Patents by Inventor Shinobu Kuriya
Shinobu Kuriya 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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Patent number: 11430437Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable presentation of a response to a user with an appropriate amount of information in a voice interaction system. Provision of an information processor including a processing unit that adjusts an amount of information in a response with respect to desired information of a user, in accordance with a certainty factor of the user himself/herself that is estimated for the desired information makes it is possible to present the response to the user with the appropriate amount of information in the voice interaction system. The present technology is applicable to a voice interaction system, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Touyama, Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Kana Nishikawa, Shinobu Kuriya, Yasushi Tsuruta
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Patent number: 11356360Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kana Nishikawa, Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Keisuke Touyama, Yasushi Tsuruta, Shinobu Kuriya
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Patent number: 11238846Abstract: [Problem] More effective information is gathered efficiently for the correction of device behavior. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a gathered operation history of a device, an output of a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a communication unit that receives feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene thus output. Further provided is an information processing device that comprises a communication unit that receives information on a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a playback unit that plays back the reproduced scene, wherein the communication unit transmits feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Kana Nishikawa, Keisuke Touyama, Shinobu Kuriya, Yasushi Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20210151030Abstract: [Problem] More effective information is gathered efficiently for the correction of device behavior. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a gathered operation history of a device, an output of a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a communication unit that receives feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene thus output. Further provided is an information processing device that comprises a communication unit that receives information on a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a playback unit that plays back the reproduced scene, wherein the communication unit transmits feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Junki OHMURA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Kana NISHIKAWA, Keisuke TOUYAMA, Shinobu KURIYA, Yasushi TSURUTA
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Publication number: 20200293563Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable an improvement in a quality of an interactive system. An information processor is provided that includes a generating section that generates a question directed to obtaining high-order information on the basis of first-order information that is primary information, the high-order information being higher in order than the first-order information and corresponding to an answer from a user. This makes it possible to obtain information higher in order than the primary information. Such an information processor enables an improvement in the quality of the interactive system. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a voice interactive system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: YASUSHI TSURUTA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, SHINOBU KURIYA, KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA
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Publication number: 20200228445Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, SHINOBU KURIYA
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Publication number: 20200152191Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable presentation of a response to a user with an appropriate amount of information in a voice interaction system. Provision of an information processor including a processing unit that adjusts an amount of information in a response with respect to desired information of a user, in accordance with a certainty factor of the user himself/herself that is estimated for the desired information makes it is possible to present the response to the user with the appropriate amount of information in the voice interaction system. The present technology is applicable to a voice interaction system, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: KEISUKE TOUYAMA, JUNKI OHMURA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KANA NISHIKAWA, SHINOBU KURIYA, YASUSHI TSURUTA
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Publication number: 20200151765Abstract: [Problem] There are proposed an information processing device, an information processing method and a program which can adaptively control outputting of an advertisement message for virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products. [Solution] An information processing device includes: an information acquisition unit which acquires advertisement information selected based on information related to virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products; and an output control unit which controls outputting of an advertisement message including the information which is determined based on an attribute of the advertisement information and a character setting of the virtual agent, and is related to the virtual agent's virtual use of the product associated with the advertisement information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, SHINOBU KURIYA
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Publication number: 20200105265Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that allow information to be presented using a character that allows a user to feel attached. An information processor of the present technology acquires a context, and selects, on the basis of the context, a predetermined character to be used for presenting information to the user from among a plurality of characters for which attributes defining different features are set. The attribute set for the selected predetermined character is merged with the attribute set for the main character, and information is presented to the user using the main character having a feature defined by the merged attribute. The present technology can be applied to an agent device operated by a voice UI.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, KANA NISHIKAWA, HIROAKI OGAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA
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Patent number: 10514777Abstract: A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided. The memory device stores instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive displacement information from the input apparatus, and generate a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hideo Kawabe
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Patent number: 10318015Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit configured to calculate, based on information on an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor included in an operation device that is operated by a user, movement information as information on one of a velocity and a movement distance of the operation device; and a correction unit configured to correct, based on information obtained by the acceleration sensor within an acceleration period as a period between an acceleration start time and an acceleration end time of the operation device, the movement information of the operation device within a period between the acceleration end time of the operation device and a movement end time at which the movement ends, that is calculated by the operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Shinobu Kuriya, Kenichi Kabasawa, Masatoshi Ueno, Hideo Kawabe, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tsubasa Tsukahara
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Publication number: 20190121451Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, TETSURO GOTO, MASATOSHI UENO, KENICHI KABASAWA, TATSUYA SUZUKI, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, TOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA, HIDEO KAWABE
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Patent number: 10198870Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an information processing apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: detect a real object on a real space; receive first superimposition information that corresponds to superimposition of a virtual object on the real object, wherein the first superimposition information is generated based on a spatial position relationship of a second information processing apparatus and the real object; generate second superimposition information based on spatial positional information of the first information processing apparatus and the received first superimposition information; and display the virtual object based on the generated second superimposition information.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
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Patent number: 10191281Abstract: A head-mountable display device is provided including an image display device configured to be communicable with an input device and to display an operation image and an auxiliary image overlaid upon the operation image. The auxiliary image indicates three-dimensional positional information of a target object relative to an input operation surface of the input device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
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Patent number: 10185405Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Hideo Kawabe
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Publication number: 20180374270Abstract: To change the display of the information associated with the moving real object depending on the position of the real object. Provided is an information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of tag information managed in association with position information of a real object. The display control unit controls the display of the tag information in such a manner that the display of the tag information is changed depending on a change in the position information of the real object. Also provided is a server including: an object management unit configured to manage an update of position information of a real object on a basis of the collected position information of the real object; and a control unit configured to cause the position information of the real object and tag information managed in association with the position information of the real object to be transmitted to an information processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, SOTA MATSUZAWA
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Patent number: 10140771Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: an image-taking unit configured to take an image of real scenery to thereby obtain real image; a marker-detecting unit configured to extract a marker image from the real image, the marker image being an image of marker projection light, the marker projection light being projected by a projection device to the real scenery in order to provide spatial first information, the first information being necessary to display virtual information such that the virtual information is superimposed on the real scenery, second information being added to the marker projection light; and an extracting unit configured to extract the second information added to the extracted marker image.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
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Patent number: 10114478Abstract: There is provided a control method, including: outputting a displacement value depending on a displacement amount of an input device in a case where operation is input in the input device, the operation being for a control target displayed on a display apparatus, the position of the display apparatus being specified by a first coordinate system, the position of the input device being specified by a second coordinate system; calculating a displacement amount of the input device in the second coordinate system based on the displacement value; and displaying the control target, the control target being moved to a position corresponding to a displacement amount in the first coordinate system by using a transformation matrix, the transformation matrix transforming a displacement amount of the input device in the second coordinate system into a displacement amount in the first coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 10051070Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an activity acquiring unit configured to acquire an activity of a first user in a first scene of content, a scene extracting unit configured to extract a second scene similar to the first scene from the content or another content, and a feedback diverting unit configured to divert a feedback that arises in the first scene in response to the activity of the first user, to the second scene provided to a second user.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Araki, Shinobu Kuriya, Masanori Miyahara
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Patent number: 9952437Abstract: To provide a head-mounted display excellent in portability and operability. A head-mounted display according to the present technology includes a main body and an input operation section. The main body includes a display section configured to present an image to a user and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation section includes a first detection element that extends in a first axis direction and is provided in the main body and electrostatically detects an operation position in the first axis direction, and a first guide section that guides an input operation of the user along the first axis direction on the first detection element, and controls the image.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Hisako Sugano, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Hirotaka Ishikawa