Patents by Inventor Haruo Oba
Haruo Oba 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).
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Patent number: 11703941Abstract: There is provided an information processing system, method, and program capable of displaying an image corresponding to an operation body in a certain place adaptively generated for an operation of the operation body in another place, the system including an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first transmission information according to an operation of an operation body related to a first user located in a first place, the first transmission information being for communication with a second user located in a second place, and an output control unit configured to display, on a display surface in the second place, an image corresponding to the operation body generated based on a pointing position of the operation body in the second place and a first virtual position of the first user in the second place, the pointing position and the first virtual position being specified based on the first transmission information.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Yusuke Sakai, Haruo Oba, Makoto Niijima, Tomohiro Ishii
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Patent number: 11386584Abstract: An information processing system includes a processing unit that detects a pointing action for a first user in a real space to specify a first object and an evaluation action on the first object by the first user based on a signal output from a sensor that senses actions in the real space and updates evaluation information of the first object specified by a detection result of the pointing action based on a detection result of the evaluation action.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruo Oba, Makoto Niijima, Rei Fukuda, Dickinson Forrest JR. Matthew
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Patent number: 11366631Abstract: Provided is an information processing device provided with an obtaining unit (211) that obtains first physical information of a first user present in a first space, and second physical information of a second user present in a second space, a virtual space generation unit (213) that generates a virtual space on the basis of the first physical information or the second physical information, as operation mode control unit (211) that switches an operation mode in a case where a trigger caused by at least any one of the first user or the second user occurs, and a control unit (210) that interlocks switch of the operation mode with at least one device present is the first space or at least one device present in the second space.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Sakai, Ryusei Koike, Haruo Oba, Motoki Higashide, Daisuke Miki
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Publication number: 20210318749Abstract: Proposed are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of displaying an image corresponding to an operation body in a certain place adaptively generated for an operation of the operation body in another place. The information processing system includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first transmission information according to an operation of an operation body related to a first user located in a first place, the first transmission information being for communication with a second user located in a second place, and an output control unit configured to display, on a display surface in the second place, an image corresponding to the operation body generated on the basis of a pointing position of the operation body in the second place and a first virtual position of the first user in the second place, the pointing position and the first virtual position being specified on the basis of the first transmission information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Yusuke SAKAI, Haruo OBA, Makoto NIIJIMA, Tomohiro ISHII
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Patent number: 11112961Abstract: There is provided an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of adaptively controlling a display on a display surface in response to an operation of moving an object in a certain display surface with respect to a transfer object. The information processing system includes a processing unit that performs, on a first display surface, a predetermined display control indicating that one or more pieces of display information in a second display surface corresponding to the first display surface is changed to be operable in the first display surface when a first operation for a first user to move a first object to a detection area having a predetermined positional relationship with one or more predetermined transfer objects positioned in the first display surface, and changes a display state of the second display surface based on a detection result of a second operation by the first user after the first operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruo Oba, Makoto Niijima, Rei Fukuda, D. Forrest Matthew
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Patent number: 11063924Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 of a personal computer 1 reads a device ID form an IC tag 12. The personal computer 1 registers device IDs on a connection permission list, and permits only devices registered on the list to connect. When being instructed to perform accessing, the PDA 11 controls a communication unit to access the personal computer 1 and to transmits its device ID. The personal computer 1 determines whether or not the transmitted ID is registered on the connection permission list, and permits the connection when determining that the ID is registered. The present invention can be applied to various information processing devices such as a personal computer and a PDA.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuji Ayatsuka, Haruo Oba
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Patent number: 11048326Abstract: Proposed are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of displaying an image corresponding to an operation body in a certain place adaptively generated for an operation of the operation body in another place. The information processing system includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first transmission information according to an operation of an operation body related to a first user located in a first place, the first transmission information being for communication with a second user located in a second place, and an output control unit configured to display, on a display surface in the second place, an image corresponding to the operation body generated on the basis of a pointing position of the operation body in the second place and a first virtual position of the first user in the second place, the pointing position and the first virtual position being specified on the basis of the first transmission information.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Yusuke Sakai, Haruo Oba, Makoto Niijima, Tomohiro Ishii
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Publication number: 20210166439Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that can appropriately detect an evaluation action on an object by a user in a real space. [Solution] Disclosed is an information processing system including a processing unit that detects a pointing action for a first user in a real space to specify a first object and an evaluation action on the first object by the first user based on a signal output from a sensor that senses actions in the real space and updates evaluation information of the first object specified by a detection result of the pointing action based on a detection result of the evaluation action.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, HARUO OBA, MAKOTO NIIJIMA, REI FUKUDA, DICKINSON FORREST JR. MATTHEW
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Publication number: 20210157541Abstract: Provided is an information processing device provided with an obtaining unit (211) that obtains first physical information of a first user present in a first space, and second physical information of a second user present in a second space, a virtual space generation unit (213) that generates a virtual space on the basis of the first physical information or the second physical information, as operation mode control unit (211) that switches an operation mode in a case where a trigger caused by at least any one of the first user or the second user occurs, and a control unit (210) that interlocks switch of the operation mode with at least one device present is the first space or at least one device present in the second space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke SAKAI, Ryusei KOIKE, Haruo OBA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Daisuke MIKI
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Publication number: 20210081092Abstract: There is provided an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of adaptively controlling a display on a display surface in response to an operation of moving an object in a certain display surface with respect to a transfer object. The information processing system includes a processing unit that performs, on a first display surface, a predetermined display control indicating that one or more pieces of display information in a second display surface corresponding to the first display surface is changed to be operable in the first display surface when a first operation for a first user to move a first object to a detection area having a predetermined positional relationship with one or more predetermined transfer objects positioned in the first display surface, and changes a display state of the second display surface based on a detection result of a second operation by the first user after the first operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Haruo OBA, Makoto NIIJIMA, Rei FUKUDA, D. Forrest MATTHEW
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Publication number: 20210006927Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes: a sound acquisition part configured to acquire sound to be output to the other end of a sound guide part, one end of which is arranged near an entrance of an ear canal of a listener, the sound guide part having a hollow structure; and a head-related transfer function adjustment part configured to adjust a head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part. Since the head-related transfer function adjustment part adjusts the head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part, it is possible to listen to both ambient sound and sound provided from a sound output device such that the listener does not feel strangeness even in the state in which the listener is wearing the sound output device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohei Asada, Go Igarashi, Koji Nageno, Haruo Oba, Homare Kon
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Publication number: 20200404721Abstract: The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a reader/writer built in the personal computer (1) reads a telephone number of the portable telephone (11) stored in an RF tag built in the portable telephone (11). Based on the telephone number, a telephone line is connected between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1). Data is interchanged between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1) via the telephone line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi REKIMOTO, Yuji AYATSUKA, Nobuyuki MATSUSHITA, Eduardo SCIAMMARELLA, Haruo OBA
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Patent number: 10812926Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes: a sound acquisition part configured to acquire sound to be output to the other end of a sound guide part, one end of which is arranged near an entrance of an ear canal of a listener, the sound guide part having a hollow structure; and a head-related transfer function adjustment part configured to adjust a head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part. Since the head-related transfer function adjustment part adjusts the head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part, it is possible to listen to both ambient sound and sound provided from a sound output device such that the listener does not feel strangeness even in the state in which the listener is wearing the sound output device.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohei Asada, Go Igarashi, Koji Nageno, Haruo Oba, Homare Kon
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Patent number: 10798759Abstract: The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a reader/writer built in the personal computer (1) reads a telephone number of the portable telephone (11) stored in an RF tag built in the portable telephone (11). Based on the telephone number, a telephone line is connected between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1). Data is interchanged between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1) via the telephone line.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Rekimoto, Yuji Ayatsuka, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Eduardo Sciammarella, Haruo Oba
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Publication number: 20200209951Abstract: Proposed are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of displaying an image corresponding to an operation body in a certain place adaptively generated for an operation of the operation body in another place. The information processing system includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first transmission information according to an operation of an operation body related to a first user located in a first place, the first transmission information being for communication with a second user located in a second place, and an output control unit configured to display, on a display surface in the second place, an image corresponding to the operation body generated on the basis of a pointing position of the operation body in the second place and a first virtual position of the first user in the second place, the pointing position and the first virtual position being specified on the basis of the first transmission information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Yusuke SAKAI, Haruo OBA, Makoto NIIJIMA, Tomohiro ISHII
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Publication number: 20190394183Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 of a personal computer 1 reads a device ID form an IC tag 12. The personal computer 1 registers device IDs on a connection permission list, and permits only devices registered on the list to connect. When being instructed to perform accessing, the PDA 11 controls a communication unit to access the personal computer 1 and to transmits its device ID. The personal computer 1 determines whether or not the transmitted ID is registered on the connection permission list, and permits the connection when determining that the ID is registered. The present invention can be applied to various information processing devices such as a personal computer and a PDA.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuji AYATSUKA, Haruo OBA
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Patent number: 10440002Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 of a personal computer 1 reads a device ID form an IC tag 12. The personal computer 1 registers device IDs on a connection permission list, and permits only devices registered on the list to connect. When being instructed to perform accessing, the PDA 11 controls a communication unit to access the personal computer 1 and to transmits its device ID. The personal computer 1 determines whether or not the transmitted ID is registered on the connection permission list, and permits the connection when determining that the ID is registered. The present invention can be applied to various information processing devices such as a personal computer and a PDA.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Ayatsuka, Haruo Oba
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Patent number: D896820Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Niijima, Haruo Oba, Tomohiro Ishii
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Patent number: D940151Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew D. Forrest, Rei Fukuda, Haruo Oba
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Patent number: D951966Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Niijima, Haruo Oba, Tomohiro Ishii