Patents by Inventor Hironori Hattori

Hironori Hattori 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).

  • Publication number: 20230396873
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present technology includes a control unit configured to perform image-capture control on the basis of image-capture rendering information indicating a change in captured image and image-capture target information indicating an image-capture target. The term “image-capture” used herein means an operation for obtaining an image using a camera, the “camera” being defined as both a real camera and a virtual camera that virtually changes composition by clipping a part of an image obtained as a result of a light-receiving operation of the real camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAI, Hironori HATTORI, Kazuto KANDA
  • Publication number: 20230300386
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention includes a distribution video determination unit that determines a distribution video on the basis of event situation information indicating a situation of a live event at an execution time of determination processing on the distribution video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru YOKOYAMA, Hironori HATTORI, Sho OGURA
  • Publication number: 20230179778
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs first control processing of deciding an analysis engine for scene detection from among a plurality of analysis engines on the basis of scene detection information for scene detection with respect to an input video, and second control processing of deciding an analysis engine for obtaining second result information related to the scene from among a plurality of analysis engines, on the basis of scene-related information regarding a scene obtained as first result information by the analysis engine decided in the first control processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: YUYA YAMASHITA, HIRONORI HATTORI, KAZUMASA TANAKA, YUTA MATSUI, SHIGERU OHWADA
  • Publication number: 20220405943
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of easily setting a frame for starting predetermined processing in a moving image of a play in a ball game. The information processing apparatus includes: an analysis unit that detects a trajectory of a ball in a first moving image; and a start frame setting unit that sets a start frame for starting predetermined processing among frames of the first moving image on the basis of a detection result of the trajectory of the ball in the first moving image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that analyzes a rotation characteristic of a serve in table tennis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru YOKOYAMA, Hironori HATTORI, Yuya YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220165307
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image processing section that generates visual information that is to be superimposed on or around a ball in a play video being a video of table-tennis play and that indicates a characteristic of the ball including at least one of a spin speed or a rotation direction of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi ASAI, Jiro KAWANO, Shoji WATANABE, Taku SUGAWARA, Hironori HATTORI, Suguru YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220051432
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an imaging position information calculation unit that calculates a position and an orientation of an imaging device as imaging device position information on the basis of camera data received from the imaging device in association with video data; and an information display control unit that controls a display of the imaging device position information. Provided is an information processing method performed by a processor, the method including: calculating a position and an orientation of an imaging device as imaging device position information on the basis of camera data received from the imaging device in association with video data; and controlling a display of the imaging device position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naohide YAMADA, Hironori HATTORI, Koji KAMIYA, Satoshi TSUBAKI
  • Publication number: 20200396411
    Abstract: [Object] An information processor, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processor comprising an output control section that causes an output image obtained in a manner corresponding to each of a plurality of input images to be outputted to reduce a difference in at least one of subject parameters for a subject included in each of the plurality of input images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: HIRONORI HATTORI, SHO OGURA
  • Patent number: 10652449
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program making it possible to achieve camerawork corresponding to changes in various conditions when controlling multiple robot cameras. Position information about a subject is acquired, timing information indicating a passage of time is acquired, and on a basis of the timing information and the position information about the subject, camerawork control information controlling the camerawork of an image capture apparatus that captures the subject is generated. The present disclosure is applicable to a switcher apparatus that controls multiple robot cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hattori, Yusuke Shinohe, Takuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10378877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device that reduces the computation load in image processing, an image processing method, and a program. A rough-detection component detecting unit detects markers shown in an image. A marker selecting unit selects a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the rough-detection component detecting unit. A specific-detection component detecting unit detects the predetermined number of markers selected by the marker selecting unit in a more specific manner than the rough-detection component detecting unit. An estimating/processing unit estimates positions and postures of the markers based on results of the detection performed by the specific-detection component detecting unit. The present technique can be applied to an image processing device that combines the background of a person captured by a camera with another background image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nagano, Takehiro Hamada, Hironori Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190089886
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program making it possible to achieve camerawork corresponding to changes in various conditions when controlling multiple robot cameras. Position information about a subject is acquired, timing information indicating a passage of time is acquired, and on a basis of the timing information and the position information about the subject, camerawork control information controlling the camerawork of an image capture apparatus that captures the subject is generated. The present disclosure is applicable to a switcher apparatus that controls multiple robot cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HATTORI, Yusuke SHINOHE, Takuya WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9292761
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from an input image, a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points, an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from a marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, and a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamada, Hidetoshi Nagano, Hironori Hattori
  • Publication number: 20150262013
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a marker to be a mark for attaching an image, from a captured image captured by an imaging apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a change in state of the marker, and an image processing unit configured to generate a first image obtained by attaching a marker corresponding image corresponding to the marker to a position of the marker in the captured image, and change the first image to a second image according to the change in state of the marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya YAMASHITA, Hironori HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20150260505
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device that reduces the computation load in image processing, an image processing method, and a program. A rough-detection component detecting unit detects markers shown in an image. A marker selecting unit selects a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the rough-detection component detecting unit. A specific-detection component detecting unit detects the predetermined number of markers selected by the marker selecting unit in a more specific manner than the rough-detection component detecting unit. An estimating/processing unit estimates positions and postures of the markers based on results of the detection performed by the specific-detection component detecting unit. The present technique can be applied to an image processing device that combines the background of a person captured by a camera with another background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nagano, Takehiro Hamada, Hironori Hattori
  • Publication number: 20140177965
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from an input image, a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points, an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from a marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, and a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro HAMADA, Hidetoshi Nagano, Hironori Hattori
  • Patent number: 4194214
    Abstract: High voltage diffusion-self-alignment metal oxide semiconductor devices and control logic circuitry therefor are integrated in a single semiconductor body. The integrated semiconductor device includes a considerably large number of output terminals compared to the number of input terminals. The output terminals develop signals of high voltages derived from the high voltage diffusion-self-alignment metal oxide semiconductor devices which are positioned at a peripheral zone of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katunobu Awane, Hironori Hattori, Tetuo Biwa, Hiroshi Tamaki
  • Patent number: 4058822
    Abstract: In a metal oxide semiconductor device of the diffusion-self-alignment type which comprises a semiconductor body having a conductivity of one type, a drain and a source regions having a conductivity opposite that of the semiconductor body, and a channel region of the same conductivity type as the semiconductor body and having a higher conductivity than that of the semiconductor body, said channel region being formed in such a manner to surround the source region through the use of double diffusion techniques. An active pinched resistor layer of the opposite conductivity type to that of the semiconductor body and having a lower conductivity than that of the drain and the source regions is formed on the surface of the semiconductor body to extend between the drain and the channel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katunobu Awane, Hironori Hattori, Tetuo Biwa, Hiroshi Tamaki