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: 11676461
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to reduce the difference in way of feeling a tactile sense in accordance with a state or situation, the information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire context information concerning a state or a situation user of an external environment or context information concerning a user; and a modulation unit configured to modulate a control signal for controlling a haptics unit for presenting haptics to a predetermined part of the user on the basis of the context information having been acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Ikuo Yamano, Yusuke Nakagawa, Takeshi Ogita
  • Publication number: 20230168733
    Abstract: A control device according to an embodiment includes: a winding unit (30, 3001) that unwinds a wire having one end movably held by a user in a direction of the one end and winds the wire by an elastic force in a direction away from the one end, a wire lock unit (30, 3002) that locks unwinding of the wire from the winding unit, and a control unit (100) that controls an operation by the wire lock unit of locking the unwinding according to a relationship between a position of a virtual object disposed in a virtual space and a position, in the virtual space, corresponding to a position of the one end in a real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI OGITA, YOHEI FUKUMA, TAHA MORIYAMA, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230135709
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a user interface processing unit that performs user interface processing for creating data for tactile presentation, the user interface processing including: displaying a first display area on which a first operation of specifying time-series information about the data is allowed; detecting the first operation; displaying a second display area in which the time-series information specified according to the first operation is displayed; and detecting a change operation for the time-series information as a second operation on the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: OSAMU ITO, RYO YOKOYAMA, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230118559
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230102542
    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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: RYO YOKOYAMA, OSAMU ITO, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230095328
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a position of a hand and a finger gesture of a user; and a control unit that controls a displaying operation of a display device that displays a virtual object superimposed on a real space, in which the control unit sets a virtual gripping point to a position having a certain offset with respect to the hand, and controls the display device to display a virtual object gripping operation on the basis of a positional relationship between the virtual gripping point and the virtual object and a contact state between fingertips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: IKUO YAMANO, SOICHIRO INATANI, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11596858
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a control unit; and an operating device including: (i) operation button to be activated by touch of a user, (ii) a first vibration mechanism for vibrating the operation button, and (iii) a second vibration mechanism for vibrating a main body of the operating device, where the control unit controls the first vibration mechanism and the second vibration mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Hirata, Yuichi Machida, Yoichi Nishimaki
  • Patent number: 11594113
    Abstract: Provided is a decoding device including a decoding unit configured to decode encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and a signal addition unit configured to add the reference signal and the differential signal. In addition, provided is a decoding method by a processor, the decoding method including decoding encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and adding the reference signal and the differential signal that has been decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Ikuo Yamano, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230031913
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, JUN KIMURA, IKUO YAMANO, SHINICHI KAWANO, SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Patent number: 11565172
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus-readable recording medium that are capable of adjusting sound caused by vibration of a vibration output unit that vibrates an input device in accordance with the surrounding situation of a game user. The information processing apparatus includes a vibration control unit. The vibration control unit controls vibration of a vibration output unit to change a sound caused by the vibration of the vibration output unit on a basis of surrounding environment information of an input device including a vibration output unit, the input device being held by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Nakagawa, Ikuo Yamano, Yusuke Nakagawa, Takeshi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11561618
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can suppress hindrance to viewing/listening to content. A control unit controls output of a tactile stimulus in a case where notification information is received during output of content including sound. Further, the control unit performs a process of controlling the tactile stimulus in response to the content or a process of controlling the content in response to the tactile stimulus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a mobile device such as a smartphone and the like capable of reproducing content including sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shuichiro Nishigori, Shiro Suzuki, Jun Matsumoto, Ikuo Yamano, Toshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11556245
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 11550396
    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: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Osamu Ito, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20230004340
    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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki TOBA, Gen ICHIMURA, Ikuo YAMANO, Osamu ITO
  • Patent number: 11524226
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an operating device, wherein 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, 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, (iii) a sensor operating to measure the force applied by the finger of the user to the movable part and produce a sensing signal therefrom, and (iv) a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal, and in response, apply an amount of force to the movable part in opposition to the force applied by the finger of the user, and where the drive signal is a variable dependent on variations in the sensing signal, such that the amount of force applied to the movable part in opposition to the force applied by the fin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Ikuo Yamano, Shinichi Hirata, Yuichi Machida, Yoichi Nishimaki
  • Patent number: 11511185
    Abstract: An operation device includes a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range, and a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts the movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that can be switched between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a second range, the second range being different from the first range, of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20220374083
    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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke TAJIMA, Yohei FUKUMA, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20220353457
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing people in viewing a video when the video is being played back. The information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller generates at least one of an oscillation signal corresponding to sound-effect caption data or an oscillation signal corresponding to vocalization caption data on the basis of a waveform of sound data using a result of analyzing caption information and sound information that are included in a video file, the sound-effect caption data being used to represent a sound effect in the form of text information, the vocalization caption data being used to represent a vocalization of a person in the form of text information, the sound-effect caption data and the vocalization caption data being included in caption data that is included in the caption information, the sound data being included in the sound information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OGITA, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Patent number: 11487368
    Abstract: There is provided an operation processing device including an input direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an input direction according to a direction generated in response to an operation indicating the direction which is performed on an input unit to which the operation is input, an output direction indication unit configured to indicate, to a display unit configured to display an image, an output direction that is a direction in which the image of the display unit is changed in response to the operation on the input unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the output direction with respect to the input direction according to a relative position relationship between the input unit and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 11458389
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration control apparatus that receives a vibration instruction and vibrates a vibration device in accordance with content obtained by correcting the content of the received vibration instruction, wherein the vibration control apparatus determines the correction content for vibration in accordance with a user using the vibration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Ikuo Yamano