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).

  • Patent number: 9317737
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    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: 9298969
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takayasu Kon, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada
  • Patent number: 9277178
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an identifying unit that identifies a user and a target with whom the user requests to converse based on a signal detected by a first sensor arranged around the user, a signal processing unit that performs predetermined signal processing on signals detected by the first sensor and a second sensor arranged around the target, an output control unit that causes the signal detected by at least the second sensor and processed by the signal processing unit to be output to a first output unit arranged around the user, and a recognizing unit that recognizes, when a plurality of the targets are identified by the identifying unit, a selection request for selecting a specific target from among the plurality of targets based on the signal detected by the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Onuma, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga
  • Patent number: 9256284
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    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
  • Patent number: 9245389
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    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
  • Publication number: 20160005329
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: an estimation unit configured to estimate a used quantity of at least one of an ingredient to be cooked and a seasoning used in cooking, on the basis of a signal detected by a sensor; an index computation unit configured to compute a prescribed cooking index according to the estimated result by the estimation unit; and a notification control unit configured to perform control to issue a notification of the cooking index computed by the index computation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Yasunori KAMADA, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Kazunori HAYASHI, Takayasu KON, Akira TANGE
  • Publication number: 20150379892
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to obtain a captured image of food, transmit the captured image of food, receive, from a data providing device, at least one indication of at least one ingredient included within the food of the captured image, and initiate a displaying of the at least one indication to a user, in association with the food of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Yuki KOGA, Yasunori KAMADA, Kazunori HAYASHI, Takayasu KON, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE, Hiroyuki HANAYA
  • Publication number: 20150356980
    Abstract: There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Kohei ASADA, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Kazunori HAYASHI, Takayasu KON, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Yasunori KAMADA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Kazuhiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150351022
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SAKODA, Yoichiro SAKO, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Kohei ASADA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yuki KOGA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE
  • Publication number: 20150329122
    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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
  • Publication number: 20150332620
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including a detection unit that detects whether or not an input image contains an image of food or drink, an image creation unit that creates an image of food or drink whose exterior appearance is changed, when the detection unit detects an image of the food or drink, and a display control unit that performs control to display the image created by the image creation unit on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Yasunori KAMADA, Yuki KOGA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takayasu KON, Kazunori HAYASHI, Kohei ASADA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Akira TANGE
  • Publication number: 20150301790
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KATSUHISA ARATANI, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20150286463
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Akira Tange, Yuki Koga
  • Publication number: 20150262156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150248168
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9108642
    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: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    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
  • Publication number: 20150208191
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20150207976
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a detector configured to detect current position information, a setting part configured to set information-for-recognition that varies depending on position information, a recognition part configured to recognize a given target shown by the information-for-recognition set by the setting part in accordance with the current position information detected by the detector, and a controller configured to control at least one of an imaging part and a sound pick-up part in accordance with a recognition result obtained by the recognition part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takayasu Kon, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazunori Hayashi, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma, Hiroyuki Hanaya
  • Patent number: 9088723
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20150189435
    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: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: 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