Patents by Inventor Masato Akao

Masato Akao 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: 20240162075
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate support. The substrate support comprises: a base; a first dielectric portion, disposed on the base, having a substrate support portion on which a substrate is mounted; and a second dielectric portion, disposed around the first dielectric portion, having an edge ring support portion on which an edge ring is mounted, wherein at least one of the first dielectric portion and the second dielectric portion includes a sprayed layer formed of an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Akira NAGAYAMA, Atsushi KAWABATA, Masato TAKAYAMA, Koji KAWANISHI, Takeshi AKAO
  • Patent number: 11917118
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes: a calculation unit (163) that calculates an index value related to display of stereoscopic image content including a stereoscopic image based on a relative position of a viewer with respect to a position of a display unit (150) that displays the stereoscopic image; and a display control unit (164) that controls display processing performed by the display unit (150) based on the index value calculated by the calculation unit (163).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Funakoshi, Masato Akao
  • Publication number: 20230350344
    Abstract: User experience is improved. An information processing device includes: a grouping unit (21) that groups a plurality of pixels configuring one or more objects included in one piece of image data into one or more groups; a phase adjustment unit (22) that allocates, to the plurality of pixels, a phase pattern having a phase difference different for each of the one or more groups; and a calculation unit (30) that generates hologram data from the image data to which the phase pattern is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shihhao WEN, Masato AKAO, Yoshiaki KOUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230089872
    Abstract: An information processing device (20) includes: a specifying unit (23A) that specifies, from a plurality of pieces of layer data capable of expressing object light of a three-dimensional object in a stepwise manner, an occlusion region that is lost due to a foreground image of layer data of another hierarchy; and a modifying unit (23B) that modifies at least one of an amplitude or a phase in layer data at a boundary with the occlusion region that has been specified so that leakage of the object light to the outside of the occlusion region is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato AKAO
  • Publication number: 20230014562
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit that images a user and a real object, an analysis unit that analyzes an attitude of the real object based on imaging information captured by the imaging unit, and a control unit that controls display of an image related to the real object based on the attitude of the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: MASATO AKAO
  • Publication number: 20230012510
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes: a calculation unit (163) that calculates an index value related to display of stereoscopic image content including a stereoscopic image based on a relative position of a viewer with respect to a position of a display unit (150) that displays the stereoscopic image; and a display control unit (164) that controls display processing performed by the display unit (150) based on the index value calculated by the calculation unit (163).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: RYOHEI FUNAKOSHI, MASATO AKAO
  • Publication number: 20220239876
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, a projection device, and an information processing system capable of correcting distortion of a projection image by use of any image capturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato AKAO
  • Patent number: 11006098
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration to make a virtual viewpoint image be a more natural stereoscopic image. The virtual viewpoint image is transmitted/received between information processing apparatuses that execute bidirectional communication. A processor calculates a virtual viewpoint position corresponding to a position of a virtual camera that captures a virtual viewpoint image on the basis of viewing position information of a viewing user of the virtual viewpoint image, and generates the virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a captured image from the virtual viewpoint position. The virtual viewpoint image is generated based on the captured image of a real camera that captures an object user, and the virtual viewpoint image is generated by setting a capture direction of a virtual camera to a point C, wherein the point C is in a position different from the object user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Akao, Kazuhiko Nishibori
  • Publication number: 20200186729
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a remote communication system that are able to provide a good user experience with a less calculation amount. A face region in which a face of a user is captured and a body region in which a body of the user is captured are detected from an image obtained by imaging of the user who faces a front side of a display unit by an imaging unit from a direction other than the front side. Then, a front face image in which the face of the user is imaged from the front side is generated on the basis of the face region, correction to a front body image in which the body of the user is imaged from the front side is performed on the basis of the body region, and the front face image and the front body image are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato AKAO
  • Patent number: 10389976
    Abstract: To achieve a configuration enabling identification of to which viewing user the displayed user displayed on the display unit is speaking. The configuration includes a display image generation unit that generates dialog pair identification information enabling identification of to which viewing user among the plurality of viewing users the displayed user on the display unit is speaking, and outputs the generated information together with the displayed user, to the display unit. The display image generation unit generates, as the dialog pair identification information, an arrow or an icon, a face surrounding frame or a face side line, a virtual viewpoint background image or the like, directed from the displayed user forming the dialog pair to the viewing user forming the dialog pair, and displays the generated dialog pair identification information together with the displayed user, on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishi, Masato Akao
  • Patent number: 10297055
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a physical property parameter acquisition unit and a texture control unit. The physical property parameter acquisition unit is configured to acquire a physical property parameter on a subject in an image. The texture control unit is configured to control a texture of the subject in the image by using the physical property parameter acquired by the physical property parameter acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Masato Akao, Masami Ogata
  • Publication number: 20190149807
    Abstract: A configuration to make a virtual viewpoint image be a more natural stereoscopic image is realized, the virtual viewpoint image being transmitted/received between information processing apparatuses that execute bidirectional communication. A virtual viewpoint position calculation unit configured to calculate a virtual viewpoint position corresponding to a position of a virtual camera that captures a virtual viewpoint image on the basis of viewing position information of a viewing user of the virtual viewpoint image, and a virtual viewpoint image generation unit configured to generate the virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a captured image from the virtual viewpoint position are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: MASATO AKAO, KAZUHIKO NISHIBORI
  • Publication number: 20190014288
    Abstract: To achieve a configuration enabling identification of to which viewing user the displayed user displayed on the display unit is speaking. The configuration includes a display image generation unit that generates dialog pair identification information enabling identification of to which viewing user among the plurality of viewing users the displayed user on the display unit is speaking, and outputs the generated information together with the displayed user, to the display unit. The display image generation unit generates, as the dialog pair identification information, an arrow or an icon, a face surrounding frame or a face side line, a virtual viewpoint background image or the like, directed from the displayed user forming the dialog pair to the viewing user forming the dialog pair, and displays the generated dialog pair identification information together with the displayed user, on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO NISHI, MASATO AKAO
  • Patent number: 10136101
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a receiver unit that acquires information relevant to a sight line of a user of a communication partner from a communication partner terminal that performs remote communication; a face detection unit that detects information relevant to a position and a size of a face of the user of the communication partner, on the basis of a video signal that includes the face of the user of the communication partner; and a superimposition unit that displays and superimposes a sight line position of the user of the communication partner on the video signal including the face of the user of the communication partner, based on the information relevant to the sight line of the user of the communication partner and the information relevant to the position and the size of the face of the user of the communication partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Akao, Ryohei Okada, Junichi Tanaka, Kazuhiko Nishibori
  • Publication number: 20180077383
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a receiver unit that acquires information relevant to a sight line of a user of a communication partner from a communication partner terminal that performs remote communication; a face detection unit that detects information relevant to a position and a size of a face of the user of the communication partner, on the basis of a video signal that includes the face of the user of the communication partner and is received from the communication partner terminal; and a superimposition unit that displays and superimposes a sight line position of the user of the communication partner on the video signal that includes the face of the user of the communication partner, on the basis of the information relevant to the sight line of the user of the communication partner and the information relevant to the position and the size of the face of the user of the communication partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: MASATO AKAO, RYOHEI OKADA, JUNICHI TANAKA, KAZUHIKO NISHIBORI
  • Publication number: 20140340415
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a physical property parameter acquisition unit and a texture control unit. The physical property parameter acquisition unit is configured to acquire a physical property parameter on a subject in an image. The texture control unit is configured to control a texture of the subject in the image by using the physical property parameter acquired by the physical property parameter acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi MORIFUJI, Masato AKAO, Masami OGATA
  • Publication number: 20140218357
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including a left perspective image input unit configured to input a left perspective image that is an image signal for a left eye to be applied to three-dimensional image display, a right perspective image input unit configured to input a right perspective image that is an image signal for a right eye to be applied to three-dimensional image display, a parallax estimation unit configured to generate parallax information from the left and right perspective images, a reliability computation unit configured to compute a reliability of the parallax information generated by the parallax estimation unit, and a virtual perspective image generation unit configured to generate a virtual perspective image including an image of a perspective other than perspectives of the input left and right perspective images by receiving inputs of the left perspective image, the right perspective image, the parallax information, and the reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Akao
  • Patent number: 8774603
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Miyake, Kei Hiraizumi, Yoshinori Takagi, Masato Akao, Yasunobu Node, Yoshihito Fujiwara, Kazutaka Ando, Naoki Kobayashi, Michimasa Obana, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takeyuki Fujii, Masanori Machimura, Toru Nakagawa, Yusuke Kajio, Yasuhiro Fujimori, Tetsujiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8649656
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A playback-position feature value extracting unit extracts, as a playback-position feature value, a feature value at a playback position from an image being played back. A synchronizing unit synchronizes the playback-position feature value with a feature value on a data recording medium on which setting information for processing the image is recorded in association with a feature value of the image. A control unit controls a time width used for synchronization between the feature value on the data recording medium with the playback-position feature value. A reading unit reads, when the playback-position feature value is synchronized with the feature value on the data recording medium, the setting information recorded on the data recording medium in association with the playback-position feature value. A reflecting unit reflects, based on the read setting information, the process in the image being played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Akao, Tetsujiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130293533
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a parallax estimating unit that generates parallax information from a left visual point image to be an image signal for a left eye applied to multi-dimensional image display and a right visual point image to be an image signal for a right eye applied to the multi-dimensional image display, an interpolation direction control unit that controls changing of an interpolation direction of a virtual visual point image including a visual point image other than the left visual point image and the right visual point image, according to a parameter showing a degree of a variation based on the parallax information generated by the parallax estimating unit, and a virtual visual point image generating unit that generates the virtual visual point image in the interpolation direction of which the changing is controlled by the interpolation direction control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Akao