Patents by Inventor Kenta Kawamoto

Kenta Kawamoto 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: 20240119867
    Abstract: To achieve an improvement in security in encryption of an image signal obtained through imaging by an array sensor. A sensor device includes: an array sensor in which a plurality of pixels including light-receiving elements for visible light or invisible light are arrayed 1-dimensionally or 2-dimensionally; and an encryption unit configured to encrypt a read signal from the pixels of the array sensor. By encrypting a read signal, it is possible to achieve an improvement in security by enabling the image signal not to be stored in plain text in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Susumu Takatsuka, Kenta Kawamoto, Hiroki Tetsukawa
  • Patent number: 11955032
    Abstract: To achieve an improvement in security in encryption of an image signal obtained through imaging by an array sensor. A sensor device includes: an array sensor in which a plurality of pixels including light-receiving elements for visible light or invisible light are arrayed 1-dimensionally or 2-dimensionally; and an encryption unit configured to encrypt a read signal from the pixels of the array sensor. By encrypting a read signal, it is possible to achieve an improvement in security by enabling the image signal not to be stored in plain text in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Takatsuka, Kenta Kawamoto, Hiroki Tetsukawa
  • Patent number: 11953904
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11904852
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing more useful information to a driver. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a prediction section configured to predict accident probability of a vehicle driven by a user; and an output control section configured to cause information to be output to the user, the information corresponding to a factor that increases the accident probability predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230405808
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a flavor presentation unit that generates data for presenting, to a user who is present in a first space, a flavor of a cooking object that is present in a second space, the second space being separated from the first space; and an instruction generator that generates, on a basis of an input from the user, a control instruction for controlling an action of a cooking robot that is present in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJITA, Michael SPRANGER, Kenta KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11835954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving control apparatus, a driving control method, and a program that can resolve a conflict between a deliberate action and a reflex action during determination of a next action in autonomous driving. During autonomous driving, a reflex action is determined as a simplified action on the basis of detection results detected by a variety of sensors provided in a vehicle, and a deliberate action ranked higher than a reflex action is determined through elaborate processing. A plurality of resolution modes are made available to deal with a possible conflict between the reflex action and the deliberate action, and by which of the resolution modes the conflict is resolved is specified in advance so that the conflict is resolved by the specified resolution mode. The present disclosure is applicable to motor vehicles that drive autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20230264348
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta KAWAMOTO, Yoshiaki IWAI, Satoru SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230249074
    Abstract: Dynamic driving aides, such as driving lines, turn indicators, braking indicators and acceleration indicators, for example, can be provided for players participating in a racing game. Typically, driving lines are provided for each class of cars. However, even within a class of cars, each car differs enough that the ideal driving lines and breaking points can vary. Therefore, with an agent trained via reinforcement learning, an ideal lines and other driving aides can be established for every individual car. These guides can even be varied to account for variations in the weather or other track conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Wurman, Kaushik Subramanian, Florian Fuchs, Takuma Seno, Kenta Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11654359
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit. When a game status approaches a specific phase, the output control unit outputs, to a game device, guiding command information to change a command signal received from a first player in response to the game status approaches the specific phase, wherein the guiding command information is guiding a current game status of the first player to a reproduction game status. In the reproduced game status a specific phase is reproduced in a game status of a second player having higher learning level than the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11654549
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230109408
    Abstract: A collision with another moving object is prevented. An information processing device of the present disclosure includes: an imaging unit which acquires image data by capturing an image of an environment including a traveling direction of a moving object; and a control unit which detects another moving object existing in the traveling direction of the moving object on the basis of the image data and performs an action of preventing a collision with the other moving object on the basis of information regarding the other moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei URUSHIDO, Shun LEE, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Shohei YAMAMOTO, Takayoshi TAKAYANAGI, Kazumi AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230066809
    Abstract: A configuration is achieved in which collision risk information is received from a mobile device such as a drone, a modified path with a low collision risk is generated, and movement according to the modified path is performed. Existence of a second mobile device or pedestrian exposed to a collision risk is checked on the basis of collision risk information received from the mobile device such as a drone, and in a case where the existence of the second mobile device or pedestrian exposed to the collision risk is confirmed, collision risk information received from a first mobile device or modified safe circuit information is transmitted to the second mobile device exposed to the collision risk, or transmitted to a user terminal held by the pedestrian exposed to the collision risk. The collision risk information received from the mobile device such as a drone is risk information with which a collision risk corresponding to a three-dimensional spatial position can be analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: SHUN LEE, KOHEI URUSHIDO, KAZUMI AOYAMA, TAKAYOSHI TAKAYANAGI, KENTA KAWAMOTO, SHOHEI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230043836
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of making a path plan avoiding a crowd. A cost map indicating a risk of passing through a region is generated using crowd information. The present technology can be applied to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) traffic management (UTM) and the like that control a UAV, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYOSHI TAKAYANAGI, SHOHEI YAMAMOTO, KENTA KAWAMOTO, KOHEI URUSHIDO, SHUN LEE, KAZUMI AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230035476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system capable of more easily realizing route planning. A route planning unit selects, on the basis of priority information regarding setting of the moving route, a viaport where a moving object stops over from among a plurality of charging ports that charges the moving object, and sets a moving route of a moving object from a departure point to a destination. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus that performs automatic piloting of a drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei YAMAMOTO, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Takayoshi TAKAYANAGI, Kohei URUSHIDO, Shun LEE, Kazumi AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230033828
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of outputting a behavior in consideration of benefits or moral codes of other systems. A first evaluation unit configured to evaluate a behavior from a self-viewpoint, a second evaluation unit configured to evaluate the behavior from another's viewpoint, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the behavior is performed from a first evaluation result in the first evaluation unit and a second evaluation result in the second evaluation unit are included. A third evaluation unit configured to evaluate the behavior from an objective viewpoint is further included. The determination unit performs the determination using a third evaluation result in the third evaluation. The present technology may be applied to an information processing device that determines a self-behavior in consideration of benefits or moral codes of other systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: KEITARO MACHIDA, TOMOMITSU HERAI, HIROKI MORIYA, MASARU SHIRASUNA, ITARU SHIMIZU, SUGURU AOKI, KAZUHITO IWASA, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, KENTA KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11568492
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a system capable of providing a more appropriate vehicle insurance by selecting a vehicle insurance in accordance with a current situation. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a selection section configured to select an insurance to be applied to a vehicle from one or more insurances calculated on a basis of a set vehicle insurance condition, attribute information of the vehicle and a user, and real-time characteristic information of the vehicle which includes movement route information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shingo Takamatsu, Naoki Ide
  • Publication number: 20220391246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that enable task processing to be implemented by creative and highly flexible processing. A task is processed on the basis of information regarding the task, and the task is further processed on the basis of information having low relevance to the task on the basis of the evaluation of the processing result. The present disclosure can be applied to a task processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki MORIYA, Keitaro MACHIDA, Itaru SHIMIZU, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Suguru AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220357744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving control apparatus, a driving control method, and a program that can resolve a conflict between a deliberate action and a reflex action during determination of a next action in autonomous driving. During autonomous driving, a reflex action is determined as a simplified action on the basis of detection results detected by a variety of sensors provided in a vehicle, and a deliberate action ranked higher than a reflex action is determined through elaborate processing. A plurality of resolution modes are made available to deal with a possible conflict between the reflex action and the deliberate action, and by which of the resolution modes the conflict is resolved is specified in advance so that the conflict is resolved by the specified resolution mode. The present disclosure is applicable to motor vehicles that drive autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20220350331
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220350332
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO