Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ishihara

Atsushi Ishihara 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: 10868977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of adaptively displaying a video corresponding to sensed three-dimensional information in a space in which the video is displayed. The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines a setting related to display of a video when the video corresponding to first three-dimensional information sensed in a first real space is displayed in a second real space, on the basis of a sensing result in the second real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10857323
    Abstract: An audio signal generation device (20) includes: an acquirer (210) configured to acquire biological information of a human subject; an audio signal generator (245) configured to generate an audio signal based on at least one of a plurality of pieces of sound information; and a switching cycle decider (241) configured to decide a switching cycle, such that first sound information switches to second sound information at a cycle that is in accordance with the biological information, the first sound information and the second sound information being included in the plurality of sound information pieces, and the audio signal generator (245) generates an audio signal based on the second sound information, at the switching cycle decided by the switching cycle decider (241).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamaki, Morito Morishima, Atsushi Ishihara, Takehiko Kawahara, Yuki Ueya
  • Patent number: 10831437
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an estimator configured to estimate, based on biological information of a human subject, a sleep indicator indicative of a depth of sleep of the human subject; and a volume controller configured to control a volume adjuster that generates a second playback sound signal by adjusting an amplitude of a first playback sound signal, such that the first playback sound signal is adjusted based on the sleep indicator and a volume of an ambient sound in an environment in which the human subject is situated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Morito Morishima, Kiyoshi Yamaki, Takehiko Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20200342229
    Abstract: [Problem] A technology capable of reducing feeling of wrongness in display of a virtual object, while suppressing recognizability of the virtual object from degrading, is awaited. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes: a position acquisition section that acquires a position of a virtual object in a real space, having been determined on the basis of a recognition result of a real space corresponding to an image captured by an imaging device; and a display control section that controls display of at least a boundary of the virtual object, on the basis of the position of the virtual object, and a feature of a real object that resides in the real space and is away from the position of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200342671
    Abstract: [Problem] Controlling a virtual object display by means of a suitable display control method according to the distance between a user and a virtual object is desirable. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a spatial information acquisition unit that acquires information on a real object disposed in a real space, and a display control unit that, if a distance between a user and a virtual object is a first distance, exercises control such that a first display object is displayed by a display device as the virtual object on the basis of the real object and first processing, and that, if the distance between the user and the virtual object is a second distance that differs from the first distance, exercises control such that a second display object is displayed by the display device as the virtual object on the basis of the real object and second processing that differs from the first processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200242842
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are to be provided. [Solution] An information processing device including a display control unit that controls, when recognition information related to recognition based on sensing of a real object includes first recognition information, shielding display representing shielding of a virtual object by the real object such that the shielding display presents a first boundary representation at a boundary between the virtual object and the real object or at a position near the boundary, and controls, when the recognition information includes second recognition information different from the first recognition information, the shielding display such that the shielding display presents a second boundary representation different from the first boundary representation at the boundary or at a position near the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, SHINICHI TAKEMURA, MIWA ICHIKAWA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, RYOSUKE MURATA, KENJI SUGIHARA, MARI SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200220986
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes a sensor unit, an operation identification unit, and an object detection unit. The sensor unit receives an electromagnetic wave and outputs information indicating a physical quantity of the received electromagnetic wave. The operation identification unit identifies an input operation to its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave. The object detection unit detects the presence or absence of an object around its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200127958
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of: determining processing to be executed for a message from the outside; and providing a response to a message sender. Provided is an information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires message data; a processing determination unit that analyzes the message data and determines a processing target and processing to be executed; and an output unit that outputs a response message including a result of the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu KII, Hidehiro KOMATSU, Junji ITOYAMA, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200118570
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of reliably delivering a message to a third party desired by a user. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a sound message, and a recognition unit configured to recognize a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included is the sound message, and content of the message from the information acquired by the acquisition unit, in which the recognition unit generates information for inputting the destination of the message is a case where the destination cannot be uniquely specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu KII, Hidehiro KOMATSU, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Yu SHIGETA, Junji ITOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10616425
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes a sensor unit, an operation identification unit, and an object detection unit. The sensor unit receives an electromagnetic wave and outputs information indicating a physical quantity of the received electromagnetic wave. The operation identification unit identifies an input operation to its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave. The object detection unit detects the presence or absence of an object around its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200035205
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit; and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is capable of acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of a real space reflected on a user's eyeball, and a second image obtained by capturing an image related to the real space displayed on a predetermined display unit, the real space displayed on the predetermined display unit being reflected on the eyeball. The display control unit controls, on a basis of the acquired first image and the acquired second image, image display performed by the predetermined display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200004323
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20190364224
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of adaptively displaying a video corresponding to sensed three-dimensional information in a space in which the video is displayed. The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines a setting related to display of a video when the video corresponding to first three-dimensional information sensed in a first real space is displayed in a second real space, on the basis of a sensing result in the second real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIBE, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10452128
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Publication number: 20190297203
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes a sensor unit, an operation identification unit, and an object detection unit. The sensor unit receives an electromagnetic wave and outputs information indicating a physical quantity of the received electromagnetic wave. The operation identification unit identifies an input operation to its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave. The object detection unit detects the presence or absence of an object around its own apparatus, based on the information indicating the physical quantity of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10413699
    Abstract: Provided is a sleep guidance device that serves to control a stimulus imparter for imparting stimuli to a human subject. The sleep guidance device acquires a biorhythm of the human subject; estimates sleep depths of the human subject from the acquired biorhythm of the human subject; and controls the stimulus imparter to impart a stimulus to the human subject in accordance with the acquired biorhythm of the human subject, and from among the sleep depths, a current sleep depth estimated for the human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morito Morishima, Kiyoshi Yamaki, Takehiko Kawahara, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10332076
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a schedule acquisition unit configured to acquire a schedule registered by a user, an action-history acquisition unit configured to acquire an action history of the user, and a past-schedule correction unit configured to correct a past schedule among the schedule on the basis of the action history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Morita, Atsushi Ishihara, Yoshinori Kurata, Hajime Senuma, Masayuki Takada, Yoshiki Takeoka, Shouichi Doi
  • Patent number: 10297179
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of projecting an image to an appropriate projection destination while reducing work of a user in projection of an image, the information processing apparatus including: a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed on the basis of the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit, an information processing method, and a program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouichi Doi, Masayuki Chatani, Atsushi Ishihara, Yoshinori Kurata, Masayuki Takada, Masahiro Morita, Yoshiki Takeoka
  • Publication number: 20190116279
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an operation screen on which a processing mode and setting information may be selected. The operation unit is configured to receive an operation instruction from the operation screen displayed on the display unit and to transmit a processing job based on the operation instruction. The processing unit is configured to execute a process based on the processing job received from the operation unit. The storage unit is configured to store use history information indicating the processing jobs. The control unit is configured to customize the operation screen according to the use history information stored by the storage unit and cause the display unit to display the customized operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190102956
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to correct the display of a virtual object in a more favorable mode under conditions in which the virtual object is superimposed onto a real space. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a result of recognizing a real object in a real space; a drawing unit that draws, in each of a plurality of buffers, display information directly or indirectly associated with the buffer from among a plurality of pieces of display information; and a display control unit that corrects a display of the display information drawn in each of the plurality of buffers on a basis of the result of recognizing the real object, and causes a predetermined output unit to present each piece of the display information whose display has been corrected according to a positional relationship with the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Mitsuru NISHIBE