Patents by Inventor Yuki Koga
Yuki Koga 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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Publication number: 20190138859Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Patent number: 10282619Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to detect an object from which an individual is identifiable from captured image data, store information from which the object is restorable in memory and transmit image data generated by omitting the information regarding the object to a server. The information processing apparatus also detects the existence of a wireless terminal and controls deletion of the information regarding the object based on a privacy level associated with the wireless terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masakazu Yajima, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190114136Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including a display control unit for causing a display to display an image corresponding to a specified place, a sound-collection-signal input unit for inputting a sound collection signal of a sound collection unit that collects a user sound produced with microphones surrounding the user, an acoustic-signal processing unit for performing a first acoustic-signal process for reproducing a sound field where the user sound is sensed as if the sound were echoing in the place on the signal input by the sound-collection-signal input unit, based on a first transfer function measured in the place to indicate how a sound emitted on a closed surface inside the place echoes in the place and then is transferred to the closed-surface side, and a sound-emission control unit for causing a sound based on the processed signal to be emitted from speakers surrounding the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Akira Tange, Yuki Koga
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Patent number: 10225525Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, a storage medium, and a control method which are capable of assisting more comfortable and safer living by providing information based on real-time images collected from a plurality of imaging devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device, including: a search unit configured to search for an imaging device around a specific information processing device; a providing unit configured to provide information related to the searched imaging device and an angle of view of the imaging device to a user; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image imaged by an imaging device selected by the user. The providing unit provides the image acquired by the acquiring unit to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20190065049Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising circuitry configured to obtain information of an input speed of a gesture input of at least one user from a sensor configured to detect a hand of the user, estimate an attribute of the user based on the input speed, control a display apparatus to display a layout image for the gesture input based on the estimated attribute of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YUKI KOGA
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Patent number: 10204293Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Patent number: 10175931Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including a display control unit for causing a display to display an image corresponding to a specified place, a sound-collection-signal input unit for inputting a sound collection signal of a sound collection unit that collects a user sound produced with microphones surrounding the user, an acoustic-signal processing unit for performing a first acoustic-signal process for reproducing a sound field where the user sound is sensed as if the sound were echoing in the place on the signal input by the sound-collection-signal input unit, based on a first transfer function measured in the place to indicate how a sound emitted on a closed surface inside the place echoes in the place and then is transferred to the closed-surface side, and a sound-emission control unit for causing a sound based on the processed signal to be emitted from speakers surrounding the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Akira Tange, Yuki Koga
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Patent number: 10133481Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising circuitry configured to obtain information of an input speed of a gesture input of at least one user from a sensor configured to detect a hand of the user, estimate an attribute of the user based on the input speed, control a display apparatus to display a layout image for the gesture input based on the estimated attribute of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kohei Asada, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga
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Patent number: 10091720Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit that transmits and receives data in at least one communication mode from among a first communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a predetermined range, and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a wider range than the predetermined range; and a control unit that, when data is being transmitted and received with a second wireless communication apparatus via one or a plurality of other wireless communication apparatuses in the first communication mode, configures the second communication mode and conducts a control for detecting a third wireless communication apparatus that satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kohei Asada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 10083351Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuki Koga, Maiko Saitou
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Patent number: 10075801Abstract: An information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a given target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the given target recognized by the recognizing unit, an estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the a signal detected by any one of the plurality of sensors, and a signal processing unit configured to process signals acquired from sensors around the given target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when output from a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user, the signals are localized near the position of the specific user estimated by the estimating unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Patent number: 10026071Abstract: There is provided a communication device including an acceptation unit configured to accept a service execution request for requesting execution of a service, a control unit configured to specify a service providing device to which a request for execution of a service provided by the service providing device is made based on a device record that includes the service and provision destination group information that indicates a provision destination group of the service, and the service execution request accepted by the acceptation unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit the service execution request to the service providing device specified by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kenta Kawamoto, Taizo Shirai, Masayuki Takada
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Patent number: 9981601Abstract: A display device includes: a transparent plate-shaped substrate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region; a planar light-emitting body disposed on a back surface side of the substrate; a light-shielding plate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region and disposed between the substrate and the light-emitting body; and a design part displayed on the substrate, having a predetermined shape formed from a character or graphic. A first light-shielding region formed from a recess with a same shape as an outline of the design part, and a second light-shielding region having a shape enlarged outward from an outline of the recess by a first dimension are respectively provided on the back surface side of the substrate and a front or back surface side of the plate. First and second light-shielding layers blocking light from the light-emitting body are formed in the first and second light-shielding regions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Yuki Koga, Go Koyama, Hirokazu Ishida, Liang Chen, Noriyuki Kiyota
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Publication number: 20180111548Abstract: A display device includes: a transparent plate-shaped substrate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region; a planar light-emitting body disposed on a back surface side of the substrate; a light-shielding plate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region and disposed between the substrate and the light-emitting body; and a design part displayed on the substrate, having a predetermined shape formed from a character or graphic. A first light-shielding region formed from a recess with a same shape as an outline of the design part, and a second light-shielding region having a shape enlarged outward from an outline of the recess by a first dimension are respectively provided on the back surface side of the substrate and a front or back surface side of the plate. First and second light-shielding layers blocking light from the light-emitting body are formed in the first and second light-shielding regions, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Yuki Koga, Go Koyama, Hirokazu Ishida, Liang Chen, Noriyuki Kiyota
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Patent number: 9952674Abstract: A communication system includes processing circuitry that responds to a recognition result by initiating an electronic communication session with a user-designated destination. The recognition result corresponds with a recognized gesture made by the user as detected by a sensor, and the user-designated destination corresponds with the recognized gesture. A method and non-transitory computer program product also respond to the recognition result in a similar manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yasunori Kamada, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Mitsuru Takehara, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi
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Patent number: 9937787Abstract: A filler pipe includes a retainer capable of retaining a fuel filler gun inserted through a fuel filler opening, and a pipe main body connecting the retainer and a fuel tank. The retainer has a stopper limiting the insertion of the fuel filler gun. A flow guide that guides the flow of fuel is provided on the downstream side of the stopper with respect to the flow direction of fuel supplied from the fuel filler gun. The flow guide has a guide portion extending at an angle with respect to the flow direction of fuel.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Koga
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Publication number: 20170350521Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve has: a valve mechanism that cuts off a communication between a fuel tank and a canister; an upper space defined above the valve mechanism; a tube body that has a tube passage to be communicated with the upper space and introduces a fuel gas to the canister; a retaining chamber defined by a first fuel shielding portion and a second fuel shielding portion to retain a liquid fuel stored in the upper space; a liquid reservoir portion defined between the tube body and the first fuel shielding portion to store the liquid fuel flowing out of the retaining chamber; and a communication portion through which the retaining chamber communicates with the liquid reservoir portion; wherein the communication portion is formed at a position deviated from the tube body so as not to overlap the tube body, when the tube body is seen in its axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Naoki OGIWARA, Yuki KOGA
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Patent number: 9817630Abstract: There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Patent number: 9799232Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine whether a user is consuming food and drink or whether food and drink is present in a periphery of the user, and a control unit configured to carry out control to output a control signal to an adding unit that adds a lighting effect to one of the food and drink present in a real space and picked-up images of the food and drink in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kohei Asada, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 9792954Abstract: There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma