Patents by Inventor Taizo Shirai

Taizo Shirai 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: 20230368305
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, an information processing terminal, and an information processing system capable of providing an insurance applicable to a service using a mobility as a service (MaaS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: YUKI OKAMURA, TAIZO SHIRAI, HAJIME FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230204366
    Abstract: A setting section that sets one or more tasks that are scheduled to be executed during travel from a departure point to an arrival point of an itinerary, a determination section that, on the basis of the departure point, the arrival point, and the one or more tasks, determines an itinerary plan including one or more travel means from the departure point to the arrival point and a task that is scheduled to be executed during travel with each of the travel means, a prediction section that predicts whether or not a task performed during execution of the itinerary plan will end before arrival of the travel means at a target point that is supposed to be reached when the task ends, and a change section that changes the itinerary plan in accordance with a result of prediction by the prediction section, are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: KAE NAGANO, TAIZO SHIRAI, NORIYUKI SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230010786
    Abstract: A data sharing system comprising a first data processing circuitry configured to store the user-specific data of a user. The data sharing system comprises at least one second data processing circuitry configured to store access rights of an external entity to access the user-specific data stored on the first data processing circuitry. The data sharing system comprises an interface between the first data processing circuitry and the second data processing circuitry configured to communicate the access rights from the second data processing circuitry to the first data processing circuitry. The data sharing system also comprises a user interface configured to authenticate the user to the second data processing circuitry for modifying access rights. Additionally, the data sharing system comprises an interface between the first data processing circuitry and the external entity configured to communicate a portion of the user-specific data to the external entity in accordance with the access rights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tomasz KORWIN-GAJKOWSKI, Rik CLAESEN, Hugo EMBRECHTS, Taizo SHIRAI, Noriyuki SUZUKI, Shinya MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11533181
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a generation section that generates, from secret keys corresponding to a plurality of respective algorithms, a plurality of public keys corresponding to the respective algorithms, a plurality of addresses corresponding to the respective algorithms, and a plurality of electronic signatures corresponding to the respective algorithms, by using the algorithms, at least one of the algorithms being an algorithm that is not solved in polynomial time; and a transmission control section that allows transaction data including the generated public keys, addresses, and electronic signatures to be transmitted to a P2P network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taizo Shirai
  • Patent number: 11496463
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal including an acquisition unit that acquires biometric information for biometric authentication and identification information of a device to which a service is supplied, and a transmission unit that transmits the identification information in accordance with success of the biometric authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qihong Wang, Masatomo Kurata, Taizo Shirai
  • Publication number: 20220261806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit (251) that acquires first data including identification information of an electronic device from the electronic device; a generation unit (252) that generates transaction data including the first data; and an identifying unit (253) that identifies a blockchain in which the generated transaction data is to be registered among a plurality of blockchains based on a type of the generated transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taizo SHIRAI, Eiji KAMINO
  • Publication number: 20220261485
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a program for enabling safe transmission of biometric authentication results between chips. A first chip and a second chip perform encryption and decryption using a first common key, and hold a first counter value. The first chip encrypts a command and the first counter value, and transmits the command and the first counter value to the second chip. The second chip encrypts an execution result of the decrypted command and the second counter value, and transmits the encrypted execution result and second counter value to the first chip. The first chip and the second chip synchronize the first counter value and the second counter value, each time transmitting/receiving data to/from each other. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to a fingerprint authentication device, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taizo SHIRAI, Kenji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220165376
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an information acquisition unit that acquires genome information and related information regarding a subject; and an emotion estimation unit that estimates an emotion of the subject on the basis of the genome information and the related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: HARUHIKO YATA, MIKI TOKITAKE, TAIZO SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20220147611
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling simple and safe sharing of authentication information among a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information processing apparatus includes an authentication sharing control unit that controls sharing of authentication information of a user among a plurality of information processing apparatuses attached to the same user and having different authentication levels. The present technology can be applied to, for example, smartphones, personal computers, wearable devices, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiminobu NISHIMURA, Masanori KATSU, Taizo SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20220109679
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and method and a program capable of efficiently protecting sufficient security. An information processing device includes a communication unit that transmits information regarding security of the information processing device and receives designation information indicating processing to be performed for security protection, transmitted in response to the transmission of the information regarding the security and a control unit that performs the processing for security protection on a basis of the designation information in a case where the control unit transmits data to a predetermined device or in a case where the control unit receives data transmitted from the device. The present technology is applicable to a healthcare IoT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI TAKANO, TAIZO SHIRAI, YOHEI KAWAMOTO, YU TANAKA, SHIGERU SUGAYA
  • Patent number: 11270532
    Abstract: There is provided a lock control device attachable to a locking mechanism, the lock control device including circuitry configured to receive key information and a process request from a first communication device, the key information including authorization information of the first communication device related to a plurality of types of functions of the lock control device, and determine whether the process request is permitted based on the key information, wherein the key information further includes identification information of the first communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sakumoto, Tatsuhiro Iida, Taizo Shirai
  • Patent number: 11263843
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a locking control unit configured to execute a first process of processes for causing a locking unit to unlock, on the basis of detection of access of a first communication terminal; and a detection unit configured to detect an unlocking request by a user of the first communication terminal. The locking control unit executes a second process of the processes for causing the locking unit to unlock, when the unlocking request is detected and the first process is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taizo Shirai, Akichika Tanaka, Tatsuhiro Iida, Koichi Sakumoto, Takeo Inagaki, Shinpei Hirano, Tetsuro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210279735
    Abstract: A user authentication based on biometric information is performed and a remittance process is performed based on checking of the fact that a position or a behavior of a user satisfies a setting condition. In an information processing system including a user terminal and a process condition management server, the user terminal includes a control unit that performs a transaction with electronic money associated with a user account and transmits information acquired by a biometric information acquisition sensor and a positional sensor or a behavioral sensor to the process condition management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taizo SHIRAI, Masatomo KURATA, QiHong WANG
  • Patent number: 10999267
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, an information processing system, and a communication apparatus that are capable of enhancing authentication safety, the information processing apparatus including: a communication section configured to receive authentication information and a processing request from a first communication apparatus; an authentication information generation section configured to generate authentication information on the basis of first key information associated with a second communication apparatus; and a processing control section configured to control execution of a process corresponding to the processing request on the basis of the authentication information received by the communication section and the authentication information generated by the authentication information generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Iida, Koichi Sakumoto, Taizo Shirai
  • Publication number: 20200322164
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a generation section that generates, from secret keys corresponding to a plurality of respective algorithms, a plurality of public keys corresponding to the respective algorithms, a plurality of addresses corresponding to the respective algorithms, and a plurality of electronic signatures corresponding to the respective algorithms, by using the algorithms, at least one of the algorithms being an algorithm that is not solved in polynomial time; and a transmission control section that allows transaction data including the generated public keys, addresses, and electronic signatures to be transmitted to a P2P network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: TAIZO SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 10771739
    Abstract: To perform matching between a user who provides a first person view and a user who views the first person view. An icon indicating a current position of each Body is displayed on a map of a range that is currently specified. A Ghost can select a Body to whom the Ghost desires to perform JackIn by specifying an icon in a desired position by UI operation such as a touch or click. Further, when a keyword for limiting behavior or the like is input to a search field, only Bodies extracted on the basis of the behavior are displayed. Then, when selection is settled, a JackIn request is transmitted from the Ghost to the selected Body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Junichi Rekimoto, Jun Kimura, Taizo Shirai
  • Patent number: 10762876
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect lines of sight of a plurality of users with respect to presentation information; and an area determination unit configured to determine, on the basis of the detected lines of sight of the plurality of users, a shared area that is visually recognized by the plurality of users to share information and a confidential area that is not visually recognized by another user to keep information of each user confidential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Taki, Taizo Shirai
  • 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: 10587607
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a memory that retains a first secret key corresponding to a first public key, and a processor that requests a change of a usage state of a second public key registered by a second apparatus in a first apparatus that retains a public key corresponding to a secret key from the first apparatus according to authentication using the first public key associated with the second public key and the first secret key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Tanaka, Taizo Shirai, Yohei Kawamoto, Koichi Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 10579786
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system capable of making it difficult to be easily recognized as being a key at a glance by others. [Solution] Provided is an information processing system including a state acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a state of an object, and an authentication information acquisition unit configured to acquire authentication information corresponding to the information on the state of the object acquired by the state acquisition unit. According to such an information processing system, it is made difficult to be easily recognized as being a key at a glance by others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miwa Ichikawa, Kunihito Sawai, Yuhei Taki, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Taizo Shirai, Koichi Sakumoto