Patents by Inventor Itaru Shimizu

Itaru Shimizu 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: 11142192
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Noriko Tanaka, Asako Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210158228
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a reaction information use unit configured to use reaction information indicating a reaction of a user to presented information in a case where use of the reaction information has been permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: ITARU SHIMIZU, MAKOTO KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20200342648
    Abstract: There is provided information processing apparatuses, information processing methods, programs, and information processing systems capable of reinforcing the reinforcement target behavior without causing the user's consciousness. A quest is presented for urging a user to execute a reinforcement target behavior, and when the user executes the reinforcement target behavior upon the request, an electroencephalogram is measured, emotion is estimated on the basis of the electroencephalogram, and when the number of times that dominant emotion having the highest emotion score among emotion of the emotion estimation results is detected exceeds a predetermined number of times, an avatar is changed corresponding to the emotion that is detected as the dominant emotion. The present disclosure can be applied to long-term feedback technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru SHIMIZU, Kazuhito IWASA, Takanori MORII
  • Publication number: 20200086889
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize travelling in a more appropriate operation mode. An acquisition unit acquires, as information regarding an operation mode of a different vehicle, operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode, for example. A determination unit determines an operation mode of a host vehicle in accordance with the received information regarding the operation mode of the different vehicle (e.g., the operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or the operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode). The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Kaneko, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20200086886
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize more appropriate switching of an operation mode. A vehicle control unit switches operation modes of driving mechanisms such as an engine or a driving motor relating to driving (travelling) of a vehicle, a braking device relating to braking of the vehicle, and a steering mechanism relating to steering of the vehicle at different timings in accordance with an operation mode switching trigger of the vehicle, on a basis of, for example, a state of an individually identified driver or a situation around the vehicle. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Kaneko, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20200043344
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru Shimizu, Noriko TANAKA, Kazuyuki MARUKAWA, Asako KANEKO
  • Patent number: 10554829
    Abstract: An information processing device capable of sharing photographed images while protecting the subject's privacy is provided. The information processing device includes: a photographing-related information acquisition unit configured to acquire image data obtained by photographing a subject or photographing information associated with the image data; a log data acquisition unit configured to acquire log data serving as information related to an operation of a predetermined moving object; and a processing unit configured to evaluate a relevance between the subject and the moving object based on the image data or the photographing information and based on the log data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Ryosuke Nomura, Itaru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200031339
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. A driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that perform, on the basis of the number of occupants in a peripheral vehicle, driving assistant processing for avoiding a collision between a host vehicle and the peripheral vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa
  • Patent number: 10541006
    Abstract: There is provided an information processor including circuitry configured to identify a part of a moving image in response to an audible sound input of a user, wherein the moving image is generated by a capturing of an imaging unit which is attached to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Itaru Shimizu, Ryosuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20190202451
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: SHINNOSUKE HAYAMIZU, KAZUYUKI MARUKAWA, ITARU SHIMIZU, NORIKO TANAKA, ASAKO KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20190193728
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. The driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that performs, on the basis of peripheral vehicle information regarding a peripheral vehicle present in an area corresponding to the number of occupants in a host vehicle, driving assistant processing of the host vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20190179315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20190130944
    Abstract: There is provided an information processor including circuitry configured to identify a part of a moving image in response to an audible sound input of a user, wherein the moving image is generated by a capturing of an imaging unit which is attached to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi TAMURA, Itaru SHIMIZU, Ryosuke NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10181337
    Abstract: There is provided an information processor including circuitry configured to identify a part of a moving image in response to an audible sound input of a user, wherein the moving image is generated by a capturing of an imaging unit which is attached to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Itaru Shimizu, Ryosuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20170126907
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device capable of sharing photographed images while protecting the subject's privacy. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a photographing-related information acquisition unit configured to acquire image data obtained by photographing a subject or photographing information associated with the image data; a log data acquisition unit configured to acquire log data serving as information related to an operation of a predetermined moving object; and a processing unit configured to evaluate a relevance between the subject and the moving object based on the image data or the photographing information and based on the log data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: SHIGEFUMI TAMURA, RYOSUKE NOMURA, ITARU SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20170047095
    Abstract: There is provided an information processor including circuitry configured to identify a part of a moving image in response to an audible sound input of a user, wherein the moving image is generated by a capturing of an imaging unit which is attached to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Itaru Shimizu, Ryosuke Nomura