Patents by Inventor Atsushi TAWARA

Atsushi TAWARA 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).

  • Control system, control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11940170
    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: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shionozaki, Satoshi Ikeda, Tetsuo Tawara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Storage medium, information processing apparatus and control method
    Patent number: 10617954
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute processing that determines, based on a first usage amount of a hardware resource which is allocated for processing corresponding to objects of a first category including an essential object located in a target scene, a second usage amount of the hardware resource that is able to be allocated for processing for objects of a second category different to the first category. Also, the computer is caused to execute processing of deciding, for objects of the second category which are located in the target scene, types of those objects and an outer appearance parameter for each type based on the second usage amount and information for deciding outer appearances for when the objects of the second category are located in the target scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Atsushi Tawara, Toshiaki Watanabe
  • Storage medium, information processing apparatus and control method for deciding object types and appearances based on hardware resource usage amounts
    Patent number: 10173138
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute processing that that determines, based on a first usage amount of a hardware resource which is allocated for processing corresponding to objects of a first category including an essential object located in a target scene, a second usage amount of the hardware resource that is able to be allocated for processing for objects of a second category different to the first category. Also, the computer is caused to execute processing of deciding, for objects of the second category which are located in the target scene, types of those objects and an outer appearance parameter for each type based on the second usage amount and information for deciding outer appearances for when the objects of the second category are located in the target scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Atsushi Tawara, Toshiaki Watanabe
  • STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20180361245
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute processing that determines, based on a first usage amount of a hardware resource which is allocated for processing corresponding to objects of a first category including an essential object located in a target scene, a second usage amount of the hardware resource that is able to be allocated for processing for objects of a second category different to the first category. Also, the computer is caused to execute processing of deciding, for objects of the second category which are located in the target scene, types of those objects and an outer appearance parameter for each type based on the second usage amount and information for deciding outer appearances for when the objects of the second category are located in the target scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Atsushi TAWARA, Toshiaki WATANABE
  • STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20160275643
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute processing that that determines, based on a first usage amount of a hardware resource which is allocated for processing corresponding to objects of a first category including an essential object located in a target scene, a second usage amount of the hardware resource that is able to be allocated for processing for objects of a second category different to the first category. Also, the computer is caused to execute processing of deciding, for objects of the second category which are located in the target scene, types of those objects and an outer appearance parameter for each type based on the second usage amount and information for deciding outer appearances for when the objects of the second category are located in the target scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Atsushi TAWARA, Toshiaki WATANABE