Patents by Inventor Hisahiro SUGANUMA
Hisahiro SUGANUMA 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).
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Patent number: 11523299Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes a control unit that determines, on the basis of one or more pieces of sensor data generated by a sensor that measures an external environment and generates sensor data, whether to suppress transmission of the sensor data from the sensor. The control unit calculates a value related to a difference between a plurality of pieces of sensor data generated by the sensor at different points of time and determines whether to suppress the transmission of the sensor data from the sensor on the basis of the calculated value related to the difference.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hisahiro Suganuma, Ryota Kimura, Yoshihiro Wakita
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Patent number: 11403230Abstract: An information processing device including a receiver that receives a plurality of pieces of control information from another device, and a controller that adds, in order of reception, a plurality of pieces of control information received from another device to a predetermined storage area, and adds, to a first buffer area related to first control information stored in the predetermined storage area, partial data of first input data corresponding to the first control information, in accordance with order of reception of the partial data.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hisahiro Suganuma, Daisuke Fukunaga, Yoshiki Tanaka
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Patent number: 11302344Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an audio buffer unit, a reproduction time calculation unit, a position decision unit; and an insertion unit. The audio buffer unit retains first audio data that have not been reproduced in the first audio data received from another apparatus via a transmission path. The reproduction time calculation unit calculates a reproduction time of second audio data on the basis of at least any of a state of the first audio data retained in the audio buffer unit or a state of the transmission path. The second audio data are to be inserted and reproduced while the first audio data are being reproduced. The position decision unit decides an insertion position of the second audio data in the first audio data. The insertion unit controls a process of inserting the second audio data at the insertion position in the first audio data.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Fukunaga, Yoshiki Tanaka, Hisahiro Suganuma
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Publication number: 20220019940Abstract: A server of the present disclosure includes: a storage unit that stores multiple pieces of device information that respectively correspond to multiple devices, that are supplied respectively from the multiple devices, and that each include information about a corresponding one of the devices; a processing unit that determines, on the basis of the multiple pieces of device information, one or more devices that are to perform learning processing, out of the multiple devices; and a communication unit that instructs the one or more devices to execute the learning processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Hisahiro SUGANUMA
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Publication number: 20210289389Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes a control unit that determines, on the basis of one or more pieces of sensor data generated by a sensor that measures an external environment and generates sensor data, whether to suppress transmission of the sensor data from the sensor. The control unit calculates a value related to a difference between a plurality of pieces of sensor data generated by the sensor at different points of time and determines whether to suppress the transmission of the sensor data from the sensor on the basis of the calculated value related to the difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hisahiro SUGANUMA, Ryota KIMURA, Yoshihiro WAKITA
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Publication number: 20210216134Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of achieving more appropriate sound recognition execution control. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that ends a sound input reception state on the basis of user direction information indicating a direction of a user. The present technology is applicable to a sound recognition system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke Fukunaga, Yoshiki Tanaka, Hisahiro Suganuma, Yuji Nishimaki
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Publication number: 20210082428Abstract: Included are a client device configured to transmit, based on a voice of a user input from a voice input unit, voice information to an information processing server, and execute, based on response information received in response to the voice information, a sequence of providing a response for the user; and an information processing server configured to generate response information based on the received voice information, and transmit the response information to the client device. A plurality of sequences, each being the sequence, can be executed in one connection established between the client device and the information processing server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: YUJI NASHIMAKI, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA, DAISUKE FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20200402528Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processing apparatus that makes it possible to stably secure time for receiving audio data when reproducing audio data while receiving audio data. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: an audio buffer unit; a reproduction time calculation unit; a position decision unit; and an insertion unit. The audio buffer unit retains first audio data that have not been reproduced in the first audio data received from another apparatus via a transmission path. The reproduction time calculation unit calculates a reproduction time of second audio data on the basis of at least any of a state of the first audio data retained in the audio buffer unit or a state of the transmission path. The second audio data are to be inserted and reproduced while the first audio data are being reproduced. The position decision unit decides an insertion position of the second audio data in the first audio data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: DAISUKE FUKUNAGA, YOSHIKI TANAKA, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA
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Patent number: 10860617Abstract: [Object] To utilize various devices more effectively by organizing such devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a device log acquisition unit configured to acquire a device log including information indicating a state caused by behavior of a user related to each of devices from each of the devices; and a correlation determination unit configured to determine a correlation between certain devices included in the devices on the basis of the device logs and a preset condition of the states.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kishin Yagami, Hisahiro Suganuma, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuichi Kageyama
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Publication number: 20200334164Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that are able to appropriately store each individual piece of partial data received from another device in a buffer area. [Solution] An information processing device including a receiver that receives a plurality of pieces of control information from another device, and a controller that adds, in order of reception, a plurality of pieces of control information received from another device to a predetermined storage area, and adds, to a first buffer area related to first control information stored in the predetermined storage area, partial data of first input data corresponding to the first control information, in accordance with order of reception of the partial data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: HISAHIRO SUGANUMA, DAISUKE FUKUNAGA, YOSHIKI TANAKA
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Patent number: 9843899Abstract: [Object] To utilize various devices more effectively by organizing such devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a device log acquisition unit configured to acquire a time-series device log including information indicating a position of each of devices from each of the devices; a grouping unit configured to classify the devices into at least one group on the basis of the device logs and a preset condition of the positions; and a relation analysis unit configured to analyze a relation between the devices in each of the at least one group on the basis of the device logs.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kishin Yagami, Hisahiro Suganuma, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuichi Kageyama
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Publication number: 20170351767Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system, an information processing device, a control method, and a program capable of maintaining a good balance between a search cost and a degree of freedom of selection by, at the time of list preparation, recommending a list candidate on the basis of a predetermined score calculated in accordance with a status of a user. [Solution] An information processing system including: a calculation unit configured to calculate a score for recommending each item as a list candidate from an aggregation of a plurality of items on the basis of time-series history information of a context; and a recommendation unit configured to, when a list of the items is prepared, recommend a list candidate in accordance with the score of each item calculated by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: KENTO SUZUKI, KEIKO YABUKI, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA
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Publication number: 20170127235Abstract: [Object] To utilize various devices more effectively by organizing such devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a device log acquisition unit configured to acquire a time-series device log including information indicating a position of each of devices from each of the devices; a grouping unit configured to classify the devices into at least one group on the basis of the device logs and a preset condition of the positions; and a relation analysis unit configured to analyze a relation between the devices in each of the at least one group on the basis of the device logs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: KISHIN YAGAMI, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, YUICHI KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20170116320Abstract: [Object] To utilize various devices more effectively by organizing such devices. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a device log acquisition unit configured to acquire a device log including information indicating a state caused by behavior of a user related to each of devices from each of the devices; and a correlation determination unit configured to determine a correlation between certain devices included in the devices on the basis of the device logs and a preset condition of the states.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: KISHIN YAGAMI, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, YUICHI KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20140244846Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit that determines whether to change a number of processes allocated to one or more program modules, based on a measurement result of a load of each program module when the program modules that form an application are executed using scalable processing resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yuichi Kageyama, Yoshiki Tanaka, Hisahiro Suganuma
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Publication number: 20140195371Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a recommendation unit configured to generate a recommendation information for a target user based on a preference information of at least one associated person having a social relationship through a communication service or a locational relationship with the target user, and a communication interface configured to provide the generated recommendation information to be sent to the target user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi KAGEYAMA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Hisahiro SUGANUMA, Yoshiki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20140126830Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, including a cluster reconfiguration determining unit that, in a case where new data having positional information in a feature amount space is added to a data group in which each data has positional information in the feature amount space and is classified into a cluster based on a distance in the feature amount space, decides that a candidate cluster is to be reconfigured when the new data is classified into the cluster if there are a plurality of candidate clusters into which the new data is classifiable based on the distance in the feature amount space among the clusters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hisahiro SUGANUMA, Yuichi KAGEYAMA, Yoshiki TANAKA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA
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Publication number: 20140129507Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, including a predictive calculating unit that alternately recalculates a pair of matrices derived from an input matrix including an unknown element with reference to the input matrix, and generates a pair of feature matrices used to calculate an output matrix including a prediction value of the unknown element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOSHIKI TANAKA, YUICHI KAGEYAMA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, HISAHIRO SUGANUMA