Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Aikawa

Hiromitsu Aikawa 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).

  • Information processing system, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 9661274
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Kubota, Hiromitsu Aikawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160309120
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: ICHIRO KUBOTA, HIROMITSU AIKAWA
  • Information processing system, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 9401095
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Kubota, Hiromitsu Aikawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140168348
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Kubota, Hiromitsu Aikawa