Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ogawa

Hiroaki Ogawa 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: 20220223167
    Abstract: A device and a method capable of performing audio recognition based on clear user speech by removing an external apparatus output sound from audio input through the audio input unit are realized. The device includes a user spoken voice extraction unit that extracts a user spoken voice from a microphone input sound. The user spoken voice extraction unit analyzes a sound source direction of an input sound, determines whether the input sound includes an external apparatus output sound on the basis of sound source directions of external apparatus output sounds recorded in a database, and removes a sound signal corresponding to a feature amount, for example, a frequency characteristic of the external apparatus output sound recorded in the database, from the input sound to extract a user spoken voice from which the external apparatus output sound has been removed upon determining that the input sound includes the external apparatus output sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA TAKAHASHI, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, EMIRO TSUNOO, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11356360
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kana Nishikawa, Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Keisuke Touyama, Yasushi Tsuruta, Shinobu Kuriya
  • Publication number: 20220141283
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko TOTSUKA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Yuki TAKEDA, Kan KURODA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Kazuya TATEISHI, Chie KAMADA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira FUKUI, Hideaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220122600
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of improving the convenience of voice operation. Provided is an information processing device including a control unit configured to perform control for giving an instruction on a function corresponding to an utterance for an operating apparatus that can operate an operation target apparatus having a function corresponding to the utterance on the basis of operation information regarding the operating apparatus that operates the operation target apparatus in a case where the utterance is made by the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a dedicated apparatus that can control a plurality of operating apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya TATEISHI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Noriko TOTSUKA, Chie KAMADA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yuki TAKEDA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220122604
    Abstract: Information equipment includes: a reception unit that receives control information to control an operation of the information equipment; a detection unit that detects a living body located around the information equipment and detects a distance between the information equipment and the living body; and a determination unit that determines a response to the control information on the basis of the information detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Chie KAMADA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Emiru TSUNOO, Noriko TOTSUKA, Kazuya TATEISHI, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220108693
    Abstract: A response processing device includes a reception unit configured to receive input information being information that triggers generation of a response by an information device, a presentation unit configured to present to a user each of the responses generated by a plurality of the information devices for the input information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit user's reaction to the presented responses, to the plurality of information devices. For example, the reception unit receives the voice information from the user, as the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHINORI MAEDA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220097365
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a generation unit and a multiplexing unit. The generation unit generates image data for recording by a forming apparatus that forms an image on a forming member using a print head that applies energy to the member. The multiplexing unit performs multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the member is embedded in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Omagari, Akitoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220101850
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable intuitive voice operation. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology presents first information indicating that voice input for voice operation is possible and second information representing a domain of utterance in which voice operation is possible in response to an occurrence of a predetermined state transition, and performs voice recognition for voice input by a user. The present technology can be applied to various apparatuses equipped with a voice assistant function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA FUKUI, HIROAKI OGAWA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, KAN KURODA
  • Patent number: 11281001
    Abstract: An index calculation apparatus is provided with a luminance acquiring unit, a chromaticity acquiring unit and an index calculation unit. The luminance acquiring unit is configured to acquire a luminance Y of an evaluation object of visibility. The chromaticity acquiring unit is configured to acquire a chromaticity U of the evaluation object. The index calculation unit is configured to calculate an index V expressed by following equation by using the luminance Y and the chromaticity U·V=KYU . . . (1), where K is a constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ogawa, Takeshi Enya
  • Publication number: 20220076671
    Abstract: An information processing terminal according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (100) that performs a process of transmitting inquiry information on a specific device to a server on the basis of a spoken content of a user or a state of the specific device that is voluntarily collected, a process of outputting answer information when receiving, from the server, the answer information based on an answer database in which answer information prepared in advance is registered, and a process of making an inquiry to an operator with respect to the inquiry information if the answer information is not detected in the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: EMIRU TSUNOO, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220075881
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a behavior detector that detects a behavior performed by a user when the user makes a request to an information providing apparatus with respect to information from the user, and a response determination section that determines a response to be made by the information providing apparatus to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: YUICHIRO KOYAMA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, NORIKO TOTSUKA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220051679
    Abstract: A control section performs control to give notification of information regarding a previous dialogue on the basis of each status of participants in dialogue. For example, the information regarding the previous dialogue includes information regarding a significant word extracted from a speech of the previous dialogue. In this case, the information regarding the previous dialogue further includes, for example, additional information related to the significant word. For example, when one of utterers currently in dialogue makes an utterance indicative of intention to call up information, the control section perform control to give notification of the information regarding a previous dialogue in which all utterers currently in dialogue participated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KAN KURODA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220051671
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus including: a selection unit that selects a response agent that responds to a user according to a response type on the basis of an utterance content of the user from a plurality of agents having different outputs with respect to an input; and a response control unit that controls a response content made by the response agent. Therefore, the agent can respond to the user's intention without an explicit command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, TOSHIYUKI SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 11245810
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to reduce the load of a user in a case where multiplexed information is embedded in an image. One embodiment of the present invention is an image processing apparatus having: a recognition unit configured to recognize an object within an image; a selection unit configured to select additional information corresponding to an object recognized by the recognition unit from among additional information stored in a storage unit; and a layout unit configured to lay out the additional information so that at least a part of an area in which additional information selected by the selection unit is embedded overlaps an area of an object recognized by the recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Ogawa, Fumitaka Goto, Hiroyuki Sakai, Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Doi, Takeru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11238846
    Abstract: [Problem] More effective information is gathered efficiently for the correction of device behavior. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a gathered operation history of a device, an output of a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a communication unit that receives feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene thus output. Further provided is an information processing device that comprises a communication unit that receives information on a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a playback unit that plays back the reproduced scene, wherein the communication unit transmits feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Kana Nishikawa, Keisuke Touyama, Shinobu Kuriya, Yasushi Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20210393083
    Abstract: A configuration that verifies correspondence between a cooking foodstuff and a cooking utensil and determines whether or not there is a hygiene problem in the cooking utensil to execute a warning output, replacement control of the cooking utensil, or the like, is realized. A suitability determination unit that verifies the correspondence between the foodstuff to be cooked and the cooking utensil to be used for cooking and determines whether or not the cooking utensil has a hygienic problem is included. In a case where the suitability determination unit determines that the cooking utensil has a hygiene problem, the suitability determination unit executes a warning output or control of causing stop of using the cooking utensil. The suitability determination unit outputs a warning by display information or voice information to a user who is a cooking performer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka SUZUKI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Tobias CINCAREK, Kazuki OCHIAI, Noriko TOTSUKA, Kanako WATANABE, Shohei YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210387363
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a cooking system, a method for controlling a cooking system, and a program that enable a user to enjoy the pleasure and happiness of cooking by safely providing novel cooking experiences. A state of a cooking space is detected, a dangerous area for a user in the cooking space is detected on the basis of a cooking process and the state of the cooking space, and the detected dangerous area is indicated in the cooking space. The present technology can be applied to a system kitchen having a robotic function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako WATANABE, Hirotaka SUZUKI, Kazuki OCHIAI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Shohei YAMAMOTO, Tobias CINCAREK, Noriko TOTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210391051
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit (200) that determines a recipe on a basis of user information including an avoidance level of a user for a predetermined ingredient, food information regarding each food, and ingredient information including information regarding each ingredient, in which the avoidance level for the predetermined ingredient is set on a basis of an avoidance factor of the user for the predetermined ingredient, and the food information includes information indicating the ingredient used to cook the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUKI OCHIAI, HIROAKI OGAWA, HIROTAKA SUZUKI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, TOBIAS CINCAREK, KANAKO WATANABE, SHOHEI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210366033
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller (100) performing control to display an interface receiving order contents relating to a dish from a user, control to reflect a change in order contents based on an operation performed by the user in real time on a dish image included in the interface, and control to transmit determined order contents to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: SHOHEI YAMAMOTO, HIROTAKA SUZUKI, KANAKO WATANABE, HIROAKI OGAWA, TOBIAS CINCAREK, KAZUKI OCHIAI, NORIKO TOTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210347061
    Abstract: There is achieved a configuration in which suspension of cooking being performed by a cooking robot is controlled to enable cooking to be completed at the expected time for a user to return home. Included are an expected return home time estimation unit that estimates an expected time to return home at which the user is expected to return home; an expected cooking completion time estimation unit that estimates an expected time to complete cooking at which a cooking robot is expected to complete cooking; and a cooking execution control unit that controls the cooking robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko TOTSUKA, Hirotaka SUZUKI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Tobias CINCAREK, Kazuki OCHIAI, Kanako WATANABE, Shohei YAMAMOTO