Patents by Inventor Ikuo Yamano

Ikuo Yamano 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: 12380655
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a position and a posture, or a shape of a first part on a body of a user, and a control unit configured to control a virtual object to be displayed in a real space on a display device on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part. When recognizing that the first part has performed a first operation for a second part on the body of the user on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part acquired by the acquisition unit, the control unit stores an execution state of the virtual object in association with the second part, and stops display of the virtual object by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Jun Kimura, Ikuo Yamano, Shinichi Kawano, Soichiro Inatani
  • Patent number: 12361660
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of more easily implementing interaction between a virtual object and a palm of a user in a natural expression. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that displays a virtual object on a display unit, in which the controller detects a planar area of a hand from a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a real space, the controller performs control to set a contact determination area for determining contact with the virtual object for the planar area of the hand having been detected, and the contact determination area includes at least one plane portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Shinichi Kawano, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20250220293
    Abstract: A head mount type information processing device includes: a determination processing unit that determines acquisition target information according to a scene; a setting processing unit that sets an imaging parameter for acquiring an image that is an image of eyes of an equipment user and corresponds to the acquisition target information; and an imaging control unit that captures the image of the eyes of the equipment user according to the imaging parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Sayaka YAMAZAKI, Ikuo YAMANO, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250209752
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of improving the operability of a 3D object. An axis attitude determination unit determines the attitude of an adjustment axis on the basis of the attitude of a finger of a user, the adjustment axis serving as a reference for performing an adjustment process for a 3D object disposed in the three-dimensional space on computer graphics so as to be superimposed on the real space, and changes and fixes the attitude of the adjustment axis. An adjustment processing unit performs the adjustment process for the 3D object according to an operation by the user in accordance with the axial direction of the adjustment axis at the fixed attitude. The present technology is applicable to an AR system that displays a 3D object as superimposed on the real space, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Keijiroh NAGANO, Ikuo YAMANO, Kei TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Shin SHIROMA
  • Patent number: 12321521
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating a state of a user including a posture of the user, a tactile signal acquisition unit that acquires a reference tactile signal for performing tactile presentation to the user in a reference state, and an adjustment processing unit that generates an adjusted tactile signal by adjusting the reference tactile signal on the basis of the state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Gen Ichimura, Osamu Ito, Yusuke Nakagawa, Ryo Yokoyama, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20250130625
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method that facilitate designating a desired range in an object in XR. The information processing device includes: an object recognition unit that recognizes a state of a target object that is a real object or a virtual object that exists in a field of view of a user; an operation body recognition unit that recognizes a state of an operation body that is a real object or a virtual object used by the user for setting a designated range for the target object; and a designated range setting unit that sets the designated range on a basis of at least one of a state of the target object or a state of the operation body. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a head mount display (HMD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Keijiroh NAGANO, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Shin SHIROMA, Takuya IKEDA, Ikuo YAMANO, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250110558
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) has a control unit (11). The control unit (11) controls, on the basis of a flexibility of an object, a presentation period of tactile feedback presented in response to a collision of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: IKUO YAMANO, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, SHIN SHIROMA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, RYO YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250093955
    Abstract: There is provided an input device, a system, and a control method capable of performing an operation input that is more natural, less burdensome, and less bothersome in operations in daily life. The input device includes a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user; one or more sensors that are provided in the main body portion and that detect information regarding an operation input by another finger; a communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external device; and a control unit that performs control to transmit the information regarding the operation input detected by the one or more sensors to the external device by the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo YAMANO, Kunihito SAWAI, Keijiroh Nagano, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 12205502
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) is an information processing apparatus causing a user of a head mounted display to perceive a depth position of a virtual object by controlling display positions of a right-eye image and a left-eye image related to the virtual object, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit (143) that determines an opened/closed state of an eye of the user on the basis of a detection result of a sensor (11) that detects a visual recognition state of both eyes of the user; a calculation unit (141) that calculates a display position in a depth direction of the virtual object; and a display control unit (145) that, in a case where it is determined that the display position in the depth direction is within a first distance indicating a predetermined short distance and both eyes of the user are opened, reduces visibility of the right-eye image and the left-eye image related to the virtual object, and in a case where it is determined that the display position in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 12194365
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a skill level difference detection unit that detects a skill level difference between a first user and a second user on the basis of sensing data regarding the first user and sensing data regarding the second user having a skill level lower than a skill level of the first user, and a presentation unit that dynamically changes and presents, during performance, skill level difference suppression information that reduces the skill level difference to at least one of the first and second users on the basis of the skill level difference detected. The sensing data is acquired through at least performance and the like performed by moving at least a part of a body of the users and other performance performed in the past with respect to the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20250004551
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience of a user in an operation of an object. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires motion information indicating a motion of a user; and an operation control unit that, in a case where an object is designated by the user, switches a mode related to an operation of the object when contact information of a third finger is further acquired while contact information of a first finger and contact information of a second finger of the user are acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Keijiroh NAGANO, Jun KIMURA, Ikuo YAMANO, Shin SHIROMA
  • Publication number: 20240427422
    Abstract: An information processing system includes the following units. A signal generation unit 303 generates a vibration signal on the basis of vibration measured by a microphone 110 provided at a mat speaker 10 and a result of detection of an object placed on the mat speaker 10. A signal output unit 392 vibrates a vibrator 120 on the basis of the vibration signal generated by the signal generation unit 303.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo YOKOYAMA, Minatsu SUGIMOTO, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Osamu ITO, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Keijiroh NAGANO, Ikuo YAMANO, Takayoshi YAMASAKI, Yohei FUKUMA
  • Publication number: 20240390785
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a haptic control unit. The haptic control unit controls, on the basis of a haptic presentation signal according to haptic content to be presented to a haptic presentation apparatus and contact body information relating to a contact body that is in contact with the haptic presentation apparatus, a haptic output signal to be output to the haptic presentation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo YAMANO, Yusuke Nakagawa, Ayumi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12153856
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission signal to enable tactile presentation at more positions than the number of channels of a tactile vibration signal that can be transmitted. The transmission signal includes audio signals of a predetermined number of channels and tactile presentation signals of a predetermined number of channels and to which metadata designating the tactile presentation position targeted by each of the tactile presentation signals of the predetermined number of channels is added is generated. The transmission signal is transmitted to a reception side via a predetermined transmission path. For example, the metadata is dynamically changed to dynamically change the tactile presentation position targeted by each of the tactile presentation signals of the predetermined number of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Gen Ichimura, Ikuo Yamano, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 12141357
    Abstract: An information processor (10m) includes a control unit (104). On a basis of position information indicating a perceptual position that causes a haptic stimulus to be perceived in a haptic presentation device (2) and on a basis of haptic stimulus type information specifying a type of the haptic stimulus, and in accordance with an arrangement of one or more haptic stimulus units provided in the haptic presentation device (2), the control unit (104) generates a haptic control signal to each of the haptic stimulus units for presentation of the haptic stimulus of the type specified at the perceptual position, and a script in which time information on a reproduction content and one or more of the generated haptic control signals are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama, Takamoto Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12135838
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control unit that generates, on the basis of control information relating to tactile stimulation to be perceived by a second user as configured by a first user and on the basis of characteristics of a tactile stimulation unit that outputs the tactile stimulation to the second user, a control signal which is inputted to the tactile stimulation unit and which serves to cause the second user to perceive the tactile stimulation indicated by the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Osamu Ito, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20240357215
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an estimation processing unit that estimates at least some of a video latency time from a reproduction instruction of a video signal to video presentation based on the video signal, an acoustic latency time from a reproduction instruction of an acoustic signal to acoustic presentation based on the acoustic signal, and a haptic sense latency time from a reproduction instruction of a haptic signal to haptic sense presentation based on the haptic signal, and a latency time determination unit that determines an additional latency time related to the haptic sense presentation on the basis of an estimation result of the estimation processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo YAMANO, Osamu ITO, Ryo YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12118150
    Abstract: There is provided a control device according to the present technology to improve an accuracy of force sense presentation while preventing hindrance to a free motion of a target part when a user does not touch a virtual object. The control device includes a control unit that controls a force sense presentation apparatus, which includes a first member that is displaced mechanically in conjunction with a motion of a target part of a user, a second member that is displaceable in a direction of coming into contact with or separating from the first member, and a drive part that drives the second member and performs force sense presentation with respect to the target part, such that a driving state of the second member is changed according to a positional relationship between a virtual object and the target part in a virtual space in which the virtual object is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Tajima, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 12109487
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an operating device, where the operating device includes: (i) a grip part to be gripped by a user; and (ii) an operation part for activation by a finger of the user gripping the grip part, and where the operation part includes: (i) a movable part capable of moving from a resting position toward another position in response to a force applied by the finger of the user, (ii) a biasing element operating to urge the movable part toward the resting position, and (iii) a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal and apply a force to the movable part in an opposite direction of the force applied by the finger of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Ikuo Yamano, Shinichi Hirata, Yuichi Machida, Yoichi Nishimaki
  • Publication number: 20240325908
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a control section and a vibration section that vibrates corresponding to reproduction of content. The control section determines a type of a sound output section outputting a sound and changes vibration strength of a vibration section in accordance with the determined type of the sound output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: AYUMI NAKAGAWA, YUSUKE NAKAGAWA, IKUO YAMANO