Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Urabe

Kazutaka Urabe 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).

  • Information processing device, method, and program for generating a proxy image from a proxy file representing a moving image
    Patent number: 11599263
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that operates in a device including a display unit and causes the display unit to display a plurality of specific frame images constituting a moving image having a smaller data size than that of a moving image captured by another device different from the device including the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Urabe, Daisuke Hiranaka
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200073546
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that operates in a device including a display unit and causes the display unit to display a plurality of specific frame images constituting a moving image having a smaller data size than that of a moving image captured by another device different from the device including the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kazutaka Urabe, Daisuke Hiranaka
  • Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer program
    Patent number: 8477207
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image input unit configured to input an image to be captured; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of at least one photographic subject included in the input image; a face-attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the detected face; a degree-of-friendliness computing unit configured to evaluate a degree of friendliness between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a correlation between items of attribute information of detected faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the items of attribute information being detected by the face-attribute detecting unit, and outputting an evaluation value Hlove representing the degree of friendliness; and an image-capturing determining unit configured to determine a timing to capture the input image based on the evaluation value Hlove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Karimoto, Takuma Morita, Kazutaka Urabe, Kana Maruyama
  • Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer program
    Patent number: 8467581
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to obtain an image; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of a photographic subject included in the image; an attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the face; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of intimacy between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a plurality of items of attribute information detected by the attribute detecting unit from faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the faces being detected by the face detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the image pickup unit to capture an image of the plurality of photographic subjects based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Karimoto, Takuma Morita, Kazutaka Urabe, Kana Maruyama
  • IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100079613
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image input unit configured to input an image to be captured; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of at least one photographic subject included in the input image; a face-attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the detected face; a degree-of-friendliness computing unit configured to evaluate a degree of friendliness between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a correlation between items of attribute information of detected faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the items of attribute information being detected by the face-attribute detecting unit, and outputting an evaluation value Hlove representing the degree of friendliness; and an image-capturing determining unit configured to determine a timing to capture the input image based on the evaluation value Hlove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KARIMOTO, Takuma Morita, Kazutaka Urabe, Kana Maruyama
  • IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20090304289
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to obtain an image; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of a photographic subject included in the image; an attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the face; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of intimacy between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a plurality of items of attribute information detected by the attribute detecting unit from faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the faces being detected by the face detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the image pickup unit to capture an image of the plurality of photographic subjects based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KARIMOTO, Takuma Morita, Kazutaka Urabe, Kana Maruyama