Patents by Inventor EISUKE FUJINAWA

EISUKE FUJINAWA 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: 11922904
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow for preventing a decrease in marker recognition rate. Display of a content image that moves in a first display surface on which a marker image is displayed in a display form in which at least a part of the marker image is not shielded is controlled on the basis of first information regarding feature points of the marker image displayed on the first display surface of a terminal device; and second information regarding the feature points of the marker image on the first display surface in the display form is acquired from image data of a captured image obtained by imaging the first display surface, and a position and an orientation of the terminal device are detected on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maho Hayashi, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Ryusei Koike
  • Publication number: 20240069641
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11886643
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a relative velocity calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of data obtained by sensing of an operation body in chronological order, a relative velocity of a second point on the operation body with respect to a first point on the operation body, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes a gesture of the operation body on the basis of the relative velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Yugo Sato, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Eisuke Fujinawa
  • Patent number: 11789543
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of, when accepting hand-based operation inputs from a plurality of users, performing appropriate pairing of left and right hands for each user. An image of an operation surface from above is acquired, the operation surface being configured to accept a hand-based operation input from users, left and right hands of the users and arms corresponding to the respective hands are detected from the image, a base position of one of the arms is set as a benchmark position, a base position of the arm that is closest adjacent along a periphery of the operation surface is set as a reference position when the one of the arms is a left hand, and pairing of the hand of the arm at the benchmark position and the hand of the arm at the reference position is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Sato, Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga
  • Patent number: 11755153
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Fujinawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Junji Otsuka, Atsushi Irie, Yugo Sato, Kenji Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11531431
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a control unit that sets an input auxiliary region based on an acquired sensing result of an operator and display a starting point of an input start within the input auxiliary region when the input start performed using the operator is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Gotoh, Atsushi Irie, Yugo Sato, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Eisuke Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20220377294
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable information presentation with high usability. On the basis of presentation location information regarding a change in state of a presentation location where presentation information is presented and at least one piece of information out of processing information regarding processing for generating the presentation information, user information regarding a response of a user to the processing, and environment information regarding a state of an environment of the presentation location, control of at least one state of a presentation state of the presentation information and a state of the processing is performed. The present technology can be applied as a projection device for the inside of a vehicle, a conference room, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Atsushi IRIE, Kenji GOTOH, Yohsuke KAJI, Eisuke FUJINAWA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tadayoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220293067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow for preventing a decrease in marker recognition rate. Display of a content image that moves in a first display surface on which a marker image is displayed in a display form in which at least a part of the marker image is not shielded is controlled on the basis of first information regarding feature points of the marker image displayed on the first display surface of a terminal device; and second information regarding the feature points of the marker image on the first display surface in the display form is acquired from image data of a captured image obtained by imaging the first display surface, and a position and an orientation of the terminal device are detected on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, RYUSEI KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20220137712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of, when accepting hand-based operation inputs from a plurality of users, performing appropriate pairing of left and right hands for each user. An image of an operation surface from above is acquired, the operation surface being configured to accept a hand-based operation input from users, left and right hands of the users and arms corresponding to the respective hands are detected from the image, a base position of one of the arms is set as a benchmark position, a base position of the arm that is closest adjacent along a periphery of the operation surface is set as a reference position when the one of the arms is a left hand, and pairing of the hand of the arm at the benchmark position and the hand of the arm at the reference position is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: YUGO SATO, ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA
  • Publication number: 20220129109
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium that enable a more natural operation. On the basis of shape information of an operating body part that performs an operation on an operation surface, the shape information being acquired from a captured image, a setting unit fixes an acting region on which the operation by the operating body part acts, and sets a parameter to be used for a determination as to the operation in the acting region. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a display system that allows a user to operate a projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, KENJI GOTOH, ATSUSHI IRIE, JUNJI OTSUKA, YUGO SATO
  • Publication number: 20220091695
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke FUJINAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Junji OTSUKA, Atsushi IRIE, Yugo SATO, Kenji GOTOH
  • Patent number: 11262838
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that provides feedback to a user. The information processing device includes: a recognition unit that recognizes a physical relation between a real object and a first virtual object positioned on an identical surface and a control unit that controls the behavior of the real object based on the physical relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Fujinawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kensuke Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220050550
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to set an input auxiliary region based on an acquired sensing result of an operator and display a starting point of an input start within the input auxiliary region when the input start performed using the operator is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KENJI GOTOH, ATSUSHI IRIE, YUGO SATO, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, EISUKE FUJINAWA
  • Publication number: 20220019288
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a relative velocity calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of data obtained by sensing of an operation body in chronological order, a relative velocity of a second point on the operation body with respect to a first point on the operation body, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes a gesture of the operation body on the basis of the relative velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, YUGO SATO, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, EISUKE FUJINAWA
  • Patent number: 11216179
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that determines an angle between at least a part of an upper limb of a user and one of a vector or a plane. The processing unit further determines whether an operation of the user is a pointing operation or a hover operation on the basis of the angle that is between at least the part of the upper limb of the user and one of the vector or the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Kosuke Yoshitomi, Masaki Handa, Junji Otsuka, Kenji Gotoh, Katsuji Miyazawa, Shoji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11134232
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of reducing a decrease in resolution in overlapping areas of multiple projection in cases where a plurality of projectors is used to perform the multiple projection onto an object. An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology generates, in regard to a plurality of projectors irradiating an object serving as a projection target with projection light rays as superimposing light rays depicting a projection image having pixels, mask information for regulating intensity of the corresponding light ray of each pixel of the projection image. The mask information includes information indicating, in regard to the object having a surface including a predetermined position, that the position is irradiated by a predetermined projector. The present technology can be applied to computers each of which causes a plurality of projectors to project images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kaji, Naomasa Takahashi, Tetsuo Ikeda, Tadayoshi Murakami, Kae Nagano, Eisuke Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20210181864
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that detects at least two candidate points positioned in a detected operation direction, switches the candidate points such that a predetermined candidate point is selected from the at least two candidate points, and displays at least the selected candidate point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji OTSUKA, Masaki HANDA, Kenji GOTOH, Tetsuo IKEDA, Eisuke FUJINAWA, Kosuke YOSHITOMI, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Shoji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210064122
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable more appropriate physical feedback to a user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a recognition unit configured to recognize the physical relation between a real object and a first virtual object positioned on an identical surface; and a control unit configured to control the behavior of the real object based on the physical relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: EISUKE FUJINAWA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENSUKE KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210051303
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of reducing a decrease in resolution in overlapping areas of multiple projection in cases where a plurality of projectors is used to perform the multiple projection onto an object. An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology generates, in regard to a plurality of projectors irradiating an object serving as a projection target with projection light rays as superimposing light rays depicting a projection image having pixels, mask information for regulating intensity of the corresponding light ray of each pixel of the projection image. The mask information includes information indicating, in regard to the object having a surface including a predetermined position, that the position is irradiated by a predetermined projector. The present technology can be applied to computers each of which causes a plurality of projectors to project images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohsuke KAJI, Naomasa TAKAHASHI, Tetsuo IKEDA, Tadayoshi MURAKAMI, Kae NAGANO, Eisuke FUJINAWA
  • Publication number: 20200409547
    Abstract: [Problem] It is desired to provide a technology capable of conveniently determining the type of operation in a case where a non-contact operation is performed with a fingertip separated from an object. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that determines whether an operation of a user is a pointing operation or a hover operation on the basis of an angle of at least a part of an upper limb of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, KOSUKE YOSHITOMI, MASAKI HANDA, JUNJI OTSUKA, KENJI GOTOH, KATSUJI MIYAZAWA, SHOJI WATANABE