Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Aga

Hiroyuki Aga 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: 20240111358
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Patent number: 11868517
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • 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: 20220404901
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • 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: 11449133
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Patent number: 11354874
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a control unit that controls a display device to display a first image in a first display region and a second display region, respectively, which are adjacent to each other and have mutually different display timing, so that the first image is superimposed over a real space as seen by a user of the display device, and that controls the display device to transform the first image in the first display region and the first image in the second display region on the basis of changes in position posture information relating to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Aga, Atsushi Ishihara, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210377515
    Abstract: An information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires information according to a recognition result of the position and posture of a viewpoint; a projection processing unit that projects a target object on the basis of the position and posture of a first viewpoint onto a first projection surface defined in association with the first viewpoint, and associates second information according to the relative position and posture relationship between the first viewpoint and the object with first information according to a result of the projection; a correction processing unit that restores three-dimensional information of the object on the basis of the first information and the second information, and reprojects the object according to the relative position and posture relationship between the restored object and a second viewpoint onto a second projection surface defined in association with the second viewpoint; and an output control unit that causes an output unit to present display informa
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AGA, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Mitsuru NISHIBE, Koichi KAWASAKI, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Hajime WAKABAYASHI, Shunitsu KOHARA, Ryosuke MURATA
  • Patent number: 11176911
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image properly even if an orientation of a display device is rapidly changed, an information processing method, a program, and a head-mounted display. An information processing apparatus for controlling a display section configured to be capable of displaying an image in a displayable area preset in a space by a sequential scanning method includes a setting section and a determination section. The setting section sets the displayable area so as to remain at a certain position in the space. The determination section acquires information about a posture of the display section, calculates a moving direction of the displayable area as viewed from the display section along with a change in the posture of the display section, and determines a main scanning direction of the display section in a direction opposite to the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Takuya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11030975
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit; and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is capable of acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of a real space reflected on a user's eyeball, and a second image obtained by capturing an image related to the real space displayed on a predetermined display unit, the real space displayed on the predetermined display unit being reflected on the eyeball. The display control unit controls, on a basis of the acquired first image and the acquired second image, image display performed by the predetermined display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210157398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Patent number: 10948977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Patent number: 10943409
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to correct the display of a virtual object in a more favorable mode under conditions in which the virtual object is superimposed onto a real space. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a result of recognizing a real object in a real space; a drawing unit that draws, in each of a plurality of buffers, display information directly or indirectly associated with the buffer from among a plurality of pieces of display information; and a display control unit that corrects a display of the display information drawn in each of the plurality of buffers on a basis of the result of recognizing the real object, and causes a predetermined output unit to present each piece of the display information whose display has been corrected according to a positional relationship with the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe
  • Publication number: 20210019955
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable an AR image to be displayed more suitably. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: a control unit that controls a display device to display a first image in a first display region and a second display region, respectively, which are adjacent to each other and have mutually different display timing, so that the first image is superimposed over a real space as seen by a user of the display device, and that controls the display device to transform the first image in the first display region and the first image in the second display region on the basis of changes in position posture information relating to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: HIROYUKI AGA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE
  • Publication number: 20210012756
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image properly even if an orientation of a display device is rapidly changed, an information processing method, a program, and a head-mounted display. An information processing apparatus for controlling a display section configured to be capable of displaying an image in a displayable area preset in a space by a sequential scanning method includes a setting section and a determination section. The setting section sets the displayable area so as to remain at a certain position in the space. The determination section acquires information about a posture of the display section, calculates a moving direction of the displayable area as viewed from the display section along with a change in the posture of the display section, and determines a main scanning direction of the display section in a direction opposite to the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIBE, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki AGA, Koichi KAWASAKI, Takuya IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10868977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of adaptively displaying a video corresponding to sensed three-dimensional information in a space in which the video is displayed. The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines a setting related to display of a video when the video corresponding to first three-dimensional information sensed in a first real space is displayed in a second real space, on the basis of a sensing result in the second real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200242842
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are to be provided. [Solution] 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, SHINICHI TAKEMURA, MIWA ICHIKAWA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, RYOSUKE MURATA, KENJI SUGIHARA, MARI SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200035205
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit; and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is capable of acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of a real space reflected on a user's eyeball, and a second image obtained by capturing an image related to the real space displayed on a predetermined display unit, the real space displayed on the predetermined display unit being reflected on the eyeball. The display control unit controls, on a basis of the acquired first image and the acquired second image, image display performed by the predetermined display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200004323
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO