Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ishige

Hiroyuki Ishige 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: 9076256
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that acquires first posture information corresponding to the information processing apparatus and a first distance coordinate corresponding to the information processing apparatus, and second posture information corresponding to another information processing apparatus and a second distance coordinate corresponding to the another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus then calculates an object's position in a virtual space based on the first and second posture information and the first and second distance coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishige, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8953036
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 8913057
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishige, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8891855
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real-world image, a space analysis unit for analyzing a three-dimensional space structure of the real-world image, a scale reference detection unit for detecting a length, in a three-dimensional space, of an object to be a scale reference that is included in the real-world image, and a scale determination unit for determining, from the length of the object detected by the scale reference detection unit, a scale of the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 8854393
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for making a display unit display the object arranged in the virtual space, a direction of gravitational force detection unit for detecting a direction of gravitational force of a real space, and a direction of gravitational force reflection unit for reflecting the direction of gravitational force detected by the detection unit in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishige, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8749583
    Abstract: A first image pickup means picks up an image of a real space, to thereby obtain a first background image. A first positional relationship estimating unit estimates, in a case where the first background image includes a first marker image being an image of a marker previously registered and located in the real space, a first positional relationship being a spatial positional relationship of the first image pickup means to the marker based on the first marker image, and estimates, in a case where the first background image fails to include the first marker image, the first positional relationship based on a displacement of a feature point extracted from the first background image. An image generating unit generates a first additional image based on the first positional relationship, and synthesizes the first additional image and the first background image, to thereby generate a synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Publication number: 20130293548
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Akira MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 8514326
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Publication number: 20120314936
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that acquires first posture information corresponding to the information processing apparatus and a first distance coordinate corresponding to the information processing apparatus, and second posture information corresponding to another information processing apparatus and a second distance coordinate corresponding to the another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus then calculates an object's position in a virtual space based on the first and second posture information and the first and second distance coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishige, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20120230581
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real-world image, a space analysis unit for analyzing a three-dimensional space structure of the real-world image, a scale reference detection unit for detecting a length, in a three-dimensional space, of an object to be a scale reference that is included in the real-world image, and a scale determination unit for determining, from the length of the object detected by the scale reference detection unit, a scale of the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Publication number: 20120092371
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 8089513
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Publication number: 20110234791
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Miyashita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Publication number: 20110227945
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for making a display unit display the object arranged in the virtual space, a direction of gravitational force detection unit for detecting a direction of gravitational force of a real space, and a direction of gravitational force reflection unit for reflecting the direction of gravitational force detected by the detection unit in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHIGE, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20110216961
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHIGE, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20110169861
    Abstract: A first image pickup means picks up an image of a real space, to thereby obtain a first background image. A first positional relationship estimating unit estimates, in a case where the first background image includes a first marker image being an image of a marker previously registered and located in the real space, a first positional relationship being a spatial positional relationship of the first image pickup means to the marker based on the first marker image, and estimates, in a case where the first background image fails to include the first marker image, the first positional relationship based on a displacement of a feature point extracted from the first background image. An image generating unit generates a first additional image based on the first positional relationship, and synthesizes the first additional image and the first background image, to thereby generate a synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Akira Miyashita, Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 6033227
    Abstract: A training apparatus includes a training device, an operation detection unit, a training condition calculation unit, an image display processing unit, and a display unit. The training device has a movable unit which is displaced according to an action of a trainee who is training with reference to a training image. The operation detection unit detects a displacement of the movable unit during training. The training condition calculation unit calculates a training condition of next time on the basis of a detection result from the operation detection unit in training immediately before and a training condition immediately before. The image display processing unit prepares, on the basis of the training condition obtained by the training condition calculation unit, training image data which changes according to the detection result from the operation detection unit in training under the obtained training condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 4922673
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting a pole in a gymnasium floor comprises a frame on which a pair of hinged lid members are supported. The hinged lid members are each formed with a flat rectangular piece and a piece comprising a semicircular recess and are slidable along tracks so that while the upper surface of the semicircular recessed pieces are flush with the floor the rectangular pieces hang vertically beneath the floor and while the rectangular pieces are flush with the floor the semicircular recessed pieces hang vertically beneath the floor. The semicircular pieces cooperate to define an opening through which the pole can be received and the rectangular pieces cooperative to cover the opening. With this arrangement, no part of the fitting protrudes from the floor so as to pose a hazard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Senoh Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Ishii, Satoshi Yamashita, Hiroyuki Ishige