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: 20150178558Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: 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: 9064399Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a characteristic detection unit that detects a characteristic of a battery and a characteristic of an operating device that operates using electric power obtained from the battery, a symbol setting unit that sets one symbol on which information corresponding to the detected characteristics is reflected, and a display control unit that causes the set symbol to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazutoshi Serita, Toru Yamamuro, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando, Makoto Morishita
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Publication number: 20150065926Abstract: There is provided a capsule-type medical device including a stimulation unit configured to apply a stimulus to a predetermined site in a body cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Katsumi Ando, Yuki Koga
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Publication number: 20150051589Abstract: Provided is a capsule type medical device which is able to be suspended in a body cavity. The capsule type medical device performs continuous treatment while being suspended at a predetermined site.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando
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Publication number: 20150045658Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Tange, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando
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Publication number: 20150032330Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: KAZUYUKI SAKODA, YOICHIRO SAKO, KOHEI ASADA, KATSUHISA ARATANI, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, YUKI KOGA, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20150018612Abstract: Provided is a medical device including a plurality of storage units each configured to store a different medicine, and a medicine discharge unit configured to selectively discharge at least one of a first medicine and a second medicine, each of which is stored in the plurality of storage units, when the medical device reaches a periphery of a predetermined site of an intracorporeal site of a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akira Tange, Yoichiro Sako, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando
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Publication number: 20140368671Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yoichiro SAKO, Kohei ASADA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Akira TANGE, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA
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Patent number: 8914236Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20140315161Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20140257802Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Publication number: 20140240336Abstract: There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a setting unit configured to set a perceptual property parameter for changing perceptual data to desired perceptual data, and a conversion unit configured to convert currently acquired perceptual data to the desired perceptual data in real time in accordance with the perceptual property parameter that has been set by the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, KATSUHISA ARATANI, KOHEI ASADA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKAYASU KON, TOMOYA ONUMA, AKIRA TANGE, YUKI KOGA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, HIROYUKI HANAYA
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Publication number: 20140214860Abstract: There is provided a data generation device including a content specifying unit configured to specify content, a period estimation unit configured to estimate a period in which the content specified by the content specifying unit attracts interest, and a metadata generation unit configured to associate as metadata the period estimated by the period estimation unit with the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, ITARU KAWAKAMI, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKAYASU KON, YASUNORI KAMADA, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20140191974Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20140186002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20140181989Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage controller configured to perform control in a manner that a log of a user is stored in a storage, a determination part configured to determine whether a position of the user is within a set area, and an erasure controller configured to substantially erase, when the determination part determines that the position of the user is not within the set area, at least data capable of identifying the user individually among the log of the user stored in the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YUKI KOGA, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20140176599Abstract: 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: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20140176764Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20140160129Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20140125451Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORTIONInventors: 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