Patents by Inventor Alexis Andre
Alexis Andre 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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Patent number: 11567499Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information medium control motion of a moving body according to position information corresponding to a predetermined array pattern. An information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit acquires position information from a sensor configured to read a predetermined array pattern, and a motion control unit controls motion of a first moving body including movement in a real space based on the position information.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Alexis Andre
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Patent number: 11400366Abstract: A controller includes: a frame having an annular shape, defining an annular axis extending in an extension direction and a central axis, about which the annular axis extends; a first operating member that is located on the frame; and a second operating member that is located on the frame. The frame includes an interior space defining a circular space when viewed along the central axis, the first operating member is disposed on the frame on one side of central axis, and the second operating member is disposed on the frame on an opposite side of the central axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Masaki Hanzawa, Yujin Morisawa, Alexis Andre
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Publication number: 20210220729Abstract: A controller includes: a frame having an annular shape, defining an annular axis extending in an extension direction and a central axis, about which the annular axis extends; a first operating member that is located on the frame; and a second operating member that is located on the frame. The frame includes an interior space defining a circular space when viewed along the central axis, the first operating member is disposed on the frame on one side of central axis, and the second operating member is disposed on the frame on an opposite side of the central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Masaki Hanzawa, Yujin Morisawa, Alexis Andre
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Patent number: 11000760Abstract: Proposed is a controller which can suppress an amount of protrusion of an operation member from an external surface of a chassis while operability of the operation member is maintained. A controller including a chassis, and an operation member which is slidable along an extension direction of the chassis with a predetermined position as a reference, and is rotatable in a circumferential direction of the chassis with the predetermined position as the reference, and at least a part of which is fitted into a recess section provided in an external surface of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Masaki Hanzawa, Yujin Morisawa, Alexis Andre
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Patent number: 10998754Abstract: To effectively determine premises as a counterpart for transmission or reception of power in a case of interchanging direct-current power between respective premises A control device (110) according to the present invention includes a power control unit (114) configured to determine a node that performs transmission or reception of direct-current power to or from an own node by using profile information indicating a power usage state of each of the nodes exchanging direct-current power with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Alexis Andre, Annette Werth
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Publication number: 20200133279Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information medium control motion of a moving body according to position information corresponding to a predetermined array pattern. An information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit acquires position information from a sensor configured to read a predetermined array pattern, and a motion control unit controls motion of a first moving body including movement in a real space based on the position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Alexis Andre
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Publication number: 20190314721Abstract: Proposed is a controller which can suppress an amount of protrusion of an operation member from an external surface of a chassis while operability of the operation member is maintained. A controller including a chassis, and an operation member which is slidable along an extension direction of the chassis with a predetermined position as a reference, and is rotatable in a circumferential direction of the chassis with the predetermined position as the reference, and at least a part of which is fitted into a recess section provided in an external surface of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsunori Nakayama, Akichika Tanaka, Masaki Hanzawa, Yujin Morisawa, Alexis Andre
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Patent number: 10279249Abstract: On a play field 20 set in real space, a target region 102 having the play field 20 as a bottom surface and having a predetermined height h is set virtually. A target region image that expresses a distance of the target region 102 from an imaging surface as a pixel value on an image plane is generated, and compared with a depth image corresponding to an actual captured image 100; thus, only images of blocks 3c and 3b inside the target region 102 are extracted as detection and tracking targets.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Naoki Numaguchi, Alexis Andre
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Publication number: 20180278083Abstract: To effectively determine premises as a counterpart for transmission or reception of power in a case of interchanging direct-current power between respective premises A control device (110) according to the present invention includes a power control unit (114) configured to determine a node that performs transmission or reception of direct-current power to or from an own node by using profile information indicating a power usage state of each of the nodes exchanging direct-current power with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Alexis Andre, Annette Werth
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Publication number: 20170296913Abstract: On a play field 20 set in real space, a target region 102 having the play field 20 as a bottom surface and having a predetermined height h is set virtually. A target region image that expresses a distance of the target region 102 from an imaging surface as a pixel value on an image plane is generated, and compared with a depth image corresponding to an actual captured image 100; thus, only images of blocks 3c and 3b inside the target region 102 are extracted as detection and tracking targets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Naoki NUMAGUCHI, Alexis ANDRE
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Patent number: 9737808Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an attribute management unit configured to manage a variable attribute value associated with each one or more characters existing in a real space, a detection unit configured to detect an interaction event between a first character and a real object by using an image captured by a camera that captures the real space, and a setting unit configured to set a rule for changing the attribute value of the first character depending on the interaction event. In a case where the detection unit has detected the interaction event, the attribute management unit changes the attribute value of the first character in accordance with the rule set by the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Alexis Andre, Akichika Tanaka, Yasuhiro Takeda, Tetsu Natsume, Kenichi Okada, Takatoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150121273Abstract: An apparatus may include a control unit to control display of a connection path and at least one indication unit between a first mark and a second mark according to a connection operation by a user connecting the first mark and the second mark.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Alexis Andre, Yoshihito Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20150109133Abstract: An apparatus may include a control unit to control display of at least one first mark representing a power generating unit and a second mark representing a power storage unit and change of an indication display between the first mark and the second mark according to an amount of power supplied from the power generating unit to the power storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Alexis Andre
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Publication number: 20150080125Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an attribute management unit configured to manage a variable attribute value associated with each one or more characters existing in a real space, a detection unit configured to detect an interaction event between a first character and a real object by using an image captured by a camera that captures the real space, and a setting unit configured to set a rule for changing the attribute value of the first character depending on the interaction event. In a case where the detection unit has detected the interaction event, the attribute management unit changes the attribute value of the first character in accordance with the rule set by the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Alexis Andre, Akichika Tanaka, Yasuhiro Takeda, Tetsu Natsume, Kenichi Okada, Takatoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140142900Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition section which acquires a series of input images projecting processes in which individual elements are removed from a real model constructed from a plurality of elements, a recognition section which recognizes an element configuration of the real model by using the input images acquired by the image acquisition section, and a determination section which determines a construction procedure for constructing the real model based on the element configuration recognized by the recognition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Alexis Andre