Patents by Inventor Yuuji Takimoto

Yuuji Takimoto 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: 20230297328
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes: a first input unit (131) configured to input first data obtained by capture of a speaker’s voice to a first input field selected from a plurality of input fields based on a meaning of content of utterance indicated by the first data, and attributes of the plurality of input fields; and a second input unit (132) configured to input second data belonging to an attribute of a second input field in the first data, to a second input field, in response to an operation of moving the first data from the first input field to the second input field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: YUUJI TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11763580
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at least any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Naoki Shibuya, Junko Takabayashi, Yuuji Takimoto, Koji Sato
  • Publication number: 20230136838
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuji TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11573692
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuji Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20220391972
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) includes a collection unit (31), an acquisition unit (32), and a proposal unit (34). The collection unit (31) collects income and expenditure information (42) regarding income and expenditure of a user. The acquisition unit (32) acquires promise information (44) of a promise regarding the income and expenditure made by the user with a virtual entity (AG) displayed on a display unit of a user terminal (100) possessed by the user. The proposal unit (34) proposes predetermined proposal information regarding the income and expenditure to the user based on the income and expenditure information (42) and the promise information (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji TAKIMOTO, Yuki OKAMURA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220122355
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at least any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, at
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto MURATA, Naoki SHIBUYA, Junko TAKABAYASHI, Yuuji TAKIMOTO, Koji SATO
  • Publication number: 20220050580
    Abstract: To achieve an object of effectively attracting a user's attention to an item selected on the basis of behavior of a user. An information processing apparatus as one embodiment of solving means includes a controller that outputs content information and an indicator representing an agent onto a display screen, discriminates an object of interest of the content information on the basis of behavior of a user, and moves the indicator in a direction of the object of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: YUUJI TAKIMOTO, SHINGO UTSUKI, REIKO KIRIHARA
  • Patent number: 11244163
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at feast any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Naoki Shibuya, Junko Takabayashi, Yuuji Takimoto, Koji Sato
  • Publication number: 20220011912
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuji TAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210383803
    Abstract: To simplify a user's operation at the time of switching from a not-in-use state to an in-use state of a voice input system using a voice recognition technology. A solution is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that detects a plurality of users from sensor information from a sensor, selects at least one user depending on attributes of the plurality of users, controls so as to enhance a sound collection directivity of a voice of the user among voices input from a microphone, and controls so as to output notification information for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: YUUJI TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11182040
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire association information indicating association of an application region and a user, the application region corresponding to an activated application and being a region displayed in a display region; and a behavior control unit configured to control, when a user operation in the display region is detected, a behavior of the application that corresponds to the application region based on the association information with regard to the application region and information indicating a user whose operation has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuji Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11163419
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controller configured to cause a first icon to be displayed, an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation for moving the first icon in a first area within a display surface, an area detector configured to detect an overlapping area in which the first area overlaps with a second area, the second area being present within the display surface and being different from the first area, and a metadata sharing processing part configured to share, between the first icon which is moved from the first area to the overlapping area and a second icon which is different from the first icon and is moved from the second area to the overlapping area, pieces of metadata associated with pieces of content corresponding to the respective icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji Takimoto, Atsushi Okamori, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11157157
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuji Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20210298200
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and an airflow control method that are capable of prevent adhesion of a smoke constituent to an optical component such as a lens. An electronic device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a heat release fan configured to release heat generated inside a housing; an optical component installed at a position corresponding to an opening formed in the housing; a smoke detection unit configured to detect smoke; and a control unit configured to control, in a case where smoke is detected by the smoke detection unit, the heat release fan to discharge air through the opening at which the optical component is installed. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a ceiling light including a built-in projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: SATOSHI MIKI, TAKAYUKI SAKAMOTO, YUUJI TAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210081091
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuji TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10853650
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at least any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Naoki Shibuya, Junko Takabayashi, Yuuji Takimoto, Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 10852932
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuji Takimoto
  • Patent number: 10768710
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire manipulation position information representing a manipulation position that is specified based on a manipulation for pointing to an outside of a display region that is a region in which a display object is displayable or an outside of a partial region of the display region associated with a user using a manipulating body at a position distant from the display region, and a control unit configured to control display of the display region based on the manipulation position information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji Takimoto, Yusuke Sakai, Masayuki Yamada, Takeshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10635184
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit configured to perform determination of execution or non-execution of a manipulation based on a pause of a manipulation position specified through a manipulation of pointing to a display plane using a manipulating body at a position apart from the display plane, and a control unit configured to issue a command corresponding to the manipulation when the determination unit determines execution of the manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji Takimoto, Yusuke Sakai, Tomohiro Ishii, Atsushi Izumihara, Osamu Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20200074179
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at feast any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto MURATA, Naoki SHIBUYA, Junko TAKABAYASHI, Yuuji TAKIMOTO, Koji SATO