Patents by Inventor Masamichi Asukai

Masamichi Asukai 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: 20200202474
    Abstract: The problem relates to a service information providing system that is capable of fulfilling various service requests on the basis of obtained congeniality information of sharing service users without imposing a burden on each user and a sharing service provider, and relates to a control method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: MASAMICHI ASUKAI
  • Publication number: 20200183402
    Abstract: To provide a mobile body control system, a control method, and a storage medium in which a mobile body can move to an appropriate angle and distance in accordance with emotion of a communication target. Provided is a mobile body control system including a moving unit to move; a measuring unit to measure an angle and a distance with a target which is a communication target; an emotion estimating unit to estimate an emotion of the target; and a control unit to control the moving unit to move a mobile body to an initial position with an appropriate angle and distance with respect to the target in accordance with the estimated emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: MASAMICHI ASUKAI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200162415
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Cororation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10613538
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile body control system, a control method, and a storage medium in which a mobile body can move to an appropriate angle and distance in accordance with emotion of a communication target. Provided is a mobile body control system that includes a moving unit that moves; a measuring unit that measures an angle and a distance with a target (2) which is a communication target; an emotion estimating unit that estimates an emotion of the target; and a control unit that controls the moving unit to move a mobile body (1) to an initial position with an appropriate angle and distance with respect to the target in accordance with the estimated emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20200098157
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a bio-information obtaining unit configured to obtain bio-information of a subject; a kinetic-information obtaining unit configured to obtain kinetic information of the subject; and a control unit configured to determine an expression or movement of an avatar on the basis of the bio-information obtained by the bio-information obtaining unit and the kinetic information obtained by the kinetic-information obtaining unit and to perform a control operation so that the avatar with the determined expression or movement is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Yoichiro Sako
  • Patent number: 10587567
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200012819
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, a storage medium and a control method through which a user privacy level in a telepresence system can be set depending on a counterpart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI IWANAMI, MASAMICHI ASUKAI
  • Patent number: 10529114
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a bio-information obtaining unit configured to obtain bio-information of a subject; a kinetic-information obtaining unit configured to obtain kinetic information of the subject; and a control unit configured to determine an expression or movement of an avatar on the basis of the bio-information obtained by the bio-information obtaining unit and the kinetic information obtained by the kinetic-information obtaining unit and to perform a control operation so that the avatar with the determined expression or movement is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Yoichiro Sako
  • Patent number: 10518161
    Abstract: A sound-output-control device including an acquisition unit which acquires an anaerobic threshold, a reception unit which receives an input about exercise intensity, a calculation unit which calculates a value indicating a target heart rate of a user on the basis of the acquired anaerobic threshold and the received exercise-intensity input, a detection unit which detects a value indicating the current tempo of a physical exercise done by the user, and a control unit that controls a sound output on the basis of a result of a comparison of the target heart-rate value calculated by the calculation unit and the current physical-exercise-tempo value detected by the detection unit, so as to lead a heart rate of the user so that the heart rate of the user attains the target heart rate is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Makoto Inoue, Akane Sano
  • Publication number: 20190364008
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system and an information processing method capable of loosely disconnecting a relationship with the other side connected in a social media service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: MASAMICHI ASUKAI
  • Patent number: 10481677
    Abstract: An adequate display operation control in accordance with the external world situation is realized. For example, where a user wears the wearing unit of a spectacle-shaped or head-worn unit, the user is made to be able to view any type of image on the display section immediately in front of the eyes, and provided with taken images, reproduced images, and received images. At the point, a control relative to various display operations such as on/off of the display operation, display operation mode, and source chage is carried out based on external world information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Masaaki Tsuruta, Taiji Ito, Masamichi Asukai
  • Patent number: 10474842
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, a storage medium and a control method through which a user privacy level in a telepresence system can be set depending on a counterpart. The information processing system includes a setting unit that automatically sets a privacy level depending on a user of a communication destination device; a communication unit that transmits a picture of a user of a communication source device to the communication destination device; and a controller that performs control to mask the picture of the user of the communication source device depending on the automatically set privacy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwanami, Masamichi Asukai
  • Patent number: 10466773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus and a display method for realizing control for display operations by a user precisely reflecting the user's status, i.e., the user's intentions, visual state and physical conditions. Worn as an eyeglass-like or head-mount wearable unit for example, the display apparatus of the present invention enables the user to recognize visibly various images on the display unit positioned in front of the user's eyes thereby providing the picked up images, reproduced images, and received images. As control for various display operations such as switching between the display state and the see-through state, display operation mode and selecting sources, the display apparatus of the present invention acquires information about either behavior or physical status of the user, and determines either intention or status of the user in accordance with the acquired information, thereby controlling the display operation appropriately on the basis of the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Masaaki Tsuruta, Taiji Ito, Masamichi Asukai
  • Publication number: 20190287390
    Abstract: A mobile unit control unit causes a communication unit to transmit user setting information supplied from an input unit and control data for controlling a mobile unit. A display control unit generates display data corresponding to the human flow data in a human flow data DB, and outputs the generated display data to a display unit. The communication unit transmits control data, measurement area information, and landing area information to the mobile unit, and receives human flow data from the mobile unit and supplies the human flow data to a control unit. The input unit sets setting information relating to human flow data measurement, in response to a user operation. The display unit performs display corresponding to the display data generated by the display control unit. The present disclosure can be applied to a human flow measurement system including a mobile unit and a terminal, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Masamichi ASUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190259066
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication device, a server device, a recording medium, and a control method, which are capable of transmitting request information to surrounding users at appropriate timing depending on the atmosphere of surrounding users. [Solution] A communication device attachable to a target object, the communication device including: a detection unit configured to detect contact or proximity of a surrounding user; a communication unit configured to be capable of transmitting information to a surrounding terminal device; and a control unit configured to perform control so that request information to be transmitted to the surrounding terminal device depending on an atmosphere of the surrounding user recognized on the basis of detection data detected by the detection unit is transmitted through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: MASAMICHI ASUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190238496
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20190197757
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a bio-information obtaining unit configured to obtain bio-information of a subject; a kinetic-information obtaining unit configured to obtain kinetic information of the subject; and a control unit configured to determine an expression or movement of an avatar on the basis of the bio-information obtained by the bio-information obtaining unit and the kinetic information obtained by the kinetic-information obtaining unit and to perform a control operation so that the avatar with the determined expression or movement is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akane Sano, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Yoichiro Sako
  • Publication number: 20190163961
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, a storage medium, and an information processing method that can make a response to a user on the basis of an episode constructed from an interaction with the user to enhance the user's memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masamichi ASUKAI
  • Patent number: 10291577
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Patent number: RE47948
    Abstract: By allowing the movement of a user to affect the playback of content, the entertainment characteristic or uplifting spirits derived from content playback itself can be enhanced. The timing at which the user places his/her foot on the ground while walking or the timing at which the user shakes or changes from swinging in one direction to swinging to another direction is detected. Then, content, such as a music piece or moving pictures, is played back by allowing the timing of beats or bars of the music piece or the timing of scene changes or cut changes of the moving pictures to be synchronized with the timing of the movement of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoyuki Takai, Toshiro Terauchi, Yoichiro Sako, Yasushi Miyajima, Kosei Yamashita, Makoto Inoue, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Kenichi Makino