Patents by Inventor Shouichi Doi
Shouichi Doi 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: 20220272502Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of providing better user experience. Provided is an information processing system including a control unit configured to set a plurality of users who is currently acting together as a plurality of users belonging to a specific community, and perform control so as to enable the plurality of users to experience a same type of service at substantially same timing by each wireless device corresponding to each user according to the same type of service available to the each user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system including a wireless device capable of playing back a song distributed by a music distribution service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Ryu AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220246135Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Makoto YAMADA, Kaoru KOIKE
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Publication number: 20220164544Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including: a user information storage unit that stores user information related to a user; a personality information storage unit that stores personality information defining a personality unique to an agent; and a control unit that controls an externalized behavior which is a behavior externalized by the agent, based on the personality information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: ITARU SHIMIZU, SHOUICHI DOI, TOMOKO KOUNO
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Patent number: 10725734Abstract: There is provided a voice input device including a processor configured to realize an address term definition function of defining an address term for at least a partial region of an image to be displayed on a display, a display control function of displaying the image on the display and temporarily displaying the address term on the display in association with the region, a voice input acquisition function of acquiring a voice input for the image, and a command issuing function of issuing a command relevant to the region when the address term is included in the voice input.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shouichi Doi, Yoshiki Takeoka, Masayuki Takada
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Patent number: 10514881Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to provide a technology capable of easily recording a program for obtaining an intention of a user from text data corresponding to dialogue using a natural language, the information processing device including: a text data analysis unit configured to analyze text data corresponding to dialogue using a natural language, and extract an event included in the text data and a process to be executed in accordance with the event; and a record control unit configured to record a correspondence relation between the event and the process on a recording medium as a program.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Nagasaka, Shouichi Doi
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Patent number: 10503797Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selecting at least a part of a text included in contents, an acquisition unit acquiring a processing result of natural language processing for the part of the text selected by the selection unit, a specifying unit specifying a predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a detection unit detecting a keyword from the predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a tag generation unit automatically generating a tag in accordance with the keyword detected by the detection unit, and an association unit associating the tag generated by the tag generation unit with the predetermined part of the text.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Hoshino, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Shouichi Doi, Akihiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10332076Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a schedule acquisition unit configured to acquire a schedule registered by a user, an action-history acquisition unit configured to acquire an action history of the user, and a past-schedule correction unit configured to correct a past schedule among the schedule on the basis of the action history.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Morita, Atsushi Ishihara, Yoshinori Kurata, Hajime Senuma, Masayuki Takada, Yoshiki Takeoka, Shouichi Doi
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Patent number: 10297179Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of projecting an image to an appropriate projection destination while reducing work of a user in projection of an image, the information processing apparatus including: a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed on the basis of the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit, an information processing method, and a program.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shouichi Doi, Masayuki Chatani, Atsushi Ishihara, Yoshinori Kurata, Masayuki Takada, Masahiro Morita, Yoshiki Takeoka
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Publication number: 20190012140Abstract: There is provided a voice input device including a processor configured to realize an address term definition function of defining an address term for at least a partial region of an image to be displayed on a display, a display control function of displaying the image on the display and temporarily displaying the address term on the display in association with the region, a voice input acquisition function of acquiring a voice input for the image, and a command issuing function of issuing a command relevant to the region when the address term is included in the voice input.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shouichi DOI, Yoshiki TAKEOKA, Masayuki TAKADA
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Publication number: 20180349084Abstract: It is desired to provide a technology capable of easily recording a program for obtaining an intention of a user from text data corresponding to dialogue using a natural language. Provided is an information processing device including: a text data analysis unit configured to analyze text data corresponding to dialogue using a natural language, and extract an event included in the text data and a process to be executed in accordance with the event; and a record control unit configured to record a correspondence relation between the event and the process on a recording medium as a program.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI
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Patent number: 10121124Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a request transmitting portion that transmits a request, a response receiving portion that receives a response corresponding to the request, a response analyzing portion that analyzes the response, a text output portion that outputs, to the user, text generated based on the response analysis result, a request generating portion that newly generates the request based on the response analysis result or text input by the user, and a timing control portion that controls a timing at which the request is newly generated based on a timing at which the generated text is output.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki Takeoka, Atsushi Ishihara, Yoshinori Kurata, Hajime Senuma, Masayuki Takada, Shouichi Doi, Masahiro Morita
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Publication number: 20170330495Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of projecting an image to an appropriate projection destination while reducing work of a user in projection of an image, the information processing apparatus including: a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed on the basis of the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit, an information processing method, and a program.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shouichi DOI, Masayuki CHATANI, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Yoshinori KURATA, Masayuki TAKADA, Masahiro MORITA, Yoshiki TAKEOKA
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Publication number: 20170176967Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, by which disaggregation of determining power consumption or the like of each of a plurality of appliances in a house or the like can be rapidly performed. A control apparatus such as an agent operates an appliance, recognizes an operation state of the appliance, and sends an appliance label indicating the appliance and an operation state label indicating the operation state of the appliance. An information processing apparatus such as a disaggregation apparatus acquires, from the control apparatus, the appliance label and the operation state label. In addition, the information processing apparatus acquires possibility information resulting from disaggregation of separating current consumption of the appliances.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Takada, Shouichi Doi, Masahiro Morita, Yoshiki Takeoka, Yoshinori Kurata, Atsushi Ishihara, Masayuki Chatani
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Publication number: 20170161338Abstract: An information processing device is capable of providing a user with content to be recommended to the user in the most appropriate form. The information processing device includes a controller configured to determine a time slot suitable for outputting content by estimating behavior of a user and to extract an amount of content capable of outputting during the time slot based on information relating to preference of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori KURATA, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Shouichi DOI, Masahiro MORITA, Masayuki TAKADA, Masayuki CHATANI
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Patent number: 9569420Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a storage unit is configured to store the keyword in a keyword database.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Hoshino, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Shouichi Doi, Akihiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20160378873Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selecting at least a part of a text included in contents, an acquisition unit acquiring a processing result of natural language processing for the part of the text selected by the selection unit, a specifying unit specifying a predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a detection unit detecting a keyword from the predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a tag generation unit automatically generating a tag in accordance with the keyword detected by the detection unit, and an association unit associating the tag generated by the tag generation unit with the predetermined part of the text.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: MASAAKI HOSHINO, KENICHIRO KOBAYASHI, SHOUICHI DOI, AKIHIRO WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160306775Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selecting at least a part of a text included in contents, an acquisition unit acquiring a processing result of natural language processing for the part of the text selected by the selection unit, a specifying unit specifying a predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a detection unit detecting a keyword from the predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a tag generation unit automatically generating a tag in accordance with the keyword detected by the detection unit, and an association unit associating the tag generated by the tag generation unit with the predetermined part of the text.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: MASAAKI HOSHINO, KENICHIRO KOBAYASHI, SHOUICHI DOI, AKIHIRO WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160292264Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a control unit configured to generate a signal to highlight the keyword within the displayed content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: MASAAKI HOSHINO, KENICHIRO KOBAYASHI, SHOUICHI DOI, AKIHIRO WATANABE
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Patent number: 9361135Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shouichi Doi, Hideo Nagasaka, Yoshinori Kurata, Masahiro Morita
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Patent number: 9319718Abstract: There is provided a content server which stores a content and provides the stored content to a terminal including: a content information storage portion which stores information relating to the content to be provided to the terminal; a terminal history storage portion which stores the history of each of the terminal; a terminal control information generating portion which generates control information to the terminal to which the content is to be provided based on information stored in the content information storage portion and the terminal history storage portion; and a terminal control portion which controls the content to be provided to the terminal based on the information generated by the terminal control information generating portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Kurata, Masahiro Morita, Shouichi Doi