquisition unit configured to acquire a first variate related to a content of action, and a second variate related to context in which the action is taken; and a score calculation unit configured to calculate a score for evaluating the action on a basis of the first variate and the second variate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA, SHO MURAKOSHI, KATSUJI MIYAZAWA, YOSHIHIRO NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20170186335
    Abstract: There is provided a feedback provision method including specifying, by a processor, an action generated in a target and a generation time of the action on the basis of sensing data of the target, determining feedback to be provided in accordance with the specified action, and providing the feedback at a time corresponding to the generation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20170157480
    Abstract: [Object] To analyze a contact phenomenon between objects can with a simpler configuration. [Solution] Provided is an analysis apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire vibration data showing a vibration generated in a first object by having a second object come into contact with a first position on the first object; a first analysis processing unit configured to specify the first position by comparing a vibration characteristic shown by the vibration data, and a vibration characteristic defined for each position where the second object may come into contact with the first object; and a second analysis processing unit configured to estimate a velocity after the contact of the second object based on a velocity of the first object and the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA, KOSEI YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9633308
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an evaluation giving unit that gives an evaluation based on a second user to an item in a list created on a basis of a first user, and a display control unit that controls display of the list, on a basis of the evaluation based on the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tateno, Mari Saito, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Ryo Mukaiyama, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 9613661
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing that acquires captured image data of a subject; and associates a plurality of time points of the image data and a plurality of time points of event information based on sensor time information, the event information acquired based on sensor information acquired in time series by a sensor apparatus and indicating occurrence of an operation of the sensor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170082427
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including a sensor configured to output a vibration datum by detecting a change in a state of a vibration in a first object when a second object touches the first object, a holding section configured to hold, at a portion of the first object which is different from a portion where the second object touches, the sensor in a state where the vibration in the first object is transmitted, and a communication section configured to transmit the single vibration datum detected by the sensor to an analyzing device which identifies a touch position where the second object touches the first object by analyzing the vibration datum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei YAMASHITA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9551572
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including a sensor configured to output a vibration datum by detecting a change in a state of a vibration in a first object when a second object touches the first object, a holding section configured to hold, at a portion of the first object which is different from a portion where the second object touches, the sensor in a state where the vibration in the first object is transmitted, and a communication section configured to transmit the single vibration datum detected by the sensor to an analyzing device which identifies a touch position where the second object touches the first object by analyzing the vibration datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20170011527
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to more accurately specify a type of event that is defined based on the sensor information and corresponds to the action of the user, the information processing apparatus including: a data acquiring section configured to acquire sensing data generated due to an action of a target; and an event specifying section configured to specify an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action. Provided is an information processing method, including: sensing an action of a target; transmitting sensing data acquired by the sensing; and performing, by a processor of an information processing apparatus that receives the sensing data, a process of specifying an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160314352
    Abstract: [Object] To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set. [Solution] Provided is an analysis device, including: a processor configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring information indicating play events that are defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport and arranged within a time interval, and a pattern estimation function of estimating a play pattern based on an arrangement of the play events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA, YUSUKE WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160310788
    Abstract: [Object] To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set. [Solution] Provided is an analysis device, including: a processor configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events that are defined based on motions when a plurality of users play a sport and arranged in a time interval, a calculation function of calculating a degree of correlation of plays of the plurality of users in the interval based on a temporal relation of the play events of the plurality of users, and a relation estimation function of estimating a relation of the plurality of users in the interval based on the degree of correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160271480
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor device capable of operating and reducing electric power consumption effectively, in response to sensing data of a state of the hitting tool used by the user, the sensor device including: a sensor unit configured to directly or indirectly detect sensing data indicating a motion and an orientation of a hitting tool, a communication unit configured to transmit the sensing data detected by the sensor unit to an external device, and a control unit configured to control operation of the sensor unit and the communication unit. The control unit or the sensor unit changes at least one of the sensor unit and the control unit to an electric power saving mode, upon detecting that the hitting tool has a specific orientation for a certain amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi FUKASAWA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Takaomi KIMURA, Ryo MUKAIYAMA, Kosei YAMASHITA, Renji TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160253553
    Abstract: To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set, an analysis device is provided, including: a process configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport, an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events, and an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160243401
    Abstract: A system to analyze vibration data includes circuitry that receives the vibration data, which is generated by a sensor that senses vibration of an object. The circuitry also analyzes the vibration data based on stored predetermined vibration data, and determines a characteristic of the object based on the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160205317
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage device includes a storage medium having a downloaded application stored therein. The downloaded application has instructions that when executed by processing circuitry configure the processing circuitry to receive sensor data from a sensor. The sensor is attached to a person or attached to an item used by the person. The processing circuitry also analyzes a motion pattern in the sensor data to identify a predetermined event in the motion pattern, the predetermined event captured in an image or series of images by an image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaomi KIMURA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei YAMASHITA, Naofumi FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160089085
    Abstract: To detect a motion of a hitting tool more precisely by a sensor, provided is a sensor device including: a base member configured to be mounted on a hitting tool via a fitting structure; a substrate joined to the base member; a sensor disposed on the substrate and configured to detect a motion of the hitting tool delivered via the base member and the substrate; a communication unit configured to transmit a detection result of the motion of the hitting tool to an external device; and an exterior member configured to cover the sensor and the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio OGUCHI, Toshiki HASHIDA, Kosei YAMASHITA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Shinji YAMAMURA, Tatsuhiro OBARA
  • Patent number: 9208205
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a theme setting unit that sets a theme to generate an item list including one or more items, an item list editing unit that adds an item designated for the theme by at least a user irrelevant to a setting of the theme to the item list in which the theme is set, and an output control unit that controls an output of the item list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Kei Tateno, Ryo Mukaiyama, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Hideyuki Matsunaga