Patents by Inventor Keigo Ihara

Keigo Ihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240012545
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of presenting advice more effectively by updating a user interface of an agent according to a user's behavior modification with respect to the agent advice. An information processing system includes a control unit (200) that controls a user interface of an agent to be updated depending on whether a user has performed behavior modification in response to advice that the agent has presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Patent number: 11809689
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of presenting advice more effectively by updating a user interface of an agent according to a user's behavior modification with respect to the agent advice. An information processing system includes a control unit (200) that controls a user interface of an agent to be updated depending on whether a user has performed behavior modification in response to advice that the agent has presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Ihara
  • Publication number: 20230230053
    Abstract: An information processing system, method, and computer-readable medium that generate emotion values based on information related to interactions between one of a plurality of objects and other ones of the plurality of objects, the one of the plurality of objects being associated with a person, acquire at least one emotion value of the generated emotion values based on an identification of the person, and provide personal credit information of the person based on the acquired at least one emotional value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko SUEYOSHI, Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Hiroshi IWANAMI, Keigo IHARA, Yasushi MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11640589
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method and a storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed on the basis of an interaction between the objects. [Solution] An information processing system including: a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Keigo Ihara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11544968
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium, which implement effective information presentation by presentation of information when a user is in a situation where information is easily acceptable, are to be provide. An information processing system including a control unit that controls a presentation unit to present a message to a user when the user is presumed, based on sensing data related to the user, to be in a situation where a message is easily acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Hideyuki Ono
  • Publication number: 20220278864
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of distributing special content for relieving a user's negative circumstances. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing system including: a communication unit configured to receive at least current position information regarding a user; and a control unit configured to cause the communication unit, if the control unit determines that a predetermined area containing a position indicated by the current position information is an area that makes people staying in the predetermined area feel unpleasant, to distribute specific content to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Publication number: 20220229527
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of presenting advice more effectively by updating a user interface of an agent according to a user's behavior modification with respect to the agent advice. An information processing system includes a control unit (200) that controls a user interface of an agent to be updated depending on whether a user has performed behavior modification in response to advice that the agent has presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Patent number: 11388016
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of distributing special content for relieving a user's negative circumstances. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing system including: a communication unit configured to receive at least current position information regarding a user; and a control unit configured to cause the communication unit, if the control unit determines that a predetermined area containing a position indicated by the current position information is an area that makes people staying in the predetermined area feel unpleasant, to distribute specific content to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Ihara
  • Patent number: 11327637
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of presenting advice more effectively by updating a user interface of an agent according to a user's behavior modification with respect to the agent advice. An information processing system includes a control unit (200) that controls a user interface of an agent to be updated depending on whether a user has performed behavior modification in response to advice that the agent has presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Ihara
  • Patent number: 11289099
    Abstract: An information processing device including processing circuitry is provided. The processing circuitry configured to receive voice information regarding a voice of a user collected by a specific microphone of a plurality of microphones. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the user identified on a basis of the voice information regarding the voice of the user collected by the specific microphone among the plurality of microphones to be a specific type of user that has performed speech a predefined number of times or more within at least a certain period of time. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to control a message to be output to the user via a speaker corresponding to the specific microphone based on the user being determined to be the specific type of user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Ihara
  • Publication number: 20210271360
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of presenting advice more effectively by updating a user interface of an agent according to a user's behavior modification with respect to the agent advice. An information processing system includes a control unit (200) that controls a user interface of an agent to be updated depending on whether a user has performed behavior modification in response to advice that the agent has presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Publication number: 20210233042
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method and a storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed on the basis of an interaction between the objects. [Solution] An information processing system including: a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko SUEYOSHI, Atsushi SHIONOZAKI, Hiroshi IWANAMI, Keigo IHARA, Yasushi MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210150932
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: KEIGO IHARA, TAKAHIKO SUEYOSHI, ATSUSHI SHIONOZAKI, HIROSHI IWANAMI, YASUSHI MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11010726
    Abstract: An information processing system, a control method and a non-transitory storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed based on an interaction between the objects are provided. The information processing system includes a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Keigo Ihara, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20210049352
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium, which implement effective information presentation by presentation of information when a user is in a situation where information is easily acceptable, are to be provided. An information processing system including a control unit that controls a presentation unit to present a message to a user when the user is presumed, based on sensing data related to the user, to be in a situation where a message is easily acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo IHARA, Hideyuki ONO
  • Patent number: 10909877
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that acquires normative behavior information serving as an interaction with a specific object by a user and an evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information, associates and registers the normative behavior information and the evaluation value in a behavior database, and performs control such that an evaluation value of specific behavior information acquired through the communication unit is calculated using the evaluation value corresponding to the normative behavior information in accordance with a comparison result of comparing the specific behavior information with normative behavior information corresponding to the specific behavior information registered in the behavior database, an emotion value of the user is calculated on the basis of the calculated evaluation value, and the calculated emotion value is transmitted to an information processing device corresponding to the user who is a provision source of the specific behavior informati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Iwanami, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200349948
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that allow disclosure of contents of personal information to be limited according to a person. A privacy level for an answer is set according to a person to be answered. The privacy level for an answer includes a privacy level at a time of an answer to the person to be answered. The privacy level indicates a degree to which personal information regarding a user is disclosed. Then, an answer message that answers an utterance of the person to be answered that has been collected with a microphone is generated and output. The answer message corresponds to the privacy level for an answer. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent robot that answers instead of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Patent number: 10719543
    Abstract: [Object] To easily search a plurality of captured images for a captured image in which a subject to be imaged that has once appeared in a captured image appears again is desired. [Solution] An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a reading unit configured to read, from a recording unit configured to record radio wave information concerning a radio wave, a captured image, and a time at which the captured image is taken in correlation with one another, the radio wave information; and a searching unit configured to search a plurality of the captured images recorded in the recording unit for a captured image that satisfies a search condition on a basis of at least one of a number of radio waves included in the read radio wave information and an intensity of the radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Ihara, Atsushi Shionozaki, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200153648
    Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of distributing special content for relieving a user's negative circumstances. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing system including: a communication unit configured to receive at least current position information regarding a user; and a control unit configured to cause the communication unit, if the control unit determines that a predetermined area containing a position indicated by the current position information is an area that makes people staying in the predetermined area feel unpleasant, to distribute specific content to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo IHARA
  • Patent number: 10587542
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication system and a storage medium that are capable of transmitting physical expression information of a user via a versatile communication application. [Solution] The communication system includes: a control unit configured to execute a communication application for directly or indirectly transmitting and receiving text information to and from a communication destination; and a communication unit configured to directly or indirectly transmit text information acquired via the communication application, to a communication destination. The control unit activates a utility in response to a request from the communication application. The utility acquires sensor data detected by a sensor, extracts specific expression information from the sensor data, converts the specific expression information into text information, and outputs the text information to the communication application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Ihara