Patents by Inventor HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA

HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA 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: 20240111359
    Abstract: An information processing device (TM) includes a head information acquisition unit (21), a physical information acquisition unit (22), and a display control unit (30). The head information acquisition unit (21) acquires the position and posture of a head of a user. The physical information acquisition unit (22) acquires a position and posture of a portion of a body other than the head of the user. The display control unit (30) controls display of a virtual object corresponding to the portion of the body, on the basis of a history of the position and posture of the portion of the body and on the basis of the position and posture of the head, in a period before the position and posture of the portion of the body are acquired by the physical information acquisition unit (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIHARA, Hirotake ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11770517
    Abstract: Natural appearance of transition from a predetermined object of two-dimensional content displayed on a two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional display model of an AR display device or vice versa is achieved. Control is performed such that, the transition is performed after switching the two-dimensional content from the motion parallax non-application display to the motion parallax application display. For example, control is performed such that the motion parallax application display is displayed on the two-dimensional display in a case where there is one AR display device, and the motion parallax application display is displayed on the AR display device in a case where there is a plurality of AR display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuko Ishihara, Hirotake Ichikawa, Atsushi Ishihara, Hajime Wakabayashi, Takaomi Kimura, Masayuki Inoue, Hidenori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230290285
    Abstract: There is provided a display processing device, a display processing method, a storage medium, and an information processing device capable of reducing a delay in a case where data of a virtual object generated by an external device is received and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AGA, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Hiroshi MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230260220
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processor, an information processing method, and a storage medium that can properly reduce a display delay when a virtual object is superimposed on a field of view on a video see-through display. [Solution] The information processor includes a display control unit, wherein the display control unit controls the video see-through display configured to display a captured image that is acquired by an imaging unit, the display control unit superimposes the virtual object on a first captured image if a load of recognition of a real space based on a predetermined captured image is a first load, the virtual object being drawn on the basis of recognition of the real space, and the display control unit superimposes the virtual object on a second captured image if the load of the recognition is a second load greater than the first load, the second captured image being acquired before the first captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230237696
    Abstract: A display control apparatus (1) includes: an acquisition unit (6e) configured to acquire an invisible light image showing invisible light in a real space from a sensor; a map generation unit (6a) configured to generate an environment map indicating a shape of the real space based on the invisible light image; and a display control unit (6d) configured to control a display unit (4) such that a virtual object regarding a state of an invisible substance in the real space is superimposed on the real space based on the invisible light image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: MASAYUKI INOUE, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, RYO FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230148185
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium which can more appropriately arrange a virtual object. By providing the information processing apparatus including a control unit that restricts a size of an environment map data in which a virtual object is arranged, on the basis of a detection result by a sensor of a real space associated with the environment map data, it is possible to more appropriately arrange a virtual object. For example, the present technology can be applied to an AR HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230120092
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit (173) that controls output on a presentation device so as to present content associated with an absolute position in a real space, to a first user, a determination unit (171) that determines a self-position in the real space, a transmission unit (172) that transmits a signal requesting rescue to a device positioned in the real space, when reliability of determination by the determination unit (171) is reduced, an acquisition unit (174) that acquires information about the self-position estimated from an image including the first user captured by the device according to the signal; and a correction unit (175) that corrects the self-position based on the information about the self-position acquired by the acquisition unit (174).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: DAITA KOBAYASHI, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, YOSHINORI OGAKI, YU NAKADA, RYOSUKE MURATA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HARUKA FUJISAWA, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230005454
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) according to an embodiment includes a display control unit (34) and a decision unit (31). The display control unit (34) displays a content image on a head-mounted display. During display of the content image by the display control unit (34), the decision unit (31) decides whether or not a surrounding person exists in a front direction of the head-mounted display on the basis of a camera image obtained by capturing an image of a surrounding environment of the head-mounted display. In a case where the decision unit (31) decides that a surrounding person exists, the display control unit (34) moves a display position of the content image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, RYOSUKE MURATA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220414945
    Abstract: A device and a method for performing AR image display control in which flicker in a boundary region between a virtual object and a real object is not noticeable are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHUNITSU KOHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, SHINTARO TSUTSUI, HIROSHI MATSUYAMA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220414960
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that displays a virtual object on a three-dimensional coordinate space associated with a real space and causes the virtual object to perform a predetermined movement according to a predetermined sound reproduced from a real sound source disposed in the real space, in which the control unit performs delay amount setting processing of increasing a delay amount of movement start timing at which the virtual object is caused to perform the predetermined movement with respect to reproduction timing at which the real sound source reproduces the predetermined sound, as a position of the real sound source in the real space and a position of the virtual object on the three-dimensional coordinate space are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaomi KIMURA, Yasuko ISHIHARA, Hajime WAKABAYASHI, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Masayuki INOUE, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Ryo FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220382065
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The detection unit detects a wearing state of a wearer with respect to a display device that has optical transparency and projects a plurality of content images duplicated from a single content image toward the eyeballs of the wearer. The determination unit determines whether or not the mounting misalignment is occurring with the wearer on the basis of the detection result of the wearing state detected by the detection unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that the mounting misalignment is occurring, the display control unit displays a notification regarding the mounting misalignment on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: JUN KIMURA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220377313
    Abstract: Natural appearance of transition from a predetermined object of two-dimensional content displayed on a two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional display model of an AR display device or vice versa is achieved. Control is performed such that, the transition is performed after switching the two-dimensional content from the motion parallax non-application display to the motion parallax application display. For example, control is performed such that the motion parallax application display is displayed on the two-dimensional display in a case where there is one AR display device, and the motion parallax application display is displayed on the AR display device in a case where there is a plurality of AR display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: YASUKO ISHIHARA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, TAKAOMI KIMURA, MASAYUKI INOUE, HIDENORI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220300120
    Abstract: A display delay of a virtual object is to be shortened, to alleviate the user's feeling of strangeness and enhance the sense of immersion in an AR space. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes: a drawing control unit that performs drawing control on a virtual object displayed while being associated with a real object recognized in an object recognition process; and a correction control unit that performs control so that an image obtained in a virtual object drawing process performed on the basis of a recognition result of an object recognition processing performed at a first time point is corrected on the basis of a recognition result of an object recognition process performed at a second time point that is later than the first time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIROYUKI AGA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11417051
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable to ensure visibility when a virtual object is shielded. An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a display control unit that controls a display so as to display a virtual object by using a first display parameter in a first state where it is determined that the virtual object displayed by the display is hidden by at least one real object as viewed from a first user of the display and display the virtual object by using a second display parameter different from the first display parameter in a second state where it is determined that the virtual object is hidden by real objects more than that in the first state as viewed from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Hirotake Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20220253196
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a control unit that acquires first environmental information that expresses a three-dimensional space in the real world, that arranges, based on the first environmental information, a first virtual object represented by a first application into the three-dimensional space, that updates, based on the arrangement of the first virtual object, the first environmental information to second environmental information that includes information that indicates the arrangement of the first virtual object, and that arranges, during execution of the first application, based oa the second environmental information, a second virtual object represented by a second application into the three-dimensional space in which the first virtual object is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke MURATA, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Hajime WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11386626
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further diversifying a method of implementing a virtual object using the AR technology, the information processing apparatus including: a display control unit configured to perform a first process of displaying a virtual object superimposed on a real space at a position which is based on a real object detected in the real space or a second process of displaying the virtual object superimposed on the real space at a position which is not based on the real object detected in the real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hirotake Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11288869
    Abstract: An information processing device including a display control unit that controls, when recognition information related to recognition based on sensing of a real object includes first recognition information, shielding display representing shielding of a virtual object by the real object such that the shielding display presents a first boundary representation at a boundary between the virtual object and the real object or at a position near the boundary, and controls, when the recognition information includes second recognition information different from the first recognition information, the shielding display such that the shielding display presents a second boundary representation different from the first boundary representation at the boundary or at a position near the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Hirotake Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Atsushi Ishihara, Shinichi Takemura, Miwa Ichikawa, Shunitsu Kohara, Ryosuke Murata, Kenji Sugihara, Mari Saito
  • Patent number: 11226712
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a processing unit that controls a display device to simultaneously display a plurality of objects on an output region of the display device, determines occurrence of competition of an output region on a basis of a user operation, and allows a notification of the occurrence of the competition depending on a determining result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotake Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Akihiko Izumi, Takuya Namae, Kenji Hisanaga
  • Patent number: 11212515
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method, capable of appropriately restricting viewing of content based on a result of sensing a real space. The information processing device includes a viewing restricting unit configured to restrict, on the basis of a predetermined condition, viewing of a part of content corresponding to a partial space of a real space among content of a free viewpoint generated based on a sensing result for the real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Hirotake Ichikawa, Seiji Suzuki, Masato Shimakawa
  • Publication number: 20210396543
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus including an imaging request unit (160) configured to issue a request for imaging capturing for updating an environmental map including image information, and an environmental map update unit (135) configured to update the environmental map on a basis of a captured image captured in accordance with the request for the image capturing is provided. With this configuration, an environmental map is updated on the basis of a captured image captured in accordance with a request for image capturing. Thus, it becomes possible to accurately update information regarding an environmental map, by a simple method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA