Patents by Inventor HIROSHI UJI

HIROSHI UJI 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: 11068965
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method which are capable of processing information provided in a mobile object such as a vehicle and a mobile object. A calculation unit performs a process of extracting stores which can be stopped off or products or services which can be provided in each store on the basis of selection of a final destination, a boarding time, a purpose of boarding, a route, or a boarding course designated by a passenger via an input unit or information such as a budget or the like and giving a notification to the passenger through a display unit. Further, a driving route, an arrival time to a destination, and providable products or services are dynamically changed in response to selection of a product or a service by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Hachisuka, Hiroshi Uji, Kenichi Matsuhisa, Kazuma Yoshii, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11059495
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an asymmetric acceleration generating unit, and a signal generating unit. The acquisition unit acquires at least one of information inside a vehicle or information outside the vehicle. The asymmetric acceleration generating unit presents haptic feedback information to a user via a steering unit provided in the vehicle by generating asymmetric acceleration. The signal generating unit generates a driving signal on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit and send the driving signal to the asymmetric acceleration generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Hirokazu Hashimoto, Hiroshi Uji
  • Patent number: 11027749
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an asymmetric acceleration generating unit, and a signal generating unit. The acquisition unit acquires at least one of information inside a vehicle or information outside the vehicle. The asymmetric acceleration generating unit presents haptic feedback information to a user via a steering unit provided in the vehicle by generating asymmetric acceleration. The signal generating unit generates a driving signal on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit and send the driving signal to the asymmetric acceleration generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Hirokazu Hashimoto, Hiroshi Uji
  • Patent number: 10981427
    Abstract: A damping control device and a damping control method for controlling damping of a vehicle are provided. Damping control of the vehicle is performed by adaptively switching a damping mode while considering energy consumption (fuel economy, a consumption amount of a battery, and the like) according to a state of the vehicle such as a state of an interior of the vehicle, a driving state of the vehicle, and an ambient environment. That is, the state of an interior of the vehicle, the driving state of the vehicle, and the ambient environment are constantly monitored, and the damping mode is switched to a weak damping mode in the case where unnecessity of damping as strong as a current state is determined whereas the damping mode is switched to a strong damping mode in the case where necessity of stronger damping is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Hachisuka, Hiroshi Uji, Kenichi Matsuhisa, Kazuma Yoshi, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200351478
    Abstract: To automatically select a video of a location matching a hobby or a taste of a passenger, and display the video in a vehicle interior. A display control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire passenger information of a mobile object; a specification unit configured to specify a location suitable for a hobby or a taste of a passenger on the basis of the passenger information; and a control unit configured to control a video displayed in the mobile object on the basis of the specified location. For example, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of an image accumulated in the information terminal or history information of processing executed by the information terminal, as the passenger information, and the specification unit specifies the location on the basis of an analysis result of the image or the history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: TAKUMI HACHISUKA, HIROSHI UJI, KENICHI MATSUHISA, SHO TANAKA, KAZUMA YOSHII
  • Patent number: 10757380
    Abstract: To automatically select a video of a location matching a hobby or a taste of a passenger, and display the video in a vehicle interior. A display control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire passenger information of a mobile object; a specification unit configured to specify a location suitable for a hobby or a taste of a passenger on the basis of the passenger information; and a control unit configured to control a video displayed in the mobile object on the basis of the specified location. For example, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of an image accumulated in the information terminal or history information of processing executed by the information terminal, as the passenger information, and the specification unit specifies the location on the basis of an analysis result of the image or the history information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Hachisuka, Hiroshi Uji, Kenichi Matsuhisa, Sho Tanaka, Kazuma Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20190289264
    Abstract: To automatically select a video of a location matching a hobby or a taste of a passenger, and display the video in a vehicle interior. A display control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire passenger information of a mobile object; a specification unit configured to specify a location suitable for a hobby or a taste of a passenger on the basis of the passenger information; and a control unit configured to control a video displayed in the mobile object on the basis of the specified location. For example, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of an image accumulated in the information terminal or history information of processing executed by the information terminal, as the passenger information, and the specification unit specifies the location on the basis of an analysis result of the image or the history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: TAKUMI HACHISUKA, HIROSHI UJI, KENICHI MATSUHISA, SHO TANAKA, KAZUMA YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20190185021
    Abstract: [Solving Means] An information presentation apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an asymmetric acceleration generating unit, and a signal generating unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire at least either one of information inside a vehicle or information outside the vehicle. The asymmetric acceleration generating unit is configured to present haptic feedback information to a user via a steering unit provided in the vehicle by generating asymmetric acceleration. The signal generating unit is configured to generate a driving signal on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit and send the driving signal to the asymmetric acceleration generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: AKIRA ONO, HIROKAZU HASHIMOTO, HIROSHI UJI
  • Publication number: 20190086223
    Abstract: A mobile device 20 transmits, to an information processing device 50, a route search request including search conditions which contain a destination, destination arrival time, and moving purpose designated by a user. On the basis of the route search request, the information processing device 50 searches for a moving route to the destination in accordance with the destination arrival time, together with stop-by place candidates corresponding to the moving purpose, and transmits a search result to the mobile device 20. The mobile device 20 presents the searched moving route to the user. Moreover, in response to selection of a stop-by place by the user, the moving route, an estimated arrival time to the destination, and the stop-by place candidates are dynamically changed. A moving plan which includes information regarding available stop-by places can be provided from a mobile device of a vehicle or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: SHO TANAKA, TAKUMI HACHISUKA, HIROSHI UJI, KENICHI MATSUHISA, KAZUMA YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20190050936
    Abstract: There are provided an information processing device and an information processing method which are capable of processing information provided in a mobile object such as a vehicle and a mobile object. A calculation unit 104 performs a process of extracting stores which can be stopped off or products or services which can be provided in each store on the basis of selection of a final destination, a boarding time, a purpose of boarding, a route, or a boarding course designated by a passenger via an input unit 101 or information such as a budget or the like and giving a notification to the passenger through a display unit 102. Further, a driving route, an arrival time to a destination, and providable products or services are dynamically changed in response to selection of a product or a service by the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: TAKUMI HACHISUKA, HIROSHI UJI, KENICHI MATSUHISA, KAZUMA YOSHII, SHO TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190016188
    Abstract: A damping control device and a damping control method for controlling damping of a vehicle are provided. Damping control of the vehicle is performed by adaptively switching a damping mode while considering energy consumption (fuel economy, a consumption amount of a battery, and the like) according to a state of the vehicle such as a state of an interior of the vehicle, a driving state of the vehicle, and an ambient environment. That is, the state of an interior of the vehicle, the driving state of the vehicle, and the ambient environment are constantly monitored, and the damping mode is switched to a weak damping mode in the case where unnecessity of damping as strong as a current state is determined whereas the damping mode is switched to a strong damping mode in the case where necessity of stronger damping is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: TAKUMI HACHISUKA, HIROSHI UJI, KENICHI MATSUHISA, KAZUMA YOSHI, SHO TANAKA