Patents by Inventor Kazuomi Kondo

Kazuomi Kondo 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: 11004273
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes a display control unit to perform display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content when a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image when the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10977774
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further reducing the unpleasant feeling caused by the disturbance of the display of the virtual object, the information processing apparatus including: a prediction accuracy estimation unit that estimates a degree of prediction accuracy related to prediction of a position or a posture of a real object; and an output control unit that outputs information for causing a display unit to display a virtual object corresponding to the real object on a basis of an estimation result of the prediction accuracy estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Katori, Jun Kimura, Ryo Fukazawa, Kazuomi Kondo, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10861181
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing unit that selects a display object from among a plurality of candidate objects corresponding to a specific position in a visual field of a user and performs display control processing of causing the selected display object to be displayed on a display screen in association with the specific position on a basis of line-of-sight information showing a line of sight of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Okayama, Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10853681
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: a notification control unit configured to cause a user to be notified of occurrence of cutting-off in a display region of a transmissive display unit on a basis of detection of the occurrence of the cutting-off in which a whole of a display object in which at least a partial region is displayed is not contained in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200242847
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes a display control unit to perform display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content to be displayed in a case in which a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space to generate the rendering image are determined to have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image to be displayed in a case in which the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint are determined to have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, KUNIAKI TORII, TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Patent number: 10650601
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit that performs display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content when a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image when the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10559065
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user information obtaining unit and a high-image-quality area control unit. The user information obtaining unit obtains detected user information on a user, the user information excluding gaze information. The high-image-quality area control unit determines a high-image-quality area on the basis of the user information, a quality of an image displayed in the high-image-quality area being higher than a quality of an image displayed in an area other than the high-image-quality area in an entire area of a display viewed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20190114502
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: a notification control unit configured to cause a user to be notified of occurrence of cutting-off in a display region of a transmissive display unit on a basis of detection of the occurrence of the cutting-off in which a whole of a display object in which at least a partial region is displayed is not contained in the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: KUNIAKI TORII, RYO FUKAZAWA, TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190088020
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: a display control unit configured to perform display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content to be displayed in a case in which a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space to generate the rendering image are determined to have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image to be displayed in a case in which the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint are determined to have a second positional relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, KUNIAKI TORII, TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190066325
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a processing unit configured to select a display object from among a plurality of candidate objects corresponding to a specific position in a visual field of a user and to perform display control processing of causing the selected display object to be displayed on a display screen in association with the specific position on a basis of line-of-sight information showing a line of sight of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, RYO FUKAZAWA, KUNIAKI TORII, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190064528
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to perform display so that visibility of a second virtual object which corresponds to content and is displayed with a second display size larger than a first display size is lower than visibility of a first virtual object which corresponds to the content and is displayed with the first display size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, KUNIAKI TORII, TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180240220
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further reducing the unpleasant feeling caused by the disturbance of the display of the virtual object, the information processing apparatus including: a prediction accuracy estimation unit that estimates a degree of prediction accuracy related to prediction of a position or a posture of a real object; and an output control unit that outputs information for causing a display unit to display a virtual object corresponding to the real object on a basis of an estimation result of the prediction accuracy estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KATORI, Jun KIMURA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kazuomi KONDO, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180096461
    Abstract: [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a user information obtaining unit and a high-image-quality area control unit. The user information obtaining unit is configured to obtain detected user information on a user, the user information excluding gaze information. The high-image-quality area control unit is configured to determine a high-image-quality area on the basis of the user information, a quality of an image displayed in the high-image-quality area being higher than a quality of an image displayed in an area other than the high-image-quality area in an entire area of a display viewed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO, RYO FUKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9679129
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a first motion body that is a target for imaging performed by another information processing device, a detection unit configured to detect motion of the first motion body, and an authentication unit configured to decide whether to authenticate the another information processing device on the basis of a motion state of the first motion body that has been estimated by the another information processing device on the basis of a captured image acquired through the imaging and a motion state of the first motion body that has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Yoichi Yagasaki, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150062356
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a first motion body that is a target for imaging performed by another information processing device, a detection unit configured to detect motion of the first motion body, and an authentication unit configured to decide whether to authenticate the another information processing device on the basis of a motion state of the first motion body that has been estimated by the another information processing device on the basis of a captured image acquired through the imaging and a motion state of the first motion body that has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: KIYOSHI YOSHIKAWA, YOICHI YAGASAKI, YASUHISA NAKAJIMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20020133423
    Abstract: In an article management system, an order for an article is issued from a terminal of a deliverer who delivers an article to a customer, and an incentive is given to a deliverer when the deliverer gets an order for an article from a customer. Information about the order reception, delivery, and incentive is managed so that a customer, a deliverer, and a seller can all obtain benefits in their business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Rikio Shiba, Yukihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiro Andou, Kazuomi Kondo