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).

  • Publication number: 20170205240
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication system, a control method, and a storage medium, which can guide a user to an action for having the predetermined feeling in accordance with a feeling map. [Solution] Provided is a communication system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire present position information of a user; a guiding information generation unit configured to generate guiding information in accordance with the present position information and map information in which feeling data is mapped; and a supply unit configured to supply the guiding information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Akira TANGE, Masakazu YAJIMA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yasunori KAMADA, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Kazunori HAYASHI, Takayasu KON, Kohei ASADA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Tsuyoshi ABIKO, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20170163938
    Abstract: [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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: MASAKAZU YAJIMA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA, AKIRA TANGE
  • Publication number: 20170116472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9616901
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
  • Patent number: 9615173
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a first target and a second target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the first target and the second 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 each of signals acquired from sensors around the first target and the second target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when being 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: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Patent number: 9569660
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9544979
    Abstract: There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20160368375
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Koga
  • Publication number: 20160364615
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a storage medium, and a control method, which can realize both prevention of invasion of privacy and distribution of a picked up image by distributing an image after performing processing of missing an object from which an individual can be identified from the picked up image. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including an object detecting unit configured to detect an object from which an individual is identifiable from image data picked up by an image pickup unit, a storage control unit configured to store information from which the object is restorable in a storage unit, and a communication control unit configured to perform control to transfer to a server, image data generated by missing information regarding the object from which the individual is identifiable from the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SAKODA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE, Takatoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9511211
    Abstract: Provided is a medical system including a first capsule type medical device, and a second capsule type medical device. The first and second capsule type medical devices operate in cooperation with each other in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tange, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando
  • Publication number: 20160350621
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160299357
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact lens and storage medium capable of adjusting light to be transmitted through the contact lens. [Solution] Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an adjustment unit configured to adjust light to be transmitted through at least one of a first region that is a central portion of the lens unit and covers a pupil of the eyeball and a second region that is an outer side of the first region and covers an iris of the eyeball; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit in response to input of a trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YOICHIRO SAKO, TAKAYASU KON, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, AKIRA TANGE, TOMOYA ONUMA, HIROYUKI HANAYA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, YUKI KOGA
  • Patent number: 9465984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9432581
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9392192
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an extraction nit configured to extract an object from an image picked up by use of a certain imaging parameter, a ranging unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance between an image pickup unit that has picked up the image and the object that has been imaged, a communication unit having a first transmission function, a second transmission function, and a reception function, and a composition unit configured to combine the object candidate image received by the communication unit in a region of the object included in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20160196061
    Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus including an estimation unit configured to automatically estimate an attribute of a user, a setting unit configured to set an input mode based on the attribute of the user estimated by the estimation unit, and a control unit configured to control input based on the set input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9370042
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20160155474
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160140768
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to include a first display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a first image from a user viewpoint, which is captured by a first imaging unit, is displayed on a display unit or control is performed in a manner that the display unit is transmissive, and a second display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a second image captured by a second imaging unit including a user within an angle of view is displayed on the display unit, and a switching control unit configured to perform control in response to an instruction from the user in a manner that a display control mode of the display control unit is switched from the first display control mode to the second display control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada
  • Patent number: 9336786
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a voice pickup unit that picks up a user's voice and generates an audio signal, a signal processing unit that generates a masking voice signal for masking the user's voice according to the audio signal, and a first speaker that reproduces the masking voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma