Patents by Inventor Shunichi Homma

Shunichi Homma 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).

  • Publication number: 20200126254
    Abstract: To estimate a location and an attitude of a target object in real space in a more preferred aspect. Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an estimating unit configured to estimate at least one of a location or an attitude of a predetermined chassis in real space on the basis of a first image captured by a first image capturing unit among a plurality of image capturing units held in the chassis; and a verifying unit configured to verify a likelihood of the estimation result on the basis of a second image captured by a second image capturing unit having an optical axis different from an optical axis of the first image capturing unit among the plurality of image capturing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: SHUNICHI HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20200043240
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, the augmented reality space differing according to related information that relates to the captured image, and a control unit that causes an image of a virtual object placed for each user within the augmented reality space to be displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro ABE, Masaki FUKUCHI, Shunichi HOMMA, Jianing WU, Tatsuki KASHITANI
  • Patent number: 10529134
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, and a control unit that determines a target position for an action executed within the augmented reality space, on a basis of a positional relationship between an object within the augmented reality space and an optical axis of the image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Abe, Masaki Fukuchi, Shunichi Homma, Jianing Wu, Tatsuki Kashitani
  • Patent number: 10453259
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, the augmented reality space differing according to related information that relates to the captured image, and a control unit that causes an image of a virtual object placed for each user within the augmented reality space to be displayed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Abe, Masaki Fukuchi, Shunichi Homma, Jianing Wu, Tatsuki Kashitani
  • Patent number: 10169880
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that self position estimation with high robustness is possible, the information processing apparatus including: a tracking unit, a region estimation unit, and an estimation processing unit. The tracking unit that acquires an image captured by an image capture unit disposed at a moving object, and corresponds characteristic points included in the image captured before movement and the image captured after the movement, the moving object moving accompanying a rotation motion. The region estimation unit that acquires information about the movement, and estimates regions where two-dimensional positions of the characteristic points are less changed viewed from the moving object before and after the movement of the moving object on the basis of the information. The estimation processing unit that performs self position estimation of the moving object using the characteristic points within the regions corresponded by the tracking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Homma, Akihiko Kaino, Tatsuki Kashitani, Masaki Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20180286056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing continuous estimation of a self-position. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a main imaging unit that includes a stereo camera mounted on a moving body, and captures moving images at a predetermined frame rate to output a pair of stereo main images as time-series images; a plurality of sub imaging units each of which is so mounted on the moving body as to have an imaging direction different from an imaging direction of the main imaging unit, and captures moving images at a predetermined frame rate; and a final pose determination unit that estimates a pose of the moving body on the basis of the pair of stereo main images captured by the main imaging unit, and sub images captured by the sub imaging units. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to a self-position sensor for in-vehicle use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Kaino, Shingo Tsurumi, Masashi Eshima, Takaaki Kato, Masaki Fukuchi, Tatsuki Kashitani, Shunichi Homma
  • Patent number: 9996982
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image of a real space captured with an imaging device, a user interface unit configured to display the input image on a screen of a display device and detect a designated position designated by a user on the screen, a computation unit configured to compute a three-dimensional position of a virtual object in an augmented reality space from the designated position detected by the user interface unit, and an authoring unit configured to associate the three-dimensional position of the virtual object computed by the computation unit with the virtual object to store the three-dimensional position in a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichirou Ooi, Shunichi Homma, Yoshiaki Iwai, Akihiko Kaino, Jianing Wu
  • Patent number: 9886709
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Homma, Yoshiaki Iwai, Jianing Wu
  • Publication number: 20170206666
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that self position estimation with high robustness is possible, the information processing apparatus including: a tracking unit, a region estimation unit, and an estimation processing unit. The tracking unit that acquires an image captured by an image capture unit disposed at a moving object, and corresponds characteristic points included in the image captured before movement and the image captured after the movement, the moving object moving accompanying a rotation motion. The region estimation unit that acquires information about the movement, and estimates regions where two-dimensional positions of the characteristic points are less changed viewed from the moving object before and after the movement of the moving object on the basis of the information. The estimation processing unit that performs self position estimation of the moving object using the characteristic points within the regions corresponded by the tracking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi HOMMA, Akihiko KAINO, Tatsuki KASHITANI, Masaki FUKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170193679
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to present, to a user, an additional image, which is a virtual object, in a manner superimposed on a real-space image at a position corresponding to a viewpoint in the real space, the image processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to display an additional image corresponding to a viewpoint of a user in the real world, and guide the user to the vicinity of the viewpoint in the real world where the additional image has been acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jianing WU, Masaki FUKUCHI, Akihiko KAINO, Tatsuki KASHITANI, Shunichi HOMMA, Shinichiro ABE, Yuya HANAI, Takaaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20170172569
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a flexible stapling device (1). More particularly, this invention concerns a flexible endovascular stapling device (1) for an intravascular procedure such as patent foramen ovate closure, which is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means (26) which is positioned by using a flexible shaft/guidewire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Robert E. Michler, Shunichi Homma
  • Patent number: 9610078
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a flexible stapling device (1). More particularly, this invention concerns a flexible endovascular stapling device (1) for an intravascular procedure such as patent foramen ovate closure, which is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means (26) which is positioned by using a flexible shaft/guidewire system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Robert E. Michler, Shunichi Homma
  • Publication number: 20160307253
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Homma, Yoshiaki Iwai, Jianing Wu
  • Patent number: 9468437
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a flexible stapling device (1). More particularly, this invention concerns a flexible endovascular stapling device (1) for an intravascular procedure such as patent foramen ovate closure, which is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means (26) which is positioned by using a flexible shaft/guidewire system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Robert E. Michler, Shunichi Homma
  • Patent number: 9430795
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Homma, Yoshiaki Iwai, Jianing Wu
  • Publication number: 20150356787
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, the augmented reality space differing according to related information that relates to the captured image, and a control unit that causes an image of a virtual object placed for each user within the augmented reality space to be displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro ABE, Masaki FUKUCHI, Shunichi HOMMA, Jianing WU, Tatsuki KASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20150356788
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, and a control unit that determines a target position for an action executed within the augmented reality space, on a basis of a positional relationship between an object within the augmented reality space and an optical axis of the image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro ABE, Masaki FUKUCHI, Shunichi HOMMA, Jianing WU, Tatsuki KASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20150265273
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a flexible stapling device (1). More particularly, this invention concerns a flexible endovascular stapling device (1) for an intravascular procedure such as patent foramen ovate closure, which is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means (26) which is positioned by using a flexible shaft/guidewire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Robert E. Michler, Shunichi Homma
  • Publication number: 20150265274
    Abstract: A flexible endovascular stapling device is used for an intravascular procedure to repair a defect, such as a foramen ovale closure. The procedure is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means which is positioned by using a flexible/shaft/guidewire system. Also, in a staple useful for surgical application in a body, there is an improvement wherein the distal portion of a filament having proximal and distal portions is fixedly attached to the staple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Robert E. Michler, Shunichi Homma
  • Patent number: 9008442
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images captured from a plurality of observation points for a predetermined object, a feature point extraction unit configured to extract a feature point in each of the images acquired by the image acquisition unit, a correspondence relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a correspondence relationship of the feature points based on images from among adjacent observation points, and an information presentation unit configured to quantitatively present information about the correspondence relationship acquired by the correspondence relationship acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jianing Wu, Yoshiaki Iwai, Shunichi Homma