Patents by Inventor KAZUFUMI CHO

KAZUFUMI CHO 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).

  • Roadside apparatus and vehicle-side apparatus for road-to-vehicle communication, and road-to-vehicle communication system
    Patent number: 11545032
    Abstract: This system includes a roadside apparatus and a vehicle-side apparatus. The roadside apparatus includes a roadside sensor that detects a road situation, a recognizer that recognizes a traffic object from the road situation detected by the roadside sensor and converts a result of the recognition into stereotype information of the traffic object, and a transmitter that transmits and receives the stereotype information. The vehicle-side apparatus includes a data storage unit that stores data regarding a traffic object corresponding to the stereotype information, a receiver that receives the stereotype information transmitted by the roadside apparatus, and a presentation unit that presents the data stored in the data storage unit on the basis of the received stereotype information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Hisanaga, Kenji Ogawa, Kazufumi Cho, Akihiko Izumi, Taichi Shimoyashiki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210280187
    Abstract: In a mashup agent 23 that is an information processing apparatus, a controller is configured to perform control to detect an intent of a user, operate an agent capable of providing a service corresponding to the detected intent of the user, and present, to the user, a result supplied to the agent from the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI HISANAGA, KENJI OGAWA, TAICHI SHIMOYASHIKI, YOICHI KOBORI, NOBUYUKI TANAKA, AKIHIKO IZUMI, KAZUFUMI CHO
  • ROADSIDE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE-SIDE APPARATUS FOR ROAD-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION, AND ROAD-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210209949
    Abstract: This system includes a roadside apparatus and a vehicle-side apparatus. The roadside apparatus includes a roadside sensor that detects a road situation, a recognizer that recognizes a traffic object from the road situation detected by the roadside sensor and converts a result of the recognition into stereotype information of the traffic object, and a transmitter that transmits and receives the stereotype information. The vehicle-side apparatus includes a data storage unit that stores data regarding a traffic object corresponding to the stereotype information, a receiver that receives the stereotype information transmitted by the roadside apparatus, and a presentation unit that presents the data stored in the data storage unit on the basis of the received stereotype information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI HISANAGA, KENJI OGAWA, KAZUFUMI CHO, AKIHIKO IZUMI, TAICHI SHIMOYASHIKI