Patents by Inventor Shunichi Kasahara

Shunichi Kasahara 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: 20200260142
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus that provides content information, a control method for an information processing apparatus, and a computer program. An information processing apparatus sets, in response to a request of access of an information terminal apparatus of a second user to content information associated with a space of a first user, an information amount of the content information to be provided to the second user on a basis of relevant information of at least one of the information terminal apparatus of the second user and the second user, or the content information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: SHUNICHI KASAHARA, JUNICHI REKIMOTO, JUN KIMURA, TAIZO SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 10713480
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Maki Mori
  • Patent number: 10685394
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including a display control part configured to display a human-figure virtual object image in a pose from which to extract information necessary for motion capture, the human-figure virtual object image being the object to be handled corresponding to a person targeted to be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10679581
    Abstract: An information processing terminal apparatus for sending an image taken of real-estate properties is provided. A video reproducing apparatus sends annotation information indicative of a tracking point to a video providing apparatus. At the video providing apparatus side, if spatial tracking of annotation information is enabled, the annotation information is overlay-displayed on a video currently being taken of the video providing apparatus. On the other hand, if spatial tracking of annotation information is disabled, a video having annotation information sent from the video reproducing apparatus is displayed on a display block 510 of the video providing apparatus without change, thereby assuring temporal and spatial lags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Tomohiro Tsunoda, Takahito Migita, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10674304
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing apparatus that can replicate, in a real space, an environment different from the real space by granting an acoustic characteristic different from that of the real space, to a sound released in the real space. There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a control unit configured to decide a predetermined acoustic characteristic for causing a user to hear a collected ambient sound of the user in a space having a different acoustic characteristic, in accordance with content being reproduced, or an action of a user, and to add the decided acoustic characteristic to the ambient sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heesoon Kim, Masaharu Yoshino, Masahiko Inami, Kouta Minamizawa, Yuta Sugiura, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10659681
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
  • Patent number: 10628114
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system and information processing method that control display of information input with a receiver of a captured image. In a case where a first Ghost and a second Ghost receive an image (first person view) captured by a Body and first information generated in accordance with input to the first Ghost and second information generated in accordance with input to the second Ghost are transmitted to the Body, a control unit 509 performs control such that an integrated image obtained by integrating the first information and the second information is displayed and output to a display unit 503.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Junichi Rekimoto
  • Patent number: 10614605
    Abstract: An apparatus including an image processor configured to receive a video including an object, determine a positional relationship between the apparatus and the object, and change a positional relationship between an image superimposed on the video and the object when the positional relationship between the apparatus and the object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunichi Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20200097074
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls display of a virtual object displayed in an extended work space in which a real object and the virtual object are operable, the information processing apparatus including an operation deciding unit configured to decide an operation process to the virtual object displayed in the extended work space on the basis of a result of analysis of input information to the extended work space, the analysis being based on position information of an information terminal detected in the extended work space and display control trigger information for changing display of the virtual object, and a display control unit configured to execute a display control process of the virtual object on the basis of the decided operation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: OSAMU SHIGETA, SHUNICHI KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 10579109
    Abstract: To provide a control device and a control method capable of controlling display like a case in which a user performs his or her head movement although the user does not move his or her head. There is provided a control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire position attitude information regarding a position or an attitude of an object related to a user manipulation located at a different position from a head of a user; and a control unit configured to control an image visual field which is a range displayed as an image on a display device mounted on the head of the user based on the position attitude information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Heesoon Kim, Shunichi Kasahara, Masahiko Inami, Kouta Minamizawa, Yuta Sugiura, Yusuke Mizushina
  • Patent number: 10574889
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of sharing a space while maintaining the degree of freedom of a visual line. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that a display image generated based on image information which is generated through imaging of an imaging device mounted on a moving object moving in a space, imaging-device posture information which is information regarding a posture of the imaging device, and user view information which is obtained from a user manipulation device manipulated by a user and specifies a region that the user desires to view is displayed in a display region viewed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Rekimoto, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20200019278
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10528124
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls display of a virtual object displayed in an extended work space in which a real object and the virtual object are operable, the information processing apparatus including an operation deciding unit configured to decide an operation process to the virtual object displayed in the extended work space on the basis of a result of analysis of input information to the extended work space, the analysis being based on position information of an information terminal detected in the extended work space and display control trigger information for changing display of the virtual object, and a display control unit configured to execute a display control process of the virtual object on the basis of the decided operation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10531068
    Abstract: An information processing device and an information processing method that perform a mapping process on a whole-sky video are provided. A required data reduction amount and a required storage state of an image quality are determined on the basis of a circumstance of a video providing device side that captures the whole-sky video, a circumstance of a video reproducing device side that views the whole-sky video, a circumstance of a space that serves as a subject, a circumstance of a case in which a plurality of delivery destinations are present, a circumstance of a channel, and the like, a mapping method is adaptively switched over to a mapping method that matches the requirements, and the whole-sky video is transmitted. Furthermore, the whole-sky video is transmitted in a transmission format containing information that indicates the mapping method so that a receiving side can decode the original whole-sky video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Takahito Migita, Kei Takahashi, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 10503316
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita
  • Publication number: 20190349525
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of sharing a space while maintaining the degree of freedom of a visual line. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that a display image generated based on image information which is generated through imaging of an imaging device mounted on a moving object moving in a space, imaging-device posture information which is information regarding a posture of the imaging device, and user view information which is obtained from a user manipulation device manipulated by a user and specifies a region that the user desires to view is displayed in a display region viewed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi REKIMOTO, Shunichi KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190340826
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus comprising a recognition unit that recognizes a real object in an image. The apparatus may further comprises a determining unit that determines a stability indicator indicating a stability of the recognition, and a display control unit that modifies a display of a virtual object according to the stability indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: SHUNICHI KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190340790
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus including a memory storing instructions, and a control unit configured to execute the instructions to detect an image of an object of interest within an image of real space, detect an orientation of the real space object image with respect to a real space user perspective, generate a modified image comprising an image of a modified object, corresponding to the real space object, such that an orientation of the modified object image corresponds to a desired user perspective, and display the modified image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ken MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 10469737
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display controller executing display control to display, on a display screen of a display device displaying an image, a whole of a display target image that is to be displayed and that has an aspect ratio differing from an aspect ratio of the display screen, and to display a partial enlarged image, which is obtained by enlarging a partial image corresponding to a part of the display target image and which has a smaller size than the display screen, at a displayed position of the partial image in superimposed relation to the display target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lyo Takaoka, Takashi Nunomaki, Ryoko Amano, Kenzo Nishikawa, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10460022
    Abstract: To be able to further facilitate interaction between users using AR technologies. Provided is a display control device including: a picture image acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving image corresponding to a sight of a first user in real time; a display control unit configured to display the moving image toward a second user different from the first user, and an annotation detection unit configured to detect that an annotation input by the second user with respect to the moving image is displayed in the sight of the first user or is output to be displayed. The display control unit further displays the displayed or output annotation toward the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Junichi Rekimoto