Patents by Inventor KANA NISHIKAWA
KANA NISHIKAWA 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: 11911108Abstract: A blood flow measuring unit of a blood flow measurement apparatus of an embodiment includes an optical system for applying an OCT scan to an eye fundus and obtains blood flow information based on data acquired by the OCT scan. A movement mechanism moves the optical system. A controller applies a first movement control to the movement mechanism to move the optical system in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system by a predetermined distance from the optical axis. A judging unit judges occurrence of vignetting based on a detection result of return light of light incident on the eye through the optical system after the first movement control. The controller applies a second movement control to the movement mechanism to further move the optical system based on a judgement result obtained by the judging unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Sakai, Shunsuke Nakamura, Kana Nishikawa, Masahiro Akiba
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Publication number: 20230252183Abstract: An information processing apparatus performing processing for protecting privacy and security on an image uploaded to an SNS site is provided. The information processing apparatus includes: a region estimating unit configured to estimate candidate regions of object detection from an image; a topic estimating unit configured to estimate a topic of the image on the basis of text information accompanying the image; a region evaluating unit configured to evaluate the candidate regions estimated by the region estimating unit on the basis of relationships with the topic estimated by the topic estimating unit; and an image generating unit configured to generate an image on the basis of evaluation results acquired by the region evaluating unit. The topic estimating unit described above estimates the topic on the basis of words to which tags are added.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: CHIE YAMADA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, HIROAKI OGAWA, YASUHARU ASANO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, CHIKA MYOGA, MASANOBU NAKAMURA, KANA NISHIKAWA, MASAHIRO YAMAMOTO, MICHAEL HENTSCHEL
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Publication number: 20230147985Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that performs processing of presenting an explanation for a reason why a control-target apparatus has performed an automatic operation. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit that determines processing in a control-target apparatus corresponding to sensor information, a generation unit that generates an explanation for a reason for the processing, and an estimation unit that performs an estimation with respect to a reaction from a user. The generation unit controls presentation of the explanation on the basis of a result of the estimation with respect to the reaction from the user. The generation unit controls, on the basis of the result of the estimation, contents of the explanation or a method of presenting the explanation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: NORIKO TOTSUKA, MICHAEL HENTSCHEL, HIROAKI OGAWA, YASUHARU ASANO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, CHIKA MYOGA, MASANOBU NAKAMURA, KANA NISHIKAWA, CHIE YAMADA, MASAHIRO YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11430437Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable presentation of a response to a user with an appropriate amount of information in a voice interaction system. Provision of an information processor including a processing unit that adjusts an amount of information in a response with respect to desired information of a user, in accordance with a certainty factor of the user himself/herself that is estimated for the desired information makes it is possible to present the response to the user with the appropriate amount of information in the voice interaction system. The present technology is applicable to a voice interaction system, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Touyama, Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Kana Nishikawa, Shinobu Kuriya, Yasushi Tsuruta
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Patent number: 11356360Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kana Nishikawa, Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Keisuke Touyama, Yasushi Tsuruta, Shinobu Kuriya
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Patent number: 11238846Abstract: [Problem] More effective information is gathered efficiently for the correction of device behavior. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a gathered operation history of a device, an output of a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a communication unit that receives feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene thus output. Further provided is an information processing device that comprises a communication unit that receives information on a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a playback unit that plays back the reproduced scene, wherein the communication unit transmits feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Junki Ohmura, Hiroaki Ogawa, Kana Nishikawa, Keisuke Touyama, Shinobu Kuriya, Yasushi Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20220013119Abstract: An information processing device according to the application concerned includes an obtaining unit that obtains elements related to the dialogue state of the user of a dialogue system, and obtains the certainty factors of the elements; and a deciding unit that, according to the certainty factors obtained by the obtaining unit, decides on whether or not to treat the elements as the targets for highlighted display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventor: KANA NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20210151030Abstract: [Problem] More effective information is gathered efficiently for the correction of device behavior. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device that includes an output control unit that controls, on the basis of a gathered operation history of a device, an output of a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a communication unit that receives feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene thus output. Further provided is an information processing device that comprises a communication unit that receives information on a reproduced scene pertaining to a behavior which the device has executed on the basis of context information; and a playback unit that plays back the reproduced scene, wherein the communication unit transmits feedback input by a judge regarding the reproduced scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Junki OHMURA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Kana NISHIKAWA, Keisuke TOUYAMA, Shinobu KURIYA, Yasushi TSURUTA
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Publication number: 20210065708Abstract: An apparatus and a method which analyze a user utterance with high accuracy about to which one of a plurality of system utterances performed precedingly the user utterance corresponds as a feedback utterance are implemented. A user feedback utterance analysis section which decides to which one of system utterances executed precedingly the user utterance corresponds as a feedback utterance is provided. The user feedback utterance analysis section compares (A) a type of an entity (entity information) included in the user utterance and (B1) types of requested entities corresponding to system utterances in which a system utterance in the past is an entity to be requested to the user, and a system utterance having a requested entity type that matches with the entity type included in the user utterance is determined as a system utterance of a feedback target of the user utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventor: KANA NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20210038075Abstract: A blood flow measuring unit of a blood flow measurement apparatus of an embodiment includes an optical system for applying an OCT scan to an eye fundus and obtains blood flow information based on data acquired by the OCT scan. A movement mechanism moves the optical system. A controller applies a first movement control to the movement mechanism to move the optical system in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system by a predetermined distance from the optical axis. A judging unit judges occurrence of vignetting based on a detection result of return light of light incident on the eye through the optical system after the first movement control. The controller applies a second movement control to the movement mechanism to further move the optical system based on a judgement result obtained by the judging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Jun SAKAI, Shunsuke NAKAMURA, Kana NISHIKAWA, Masahiro AKIBA
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Publication number: 20200293563Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable an improvement in a quality of an interactive system. An information processor is provided that includes a generating section that generates a question directed to obtaining high-order information on the basis of first-order information that is primary information, the high-order information being higher in order than the first-order information and corresponding to an answer from a user. This makes it possible to obtain information higher in order than the primary information. Such an information processor enables an improvement in the quality of the interactive system. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a voice interactive system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: YASUSHI TSURUTA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, SHINOBU KURIYA, KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA
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Publication number: 20200228445Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, SHINOBU KURIYA
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Publication number: 20200152191Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable presentation of a response to a user with an appropriate amount of information in a voice interaction system. Provision of an information processor including a processing unit that adjusts an amount of information in a response with respect to desired information of a user, in accordance with a certainty factor of the user himself/herself that is estimated for the desired information makes it is possible to present the response to the user with the appropriate amount of information in the voice interaction system. The present technology is applicable to a voice interaction system, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: KEISUKE TOUYAMA, JUNKI OHMURA, HIROAKI OGAWA, KANA NISHIKAWA, SHINOBU KURIYA, YASUSHI TSURUTA
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Publication number: 20200151765Abstract: [Problem] There are proposed an information processing device, an information processing method and a program which can adaptively control outputting of an advertisement message for virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products. [Solution] An information processing device includes: an information acquisition unit which acquires advertisement information selected based on information related to virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products; and an output control unit which controls outputting of an advertisement message including the information which is determined based on an attribute of the advertisement information and a character setting of the virtual agent, and is related to the virtual agent's virtual use of the product associated with the advertisement information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, KANA NISHIKAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, SHINOBU KURIYA
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Publication number: 20200105265Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that allow information to be presented using a character that allows a user to feel attached. An information processor of the present technology acquires a context, and selects, on the basis of the context, a predetermined character to be used for presenting information to the user from among a plurality of characters for which attributes defining different features are set. The attribute set for the selected predetermined character is merged with the attribute set for the main character, and information is presented to the user using the main character having a feature defined by the merged attribute. The present technology can be applied to an agent device operated by a voice UI.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, YASUSHI TSURUTA, KANA NISHIKAWA, HIROAKI OGAWA, JUNKI OHMURA, KEISUKE TOUYAMA