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: 10569135
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis device, including a processor that implements an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events that are defined based on motions when a plurality of users play a sport and arranged in a time interval, a calculation function of calculating a degree of correlation of plays of the plurality of users in the interval based on a temporal relation of the play events of the plurality of users, and a relation estimation function of estimating a relation of the plurality of users in the interval based on the degree of correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10558854
    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: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20200035100
    Abstract: A situation determining section 11 determines a situation of a vehicle on the basis of driving information. A support image setting section 13 sets a support image in accordance with a determination result obtained by the situation determining section 11. A display control section 14 executes display control for displaying the support image set by the support image setting section on a window glass of the vehicle in accordance with the determination result obtained by the situation determining section 11. The support image enables a leading operation for a running route, an emphasis operation for a traffic sign or the like, a visibility lowering operation for an outside-vehicle object that may cause lowering of attentiveness of the driven vehicle, and the like, and driving support can be executed with a natural sense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI NODA, AKIHITO OSATO, HIROTAKA SUZUKI, HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200016464
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI MATSUNAGA, KOSEI YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10508908
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including a sensor configured to output a vibration datum by detecting a change in a state of a vibration in a first object when a second object touches the first object, a holding section configured to hold, at a portion of the first object which is different from a portion where the second object touches, the sensor in a state where the vibration in the first object is transmitted, and a communication section configured to transmit the single vibration datum detected by the sensor to an analyzing device which identifies a touch position where the second object touches the first object by analyzing the vibration datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10497277
    Abstract: There is provided a feedback provision method including specifying, by a processor, an action generated in a target and a generation time of the action on the basis of sensing data of the target, determining feedback to be provided in accordance with the specified action, and providing the feedback at a time corresponding to the generation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10463944
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor device capable of operating and reducing electric power consumption effectively, in response to sensing data of a state of the hitting tool used by the user, the sensor device including: a sensor unit configured to directly or indirectly detect sensing data indicating a motion and an orientation of a hitting tool, a communication unit configured to transmit the sensing data detected by the sensor unit to an external device, and a control unit configured to control operation of the sensor unit and the communication unit. The control unit or the sensor unit changes at least one of the sensor unit and the control unit to an electric power saving mode, upon detecting that the hitting tool has a specific orientation for a certain amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Fukasawa, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Takaomi Kimura, Ryo Mukaiyama, Kosei Yamashita, Renji Tamura
  • Patent number: 10460157
    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: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190317514
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and information processing method that enables a user to easily teach an action with regard to action learning. A touchscreen outputs unknown state element information that indicates an unknown state element, and teaching request information that requests teaching of an action corresponding to an ambient state, in a case where the ambient state includes the unknown state element. For example, it is possible to apply the present disclosure to a cleaner robot or the like that controls actions on the basis of an action model for finding a probability P (a|s) that the cleaner robot performs an action a in a state s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo NAKAHASHI, Naoki IDE, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Akira FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20190308317
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable agents with different skills to cooperate with each other to efficiently execute a task, the information processing apparatus including: an allocation section configured to assign at least a part of a task to two or more agents on the basis of a skill model indicating a skill of each of the agents. An information processing method includes an allocation step of assigning at least a part of a task to two or more agents on the basis of a skill model indicating a skill of each of the agents. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent system in which a plurality of agents cooperates with each other to execute a task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi NODA, Yasufumi TANAKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 10406413
    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: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190272477
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method each enabling a reward to be properly imparted for an action. The information processing apparatus includes a reward estimating part executing estimation of a reward for an action on a basis of a user input for the action and a presentation control part executing control for presentation of an estimated reward. The present technique is applicable to an agent such as a robot, an electronic device, software, or the like that can, for example, assist a user, communicate with the user, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki IDE, Akira FUKUI, Ryo NAKAHASHI, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20190150797
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10289209
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Kosei Yamashita, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 10192118
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis device, including: a processor configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring information indicating play events that are defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport and arranged within a time interval, and a pattern estimation function of estimating a play pattern based on an arrangement of the play events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Yusuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10188324
    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: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180314341
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKANISHI, Kosei YAMASHITA, Ryo MUKAIYAMA, Takaomi KIMURA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Naofumi FUKASAWA
  • Patent number: 10070046
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage device includes a storage medium having a downloaded application stored therein. The downloaded application has instructions that when executed by processing circuitry configure the processing circuitry to receive sensor data from a sensor. The sensor is attached to a person or attached to an item used by the person. The processing circuitry also analyzes a motion pattern in the sensor data to identify a predetermined event in the motion pattern, the predetermined event captured in an image or series of images by an image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 10042431
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Kosei Yamashita, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • Publication number: 20180188819
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKANISHI, Kosei YAMASHITA, Ryo MUKAIYAMA, Takaomi KIMURA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Naofumi FUKASAWA