Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Ohashi

Yoshinori Ohashi 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: 20210174601
    Abstract: A contact determination section determines whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world, the portion having been contacted by the body part, and that is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11030732
    Abstract: A picture data acquisition unit 52 of an information processing device 10 acquires data of frames of a moving picture from an imaging device 12. A picture data storage unit 54 stores data of at least a predetermined number of past frames. A picture adding unit 56 generates a sum picture obtained by adding pictures of the past frame and a current frame together on a pixel value by pixel value basis. An image analysis unit 58 extracts feature points and acquire position information from each of the sum pictures and the pictures of the current frame, and integrates the acquired pieces of position information. An information processing unit 60 performs information processing using the position information, and an output unit 62 outputs a result of the information processing to a display device 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20210146246
    Abstract: The type of virtual object to be presented to each player is determined based on player attribute information prescribed for each player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210142574
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a terminal device connected to a server device in a communicable manner. The terminal device includes a position identification section that identifies a position in an actual space, a setting section that sets a virtual space associated with content associated information associated with predetermined content in the actual space, the setting section setting the virtual space in an occupying space while defining a predetermined range in the actual space as the occupying space, and a performance section that receives the content associated information in the virtual space from the server device and performs predetermined information processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11003408
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes: a rendering unit that carries out rendering of objects of a virtual space and generates a computer graphics image; a drawing processing unit that executes subsequent drawing processing for the computer graphics image; and an interrupt unit that interrupts the rendering at a timing of a graphics processor interrupt and causes execution of the subsequent drawing processing based on a result of the rendering to the timing of the graphics processor interrupt. The drawing processing unit includes a reprojection unit that executes reprojection processing of converting the computer graphics image in conformity to a new position of a point of view or a new direction of a line of sight as the subsequent drawing processing. The interrupt unit causes execution of the reprojection processing of the computer graphics image, based on the result of the rendering to the timing of the graphics processor interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20210090329
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including an acquiring unit that acquires positional information of a flat surface present in a first space around a first user and positional information of a flat surface present in a second space around a second user, and a transformation parameter determining unit that determines a coordinate transformation parameter for transforming position coordinates of the first space and the second space into position coordinates in a virtual space such that a position of the flat surface present in the first space and a position of the flat surface present in the second space coincide with each other. A position of an object present in the first space and a position of another object present in the second space are transformed into positions in the virtual space according to the determined coordinate transformation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10936011
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. [ Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a display panel 101a, a touch panel 101b for detecting a finger moving on the display panel, and a control unit 103 for designating a predetermined moving direction Dd and determining an operation state of the apparatus based on a difference between the designated moving direction Dd and a moving direction Da of the finger moving on the display panel according to the designation. When the apparatus is operated with either hand, a difference due to a finger used for the operation easily occurs between the designated moving direction and the moving direction of the finger due to a structure of the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Eiju Yamada, Yoshinori Ohashi, Akihiko Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20210055784
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that identifies an area of a user's body when the user performs an action of bringing the area of his or her body in contact with a target to be manipulated, and that performs a predetermined process in accordance with the identified area of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Kazuyuki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20210055815
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including an application unit that applies a voltage to an application site of a user's body and a detection unit that detects a change in potential at a detection site of the user's body that is different from the application site in a state where the voltage is applied to the application site, and the information processing system determines a contact between a site of the user's body and another object on the basis of the change in potential detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Arimatsu, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20210046380
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a controller device equipped with proximity sensors that are provided for at least respective fingers of a user, estimating amounts of bending of the fingers of the user using a first method on the basis of detection results from the proximity sensors, estimating a posture and a shape of a hand of the user using a second method different from the first estimation method, and correcting by using information estimated by the first method, information regarding an amount of movement of each finger in a bending direction in information regarding the posture and the shape of the hand of the user estimated by the second method to generate information relating to the posture and the shape of the hand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Kazuyuki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20210038974
    Abstract: Provided are a body part orientation estimation apparatus, a body part orientation estimation method, and a program that enable accurate body tracking without having the user wear many trackers. A time-series data input section (68) acquires a plurality of pieces of time-series data each representing positions, postures, or motions of a part of a body. The time-series data input section (68) inputs the plurality of pieces of time-series data into a conversion section (60). An output acquisition section (70) acquires a result of estimation of a position, a posture, or a motion of another part of the body that is closer to a center of the body than the part, the result of the estimation being an output obtained when the pieces of time-series data are input into the conversion section (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20210004080
    Abstract: A position estimation apparatus, a position estimation method, and a program that can estimate a position of a tracker with high accuracy while the power consumption is reduced is provided. An estimation result storage section (50) stores a result of estimation of a position of a tracker (12). An acceleration data acquisition section (52) repeatedly acquires acceleration data indicative of an acceleration of the tracker (12) from a sensor that detects an acceleration of the tracker (12). An estimation result updating section (56) updates the result of estimation on the basis of the result of estimation of a position of the tracker stored in the estimation result storage section (50) and the acquired latest acceleration data. A velocity information acquisition section (54) acquires information of the velocity of the tracker (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200405185
    Abstract: Provided are a body size estimation apparatus, a body size estimation method, and a program that enable the estimation of the body size of a user even when the user has not taken a T-pose in advance. A body size data storage unit (50) stores body size data indicating a body size of a user. A posture data acquisition unit (52) acquires position data indicating positions of a plurality of body parts away from each other of the user. A body size estimation unit (54) estimates a body size of the user based on positions of two or more body parts indicated by the position data. A body size update unit (56) updates, in a case where the estimated body size is larger than the body size indicated by the body size data stored in the body size data storage unit (50), the body size indicated by the body size data to the estimated body size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200327693
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a first information acquisition apparatus that acquires first information relating to at least one of a position or a pose of a hand of a target person and a second information acquisition apparatus that acquires second information relating to at least one of the position or the pose of the hand of the target person and different from the first information acquired by the first information acquisition apparatus. The information processing apparatus accepts the first information and the second information from the first and second information acquisition apparatuses, respectively, retains the accepted first and second information in an associated relationship with information of timings at which the first and second information acquisition apparatuses acquire the first and second information, respectively, and extracts pieces of the first and second information acquired at a common timing from the retained first and second information as pair information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Arimatsu, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200312033
    Abstract: A rendering section renders a virtual space object to generate a computer graphics image. A superimposing section superimposes the computer graphics image on a captured real space image to generate a provisional superimposed image. A post-processing section performs post-processing on the provisional superimposed image. A chroma key generation section performs chroma key processing on the computer graphics image on the basis of depth information regarding the captured real space image, to thereby generate a chroma key image. A composing section masks the provisional superimposed image subjected to the post-processing with the chroma key image, to thereby generate a composed chroma key image. The composed chroma key image is superimposed on the captured real space image to generate an augmented reality image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200310128
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a signal processing unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to correct the captured image to an image suitable for display; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image for synthesis transmitted from an apparatus, which is not provided integrally with the image processing apparatus, with the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to control a display panel to display the synthesized image. The correction unit carries out, from among processes for correcting the captured image to the image suitable for display, part of the correction processes for the captured image before the synthesis by the synthesis unit and carries out remaining correction processes for the image after the synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi OTSUKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200312032
    Abstract: A rendering unit renders an object in a virtual space to generate a computer graphics image. An AR superimposing unit superimposes the computer graphics image on a captured image of a reality space to generate an augmented-reality image. A post-processing unit performs post-processing on the augmented-reality image. The AR superimposing unit superimposes, on the same computer graphics image, a plurality of captured images provided at a frame rate higher than the frame rate of the computer graphics image generated by the rendering unit, to generate the augmented-reality image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200279438
    Abstract: A virtual space configuration unit 23 detects, on the basis of depth information of an image of a real space around a user, a position of an object in the real space and arrange a virtual body at a position in a virtual space corresponding to the detected position of the object to configure information of the virtual space. An image generation unit 25 generates an image of the virtual space configured by the virtual space configuration unit 23. A depth comparison unit 22 compares the depth information of the image of the real space and depth information of the image of the virtual space to decide an unknown depth region. The image generation unit 25 displays information indicative of presence of an unknown object in the unknown depth region of the image of the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10679589
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that is connected to a display apparatus generates image data to be displayed, that is, anamorphic image data in which each pixel of the image data to be displayed on the display apparatus is rearranged into an array such that as a distance from a center of a display section is shorter, density of the pixels is higher, the array being different from a pixel array in the display section, and outputs the generated anamorphic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200129850
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI