Patents by Inventor Shiro Suzuki

Shiro Suzuki 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: 11967976
    Abstract: To reduce data amount while ensuring tactile reproducibility of a two-dimensional tactile signal, and improve the efficiency of a system related to tactile reproduction. Coding is performed to compress information amount by orthogonally transforming a two-dimensional tactile signal based on a time signal. By orthogonally transforming a two-dimensional tactile signal based on a time signal, it is possible to compress information amount by removing frequency components that are difficult for humans to perceive, as in the case of an image signal, for example. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce data amount while ensuring tactile reproducibility of a two-dimensional tactile signal, and improve the efficiency of a system related to tactile reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Shiro Suzuki, Shuichiro Nishigori, Hirofumi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11947723
    Abstract: Provided is a decoding device including a decoding unit configured to decode a plurality of pieces of encoded data on the basis of encoding method information that has been received, received bitstream data including the plurality of pieces of encoded data in which a plurality of segments of a tactile signal has been respectively encoded, in which the encoding method information includes information indicating in which encoding method of a plurality of encoding methods the respective segments of the tactile signal have been encoded, the plurality of encoding methods includes a simple tactile encoding method corresponding to a simple tactile signal related to a beginning segment of the tactile signal, the plurality of pieces of encoded data includes simple tactile encoded data in which the simple tactile signal has been encoded in the simple tactile encoding method, and the decoding unit decodes the simple tactile encoded data, in a case where the encoding method information indicates the simple tactile encodi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shuichiro Nishigori, Takuma Domae, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Shiro Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240089686
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of reflecting the individuality of a participant and providing audio data corresponding to a reaction of the participant in consideration of transmission problems. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to perform control for selecting individual pseudo sound data corresponding to acquired reaction information indicating a reaction of a participant from one or more pieces of individual pseudo sound data reflecting a feature of a sound uttered by the participant, and outputting the selected individual pseudo sound data from an audio output apparatus installed in a venue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: RINA KOTANI, SHIRO SUZUKI, CHISATO KEMMOCHI
  • Patent number: 11922797
    Abstract: To reduce a data amount required for tactile presentation while enabling driving of different types of tactile presentation devices corresponding to different physical amounts. An encoding device according to the present technology is provided with an encoding unit that generates coded data by performing encoding to compress an information amount by utilizing an interconversion property between physical amounts on a plurality of tactile signals representing different physical amounts. This makes it possible to obtain the tactile signals representing desired physical amounts within a range in which interconversion may be performed while compressing the information amount by utilizing the interconversion property between the physical amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Shuichiro Nishigori, Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240030936
    Abstract: A tactile reproduction system is made more efficient by achieving a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense. A decoding apparatus according to the present technology includes a decoding unit configured to decode tactile coded data obtained by performing encoding of compressing an information amount, on a tactile signal using higher-order perception in a tactile sense. Therefore, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed in accordance with a tactile characteristic of a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11881201
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus that includes a tactile control section and an audio control section. The tactile control section generates, on the basis of a tactile signal for tactile presentation, a tactile control signal for driving a tactile presentation unit. The audio control section generates, on the basis of a first audio signal and a second audio signal, an audio control signal for driving an audio output unit, the second audio signal containing sound components that are in an opposite phase to sound generated on the basis of the tactile signal and generated from the tactile presentation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230419795
    Abstract: A system related to tactile reproduction is made more efficient by achieving a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense. An encoding apparatus according to the present technology includes an encoding unit configured to encode tactile signals using different data formats between different regions of a human body. Therefore, for example, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed considering difficulty in perceiving tactile stimulation of a region, by reducing a data distribution of a tactile signal for a region with low tactile sensitivity using a difference in tactile sensitivity between regions of a human body, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suzuki, Shuichiro Nishigori, Hirofumi Takeda, Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11823557
    Abstract: A system related to tactile reproduction is made more efficient by achieving a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense. An encoding apparatus includes an encoding unit configured to encode tactile signals using different data formats between different regions of a human body. Therefore, for example, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed considering difficulty in perceiving tactile stimulation of a region, by reducing a data distribution of a tactile signal for a region with low tactile sensitivity using a difference in tactile sensitivity between regions of a human body, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suzuki, Shuichiro Nishigori, Hirofumi Takeda, Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230274768
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a reproduction data reception unit configured to receive first reproduction data and control information regarding the first reproduction data, a first buffer memory configured to store the received first reproduction data and control information, a synchronization information management unit configured to receive synchronization information from another reproduction apparatus that reproduces second reproduction data in synchronization with the first reproduction data, a reproduction data management unit configured to duplicate or discard the first reproduction data stored in the first buffer memory, and a reproduction processing unit configured to reproduce the first reproduction data on the basis of the received synchronization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: SHIRO SUZUKI, SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, RYUJI TOKUNAGA, TAKAFUMI HATTORI, TAKAHIRO WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230254535
    Abstract: To reduce uncomfortableness in the transmission of sensory stimulation information, the uncomfortableness being caused by different recording and reproducing environments. An information processing device according to the present technique includes: a positional-relationship-information acquisition unit that acquires information on a first positional relationship between a recording device and a recording subject, the recording device performing recording in a recording environment for recording sensory stimulation information transmitted from the recording subject, and information on a second positional relationship between the recording subject and a user in the reproduction environment of the recorded sensory stimulation information; and a correction unit that corrects the output signals of reproducing devices for the reproduction of the sensory stimulation information on the basis of the information on the first positional relationship and the information on the second positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO WATANABE, SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, SHIRO SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11656683
    Abstract: To achieve simplification in configuration and reduction in cost of a tactile reproduction system that reproduces tactile information. The signal generation device according to the present technology includes a signal generation unit that generates a tactile signal on the basis of a detection value of a motion detection unit that is provided in an imaging device and detects motion of the imaging device. This eliminates the need to provide a separate motion detection unit other than the motion detection unit provided in the imaging device in order to realize a system that reproduces tactile information together with visual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230145547
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the amount of data to be transmitted while ensuring tactile reproducibility. A decoding device according to the present technology includes: a first decoding unit that decodes first encoded data obtained by encoding a first signal section with a first bit rate, the first signal section being a part of a touch signal section which is a signal section indicating a touch state with an object in a tactile signal, the first signal section being a signal section including a boundary between the touch state and a non-touch state with the object; and a second decoding unit that decodes second encoded data obtained by encoding a second signal section with a bit rate lower than the first bit rate, the second signal section being a signal section except for the first signal section in the touch signal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEDA, Shuichiro NISHIGORI, Shiro SUZUKI, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230131395
    Abstract: A decoder according to the present technology includes a first decoding unit configured to, for encoded data obtained by encoding a tactile signal, decode a first band signal being a signal of a first frequency band in the tactile signal, the encoded data including data obtained by encoding the first band signal and tactile strength information indicative of a tactile strength for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band in the tactile signal, a second decoding unit configured to decode a second band signal being a signal of the second frequency band in the tactile signal on the basis of the tactile strength information in the encoded data, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the first band signal decoded by the first decoding unit and the second band signal decoded by the second decoding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, TAKAHIRO WATANABE, SHIRO SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230122545
    Abstract: As a bit stream generation method for generating a bit stream of transmission data in which a plurality of signals including at least a tactile signal is multiplexed, a signal transmission unrequired section of the tactile signal is determined and, in a case where the signal transmission unrequired section exists, the bit stream in which additional information other than the tactile signal is inserted into the signal transmission unrequired section is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, TAKAHIRO WATANABE, SHIRO SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11616513
    Abstract: A tactile reproduction system achieves a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense. A decoding apparatus includes a decoding unit configured to decode tactile coded data obtained by performing encoding of compressing an information amount, on a tactile signal using higher-order perception in a tactile sense. Therefore, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed in accordance with a tactile characteristic of a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11594113
    Abstract: Provided is a decoding device including a decoding unit configured to decode encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and a signal addition unit configured to add the reference signal and the differential signal. In addition, provided is a decoding method by a processor, the decoding method including decoding encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and adding the reference signal and the differential signal that has been decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Ikuo Yamano, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11561618
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can suppress hindrance to viewing/listening to content. A control unit controls output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound. Further, the control unit performs a process of controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a mobile device such as a smartphone and the like capable of reproducing content including sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Jun Matsumoto, Ikuo Yamano, Toshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230007434
    Abstract: A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an audio control section and a vibration control section. The audio control section generates audio control signals of a plurality of channels with audio signals of the plurality of channels as input signals, the audio signals each including a first audio component and a second audio component different from the first audio component. The vibration control section generates a vibration control signal for vibration presentation by taking a difference between audio signals of two channels among the plurality of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Hirofumi Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220416949
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception terminal and a method capable of achieving stable voice transmission regardless of the device. A reception terminal receives a packet transmitted from a transmission terminal, the packet including main data and redundant data generated on the basis of a redundancy degree determined on the basis of a retransmission timeout period that is a time determined by a combination of the transmission and reception terminals and in which retransmission processing of the main data can be repeatedly executed and used for restoration or interpolation of the main data, and decodes reproduction data by decoding the main data or the redundant data. The present technology can be applied to a communication system that performs voice transmission using BLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Hattori, Chisato Kemmochi, Shiro Suzuki, Ryuji Tokunaga, Yuuki Matsumura, Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220407825
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus (1) includes a signal processing unit (31, 32) and an insertion/deletion unit (33). The signal processing unit performs predetermined signal processing on the wirelessly received data for each frame that includes a predetermined number of samples, and stores the data in the buffers (41, 42). In the case where an amount of the data accumulated in the buffer is out of a predetermined range, the insertion/deletion unit (33) performs insertion/deletion processing that inserts or deletes the data in units of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Tokunaga, Shiro Suzuki, Chisato Kemmochi, Yuuki Matsumura, Takafumi Hattori, Jun Matsumoto