Patents by Inventor Genta Kondo

Genta Kondo 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: 20170052678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to enable a user to intuitively perform an operation of setting a linked operation of hardware elements or software elements, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a plurality of icons indicating hardware elements or software elements that perform a linked operation together, and a link connecting the plurality of icons to each other to be displayed. A spatial sequence of the plurality of icons formed by the link corresponds to a temporal sequence of operations of the software elements or the hardware elements indicated by the plurality of icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori KARASAWA, Takeo INAGAKI, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Hiromu TAKIZAWA, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Genta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170031586
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device to make it easy to recognize the association of information of a device registered in a system with an actual device, the terminal device including: a signal reception unit configured to receive a first signal outputted from one or more devices in a system; a positional relationship specifying unit configured to specify a positional relationship between the terminal device and the one or more devices based on the first signal; an identification information extraction unit configured to extract identification information of the one or more devices in the system from the first signal; and means for presenting setting information of the one or more devices in the system in association with the one or more devices based on the identification information and the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genta KONDO, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9527214
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Genta Kondo, Atsushi Miyamoto, Satoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150202777
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Genta Kondo, Atsushi Miyamoto, Satoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8996176
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Genta Kondo, Atsushi Miyamoto, Satoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20130238131
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Genta Kondo, Atsushi Miyamoto, Satoru Shimizu