Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Nakagomi

Kazuhiro Nakagomi 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: 10973463
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and a predetermined detection unit, a second member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and that holds a battery inside the second member, and a connection unit that includes an elastic body and connects a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the first member to a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the second member such that a surface direction of one surface of the first member substantially matches a surface direction of one surface of the second member. The information processing device is worn on a predetermined body part such that the one surface of the first member and the one surface of the second member are located on a side of the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikura, Yoshio Oguchi, Takashi Kubodera, Kazuaki Takahashi, Hiroshi Nakayama, Kazuhiro Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 10814202
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a motion information acquiring section that acquires a plurality of pieces of motion information showing a series of motions of a same kind performed by a plurality of users and a reference timing extracting section that extracts a reference timing based on a plurality of pieces of the motion information. Also included are an image information acquiring section that acquires a plurality of series of image information corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the motion information and a synchronization processing section that synchronizes a plurality of pieces of the image information based on the reference timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoyuki Sugioka, Hirokazu Hashimoto, Sho Murakoshi, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200094122
    Abstract: [Object] It is desired to provide a technique that makes it possible to more efficiently present feedback information from a second user to a first user regarding a playing state of the first user. [Solution] An information processor is provided, which includes an acquisition section that acquires feedback information regarding first generated information generated using a detected result of an event based on sensor information indicating information related to a first user who plays golf, from a terminal of a second user different from the first user; and a transmission control section that controls transmission of the feedback information to a terminal of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: SATOSHI YAMAZAKI, MOTOYUKI SUGIOKA, TAKESHI SUZUKI, KAZUHIRO NAKAGOMI, YOSHIYUKI MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190134482
    Abstract: [Object] To make the both images easy to be compared in the case where a plurality of series of images are arranged alongside and displayed. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a motion information acquiring section that acquires a plurality of pieces of motion information showing a series of motions of a same kind performed by a plurality of users; a reference timing extracting section that extracts a reference timing on the basis of a plurality of pieces of the motion information; an image information acquiring section that acquires a plurality of series of image information corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the motion information; and a synchronization processing section that synchronizes a plurality of pieces of the image information on the basis of the reference timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: MOTOYUKI SUGIOKA, HIROKAZU HASHIMOTO, SHO MURAKOSHI, KAZUHIRO NAKAGOMI, YOSHIYUKI MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180360383
    Abstract: [Object] To realize a system that can more accurately analyze a movement of a body with a simpler configuration. [Solution] An information processing device includes: a first member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and a predetermined detection unit; a second member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and that holds a battery inside the second member; and a connection unit that includes an elastic body and connects a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the first member to a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the second member such that a surface direction of one surface of the first member substantially matches a surface direction of one surface of the second member. The information processing device is worn on a predetermined body part such that the one surface of the first member and the one surface of the second member are located on a side of the body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: MASAYUKI ISHIKURA, YOSHIO OGUCHI, TAKASHI KUBODERA, KAZUAKI TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI NAKAYAMA, KAZUHIRO NAKAGOMI
  • Patent number: 9940388
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an event cluster creation unit configured to create an event cluster including, among a plurality of types of content, reference content serving as a reference and related content, the related content having a different type from the reference content and indicating the same event as the reference content, and a meta information appending unit configured to create meta information about the event on the basis of the event cluster and append the meta information to the event cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yorimitsu Naito, Susumu Nagano, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20170046572
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an event information analyzing section which analyzes event information related to an event in which a person participates, a person image group analyzing section which analyzes, for the person participating in the event, a person image group including one or a plurality of person images including the person, and a profile estimation section which estimates a profile of the person participating in the event based on a result obtained by analyzing the person image group and a result obtained by analyzing the event information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takayuki OCHI, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9501721
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an event information analyzing section which analyzes event information related to an event in which a person participates, a person image group analyzing section which analyzes, for the person participating in the event, a person image group including one or a plurality of person images including the person, and a profile estimation section which estimates a profile of the person participating in the event based on a result obtained by analyzing the person image group and a result obtained by analyzing the event information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ochi, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9495789
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controlling unit configured to, at a time of displaying content on a screen, set one axis in a three-dimensional space as a time axis, arrange pieces of content along one or more of the time axes, cause the time axis to be rotatable in a foreground direction and a background direction of the screen with one axis substantially orthogonal to the time axis regarded as a center, and, in a case where the time axis is inclined by a predetermined angle or more toward a foreground, change a display state of content after a predetermined reference time among the pieces of content arranged along the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa Sato, Takayuki Ochi, Yorimitsu Naito, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Susumu Nagano
  • Patent number: 9430705
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a face image acquisition section which acquires face images extracted from images which are classified into an identical time cluster by performing time clustering, and a person information generation section which classifies the face images for each time cluster, and generates person information in which persons regarded as an identical person are identified based on the face images which are classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Ochi, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9367757
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20160125256
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9269016
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20150347574
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an event cluster creation unit configured to create an event cluster including, among a plurality of types of content, reference content serving as a reference and related content, the related content having a different type from the reference content and indicating the same event as the reference content, and a meta information appending unit configured to create meta information about the event on the basis of the event cluster and append the meta information to the event cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yorimitsu NAITO, Susumu Nagano, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9202131
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image analysis unit to analyze image data, and a protagonist identification unit to identify a protagonist of an event including at least one set of image data. The protagonist identification unit identifies the protagonist of the event by using at least a parameter independent of an analysis of an image provided to the event. If the protagonist of the event is not able to be identified by using the parameter independent of the analysis of the image, the information processing apparatus makes the image analysis unit analyze the image data included in the event to identify the protagonist of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yorimitsu Naito, Susumu Nagano, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 9171014
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an event cluster creation unit configured to create an event cluster including, among a plurality of types of content, reference content serving as a reference and related content, the related content having a different type from the reference content and indicating the same event as the reference content, and a meta information appending unit configured to create meta information about the event on the basis of the event cluster and append the meta information to the event cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yorimitsu Naito, Susumu Nagano, Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20150139507
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAKAGOMI, Yorimitsu NAITO, Takayuki OCHI, Takamasa SATO
  • Patent number: 8983144
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20140363056
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAKAGOMI, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato
  • Patent number: 8885892
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagomi, Yorimitsu Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Takamasa Sato