Patents by Inventor Jiro KAWANO

Jiro KAWANO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, by which a more realistic live stream of an event can be achieved. A display control unit displays, on a terminal, a plurality of viewpoint images captured at different viewpoints in an event, and an avatar information acquisition unit acquires avatar information about display of avatars corresponding to each of a user who is viewing the plurality of viewpoint images displayed on the terminal and other users who are viewing the plurality of viewpoint images on other terminals. The display control unit controls the display of the avatars based on the avatar information, for the viewpoint images displayed on the terminal. The present technique is applicable to, for example, smartphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro KAWANO, Yoshihiro ASAKO, Noriyuki KATO
  • Patent number: 11721308
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs control according to a result of recognition of a user located near a presentation screen on which an object is presented, and a result of detection of a shooting preparation movement of the user, to present a given object such that the given object does not overlap a recognition area of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Satoh, Tomoko Takahashi, Jiro Kawano, Hiromu Yumiba, Makoto Imamura, Yutaka Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220165307
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image processing section that generates visual information that is to be superimposed on or around a ball in a play video being a video of table-tennis play and that indicates a characteristic of the ball including at least one of a spin speed or a rotation direction of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi ASAI, Jiro KAWANO, Shoji WATANABE, Taku SUGAWARA, Hironori HATTORI, Suguru YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220005442
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs control according to a result of recognition of a user located near a presentation screen on which an object is presented, and a result of detection of a shooting preparation movement of the user, to present a given object such that the given object does not overlap a recognition area of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: AYAKA SATOH, TOMOKO TAKAHASHI, JIRO KAWANO, HIROMU YUMIBA, MAKOTO IMAMURA, YUTAKA HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11188287
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus presenting a display object such that movement of the display object from one display area to another display area can be grasped more intuitively. The display control apparatus includes a display controller, based on a movement operation by a human present in a space between a first display area and a second display area on a display object in the first display area, moving the display object, the display controller, when the display object reaches a first end of the first display area, causing the display object to appear at a second end of the second display area corresponding to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Mikami, Jiro Kawano, Keisuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20210318560
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology includes an acquisition section and a calculation section. The acquisition section acquires information on a target region inside a glass window of a mobile object, and information on an external environment outside the mobile object, the information on the external environment including information on outside light incident on the glass window. The calculation section calculates a light shielding region for shielding the target region from light by blocking the outside light on the glass window, on the basis of the acquired information on the target region and the acquired information on the external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: JIRO KAWANO, SAI KARASAWA, AISA MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200319839
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus presenting a display object such that movement of the display object from one display area to another display area can be grasped more intuitively. The display control apparatus includes a display controller, based on a movement operation by a human present in a space between a first display area and a second display area on a display object in the first display area, moving the display object, the display controller, when the display object reaches a first end of the first display area, causing the display object to appear at a second end of the second display area corresponding to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori MIKAMI, Jiro KAWANO, Keisuke SAITO
  • Patent number: D954108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Kawano, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D989110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Kawano, Taku Sugawara