Patents by Inventor Katsunari Fukuya

Katsunari Fukuya 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: 11589001
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control section that controls a second display device present in a second space. The second display device displays a first captured image obtained by imaging at least one or more first users present in a first space. The display control section superimposes and displays a second user object on the first captured image in accordance with line-of-sight relevant information of each of the first users. The second user object corresponds to each of at least one or more second users present in the second space. This makes it possible to achieve more realistic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Miki, Takahiro Sakamoto, Katsunari Fukuya
  • Publication number: 20210400234
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control section that controls a second display device present in a second space. The second display device displays a first captured image obtained by imaging at least one or more first users present in a first space. The display control section superimposes and displays a second user object on the first captured image in accordance with line-of-sight relevant information of each of the first users. The second user object corresponds to each of at least one or more second users present in the second space. This makes it possible to achieve more realistic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke MIKI, Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Katsunari FUKUYA
  • Patent number: 11140357
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a multi-direction communication apparatus, a multi-direction communication method, and a program capable of reducing an uncomfortable feeling to be provided to a user feeling that spaces are continuous in a multi-direction communication system. A reception section receives real space information including information representing a situation of a real space for a user B. A virtual data generation section generates, on the basis of the received real space information, virtual space information including information representing a situation of a virtual space. A control section controls display, on an information processing apparatus of a user A, of the virtual space represented by the generated virtual space information instead of the real space represented by the real space information. The present technique can be applied to a multi-direction communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshizumi Tanaka, Yusuke Sakai, Tetsuhiro Uchida, Katsunari Fukuya
  • Publication number: 20210029325
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a multi-direction communication apparatus, a multi-direction communication method, and a program capable of reducing an uncomfortable feeling to be provided to a user feeling that spaces are continuous in a multi-direction communication system. A reception section receives real space information including information representing a situation of a real space for a user B. A virtual data generation section generates, on the basis of the received real space information, virtual space information including information representing a situation of a virtual space. A control section controls display, on an information processing apparatus of a user A, of the virtual space represented by the generated virtual space information instead of the real space represented by the real space information. The present technique can be applied to a multi-direction communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHIZUMI TANAKA, YUSUKE SAKAI, TETSUHIRO UCHIDA, KATSUNARI FUKUYA
  • Patent number: 8700732
    Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Akira Ando, Muneaki Osawa, Hiroshi Aruga, Eriko Matsumura, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue, Kazuo Yamaoka, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8437613
    Abstract: A content display control apparatus includes control functions, in which, a content is obtained, data associated with a character string corresponding to the content is obtained, the character string associated with the data is segmented into a line in accordance with a criterion determined in advance, a display duration time of the character string is set on a line-by-line basis, the segmented line is sequentially superimposed and displayed in accordance with the corresponding display duration time set thereby, the number of characters included in the segmented line is counted, a period of time corresponding to the counted number of characters is calculated, the calculated period of time is set as the display duration time corresponding to the segmented line, and subsequent to completion of displaying of the segmented line of the character string corresponding to the obtained content, a different content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Muneaki Osawa, Kazuo Yamaoka, Hiroshi Aruga, Akira Ando, Eriko Matsumura, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100180008
    Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Akira Ando, Muneaki Osawa, Hiroshi Aruga, Eriko Matsumura, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue, Kazuo Yamaoka, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100166390
    Abstract: A content display control apparatus includes control functions, in which, a content is obtained, data associated with a character string corresponding to the content is obtained, the character string associated with the data is segmented into a line in accordance with a criterion determined in advance, a display duration time of the character string is set on a line-by-line basis, the segmented line is sequentially superimposed and displayed in accordance with the corresponding display duration time set thereby, the number of characters included in the segmented line is counted, a period of time corresponding to the counted number of characters is calculated, the calculated period of time is set as the display duration time corresponding to the segmented line, and subsequent to completion of displaying of the segmented line of the character string corresponding to the obtained content, a different content is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Muneaki Osawa, Kazuo Yamaoka, Hiroshi Aruga, Akira Ando, Eriko Matsumura, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100149212
    Abstract: An information processing device which displays on a map a plurality of images classified by hierarchical clustering and associated with positional information includes a deciding unit configured to decide clusters satisfying a predetermined condition from among clusters created by the hierarchical clustering as the same group and a display control unit configured to perform control such that the clusters belonging to the group are displayed on a reduced scale map based on positional information of the respective clusters belonging to the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Akira Ando, Kazuo Yamaoka, Eriko Matsumura, Muneaki Osawa, Hiroshi Aruga, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue