Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shionozaki

Atsushi Shionozaki 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: 20210193172
    Abstract: An information processing system (1) including a control unit (200) configured to perform control such that, when an emotional condition of a user is detected as being a designated emotional state having a certain amount of separation or more from a normal state and a person who is a factor of the designated emotional state is estimated as being present around the user, people around the user are notified of the designated emotional state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210150932
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: KEIGO IHARA, TAKAHIKO SUEYOSHI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11010726
    Abstract: An information processing system, a control method and a non-transitory storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed based on an interaction between the objects are provided. The information processing system includes a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Keigo Ihara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20210034141
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a storage section that holds a plurality of agent programs with different attributes, a communication section that provides an agent service by the agent programs to a client terminal of a user, and a control section that selects, from among the plurality of agent programs, one agent program suited to an emotion of a user who can use the agent service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10909877
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200408437
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control system, a control method, and a storage medium through which a moving object can change a surrounding environment of a user depending on an emotion of the user. [Solution] Provided is a control system including: an estimation unit that estimates an emotion of a user; and a moving object controller that controls a moving object to change a surrounding environment of the user depending on the estimated emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Satoshi Ikeda, Tetsuo Tawara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10852813
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, a client terminal, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of selecting an appropriate agent from among multiple agents according to a user emotion, and providing more comfortable dialogue. An information processing system including: a storage section that holds a plurality of agent programs with different attributes; a communication section that provides an agent service by the agent programs to a client terminal of a user; and a control section that selects, from among the plurality of agent programs, one agent program suited to an emotion of a user who can use the agent service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20200357504
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium that are able to automatically generate a behavior rule of a community and to promote voluntary behavior modification [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a controller that acquires sensor data obtained by sensing a member belonging to a specific community, automatically generates, on a basis of the acquired sensor data, a behavior rule in the specific community, and performs control to prompt, on a basis of the behavior rule, the member to perform behavior modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20200356602
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processor, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to automatically estimate a sense of values of a community. [Solution] An information processor includes a control unit that performs a control. The control unit is configured to acquire sensor data obtained by sensing a member who belongs to a specific community, and automatically estimate a sense of values of the member who belongs to the specific community, on the basis of the acquired sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200312109
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism which is capable of implementing both provision of a service to a robot's own user and assistance with provision of services to other users by other robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10788235
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control system, a control method, and a storage medium through which a moving object can change a surrounding environment of a user depending on an emotion of the user. [Solution] Provided is a control system including: an estimation unit that estimates an emotion of a user; and a moving object controller that controls a moving object to change a surrounding environment of the user depending on the estimated emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shionozaki, Satoshi Ikeda, Tetsuo Tawara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200302045
    Abstract: An information processing system including a communication unit that acquires information related to an interaction between objects from a sensing device that detects the interaction between the objects, an emotion information database constructed by accumulating an evaluation value used when an emotion value of each object generated based on the information related to the interaction between the objects is calculated, a certification unit that certifies the sensing device and issues certification information to the sensing device, and an authentication unit that authenticates the information related to the interaction transmitted from the sensing device based on the certification information issued to the sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10733282
    Abstract: An information processing system including a communication unit that acquires information related to an interaction between objects from a sensing device that detects the interaction between the objects, an emotion information database constructed by accumulating an evaluation value used when an emotion value of each object generated based on the information related to the interaction between the objects is calculated, a certification unit that certifies the sensing device and issues certification information to the sensing device, and an authentication unit that authenticates the information related to the interaction transmitted from the sensing device based on the certification information issued to the sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20200236070
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method to enable an automatic response to be performed with higher affinity in accordance with a mental condition of a user. [Solution] An information processing system including: a database that accumulates a relationship between a user for which a virtual agent is substituted and a partner user as a communication partner on a network; and a control unit that generates a message in accordance with a mental condition of the partner user and the relationship between the user and the partner user, and sends the message from the virtual agent to the partner user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10719543
    Abstract: [Object] To easily search a plurality of captured images for a captured image in which a subject to be imaged that has once appeared in a captured image appears again is desired. [Solution] An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a reading unit configured to read, from a recording unit configured to record radio wave information concerning a radio wave, a captured image, and a time at which the captured image is taken in correlation with one another, the radio wave information; and a searching unit configured to search a plurality of the captured images recorded in the recording unit for a captured image that satisfies a search condition on a basis of at least one of a number of radio waves included in the read radio wave information and an intensity of the radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Atsushi Shionozaki, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10685555
    Abstract: [Object] To automatically distinguish whether an occupant is at home or not and to control an operating state of a management system of a house more simply. [Solution] An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a radio wave information learning section configured to record a plurality of pieces of radio wave information detected in a house and learn radio wave information of a plurality of terminals supposed to be in the house on a basis of the recorded radio wave information; and a control section configured to compare newly detected radio wave information and the radio wave information of the plurality of terminals supposed to be in the house based on a result of the learning, and perform processing for changing an operating state of a system that manages the house in a case where none of the plurality of terminals supposed to be in the house were detected for a prescribed time or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Miyajima, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20200183402
    Abstract: To provide a mobile body control system, a control method, and a storage medium in which a mobile body can move to an appropriate angle and distance in accordance with emotion of a communication target. Provided is a mobile body control system including a moving unit to move; a measuring unit to measure an angle and a distance with a target which is a communication target; an emotion estimating unit to estimate an emotion of the target; and a control unit to control the moving unit to move a mobile body to an initial position with an appropriate angle and distance with respect to the target in accordance with the estimated emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: MASAMICHI ASUKAI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10677596
    Abstract: To provide navigation to a destination to a user even in a state in which acquisition of a current position via a positioning module is difficult. There is provided an image processing device including: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image onto which a real object including a visual recognition target is projected; a recognition unit configured to recognize relative arrangement of a terminal that has captured the image to the real object by executing image recognition of the recognition target; and a control unit configured to display a display object indicating a direction toward a destination of a user on a screen of the terminal on the basis of the relative arrangement of the terminal recognized by the recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tawara, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 10673788
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method to enable an automatic response to be performed with higher affinity in accordance with a mental condition of a user. [Solution] An information processing system including: a database that accumulates a relationship between a user for which a virtual agent is substituted and a partner user as a communication partner on a network; and a control unit that generates a message in accordance with a mental condition of the partner user and the relationship between the user and the partner user, and sends the message from the virtual agent to the partner user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20200162846
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to provide an appropriate proposal to a user on the basis of a message regarding movement. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus including a control section calculating, on the basis of a present location of a user, moving time to be spent on immediate movement and generating proposal information based on the movement in accordance with whether or not the calculated moving time satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI