Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Takehara

Mitsuru Takehara 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: 20210049303
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can assist understanding and consent for a personal information protection policy such as a privacy policy, and a program. A privacy policy is analyzed for every item, difference information including a common item and a difference item is generated, and a summary is generated and displayed on the basis of the difference information. It is possible to apply to privacy policy management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: TAKEHIKO MORITA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, SHINYA MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10911548
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of managing a community site. Upon execution of processor-executable instructions by a processing unit, the processing unit manages the community site in accordance with management data so as to permit access to the community site by a plurality of terminal apparatuses based at least in part on terminal data from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses. The terminal data indicates at least one of a time or a location associated with the terminal apparatus. The processing unit further stores content uploaded from at least one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses to at least one storage device, the content being accessible via the community site. In response to at least one predetermined condition relating to the usage of the community site being satisfied, the processing unit sends a signal to delete the content from the at least one storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kageyama, Mitsuru Takehara, Norifumi Kikkawa, Yuan Wei
  • Patent number: 10860617
    Abstract: [Object] To utilize various devices more effectively by organizing such devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a device log acquisition unit configured to acquire a device log including information indicating a state caused by behavior of a user related to each of devices from each of the devices; and a correlation determination unit configured to determine a correlation between certain devices included in the devices on the basis of the device logs and a preset condition of the states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kishin Yagami, Hisahiro Suganuma, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuichi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 10832099
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Patent number: 10771957
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus that includes a communication unit that uses wireless communication to transmit and receive data related to a service provided by at least one of the wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a designated range, and a control unit that associates service information for identifying the service with user information for identifying a user using a wireless communication apparatus that provides the service, and include and transmit the associated information in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takushi Kunihiro, Yoichiro Sako, Kouichirou Ono, Makoto Akagi, Katsuhito Ishida, Mitsuru Takehara, Kento Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10771845
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that obtains information of a voice input of at least one user and estimates an attribute of the user based on the information of the voice input. The information processing apparatus further controls a display apparatus to display a layout image for the information of the voice input based on the estimated attribute of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kohei Asada, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga
  • Publication number: 20200244747
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program capable of processing information in a certain region and transmitting the abstracted data to a higher-level device to construct a hierarchical distributed database on distributed computers. [Solution] The information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control to: abstract information collected from a region in a certain range in accordance with setting information; and transmit the abstracted information from a communication unit to a higher-level device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: MASAKAZU UKITA, MITSURU TAKEHARA
  • 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: 10607625
    Abstract: There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yasunori Kamada, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • 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: 20200005099
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Patent number: 10488208
    Abstract: A communication system, a control method, and a storage medium, which can guide a user to an action for having the predetermined feeling in accordance with a feeling map. A communication system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire present position information of a user; a guiding information generation unit configured to generate guiding information in accordance with the present position information and map information in which feeling data is mapped; and a supply unit configured to supply the guiding information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Masakazu Yajima, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Kohei Asada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Abiko, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20190281444
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus including: a communication unit configured to use wireless communication to transmit and receive data related to a service provided by at least one of the wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a designated range; and a control unit configured to associate service information for identifying the service with user information for identifying a user using a wireless communication apparatus that provides the service, and include and transmit the associated information in the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: KAZUYUKI SAKODA, TAKUSHI KUNIHIRO, YOICHIRO SAKO, KOUICHIROU ONO, MAKOTO AKAGI, KATSUHITO ISHIDA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KENTO SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10383134
    Abstract: Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Nobuhiko Watanabe, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masayuki Takada, Shuhei Sonoda
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10356607
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus including: a communication unit configured to use wireless communication to transmit and receive data related to a service provided by at least one of the wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a designated range; and a control unit configured to associate service information for identifying the service with user information for identifying a user using a wireless communication apparatus that provides the service, and include and transmit the associated information in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takushi Kunihiro, Yoichiro Sako, Kouichirou Ono, Makoto Akagi, Katsuhito Ishida, Mitsuru Takehara, Kento Suzuki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190138859
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Patent number: 10282619
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to detect an object from which an individual is identifiable from captured image data, store information from which the object is restorable in memory and transmit image data generated by omitting the information regarding the object to a server. The information processing apparatus also detects the existence of a wireless terminal and controls deletion of the information regarding the object based on a privacy level associated with the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masakazu Yajima, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10235805
    Abstract: There is provided a client terminal including a determination unit that determines, based on position information associated with a particular object, whether the particular object is included in an angle of view visually recognized by a user, and a guidance unit that guides the user when the determination unit determines that the particular object is not included in the angle of view visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Mitsuru Takehara