Patents by Inventor Kenji TOKUTAKE
Kenji TOKUTAKE 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).
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Patent number: 11917095Abstract: There is a demand for an information processing terminal capable of correctly displaying a display on a divided display even when the display is bent. Therefore, proposed is an information processing terminal capable of bending a display unit, the information processing terminal including: the display unit; a sensor unit that detects an inclination and a rotation direction of the information processing terminal, and detects a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal; and a screen control unit that divides display of the display unit based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal, and controls the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Patent number: 11846783Abstract: To view AR content fused with a real space more safely. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of AR content by a display device arranged in front of eyes of a user, in which the control unit controls a manner of displaying the AR content so that a degree of decrease in user's viewing level of a real space is reduced as compared with a case where original content is displayed. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, display of AR content by a display device arranged in front of eyes of a user, in which the controlling further includes controlling a manner of displaying the AR content so that a degree of decrease in user's viewing level of a real space is reduced as compared with a case where original content is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Publication number: 20230079316Abstract: There is a demand for an information processing terminal capable of correctly displaying a display on a divided display even when the display is bent. Therefore, proposed is an information processing terminal capable of bending a display unit, the information processing terminal including: the display unit; a sensor unit that detects an inclination and a rotation direction of the information processing terminal, and detects a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal; and a screen control unit that divides display of the display unit based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal, and controls the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Patent number: 11580976Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended, only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Publication number: 20220414944Abstract: In a display terminal device, a CPU determines an arrangement position of a virtual object in real space by software processing and outputs a first image, which is an image of the virtual object, and information indicating the arrangement position. An imaging unit captures a second image, which is an image of the real space. A synthesizer generates a synthetic image by combining the first image and the second image by hardware processing based on the arrangement position. A display is directly connected to the synthesizer and displays the synthetic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kenji TOKUTAKE, Masaaki TSUKIOKA
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Patent number: 11528420Abstract: [Problem] To achieve presenting surprising information to the user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of visual information performed by a display unit included in a mobile terminal, in which the control unit controls to display, based on a recognized context, one or more images highly related to the context among images captured by a user in past, onto a part of a display area of the display unit. Further provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, display of visual information performed by a display unit included in a mobile terminal, in which the controlling further includes controlling to display, based on a recognized context, one or more images highly related to the context among images captured by a user in past, onto a part of a display area of the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Risa Takahashi, Takashi Hasegawa, Masahiko Naito, Takayuki Ochi, Ryo Yabe, Mizuho Oda, Kenji Tokutake, Chikako Tateishi
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Publication number: 20220309754Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a viewpoint image according to a viewpoint of a first user from an image server, on the basis of position information indicating the position of a mobile terminal moving with the first user. The image server stores a plurality of viewpoint images obtained by capturing images from a plurality of orientations in each of a plurality of positions. The generation unit uses the acquired viewpoint image to generate a rendering image rendered from a free viewpoint specified by a second user who is located at a position different from that of the first user, as a display image. The output unit outputs the generated display image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Patent number: 11416097Abstract: [Object] To make information processing based on a given application program operable by contactless operations. [Solution] A display unit forming a capacitive touch panel is provided. Changes in the capacitance values of respective capacitive sensors in the display unit are detected during a contactless operation, and on the basis of such changes in capacitance values, a contactless operation mode (gesture) of the contactless operation, and two-dimensional coordinate information corresponding to the contactless operation mode are detected. Then, execution of information processing corresponding to the detected contactless operation mode and two-dimensional coordinate information from among respective information processing in the currently activated application program is controlled. Thus, information processing in a given application program can be made operable by a contactless operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Publication number: 20220171202Abstract: To view AR content fused with a real space more safely. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of AR content by a display device arranged in front of eyes of a user, in which the control unit controls a manner of displaying the AR content so that a degree of decrease in user's viewing level of a real space is reduced as compared with a case where original content is displayed. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, display of AR content by a display device arranged in front of eyes of a user, in which the controlling further includes controlling a manner of displaying the AR content so that a degree of decrease in user's viewing level of a real space is reduced as compared with a case where original content is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Publication number: 20210218897Abstract: [Problem] To achieve presenting surprising information to the user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of visual information performed by a display unit included in a mobile terminal, in which the control unit controls to display, based on a recognized context, one or more images highly related to the context among images captured by a user in past, onto a part of a display area of the display unit. Further provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, display of visual information performed by a display unit included in a mobile terminal, in which the controlling further includes controlling to display, based on a recognized context, one or more images highly related to the context among images captured by a user in past, onto a part of a display area of the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Risa TAKAHASHI, Takashi HASEGAWA, Masahiko NAITO, Takayuki OCHI, Ryo YABE, Mizuho ODA, Kenji TOKUTAKE, Chikako TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20210117036Abstract: [Object] To make information processing based on a given application program operable by contactless operations. [Solution] A display unit forming a capacitive touch panel is provided. Changes in the capacitance values of respective capacitive sensors in the display unit are detected during a contactless operation, and on the basis of such changes in capacitance values, a contactless operation mode (gesture) of the contactless operation, and two-dimensional coordinate information corresponding to the contactless operation mode are detected. Then, execution of information processing corresponding to the detected contactless operation mode and two-dimensional coordinate information from among respective information processing in the currently activated application program is controlled. Thus, information processing in a given application program can be made operable by a contactless operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Publication number: 20210005201Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended, only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Patent number: 10877609Abstract: [Object] To make information processing based on a given application program operable by contactless operations. [Solution] A display unit forming a capacitive touch panel is provided. Changes in the capacitance values of respective capacitive sensors in the display unit are detected during a contactless operation, and on the basis of such changes in capacitance values, a contactless operation mode (gesture) of the contactless operation and two-dimensional coordinate information corresponding to the contactless operation mode are detected. Then, execution of information processing corresponding to the detected contactless operation mode and two-dimensional coordinate information from among respective information processing in the currently activated application program is controlled. Thus, information processing in a given application program can be made operable by a contactless operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Patent number: 10825457Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Patent number: 10712935Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Patent number: 10706887Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising that includes a reproduction unit to reproduce video content comprising a plurality of frames; a memory to store a table including object identification information identifying an object image, and frame identification information identifying a frame of the plurality of frames that includes the object image; and a processor to extract the frame including the object image from the video content and generate display data of a reduced image corresponding to the frame for display.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Publication number: 20190333509Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenji TOKUTAKE
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Patent number: 10437415Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to acquire detection data from at least one sensor corresponding to a motion of a finger of a user. The circuitry is also configured to set a window based on the acquired data. The circuitry is also configured to identify a gesture based on a second motion performed by the user and to control a display based on the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Publication number: 20190302999Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventor: Kenji Tokutake
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Patent number: RE49323Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a touch panel and a near field communication interface. The information processing apparatus detects that an input received at the touch panel corresponds to a predetermined input when the information processing apparatus is in a suspended state; and controls the information processing apparatus execute a predetermined function via the near field communication interface and awake from the suspended state upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Ino, Kenji Tokutake