Patents by Inventor Daisuke Tsuru

Daisuke Tsuru 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: 20260072521
    Abstract: Provided is a display image generation device including a state information acquisition section that acquires state information regarding a target in accordance with a figure of the target in an image obtained by video capturing by an imaging device, a state information control section that determines state information to be adopted, by switching whether or not to manipulate the state information in accordance with an elapsed time according to a situation, and a display image generation section that uses the determined state information to generate a display image that includes a virtual object reflecting motion of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Daisuke Tsuru, Tatsuo Tsuchie, Yuto Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20260064190
    Abstract: There is provided a display image generation apparatus including a state information acquisition section configured to acquire state information in a three-dimensional space regarding a target in a real world, a skeleton model control section configured to apply a spring model to a position corresponding to a bone between nodes represented by the state information so as to adjust positions of the nodes, the spring model having a natural length constituting an ideal distance based on a skeleton model of a virtual object corresponding to the target, and, a display image generation section configured to generate a display image including the virtual object reflecting the skeleton model formed by the adjusted nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Daisuke Tsuru, Tatsuo Tsuchie, Yuko Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20250310506
    Abstract: An image generation device sequentially acquires a frame 150 of a moving image captured by a stereo camera included in a head-mounted display, and generates a display image 154 to be used for video see-through or the like. A crop section of the image generation device crops a region 152b in which a floor surface appears, and sets the cropped region as an image 156 for setting a play area in which the user is movable. In addition, the crop section crops a region 152c with a predetermined size in which the front of the head-mounted display appears, and sets the cropped region as an image 158 for acquiring state information regarding the head-mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Daisuke TSURU, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Masaki UCHIDA, Yuto HAYAKAWA, Kenzo NISHIKAWA, Takehiro TOMINAGA, Takanori MINAMINO
  • Publication number: 20250157192
    Abstract: An image forming device tracks a state of a head mounted display by Visual SLAM on the basis of a captured image of a space around a user wearing the head mounted display. The image forming device determines keyframes collated with a current frame during (a) setting of a play area (step S50), and classifies some of the determined keyframes into keyframes prohibiting discard (step S52). The image forming device reads stored keyframe data and uses the read keyframe data for tracking during (b) execution of an application (step S60). The image forming device adds keyframes and discards pieces of data of keyframes allowing discard according to movement of the user (step S64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Daisuke TSURU, Masaki UCHIDA, Yuto HAYAKAWA, Mitsuru NISHIBE
  • Publication number: 20240073537
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a photographed-image acquisition section that acquires a photographed image taken by a camera mounted on a head-mount display, and a photographing parameter that is adjusted according to a brightness with use of the camera, and a play area control section that detects a play area for defining a movable range of a user by analyzing the photographed image while changing an analysis condition according to an estimated brightness on the basis of the photographing parameter, and then, acquiring 3D information regarding a real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: DAISUKE TSURU, Tatsuo Tsuchie, Hirofumi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240054749
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a captured image acquisition section that acquires data of frames of a currently captured moving image, a crop section that cuts out an image of a specific region from each of the frames arranged in chronological order, and an image analysis section that analyzes the image of the specific region to acquire predetermined information. The crop section moves a cut-out target region in accordance with predetermined rules with respect to a time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tsuchie, DAISUKE TSURU, Hirofumi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240033618
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including at least one processor including hardware, in which the at least one processor predicts a first amount of movement of a head-mounted display between a first time and a second time, by using images captured of a periphery of the head-mounted display respectively at the first time and the second time, derives a degree of reliability of the predicted first amount of movement, predicts a second amount of movement of the head-mounted display between the first time and the second time, by using sensor data acquired by a posture sensor between the first time and the second time, generates a display image to be displayed on a display different from the head-mounted display, and determines whether or not to generate a display image including a pattern representing a still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, TAKANORI MINAMINO, DAISUKE TSURU
  • Patent number: 11849913
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a blurring amount estimation unit configured to estimate a blurring amount of a medical image including a biological body motion of a subject; and a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing so as not to remove a screen motion caused by the biological body motion, on a basis of the blurring amount. This configuration makes it possible to correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. Thus, an optimum image for observing a biological body motion can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Hiroshi Ichiki, Hisakazu Shiraki, Daisuke Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11831993
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires, using an image obtained by capturing a device including a light-emitting marker with exposure times shorter than a time corresponding to one frame, information regarding a position and a posture of the device. The light-emitting marker is caused to emit light for light emission times equal to or shorter than the exposure times. The information processing apparatus causes the light-emitting marker to emit light in a predetermined flashing pattern, and identifies the exposure times on a time axis of the device on the basis of whether or not the image appears in the captured image, to thereby synchronize the exposure and the light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsuru, Kenzo Nishikawa, Winesh Sharwin Raghoebardajal
  • Patent number: 11587670
    Abstract: A medical operation system includes an information processing apparatus, including processing circuitry configured to cause a map of an operating room to be displayed on a display, the map including an icon representing a device located in the operating room or accessible from the operating room, receive, via a user operation on the displayed map, designation information representing a designation of a change in at least one of an input source, an output destination, or an internal setting for the device, generate a control signal to control the device based on the designation information, and transmit the generated control signal to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Nakano, Takeshi Miyai, Keisuke Uyama, Daisuke Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11301964
    Abstract: To correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. [Solution] An image processing apparatus includes: a blurring amount estimation unit configured to estimate a blurring amount of a medical image including a biological body motion of a subject; and a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing so as not to remove a screen motion caused by the biological body motion, on a basis of the blurring amount. This configuration makes it possible to correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. Thus, an optimum image for observing a biological body motion can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Hiroshi Ichiki, Hisakazu Shiraki, Daisuke Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11302439
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus for allocating at least two medical imaging processes to a plurality of assignable processing resources is provided. The plurality of assignable processing resources is allocated by the medical image processing apparatus based on resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources. The medical image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire medical image processing content, from medical equipment, to be processed according to the at least two medical imaging processes prior to display on a display device connected to a surgical operating room network. The circuitry is configured to acquire the resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources, and allocate each of the at least two medical imaging processes to a different one of the plurality of assignable processing resources based on the resource information of the plurality processing resources and the medical image processing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugie, Daisuke Tsuru, Tomoyuki Hirayama, Kenta Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220021798
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires, using an image obtained by capturing a device including a light-emitting marker with exposure times shorter than a time corresponding to one frame, information regarding a position and a posture of the device. The light-emitting marker is caused to emit light for light emission times equal to or shorter than the exposure times. The information processing apparatus causes the light-emitting marker to emit light in a predetermined flashing pattern, and identifies the exposure times on a time axis of the device on the basis of whether or not the image appears in the captured image, to thereby synchronize the exposure and the light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke TSURU, Kenzo Nishikawa, Winesh Sharwin Raghoebardajal
  • Patent number: 11123150
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an assistance system, and an information processing method that enable suitable assistance to be performed on a surgeon. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of a first image obtained by picking up an image of a surgical part including an affected part and metadata of a situation obtained from past surgery or examination, a parameter of assistance performed with respect to the situation, which is made to correspond to the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiki, Takami Mizukura, Daisuke Tsuru, Kentaro Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20210287346
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a blurring amount estimation unit configured to estimate a blurring amount of a medical image including a biological body motion of a subject; and a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing so as not to remove a screen motion caused by the biological body motion, on a basis of the blurring amount. This configuration makes it possible to correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. Thus, an optimum image for observing a biological body motion can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI IKEDA, HIROSHI ICHIKI, HISAKAZU SHIRAKI, DAISUKE TSURU
  • Patent number: 11083536
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an assistance system, and an information processing method that enable suitable assistance to be performed on a surgeon. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of a first image obtained by picking up an image of a surgical part including an affected part and metadata of a situation obtained from past surgery or examination, a parameter of assistance performed with respect to the situation, which is made to correspond to the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiki, Takami Mizukura, Daisuke Tsuru, Kentaro Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 10992917
    Abstract: [Object] Observation is made possible by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation. [Solution] An image processing device according to the present disclosure, includes a photographing situation acquiring section that acquires information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye, and a determining section that determines correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye. With this, it becomes possible to observe by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takami Mizukura, Koji Kashima, Kenji Takahasi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Daisuke Tsuru
  • Patent number: 10904437
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus that includes an estimating section calculating motion of an entire image on the basis of an image signal corresponding to an optical image of a living organism input from an imaging section of a medical observation apparatus, to estimate blurring of the entire image according to a result of the calculation, and a control section controlling an operation related to correction of the blurring of the entire image by controlling a coefficient for controlling an amount of correction of the blurring on the basis of a zoom magnification of the imaging section such that a degree of correction of the blurring increases consistently with the zoom magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Hisakazu Shiraki, Daisuke Tsuru
  • Publication number: 20200294203
    Abstract: [Object] To correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. [Solution] An image processing apparatus includes: a blurring amount estimation unit configured to estimate a blurring amount of a medical image including a biological body motion of a subject; and a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing so as not to remove a screen motion caused by the biological body motion, on a basis of the blurring amount. This configuration makes it possible to correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. Thus, an optimum image for observing a biological body motion can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: KENJI IKEDA, HIROSHI ICHIKI, HISAKAZU SHIRAKI, DAISUKE TSURU
  • Publication number: 20200279644
    Abstract: A medical operation system includes an information processing apparatus, including processing circuitry configured to cause a map of an operating room to be displayed on a display, the map including an icon representing a device located in the operating room or accessible from the operating room, receive, via a user operation on the displayed map, designation information representing a designation of a change in at least one of an input source, an output destination, or an internal setting for the device, generate a control signal to control the device based on the designation information, and transmit the generated control signal to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito NAKANO, Takeshi MIYAI, Keisuke UYAMA, Daisuke TSURU