Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Matsunaga

Hideyuki Matsunaga 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: 11322044
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry that is configured to receive input data from a shock sensor which outputs data based on a shock on the shock sensor, and identify a target segment of time-series data that is output from a motion sensor that senses a motion of an object. The target segment includes a pre-shock portion that occurs before the shock event and a post-shock portion that occurs after the shock event, the shock event is recognized based on the data from the shock sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220062702
    Abstract: [Object] More efficient evaluation of the motions of multiple users is made possible. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a motion estimation section configured to analyze data recorded of motions of multiple users so as to estimate the motions, a tag addition section configured to add tag data regarding the motions to at least part of the recorded data, and a motion evaluation section configured to evaluate the motions by comparing the motions with reference motions on the basis of the tag data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11250247
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit to generate play event information based on a determination whether detected behavior of a user is a predetermined play event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11235783
    Abstract: A driving information generating section 20 successively generates as driving information diverse types of information indicative of a driving state of a vehicle. A dangerous driving determining section 31 determines whether dangerous driving is underway on the basis of the driving information generated by the driving information generating section 20. A supplementary information acquiring section 32 acquires state supplementary information manually or automatically upon determination of dangerous driving by the dangerous driving determining section 31, and associates the acquired state supplementary information with the result of the determination of dangerous driving. An information communication section 34 transmits the result of the determination of dangerous driving and the state supplementary information to an information management apparatus 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Noda, Akihito Osato, Hirotaka Suzuki, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11173362
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires vibration data showing a vibration generated in a first object by having a second object come into contact with a first position on the first object, a first analysis processing unit that specifies the first position by comparing a vibration characteristic shown by the vibration data, and a vibration characteristic defined for each position where the second object may come into contact with the first object, and a second analysis processing unit that estimates a velocity after the contact of the second object based on a velocity of the first object and the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11042731
    Abstract: To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set, an analysis device is provided, including: a process configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport, an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events, and an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11040245
    Abstract: A system to analyze vibration data includes circuitry that receives the vibration data, which is generated by a sensor that senses vibration of an object. The circuitry also analyzes the vibration data based on stored predetermined vibration data, and determines a characteristic of the object based on the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210166180
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of quantitatively evaluating a work status of a worker. The information processing apparatus includes: a work identification unit that identifies a work content and a working hour of a worker based on time-series data of position information of the worker at least in a work region; and a quantified information generation unit that generates quantified information quantitatively expressing a work status of the worker, based on time-series data of a production amount on a work line corresponding to the identified work content, and the working hour of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210072398
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus that enables three-dimensional ranging of medium to long distances at high resolution and high speed. [Solution] An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a recognition processing unit that recognizes a ranging target in space abased on a detection result of a space recognition sensor, and a ranging-parameter setting unit that sets a scanning region for a ranging sensor that performs three-dimensional ranging by scanning space with a laser, so as to include at least a part of the ranging target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210000389
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry that is configured to receive input data from a shock sensor which outputs data based on a shock on the shock sensor, and identify a target segment of time-series data that is output from a motion sensor that senses a motion of an object. The target segment includes a pre-shock portion that occurs before the shock event and a post-shock portion that occurs after the shock event, the shock event is recognized based on the data from the shock sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10873777
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a variate acquisition unit that acquires a first variate related to a content of action, and a second variate related to context in which the action is taken and a score calculation unit that calculates a score for evaluating the action on a basis of the first variate and the second variate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Sho Murakoshi, Katsuji Miyazawa, Yoshihiro Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20200377114
    Abstract: A driving information generating section 20 successively generates as driving information diverse types of information indicative of a driving state of a vehicle. A dangerous driving determining section 31 determines whether dangerous driving is underway on the basis of the driving information generated by the driving information generating section 20. A supplementary information acquiring section 32 acquires state supplementary information manually or automatically upon determination of dangerous driving by the dangerous driving determining section 31, and associates the acquired state supplementary information with the result of the determination of dangerous driving. An information communication section 34 transmits the result of the determination of dangerous driving and the state supplementary information to an information management apparatus 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI NODA, AKIHITO OSATO, HIROTAKA SUZUKI, HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10850176
    Abstract: To detect a motion of a hitting tool more precisely by a sensor, provided is a sensor device including: a base member configured to be mounted on a hitting tool via a fitting structure; a substrate joined to the base member; a sensor disposed on the substrate and configured to detect a motion of the hitting tool delivered via the base member and the substrate; a communication unit configured to transmit a detection result of the motion of the hitting tool to an external device; and an exterior member configured to cover the sensor and the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Oguchi, Toshiki Hashida, Kosei Yamashita, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Shinji Yamamura, Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Publication number: 20200320896
    Abstract: A configuration of selecting content corresponding to the driving situation of a driver and presenting the content to the driver, thereby enabling improvement of the safe driving consciousness of the driver, can be implemented. The configuration includes a situation data acquisition unit that acquires automobile driving situation data, an output content determination unit that determines output content on the basis of the situation data, and a content output unit that outputs the output content determined by the output content determination unit. The output content determination unit determines, as the output content, content including the details of a situation that matches or that is similar to the situation data. The output content determination unit determines, as the output content, content including the details of a risk or an accident in a situation that matches or that is similar to the situation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA, ATSUSHI NODA, AKIHITO OSATO
  • Patent number: 10791968
    Abstract: An information processing system inclines processing circuitry that is configured to receive input data from a shock sensor which outputs data based on a shock on the shock sensor, and identify a target segment of time-series data that is output from a motion sensor that senses a motion of an object. The target segment includes a pre-shock portion that occurs before the shock event and a post-shock portion that occurs after the shock event, the shock event is recognized based on the data from the shock sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10769796
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to more accurately specify a type of event that is defined based on the sensor information and corresponds to the action of the user, the information processing apparatus including: a data acquiring section configured to acquire sensing data generated due to an action of a target; and an event specifying section configured to specify an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action. Provided is an information processing method, including: sensing an action of a target; transmitting sensing data acquired by the sensing; and performing, by a processor of an information processing apparatus that receives the sensing data, a process of specifying an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200134303
    Abstract: To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set, an analysis device is provided, including: a process configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport, an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events, and an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200134729
    Abstract: A configuration calculates an insurance fee of an automobile insurance considering not only driving behavior data associated with a driver but also an awareness level of the driver concerning driving is achieved. An insurance fee calculation device receives an input of a driving behavior score based on the driving behavior data and a test result of the self-awareness test, and executes an insurance fee calculation process that sets the insurance fee such that the insurance fee decreases from a reference insurance fee in accordance with an increase in a correlation between the driving behavior score and the self-awareness test result, and sets the insurance fee such that the insurance fee increases from the reference insurance fee in accordance with a decrease in the correlation between the driving behavior score and the self-awareness test result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Akihito OSATO, Atsushi NODA
  • Publication number: 20200088537
    Abstract: A configuration in which content indicating the danger of a danger point on a traveling route set by a driver is selected and is then presented to the driver to thereby enhance the driver's awareness of safe driving is achieved. The configuration includes a traveling-route setting unit of an automobile; an output-content determining unit determining, as output content, content indicating danger corresponding to the set traveling route; and a content output unit outputting output content determined by the output-content determining unit. The output-content determining unit determines content indicating danger of a danger point extracted from the traveling route as output content. For example, past accident content near a site of a danger point is determined as output content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200074160
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit to generate play event information based on a determination whether detected behavior of a user is a predetermined play event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita