Patents by Inventor Takahito MIGITA

Takahito MIGITA 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: 11946754
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which enable a prediction result that contributes toward improving a pick-up ratio to be presented. The information processing apparatus includes: a display control portion configured to divide a business area of a business vehicle into a plurality of areas and cause a display portion to display, as a prediction result, a movement direction and a movement distance of passengers in an attention area being the area of attention among the plurality of areas for which a pick-up demand has been predicted per area. For example, the present technique can be applied to an information processing apparatus or the like for displaying a prediction result of a pick-up demand of a taxi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Migita, Katsutoshi Kanamori
  • Patent number: 11720109
    Abstract: A moving apparatus that performs control to stop the moving apparatus at a position close to a user and to rotate the moving apparatus at a stop position, thereby making it easy to take out a product carried on the apparatus. The moving apparatus includes a control unit that executes traveling control of the moving apparatus, an upper unit that has an article storage unit, and a lower unit that houses a drive unit, in which the control unit inputs detection information of a sensor, and executes control to stop the moving apparatus at a position close to a user and rotate the moving apparatus at a stop position on the basis of input sensor detection information. The control unit performs display control of a traveling route recognition display line indicating a traveling route of the moving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Katayama, Takahito Migita, Junichiro Misawa, Tatsuma Sakurai, Katsutoshi Kanamori, Yoshinao Sodeyama
  • Patent number: 11474527
    Abstract: There is provided a moving apparatus which includes a control unit that executes traveling control of the moving apparatus, an upper unit that has an article storage unit, and a lower unit that houses the control unit and a drive unit. The upper unit has an upper sensor that detects an obstacle in surroundings at a position of at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface position, and the lower unit has a lower sensor that detects an obstacle in a proximity area of a traveling surface of the moving apparatus. The control unit inputs sensor detection information, detects an obstacle in surroundings of the moving apparatus, executes traveling control to avoid contact with the obstacle, and performs control to display a traveling route recognition display line that indicates a traveling route of the moving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Katayama, Takahito Migita, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Junichiro Misawa, Tatsuma Sakurai, Katsutoshi Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20210312372
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes a selection unit (40D), a first open and close control unit (40H), and a second open and close control unit (40I). The selection unit (40D) selects at least one of a plurality of delivery persons as a person-in-charge of delivering a package based on delivery destination information and delivery person management information. Having received the delivery person input information of the person-in-charge, the first open and close control unit (40H) transmits a first switching instruction for switching a door (25) of a first accommodating unit (12A) from a locked state to an unlocked state, to the first accommodating unit (12A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: TAKAHITO MIGITA
  • Publication number: 20210293550
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a calculating unit and an output unit. The calculating unit calculates a delivery route for delivering a delivery item. The output unit outputs an instruction for obtaining, during delivery of the delivery item, a relevant object related to an intermediate point between a start point of the delivery route and an end point of the delivery route to a relevant apparatus located at the intermediate point. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of realizing a new delivery service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: TAKAHITO MIGITA
  • Publication number: 20210231445
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which enable a prediction result that contributes toward improving a pick-up ratio to be presented. The information processing apparatus includes: a display control portion configured to divide a business area of a business vehicle into a plurality of areas and cause a display portion to display, as a prediction result, a movement direction and a movement distance of passengers in an attention area being the area of attention among the plurality of areas for which a pick-up demand has been predicted per area. For example, the present technique can be applied to an information processing apparatus or the like for displaying a prediction result of a pick-up demand of a taxi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito MIGITA, Katsutoshi KANAMORI
  • Publication number: 20210125201
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which enable a pick-up demand of a taxi to be learned and predicted in a more efficient manner. An information processing apparatus includes: a control portion configured to divide a business region into a plurality areas and, using hired vehicle sequence data that is data for each area indicating that a business vehicle has picked up a customer, execute first clustering in which the plurality of areas are clustered using a first parameter and execute second clustering in which the plurality of areas are clustered using a second parameter. For example, the present technique can be applied to an information processing apparatus or the like that predicts a pick-up demand of a taxi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito MIGITA, Katsutoshi KANAMORI
  • Publication number: 20200371523
    Abstract: There is achieved a moving apparatus that performs control to stop the moving apparatus at a position close to a user and to rotate the moving apparatus at a stop position, thereby making it easy to take out a product carried on the apparatus. A moving apparatus includes a control unit that executes traveling control of the moving apparatus, an upper unit that has an article storage unit, and a lower unit that houses a drive unit, in which the control unit inputs detection information of a sensor, and executes control to stop the moving apparatus at a position close to a user and rotate the moving apparatus at a stop position on the basis of input sensor detection information, thereby making it easy to take out a product carried on the apparatus. The control unit performs display control of a traveling route recognition display line indicating a traveling route of the moving apparatus, and further analyzes a gesture or speech of the user to identify a call of the moving apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: TAKESHI KATAYAMA, TAKAHITO MIGITA, JUNICHIRO MISAWA, TATSUMA SAKURAI, KATSUTOSHI KANAMORI, YOSHINAO SODEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200301433
    Abstract: There is achieved a moving apparatus that performs safe traveling in an environment where there are many obstacles such as a person, a desk, a table, and a chair on the basis of a plurality of pieces of sensor detection information. The moving apparatus includes a control unit that executes traveling control of the moving apparatus, an upper unit that has an article storage unit, and a lower unit that houses the control unit and a drive unit. The upper unit has an upper sensor that detects an obstacle in surroundings at a position of at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface position, and the lower unit has a lower sensor that detects an obstacle in a proximity area of a traveling surface of the moving apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: TAKESHI KATAYAMA, TAKAHITO MIGITA, YOSHINAO SODEYAMA, JUNICHIRO MISAWA, TATSUMA SAKURAI, KATSUTOSHI KANAMORI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200097890
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a delivery management device, a baggage delivery system, and a program that can implement optimized delivery. A creation unit of the delivery management device creates a delivery plan for a moving body on the basis of at least one of a loading time for loading baggage into the moving body or a pickup time for picking up the baggage from the moving body, and a lap time via at least two points of a loading point for loading the baggage and a pickup point for picking up the baggage. The moving body includes a box, and the baggage is loaded into the box. The moving body moves to each destination on the basis of the delivery plan, and delivers the baggage to a pickup person. The present technology is applicable to a case where the baggage is delivered to a plurality of pickup persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: TAKAHITO MIGITA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190208179
    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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Takahito Migita, Kei Takahashi, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20190156784
    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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: SHUNICHI KASAHARA, TOMOHIRO TSUNODA, TAKAHITO MIGITA, KEI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190132614
    Abstract: An information processing terminal apparatus for sending taken images and a distribution apparatus for controlling the distribution of taken images are provided. A display block 510 of a video providing apparatus image-synthesizes an archive video to be switched with a real-time video currently being taken and displays a synthesized video. Image processing such as edge processing or alpha blending may be executed on the archive video. A user of the video providing apparatus searches for a place at which the real-time video is superimposed on the archive video. Then, the distribution server executes switching to the archive video when sufficient superimposition is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: SHUNICHI KASAHARA, TOMOHIRO TSUNODA, TAKAHITO MIGITA, KEI TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9529847
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Fujita, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Takehiro Hagiwara, Takahito Migita, Hiroyuki Masuda, Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Masahiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20160253913
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store a plurality of questions, each of the plurality of questions associated with one or more other questions based on metadata, the metadata indicating a learning sequence between the questions; and circuitry configured to: obtain a proficient degree of a first question among the questions; set a second question among the questions as a target question; and generate route information representing a route from the first question to the second question based on the metadata and the proficient degree of the first question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: KATSUYOSHI KANEMOTO, NAOTO TSUBOI, HIROYUKI MASUDA, TAKAHITO MIGITA
  • Publication number: 20160045170
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values; a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito Migita, Naoki Kamimaeda, Takuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9198611
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values; a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito Migita, Naoki Kamimaeda, Takuya Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150113016
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya FUJITA, Mitsuhiro MIYAZAKI, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Takahito MIGITA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Katsuyoshi KANEMOTO, Masahiro MORITA