Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Kubota
Yoshiyasu Kubota 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).
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Patent number: 11509951Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, an electronic device, and a program that enables an operation in a natural manner for switching between and remotely operating various control target devices. A plurality of control target devices emits infrared light codes each including a unique ID in a predetermined pattern. A user holds a controller and directs an infrared light receiving unit toward a control target device. At this time, a control state is established for the control target device specified by an infrared light code received by the controller. After the control state has been established, when a user rotates a main body of the controller, a control parameter in accordance with the amount of rotation is calculated, and a control command in accordance with the control parameter is transmitted to the control target device to control the control target device. The present disclosure can be applied to a remote controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Hirotaka Tako, Masao Kondo, Yusuke Tsujita, Yohei Nakajima, Daisuke Shiono, Miho Yamada, Masanori Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Kenichi Yamaura, Yoshiyasu Kubota
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Patent number: 11269587Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method as well as a program that make it possible to control, by a partition provided on a boundary between two spaces, a visual shielding property and an auditory shielding property of a first space to a person in a second space in an interlocking relationship with each other in response to a distance between the person in the second space and the partition. A distance between the partition, which partitions the first space and the second space, and a person in the second space is measured, and transmittance of the partition and magnitude of output of audio in the first space to the second space are controlled in response to the measured distance. The present disclosure can be applied to a control apparatus for a partition section.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Miho Yamada, Hirotaka Tako, Masao Kondo, Yusuke Tsujita, Yohei Nakajima, Daisuke Shiono, Masanori Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Kenichi Yamaura
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Patent number: 11080882Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology capable of more enjoyably managing a target object. [Solution] Provided is a display control device including a display control unit configured to perform control such that an image corresponding to state information of a target object located in a field of view of a user is displayed at a position having a predetermined positional relation with a position of the target object and an output control unit configured to control output of comment information of the target object corresponding to the state information of the target object and feature information of the target object.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Tomoya Onuma, Mari Saito, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Shogo Kawata, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20210158730Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a projection controller and a mode controller. The projection controller controls projection of first information and projection of second information that is classified as information of which a type is different from a type of the first information. The mode controller is capable of performing switching between a first projection mode and a second projection mode, the first projection mode being a projection mode in which the first information and the second information are projected onto a projection-target object, the second projection mode being a projection mode in which the first information is projected onto the projection-target object, and the second information is projected onto a region outside of the projection-target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: MASAO KONDO, HIROTAKA TAKO, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20210089262Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method as well as a program that make it possible to control, by a partition provided on a boundary between two spaces, a visual shielding property and an auditory shielding property of a first space to a person in a second space in an interlocking relationship with each other in response to a distance between the person in the second space and the partition. A distance between the partition, which partitions the first space and the second space, and a person in the second space is measured, and transmittance of the partition and magnitude of output of audio in the first space to the second space are controlled in response to the measured distance. The present disclosure can be applied to a control apparatus for a partition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: YOSHIHITO OHKI, MIHO YAMADA, HIROTAKA TAKO, MASAO KONDO, YUSUKE TSUJITA, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, DAISUKE SHIONO, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, KENICHI YAMAURA
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Patent number: 10923083Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology of enabling a user to easily comprehend one target object whose AR information is presented to the user. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to control display of information related to a target object located in a field of view of a user, in which, in a case in which it is determined that at least a part of the target object is shielded by another object on the basis of a position of the user, the display control unit controls display of an image related to the target object such that the target object shielded in the field of view is displayed in a form different from a form visually recognized by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mari Saito, Masakazu Yajima, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20200413119Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, an electronic device, and a program that enables an operation in a natural manner for switching between and remotely operating various control target devices. A plurality of control target devices emits infrared light codes each including a unique ID in a predetermined pattern. A user holds a controller and directs an infrared light receiving unit toward a control target device. At this time, a control state is established for the control target device specified by an infrared light code received by the controller. After the control state has been established, when a user rotates a main body of the controller, a control parameter in accordance with the amount of rotation is calculated, and a control command in accordance with the control parameter is transmitted to the control target device to control the control target device. The present disclosure can be applied to a remote controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: YOSHIHITO OHKI, HIROTAKA TAKO, MASAO KONDO, YUSUKE TSUJITA, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, DAISUKE SHIONO, MIHO YAMADA, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, KENICHI YAMAURA, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA
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Patent number: 10860205Abstract: Provided is a control device that projects an image representing input information onto a projection surface so as to follow an input of the input information, with an effect in accordance with the type of the projection surface. As the projection surface, a thin sheet material attached on a wall surface is prepared, for example. The color of the thin sheet material is a dark color, for example, and in time with projection of the image representing a handwritten character or picture, a sound, which will come out when the character or the picture is drawn with a chalk on a chalkboard, is output from a speaker installed on the back side of the projection surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Nakajima, Masao Kondo, Hirotaka Tako, Daisuke Shiono, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Yoshihito Ohki, Yusuke Tsujita, Miho Yamada, Kenichi Yamaura, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Masanori Matsushima, Taichi Nokuo
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Publication number: 20200234897Abstract: To provide a controller and an information processing system capable of providing a click feeling and an operation sound with a simpler mechanism. The controller includes a hollow portion, a freely movable first magnet placed in the hollow portion, a second magnet fixed to an outer side of the hollow portion, and a bottom surface having a tilted shape with respect to a ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: YOSHIHITO OHKI, TAICHI NOKUO, HIROTAKA TAKO, MASAO KONDO, YUSUKE TSUJITA, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, DAISUKE SHIONO, MIHO YAMADA, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, KENICHI YAMAURA
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Patent number: 10691322Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a detection unit configured to detect that an information input or output screen is scrolled together with scrolling of a plurality of content regions, the information input or output screen being related to a content region provided adjacent to a single content region among the plurality of content regions arranged and displayed in line on a display screen, and configured to detect that the information input or output screen has reached a prescribed position on the display screen, and a display control unit configured to, when the detection unit has detected that the information input or output screen has reached the prescribed position, perform display control in a manner that the information input or output screen is maintained at the prescribed position, and configured to perform display control in a manner that scrolling of the plurality of content regions continues.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyasu Kubota, Keishi Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20200090627Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology of enabling a user to easily comprehend one target object whose AR information is presented to the user. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to control display of information related to a target object located in a field of view of a user, in which, in a case in which it is determined that at least a part of the target object is shielded by another object on the basis of a position of the user, the display control unit controls display of an image related to the target object such that the target object shielded in the field of view is displayed in a form different from a form visually recognized by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mari Saito, Masakazu Yajima, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20200060240Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of managing target objects more easily. [Solution] There is provided a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to perform control such that an image corresponding to a state of a management target object located in a field of view of a user is displayed at a position having a predetermined positional relation with a position of the management target object. In a case in which the image is selected, the display control unit controls guidance display of guiding the user to visually recognize a confirmation part corresponding to the state in the management target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: MASAKAZU YAJIMA, SHOGO KAWATA, MARI SAITO, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, TOMOYA ONUMA, CHISAKO KAJIHARA, AKIHIRO MUKAI
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Publication number: 20200059631Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, a program, and a projection system capable of conveying information in space more intuitively. The control apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology is an apparatus that acquires space sensing data regarding an object in a space obtained by sensing the space, acquires external environment data obtained by sensing an external environment, determines an image corresponding to the object on the basis of the space sensing data, and controls to project the image to which an effect corresponding to the external environment data has been added, onto the space. The present technology can be applied to a system that controls to project an image from a projector and presents information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: MASAO KONDO, SEIJI SUZUKI, YUSUKE TSUJITA, HIROTAKA TAKO, YOSHIHITO OHKI, YOHEI NAKAJIMA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, TAICHI NOKUO, DAISUKE SHIONO, MIHO YAMADA, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, KENICHI YAMAURA
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Publication number: 20200058271Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of providing more useful information to a user in a case in which there is a target object group in a real world. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to be capable of controlling display of information related to a first target object which is a group management target and information for managing a target object group including the first target object, in which the display control unit controls a display parameter of each of the information related to the first target object and the information for managing the target object group in accordance with a distance between a user and a second target object included in the target object group.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Yoshiyasu KUBOTA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Mari SAITO, Akihiro MUKAI, Chisako KAJIHARA
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Publication number: 20200050355Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a method for control, a program, and a projection system that enable to, in a case where input information is to be presented by projecting an image, naturally attract the attention of a person around a projection surface. A control device of an aspect of the present technology projects an image representing input information onto a projection surface so as to follow an input of the input information, with an effect in accordance with the type of the projection surface. As the projection surface, a thin sheet material attached on a wall surface is prepared, for example. The color of the thin sheet material is a dark color, for example, and in time with projection of the image representing a handwritten character or picture, a sound, which will come out when the character or the picture is drawn with a chalk on a chalkboard, is output from a speaker installed on the back side of the projection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: YOHEI NAKAJIMA, MASAO KONDO, HIROTAKA TAKO, DAISUKE SHIONO, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, YOSHIHITO OHKI, YUSUKE TSUJITA, MIHO YAMADA, KENICHI YAMAURA, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, MASANORI MATSUSHIMA, TAICHI NOKUO
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Publication number: 20190385332Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technology capable of more enjoyably managing a target object. [Solution] Provided is a display control device including a display control unit configured to perform control such that an image corresponding to state information of a target object located in a field of view of a user is displayed at a position having a predetermined positional relation with a position of the target object and an output control unit configured to control output of comment information of the target object corresponding to the state information of the target object and feature information of the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Tomoya Onuma, Mari Saito, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Shogo Kawata, Chisako Kajihara, Akihiro Mukai
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Patent number: 10511702Abstract: To provide an information processing device, information processing method, and program that make it possible to improve convenience at the time of operation with regard to an operation target. The information processing device includes: an operation target selecting section that cancels a selected state of a target selected as an operation target on a basis of detection of a posture of an object; and a lock control section that changes a condition for cancelling the selected state on a basis of a predetermined determination criterion.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Kondo, Hirotaka Tako, Hidenori Karasawa, Kenichi Yamaura, Yoshihito Ohki, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Tomohiro Ishii
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Publication number: 20180367659Abstract: To provide an information processing device, information processing method, and program that make it possible to improve convenience at the time of operation with regard to an operation target. The information processing device includes: an operation target selecting section that cancels a selected state of a target selected as an operation target on a basis of detection of a posture of an object; and a lock control section that changes a condition for cancelling the selected state on a basis of a predetermined determination criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: MASAO KONDO, HIROTAKA TAKO, HIDENORI KARASAWA, KENICHI YAMAURA, YOSHIHITO OHKI, YOSHIYASU KUBOTA, TOMOHIRO ISHII
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Patent number: 9983773Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takuo Ikeda, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
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Publication number: 20150324097Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takuo IKEDA, Makoto IMAMURA, Hidenori KARASAWA, Yoshiyasu KUBOTA, Takashi KITAO, Shogo SATO