Patents by Inventor Fuminori Homma

Fuminori Homma 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: 20230282203
    Abstract: More fulfilling service can be provided. An information processing apparatus (10) according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit (111) that acquires speech logs of speeches of a plurality of speakers; and an extraction unit (1128) that extracts information for generating a classifier that estimates a speech intention of each of the speeches based on the speech logs acquired by the acquisition unit (111) and a response manual indicating an example of a response for each of the speeches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: FUMINORI HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20230185447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 11567656
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 11556245
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano, Fuminori Homma
  • Publication number: 20230008798
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Fuminori HOMMA, Reiko MIYAZAKI, Ken MIYASHITA, Shoichiro MORIYA
  • Patent number: 11487419
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Patent number: 11460997
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 11340714
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement information acquisition part acquiring information which is based on movement of an operation device, and a control information generation part generating, based on the information, control information for changing a display status continuously in a non-linear manner according to the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Atsushi Izumihara, Yoshihito Ohki, Yasushi Okumura, Fuminori Homma, Akemi Tazaki, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20220050588
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20220027045
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 11169698
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 11163436
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20210247885
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Fuminori HOMMA, Reiko MIYAZAKI, Ken MIYASHITA, Shoichiro MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20210200597
    Abstract: It is an object of the present technology to make it possible to perform a process corresponding to user input satisfactorily. An intention interpretation unit interprets intention of user input. A request corresponding to the interpreted intention is issued by a request issuing unit. A local processing control unit determines, on the basis of the issued request, whether a process corresponding to the request is to be executed by a local processing execution unit or by a cloud processing execution unit, and transmits, in a case where it is determined that the process is to be executed by the cloud processing execution unit, the request to a cloud processing control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke MOCHIZUKI, Fuminori HOMMA, Shosuke MOMOTANI
  • Patent number: 11010038
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20200387304
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Ikuo YAMANO, Fuminori HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20200389700
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable presentation of objects of interest to a user through natural interactions with the user. The information processing apparatus detects a matter of interest of a user from information such as a line of sight of the user, a posture of the user, or utterance details of the user during reproduction of main content projected onto a screen. The information processing apparatus controls output of sub-content and an utterance sound regarding the sub-content on the basis of the matter of interest of the user. The present technique can be applied to a content reproduction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa KANEKO, Fuminori HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20200310581
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Kouichi Matsuda, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 10776003
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 10755604
    Abstract: There is provided a map information display device including an operating tool detector for, on a display panel where map information MI and view image information VI are displayed, detecting a position and a pointing direction of an operating tool M in touch with an area corresponding to the map information; and a display controller for controlling display of the view image information in accordance with a view point on the map information indicated by the position of the operating tool and a line-of-sight direction on the map information indicated by the pointing direction of the operating tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma, Tomoya Narita, Tatsushi Nashida