Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Hirota
Naoyuki Hirota 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).
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Publication number: 20240136073Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that enable to hold an event in consideration of infection suppression of infectious diseases. Included are: an acquisition unit configured to acquire ticket information including an attribute of a ticket in an event, user information related to an infectious disease of a user, and event information set by a manager of the event; a determination unit configured to make a determination on the basis of the user information and the setting information; and a setting unit configured to set an attribute of the ticket on the basis of a determination result. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a management server that manages events.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: TAKAYOSHI HIRAI, NAOYUKI HIROTA, SOICHI FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20230293236Abstract: A device for validating a surgical simulation is provided in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, the device including circuitry configured to: identify a portion of interest of a surgical event based on surgical information; provide an interactive surgical simulation to a network of surgeons, the interactive surgical simulation including the portion of interest of the surgical event; receive performance data from the network of surgeons, the performance data being indicative of actions taken by one or more surgeons in response to the interactive surgical simulation; and validate at least one of the portion of interest and/or the interactive surgical simulation based on the received performance data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Nicholas WALKER, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Publication number: 20230024942Abstract: A computer assisted surgery system comprising an image capture apparatus, a display, a user interface and circuitry, wherein the circuitry is configured to: receive information indicating a surgical scenario and a surgical process associated with the surgical scenario; obtain an artificial image of the surgical scenario; output the artificial image for display on the display; receive permission information via the user interface indicating if there is permission for the surgical process to be performed if the surgical scenario is determined to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Publication number: 20230029184Abstract: A robotic arm system for surgery is described. The method includes: processing circuitry configured to: apply a virtual barrier preventing a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene; and release the virtual barrier in response to a gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Patent number: 11357388Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Lawrenson, Christopher Wright, Naoyuki Hirota
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Publication number: 20210267435Abstract: A verification system for verifying features of a scene, the system including circuitry configured to receive initial information determined in accordance with a first analysis of the scene, produce at least one test image in accordance with test information indicating at least one feature of the scene to be verified, the at least one test image being at least one predetermined image selected in accordance with the test information, modified in accordance with the initial information, overlay the scene with the at least one test image, receive comparison information relating to a comparison of the at least one test image overlaid with the scene with the at least one predetermined image selected in accordance with the test information and generate a verification status of a feature of the scene in accordance with the received comparison information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Publication number: 20210259789Abstract: A surgical support system including: an eye behaviour monitoring apparatus that monitors eye behaviour of a surgeon performing a surgical procedure to obtain eye behaviour data of the surgeon; a surgical data generating apparatus that generates surgical data associated with the surgical procedure being performed by the surgeon; a surgical intervention apparatus that performs an intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance of the surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus that: determines a value of an intervention parameter associated with the surgical procedure using the obtained eye behaviour data; determines an acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter using the generated surgical data, and if the determined value of the intervention parameter is outside the determined acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter, controls the surgical intervention apparatus to perform the intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance ofType: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Publication number: 20200196842Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Matthew LAWRENSON, Christopher WRIGHT, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Publication number: 20200085287Abstract: A medical imaging device comprising a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser configured to illuminate an object using one of a plurality of light conditions, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the object, and circuitry configured to: control the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser to illuminate the object using light having a first light condition; control the image sensor to capture a first image of the object with the light having the first light condition; control the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser to illuminate the object with light having a second, different, light condition; control the image sensor to capture a second image of the object illuminated with the light having the first light condition; and determine information of the object based on the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Matthew LAWRENSON, Naoyuki HIROTA
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Patent number: 10114492Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a pressure sensor configured to be capable of detecting a pressure position which is a position of a pressure portion subjected to a pressure manipulation by a user and a pressure force which is a pressure at a time of the pressure manipulation, and to have a cylindrical shape, and a position specifying unit configured to specify a position in a three-dimensional space according to the pressure position and the pressure force.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Seiko Maehara, Naoyuki Hirota, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata
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Publication number: 20150130748Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a pressure sensor configured to be capable of detecting a pressure position which is a position of a pressure portion subjected to a pressure manipulation by a user and a pressure force which is a pressure at a time of the pressure manipulation, and to have a cylindrical shape, and a position specifying unit configured to specify a position in a three-dimensional space according to the pressure position and the pressure force.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Seiko Maehara, Naoyuki Hirota, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata
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Publication number: 20150130808Abstract: There is provided a display device, including a color display section which displays a color plane expressed by first and second attribute values from among three attribute values constituting a color system, a base section to which the color display section is connected in a rotatable state, and a display control section which changes the color plane in accordance with a rotation angle of the color display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata, Hitoshi Mukai, Seiko Maehara, Kazumasa Tanaka, Naoyuki Hirota