Patents by Inventor Ryusei KOIKE

Ryusei KOIKE 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).

  • Patent number: 11922904
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow for preventing a decrease in marker recognition rate. Display of a content image that moves in a first display surface on which a marker image is displayed in a display form in which at least a part of the marker image is not shielded is controlled on the basis of first information regarding feature points of the marker image displayed on the first display surface of a terminal device; and second information regarding the feature points of the marker image on the first display surface in the display form is acquired from image data of a captured image obtained by imaging the first display surface, and a position and an orientation of the terminal device are detected on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maho Hayashi, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Ryusei Koike
  • Patent number: 11553158
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to recognize a state of telecommunication among multiple points more easily. Information regarding telecommunication performed among telecommunication apparatuses is received, and an image that indicates a state of telecommunication between a first telecommunication apparatus and another communication apparatus and a state of telecommunication between a plurality of other telecommunication apparatuses is generated on the basis of the received information, and then the generated image is displayed. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an information processing apparatus, a telecommunication apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Ryusei Koike, Koji Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20220309900
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of allowing a user viewing a video of a remote location to be aware of presence of a person who is outside of an angle of field of a video in more appropriate form. An information processing device according to the present technology includes a processing unit, wherein, when, between a first space where a first imaging device and a first display device are installed and a second space where a second imaging device and a second display device are installed, a captured image captured by the imaging device in one of the spaces is displayed by the display device in the other space in real time, the processing unit performs processing to notify first users in the first space that second users are outside of an angle of field of the second imaging device when the second users who are at positions outside of the angle of field of the second imaging device is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryusei KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20220293067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow for preventing a decrease in marker recognition rate. Display of a content image that moves in a first display surface on which a marker image is displayed in a display form in which at least a part of the marker image is not shielded is controlled on the basis of first information regarding feature points of the marker image displayed on the first display surface of a terminal device; and second information regarding the feature points of the marker image on the first display surface in the display form is acquired from image data of a captured image obtained by imaging the first display surface, and a position and an orientation of the terminal device are detected on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, RYUSEI KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11366631
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device provided with an obtaining unit (211) that obtains first physical information of a first user present in a first space, and second physical information of a second user present in a second space, a virtual space generation unit (213) that generates a virtual space on the basis of the first physical information or the second physical information, as operation mode control unit (211) that switches an operation mode in a case where a trigger caused by at least any one of the first user or the second user occurs, and a control unit (210) that interlocks switch of the operation mode with at least one device present is the first space or at least one device present in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Ryusei Koike, Haruo Oba, Motoki Higashide, Daisuke Miki
  • Patent number: 11307670
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow an intuitive grasp of an object indicated by a communication partner in communication through an image are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls interactive communication to display, on a display unit, a captured image of a space on a communication partner side acquired from the communication partner side, the control unit controlling to display an image linking a pointer used by a person on one side to an object indicated by the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusei Koike, Kae Nagano, Koji Sato, Koji Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20220091809
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method capable of providing a better user experience. The information processing device includes a detection result acquiring unit that acquires a detection result that is obtained as a result of sensing one of at least two users when communication is performed by the users while viewing each other's images transmitted and received via a network; an information processing unit that performs an information process so that a presentation content presented on a side of one of the users is different from a presentation content on a side of another one of the users on the basis of the detection result; and a display control unit that performs display control to display an image which is the presentation content in accordance with the information process. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a remote communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kae NAGANO, Ryusei KOIKE, Koji SATO, Koji FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20220014713
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to recognize a state of telecommunication among multiple points more easily. Information regarding telecommunication performed among telecommunication apparatuses is received, and an image that indicates a state of telecommunication between a first telecommunication apparatus and another communication apparatus and a state of telecommunication between a plurality of other telecommunication apparatuses is generated on the basis of the received information, and then the generated image is displayed. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an information processing apparatus, a telecommunication apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SATO, Ryusei KOIKE, Koji FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 11076125
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a first display unit, a second display unit that displays an image acquired from a space on a communication partner side, and a control unit that performs a display control of the first display unit and the second display unit, and control to display, on at least one of the first display unit or the second display unit, a shared object whose display at least extends to a work area on the communication partner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusei Koike, Yusuke Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210208687
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow an intuitive grasp of an object indicated by a communication partner in communication through an image are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls interactive communication to display, on a display unit, a captured image of a space on a communication partner side acquired from the communication partner side, the control unit controlling to display an image linking a pointer used by a person on one side to an object indicated by the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusei KOIKE, Kae NAGANO, Koji SATO, Koji FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20210157541
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device provided with an obtaining unit (211) that obtains first physical information of a first user present in a first space, and second physical information of a second user present in a second space, a virtual space generation unit (213) that generates a virtual space on the basis of the first physical information or the second physical information, as operation mode control unit (211) that switches an operation mode in a case where a trigger caused by at least any one of the first user or the second user occurs, and a control unit (210) that interlocks switch of the operation mode with at least one device present is the first space or at least one device present in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke SAKAI, Ryusei KOIKE, Haruo OBA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Daisuke MIKI
  • Patent number: 10986310
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of looking back on the past two-way communication while maintaining connection between spaces in real time. The information processing apparatus controls two-way communication between a first space and a second space, and includes: a control unit that performs control to display first image information and second image information in the first space and performs control to display third image information and fourth image information in the second space, in which the first image information is current image information regarding the second space, the second image information is past image information regarding the second space, the third image information is current image information regarding the first space, and the fourth image information is past image information regarding the first space in the same time zone as that of the second image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusei Koike, Atsushi Izumihara, Koji Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20210006749
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing a joint work space in which people feels as if people are performing work in the same space as a communication partner in two-way communication. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a first display unit, a second display unit that displays an image acquired from a space on a communication partner side, and a control unit that performs a display control of the first display unit and the second display unit, in which the control unit performs control to display, on at least one of the first display unit or the second display unit, a shared object whose display at least extends to a work area on the communication partner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: RYUSEI KOIKE, YUSUKE SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20200275055
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of looking back on the past two-way communication while maintaining connection between spaces in real time. The information processing apparatus controls two-way communication between a first space and a second space, and includes: a control unit that performs control to display first image information and second image information in the first space and performs control to display third image information and fourth image information in the second space, in which the first image information is current image information regarding the second space, the second image information is past image information regarding the second space, the third image information is current image information regarding the first space, and the fourth image information is past image information regarding the first space in the same time zone as that of the second image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusei KOIKE, Atsushi IZUMIHARA, Koji FURUSAWA