Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Iwanami

Hiroshi Iwanami 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: 20210117876
    Abstract: The information processing system includes a generation unit that specifies a user who occupies or reserves occupation of a specific space unit in a predetermined area, and generates a heat map in accordance with attribute information about the user and a providing unit that provides the heat map as a user interface for the user to select a specific space in the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20210116875
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of enhancing an illegal action prevention effect by restricting an operation leading to an illegal action, an information processing method, and a storage medium. An information processing apparatus including a sensor data acquisition part configured to acquire sensor data output from a sensor, and a control part configured to restrict an operation on an object of interest when detecting a person who is likely to violate a predetermined rule after operating the object of interest on the basis of the sensor data, and to remove the restriction of the operation on the object of interest after giving a warning on the basis of the predetermined rule via a notification part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20210065915
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processor, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to automatically estimates a life rhythm of a community. [Solution] An information processor includes a control unit that performs a control. The control unit is configured to acquire sensor data obtained by sensing a member who belongs to a specific community, and automatically estimate a life rhythm of the member who belongs to the specific community, on the basis of the acquired sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Patent number: 10915178
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system that includes a recognition unit that recognizes whether a user is performing a specific gesture, and a control unit that identifies a client serving as a communication destination, when the specific gesture is recognized. The control unit further identifies an impression represented by the recognized gesture information, and performs control such that the impression represented by the gesture information is notified to a user corresponding to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami
  • Patent number: 10909877
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10902354
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system and a control method capable of effectively selecting a specific space unit. The information processing system includes a generation unit that specifies a user who occupies or reserves occupation of a specific space unit in a predetermined area, and generates a heat map in accordance with attribute information about the user, and a providing unit that provides the heat map as a user interface for the user to select a specific space in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami
  • Publication number: 20200357504
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium that are able to automatically generate a behavior rule of a community and to promote voluntary behavior modification [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a controller that acquires sensor data obtained by sensing a member belonging to a specific community, automatically generates, on a basis of the acquired sensor data, a behavior rule in the specific community, and performs control to prompt, on a basis of the behavior rule, the member to perform behavior modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: YASUSHI MIYAJIMA, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20200105306
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium, which are capable of assisting in a search for a moving image using a graph of data which is not obtained from image analysis associated with a moving image. Provided is an information processing system, including: a moving image data acquiring unit configured to acquire moving image data; a communication unit configured to receive sensor data associated with the moving image data and chronological data corresponding to a shooting time of the moving image data; an image signal processing unit configured to perform image analysis on the moving image data and generate image analysis result data; and a control unit configured to generate an interface including the moving image data and graphs of at least two pieces of data among the sensor data, the chronological data, and the image analysis result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Patent number: 10607063
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of more correctly calculating an evaluation on a target in accordance with a substantially downward face of an observer. [Solution] An information processing system including: a degree-of-smile detection unit configured to detect a degree of smile of an observer observing a target; a face orientation detection unit configured to detect a degree of facing downward that indicates a degree to which a face of the observer is facing substantially downward; and an evaluation calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation on the target in accordance with the degree of smile and the degree of facing downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami
  • Patent number: 10535375
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system, including a moving image data acquiring unit that acquires moving image data, a communication unit that receives sensor data associated with the moving image data and chronological data corresponding to a shooting time of the moving image data, an image signal processing unit that performs image analysis on the moving image data and generate image analysis result data, and a control unit that generates an interface including the moving image data and graphs of at least two pieces of data among the sensor data, the chronological data, and the image analysis result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami
  • Publication number: 20200012819
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, a storage medium and a control method through which a user privacy level in a telepresence system can be set depending on a counterpart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI IWANAMI, MASAMICHI ASUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190370761
    Abstract: To provide a client device, an information processing system, a storage medium, and an information processing method capable of distributing, to both parties, virtual currency that generates value through gratitude act.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Patent number: 10474842
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, a storage medium and a control method through which a user privacy level in a telepresence system can be set depending on a counterpart. The information processing system includes a setting unit that automatically sets a privacy level depending on a user of a communication destination device; a communication unit that transmits a picture of a user of a communication source device to the communication destination device; and a controller that performs control to mask the picture of the user of the communication source device depending on the automatically set privacy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwanami, Masamichi Asukai
  • Publication number: 20190315003
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device and a storage medium capable of sensing approach of an object and notifying a user in advance. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a passive ultrasonic sensor; a notification section configured to notify a user; and a control section configured to, when detecting a feature indicating approach of an object learned in advance from sensor data detected by the ultrasonic sensor, control the notification section to notify the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20190311371
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device and an information processing method capable of enabling third-party use of an emotion value serving as an index of a person's value to further improve convenience of emotion values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20190095695
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of more correctly calculating an evaluation on a target in accordance with a substantially downward face of an observer. [Solution] An information processing system including: a degree-of-smile detection unit configured to detect a degree of smile of an observer observing a target; a face orientation detection unit configured to detect a degree of facing downward that indicates a degree to which a face of the observer is facing substantially downward; and an evaluation calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation on the target in accordance with the degree of smile and the degree of facing downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20190027142
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication system and a communication control method capable of obtaining reliable feedback from a user further naturally through a conversation with an agent without imposing a burden on the user. [Solution] The communication system includes: a communication unit configured to receive request information for requesting feedback on a specific experience of a user; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the feedback received from a client terminal of the user via the communication unit; and a control unit configured to perform control such that a question for requesting the feedback on the specific experience of the user based on the request information is transmitted to the client terminal of the user at a timing according to context of the user, and feedback input by the user in response to the question output as speech of an agent via the client terminal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20180314337
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication system, a server, a storage medium, and a communication control method that can notify an impression to a specific other person by means of gestures. [Solution] The communication system includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize whether a user is performing a specific gesture; and a control unit configured to identify a client serving as a communication destination, when the specific gesture is recognized, identify an impression represented by the recognized gesture information, and perform control such that the impression represented by the gesture information is notified to a user corresponding to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20180211693
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium, which are capable of assisting in a search for a moving image using a graph of data which is not obtained from image analysis associated with a moving image. [Solution] Provided is an information processing system, including: a moving image data acquiring unit configured to acquire moving image data; a communication unit configured to receive sensor data associated with the moving image data and chronological data corresponding to a shooting time of the moving image data; an image signal processing unit configured to perform image analysis on the moving image data and generate image analysis result data; and a control unit configured to generate an interface including the moving image data and graphs of at least two pieces of data among the sensor data, the chronological data, and the image analysis result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIROSHI IWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20180033331
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: KEIGO IHARA, TAKAHIKO SUEYOSHI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA