Patents by Inventor Hideo Nagasaka

Hideo Nagasaka 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: 11968432
    Abstract: An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tange, Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20240112388
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an agent providing system, an agent providing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide a more suitable agent. There is provided an agent providing system including a control unit that, when newly providing an agent to a cyberspace in which a plurality of agents is allowed to be registered, provides an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more in terms of appearance or voice from an agent already registered in the cyberspace. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent providing system that provides an agent to be registered in a cyberspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Patent number: 11940896
    Abstract: Erroneous ignitions of a process of a device caused by characteristics of speeches/behaviors of a user are efficiently prevented. Provided is an information processing device having: a notification control unit configured to notify a user of information about a candidate speech/behavior estimated to be suitable as a trigger for executing a predetermined process among a plurality of speeches/behaviors extractable from a behavior log of the user, wherein the notification control unit further notifies the user of an inquiry whether or not execution of the candidate speech/behavior estimated from the behavior log is to be applied as the trigger, and the candidate speech/behavior is estimated based on a number of times by which the speech/behavior is extracted from the behavior log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nagasaka, Kei Takahashi, Junichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11930253
    Abstract: An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tange, Hideo Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 11880922
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an agent providing system, an agent providing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide a more suitable agent. There is provided an agent providing system including a control unit that, when newly providing an agent to a cyberspace in which a plurality of agents is allowed to be registered, provides an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more in terms of appearance or voice from an agent already registered in the cyberspace. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent providing system that provides an agent to be registered in a cyberspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20230353843
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a storage medium capable of more easily performing support for providing content and a comment thereof together with the content. An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230325949
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a custom tour creation system and a tour support system. The custom tour creation system creates a custom tour by incorporating optional information input from a user into a master schedule including a plurality of spots, a standard time of stay at each spot, and a standard route between the spots (SP). The tour support system monitors a progress of the custom tour being executed, and presents tour support information based on the progress to a user to support an action of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230305631
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology of an information processing apparatus or the like capable of executing processing suitable for an intention of a user in processing related to content. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit accepts a user operation during reproduction of content having a predetermined time length and variably controls processing to be executed for the user operation in accordance with a reproduction position of the content when the user operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: HIDEO NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230254401
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an outputting apparatus, an outputting method, a program, and a notification system that make it possible to output a notification by sound of the appropriate contents at an appropriate timing. An information processing apparatus of an aspect of the present technology controls, according to a state of a user, the state being decided on the basis of multiple types of detection results relating to a situation of the user, and an importance level set to each of notifications to the user, outputting of the notifications by sound. The present technology can be applied to an apparatus in which a notification by sound is outputted from a headphone worn by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: HIDEO NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230143838
    Abstract: To accelerate further improvement in usability. An information processing device (10) according to an embodiment includes: a calculation unit (1122) configured to calculate a degree of interest to a connection destination of a user having a terminal device (20); and a connection switch unit (1123) configured to control a switch in connection to the connection destination, on the basis of a response of the user to confirmation of connection to the connection destination, the confirmation of connection being presented on the basis of the degree of interest calculated by the calculation unit (1122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: HIDEO NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230118803
    Abstract: The information processing device includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a signal processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires one or a plurality of other sound elements. The determination unit determines importance levels of the sound elements acquired by the acquisition unit. The signal processing unit changes a sound source position of at least one of a sound element of a content being reproduced or another sound element according to the importance levels of the sound elements determined by the determination unit. Consequently, even in a case where the sound element of the reproduced content and the another sound element are simultaneously generated, sound interference between the sound element of the reproduced content and the another sound element can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: HIDEO NAGASAKA
  • Patent number: 11568443
    Abstract: To provide more useful additional information to the user at a more effective timing. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The output control unit controls an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product. In addition, provided is an information processing method that is executed by a processor, the information processing method including controlling an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The controlling of an output includes controlling an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20220391440
    Abstract: A content provision system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already acquired by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220391441
    Abstract: There is provided a content providing system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already obtained by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content, in which the control unit controls the provision of the content or the comment according to a context of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Akira TANGE, Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220277504
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an agent providing system, an agent providing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide a more suitable agent. There is provided an agent providing system including a control unit that, when newly providing an agent to a cyberspace in which a plurality of agents is allowed to be registered, provides an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more in terms of appearance or voice from an agent already registered in the cyberspace. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent providing system that provides an agent to be registered in a cyberspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220272502
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of providing better user experience. Provided is an information processing system including a control unit configured to set a plurality of users who is currently acting together as a plurality of users belonging to a specific community, and perform control so as to enable the plurality of users to experience a same type of service at substantially same timing by each wireless device corresponding to each user according to the same type of service available to the each user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system including a wireless device capable of playing back a song distributed by a music distribution service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Ryu AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220246135
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Makoto YAMADA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11388480
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a reception unit, a first generation unit, a collection unit, and a second generation unit. The reception unit receives a content. The first generation unit analyzes the received content and generates one or more pieces of analysis information related to the content. The collection unit collects content information related to the content on a network on the basis of the one or more pieces of generated analysis information. The second generation unit generates an utterance sentence on the basis of at least one of the one or more pieces of analysis information and the collected content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20220165293
    Abstract: [Object] Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to assign more natural motions reflecting the emotions of a character. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform the processing of: determining an emotion on the basis of a result of utterance sentence analysis performed on an utterance sentence of a character included in a scenario; selecting, depending on a content of the utterance sentence and the emotion determined, a motion of the character that is synchronized with the utterance sentence; and adding, to the scenario, a description for adjusting presentation of the selected motion to match a voice output timing of the utterance sentence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: HIDEO NAGASAKA
  • Patent number: 11308956
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of notifying a user of a message at an appropriate timing. An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires first messages transmitted from other users to a user in a service configured to transmit and receive messages between the user and the other users; a second acquiring unit that acquires user information regarding the user; a determining unit that determines whether or not to notify the user of the first messages on the basis of the first messages and the user information; and a notification control unit that controls notification processing of notifying the user of the first messages determined to be notified to the user by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Nagasaka