Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Iwai

Yoshiaki Iwai 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: 20240086509
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) includes a registration information storage unit (112), an acquisition unit (122), a presentation unit (123), and a registration unit (124). The registration information storage unit (112) stores registration information related to an object to be a recognition target. The acquisition unit (122) acquires attribute information indicating a property of a new object to be a recognition target in accordance with a message of advice received from a user. The presentation unit (123) presents the attribute information acquired by the acquisition unit (122) to the user. In accordance with a registration instruction received from the user, the registration unit (124) associates attribute information with name information designated by the user, and registers the associated information in the registration information storage unit (112) as registration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI IWAI, JIANING WU, NATSUKO OZAKI, SAYAKA WATANABE, JUN YOKONO
  • Publication number: 20230264348
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta KAWAMOTO, Yoshiaki IWAI, Satoru SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11654549
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230073513
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of presenting a learning status of object recognition learning to the user in an understandable manner. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a learning unit, an assessment unit, and a signal generation unit. The learning unit performs recognition learning of an object in an image captured by a camera. The assessment unit assesses a progress status of the recognition learning of a target region of the object. The signal generation unit generates a presentation signal for presenting the target region and the progress status to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: JIANING WU, JUN YOKONO, SAYAKA WATANABE, NATSUKO OZAKI, YOSHIAKI IWAI
  • Patent number: 11345041
    Abstract: Provided is a robot device including an image input unit for inputting an image of surroundings, a target object detection unit for detecting an object from the input image, an object position detection unit for detecting a position of the object, an environment information acquisition unit for acquiring surrounding environment information of the position of the object, an optimum posture acquisition unit for acquiring an optimum posture corresponding to the surrounding environment information for the object, an object posture detection unit for detecting a current posture of the object from the input image, an object posture comparison unit for comparing the current posture of the object to the optimum posture of the object, and an object posture correction unit for correcting the posture of the object when the object posture comparison unit determines that there is a predetermined difference or more between the current posture and the optimum posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Shimizu, Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai
  • Publication number: 20210078166
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta KAWAMOTO, Yoshiaki IWAI, Satoru SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10909759
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a memory storing instructions is provided. The apparatus includes a control unit for executing the instructions to send signals to display, for a user, a first virtual image superimposed onto a representation of real space. The control unit further executes instructions to send signals to identify a potential source of interest for the user, the potential source of interest being outside of a user focus area in the representation of real space. The control unit further executes instructions to send signals to notify the user of the potential source of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Kaino, Yoshiaki Iwai, Kenichiro Oi, Shunichi Homma, Jianing Wu
  • Patent number: 10893802
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to make it possible to dynamically change the blinking pattern of the light source according to the imaging result, the information processing apparatus including: a light source control unit configured to control each of light sources constituting a plurality of light sources that irradiate an eye with light; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of the eye including a bright spot that is a reflection point of the light. The light source control unit controls blinking of each of the light sources on a basis of the captured image of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Eisuke Nomura, Yoshiaki Iwai, Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 10890884
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. The system includes a communications interface that exchanges information with the autonomous robot. A user interface displays a scene of a location in which the autonomous robot is positioned, and also receives an indication of a user selection of a user selected area within the scene. The communications interface transmits an indication of said user selected area to the autonomous robot for further processing of the area by said autonomous robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10843337
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10803398
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a sorting unit configured to sort a second data set as evaluation data with a classifier generated by learning through supervised learning that uses a first data set as a supervision signal, an input unit configured to receive label correction for the second data set in accordance with a sorting result from the sorting unit, and an update unit configured to update the second data set to reflect the correction received by the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Yoshiaki Iwai, Ryuichi Nawa
  • Patent number: 10757337
    Abstract: An information processing device including a light source control unit that controls a light source that irradiates an eye with light; and an exposure control unit that controls exposure for imaging the eye. The light source control unit sets a state of the light source to an on state or an off state at a time when the exposure is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Nomura, Yoshiaki Iwai, Yuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 10717189
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on as display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10694110
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an inward state detection unit that detects, on the basis of an inward image acquired by photographing of a user side, a state of outside light in the inward image as an inward outside light state, and an outward state detection unit that detects, on the basis of an outward image acquired by photographing of an opposite side of the user side, a state of outside light in the outward image as an outward outside light state. Also included is a control unit that performs brightness adjustment processing related to brightness of the inward image according to a detection result of the inward outside light state and a detection result of the outward outside light state, and a recognition processing unit that performs gaze detection of the user on the basis of the inward image acquired by performance of the brightness adjustment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Michishita, Yoshiaki Iwai, Takeo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10500720
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190248017
    Abstract: Provided is a robot device including an image input unit for inputting an image of surroundings, a target object detection unit for detecting an object from the input image, an object position detection unit for detecting a position of the object, an environment information acquisition unit for acquiring surrounding environment information of the position of the object, an optimum posture acquisition unit for acquiring an optimum posture corresponding to the surrounding environment information for the object, an object posture detection unit for detecting a current posture of the object from the input image, an object posture comparison unit for comparing the current posture of the object to the optimum posture of the object, and an object posture correction unit for correcting the posture of the object when the object posture comparison unit determines that there is a predetermined difference or more between the current posture and the optimum posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru SHIMIZU, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Yoshiaki IWAI
  • Publication number: 20190191994
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to make it possible to dynamically change the blinking pattern of the light source according to the imaging result, the information processing apparatus including: a light source control unit configured to control each of light sources constituting a plurality of light sources that irradiate an eye with light; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of the eye including a bright spot that is a reflection point of the light. The light source control unit controls blinking of each of the light sources on a basis of the captured image of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Eisuke NOMURA, Yoshiaki IWAI, Takuro NODA
  • Publication number: 20190158717
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to obtain a more suitable imaging result related to a bright spot. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a light source control unit configured to control a light source that irradiates an eye with light; and an exposure control unit configured to control exposure for imaging the eye. The light source control unit sets a state of the light source to an on state or an off state at a time when the exposure is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: EISUKE NOMURA, YOSHIAKI IWAI, YUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKURO NODA
  • Patent number: 10293487
    Abstract: Provided is a robot device including an image input unit for inputting an image of surroundings, a target object detection unit for detecting an object from the input image, an object position detection unit for detecting a position of the object, an environment information acquisition unit for acquiring surrounding environment information of the position of the object, an optimum posture acquisition unit for acquiring an optimum posture corresponding to the surrounding environment information for the object, an object posture detection unit for detecting a current posture of the object from the input image, an object posture comparison unit for comparing the current posture of the object to the optimum posture of the object, and an object posture correction unit for correcting the posture of the object when the object posture comparison unit determines that there is a predetermined difference or more between the current posture and the optimum posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Shimizu, Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai
  • Publication number: 20190126467
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu