Patents by Inventor Kentaro Ida

Kentaro Ida 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: 11944887
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a control unit that performs position detection of an object, on which a light emitting unit or a reflective material is provided, on the basis of a captured image acquired by imaging of emitted light or reflected light of the object in a direction facing a side, on which the light emitting unit or the reflective material is provided, of the object, wherein the control unit adjusts algorithm for the position detection of the object according to an illuminance detection result of external light including at least a wavelength of the emitted light or the reflected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Iida, Kentaro Ida, Takuya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11914325
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a wax, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous polyester resin and a polymer A, contents of the amorphous polyester resin and the polymer A in the binder resin are within specific ranges, the polymer A comprises a first monomer unit in which ester (meth)acrylates comprising 18 to 36 carbon atoms are polymerized, a content ratio of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is within specific range, the toner comprises a matrix-domain structure comprising a matrix comprising the amorphous polyester resin and domains, and the domains comprise a domain A comprising at least 80 mass % of the polymer A and a domain B comprising at least 80 mass % of the wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Kentaro Kamae, Takeshi Ohtsu, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 11899834
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a control unit that performs: control of switching a display coordinate system of display content from a first display coordinate system to a second display coordinate system, the display content displayed on a surface of a real object by a display unit, depending on a state of an input operation of changing a position or an angle of the display content; and control of changing a display position or a display angle of the display content in accordance with the second display coordinate system and causing the display unit to display input assist display corresponding to axes of the second display coordinate system in a case where the display coordinate system is switched from the first display coordinate system to the second display coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Aoki, Kentaro Ida, Yuri Kusakabe
  • Patent number: 11698578
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium with which a user can recognize a boundary of a drivable range by feedback for a projection specification position by the user to facilitate determination of and search for a projection position are provided. [Solution] The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform processing of outputting feedback indicating an effect corresponding to a boundary of a drivable region of a drive-type projector in a projection environment space in accordance with a state of a projection specification position specified by a user for the drivable region, the state being determined based on the drivable region and the projection specification position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ikeda, Fumihiko Iida, Kentaro Ida, Osamu Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11689702
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit and a control unit. The input unit to which sensing information and coordinate information are input, the sensing information being obtained by sensing a space in which video is projected, the coordinate information being obtained by pointing through a pointing operation of the space by a user. The control unit stores setting information for setting a projection region in a predetermined range in a storage unit on the basis of a result of analyzing a state in the space on the basis of the sensing information and the coordinate information. Then, the control unit controls, in a case where a projection region is designated by the user on the basis of the stored setting information, a projection apparatus to project the video onto the projection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ida, Yu Aoki
  • Patent number: 11631381
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology for enhancing quality of a displayed image in an overlap region among a plurality of display regions even in a case where a position of the displayed image is changed. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controller (134) that controls display of a displayed image in at least one display region of a plurality of display regions on the basis of an input position detected on the basis of a captured image, in which the plurality of display regions includes a first display region and a second display region, and in a case where the input position has moved to an overlap region where the first display region and the second display region overlap with each other, the display controller controls display of the displayed image in the overlap region on the basis of the input position before moving to the overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Aoki, Kentaro Ida, Yuri Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20230093866
    Abstract: A prediction calculation unit calculates a predicted position from a trajectory of a tracking target. A drive calculation unit calculates an imaging direction of an imaging unit that images the tracking target, the imaging direction in which the predicted position is included in an angle of view of the imaging unit when the predicted position calculated by the prediction calculation unit deviates from the angle of view. Therefore, for example, the number of movements can be reduced as compared with the case where the imaging direction always follows the tracking target so that the tracking target is at the center of the angle of view, and the tracking operation can be performed efficiently. Further, when the predicted position is within the angle of view, the imaging direction of the imaging device is fixed even if the position of the tracking target moves, so that the position of the tracking target can be detected with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Honoka OZAKI, Kentaro IDA, Takuya IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11614835
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a projection control unit that controls projection of drawing information, the projection being performed by a projection device, on a basis of ratio information between a first distance and a second distance, the first distance being acquired from sensing information regarding a drawing tool and being from a reference point to the drawing tool, and the second distance being from the reference point to an intersection point between a straight line connecting the reference point with the drawing tool and a calibration plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Kusakabe, Kentaro Ida, Yu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230015874
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of implementing video projection using a plurality of projection devices more reliably. There is provided an information processing device including a control unit configured to detect a manipulation of a user on a designator projected to a projection area of each of a plurality of projection devices and generate relative position information regarding relative positions of the plurality of projection areas based on a detection result. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device controlling a plurality of projectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: KENTARO IDA
  • Patent number: 11550430
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium that can improve user's operability on a video image. The information processing apparatus includes: a coordinate system setting unit configured to change an input coordinate system on the basis of a user operation; and a video image control unit configured to control a content in a video image on the basis of a first input coordinate system, and control a display position of the video image on the basis of a second input coordinate system. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system for displaying a video image on a wall or the like of a room by using a drive-type display device capable of moving a display position of the video image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ikeda, Kentaro Ida, Osamu Shigeta, Kazuma Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230005098
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a control unit that performs: control of switching a display coordinate system of display content from a first display coordinate system to a second display coordinate system, the display content displayed on a surface of a real object by a display unit, depending on a state of an input operation of changing a position or an angle of the display content; and control of changing a display position or a display angle of the display content in accordance with the second display coordinate system and causing the display unit to display input assist display corresponding to axes of the second display coordinate system in a case where the display coordinate system is switched from the first display coordinate system to the second display coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YU AOKI, KENTARO IDA, YURI KUSAKABE
  • Publication number: 20220404783
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an appliance control unit. The acquisition unit acquires recipe information which is information regarding cooking performed by the user. Based on the recipe information acquired by the acquisition unit, the determination unit determines a non-cooking appliance that is an appliance used by the user and is not used for cooking to be an appliance being a control target. The appliance control unit controls the non-cooking appliance determined by the determination unit at a timing before a predetermined process based on a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: YOUSUKE KAWANA, FUMIHIKO IIDA, KENTARO IDA, TAKUMA SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11526172
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile object control apparatus and a mobile object control method that provide an improved method of presenting a travel route during movement of the mobile object. A degree of relation with an individual in the vicinity of a mobile object is decided, and a travel mode that is associated with a process performed by a driving section that moves the mobile object and a process performed by an output section that outputs a representation for presenting a travel route of the mobile object is set on the basis of the degree of relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Suzuki, Kentaro Ida, Hidehiro Komatsu, Chikako Tateishi, Yuto Ishizu
  • Publication number: 20220390912
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a more appropriate output target device to be specified. An information processing device including a control unit that specifies an output target electric device that outputs information to a user based on a sensor level corresponding to a detection resolution of a sensor included in the electric device is provided. Thus, a more appropriate output target device can be specified. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device control system provided with a plurality of electric devices having sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: KENTARO IDA, HONOKA OZAKI, SHOGO KAWATA
  • Patent number: 11501459
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit that determines an input state of a user based on a captured image of a first imaging device and a sensor controller that determines an imaging position at which an input image is captured by a second imaging device different from the first imaging device, based on a positional relation between an input-related object related to input by the user and each of a plurality of imaging position candidates and the input state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ikeda, Kentaro Ida, Yuri Kusakabe
  • Patent number: 11491372
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program capable of more reliably recognizing positions of a plurality of detection targets. The information processing device includes a control unit for recognizing positions of a first detection target and a second detection target that are present on the same surface. The control unit recognizes the position of the first detection target based on sensing data obtained by a first sensor for sensing the first detection target from a first direction, and recognizes the position of the second detection target based on sensing data obtained by a second sensor for sensing the second detection target from a direction opposite to the first direction across the same surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ida, Fumihiko Iida, Takuya Ikeda, Yoshihito Ohki, Miho Yamada
  • Patent number: 11460994
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit that sets setting information including notification information from a first user to a second user, an output location of the notification information in a physical space, and a notification condition that is a condition for outputting the notification information, and an output control unit that controls an output device to output the notification information to the output location when the notification condition is satisfied, based on the setting information set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Kentaro Ida, Maki Imoto
  • Patent number: 11449451
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that are configured to cause a user to intuitively notice to which control target device an operation command has been issued. The information processing device includes a control unit that executes a process of guiding a user's line of sight to a place of a control target device, and a process of controlling timing of running an operation command in the control target device, according to timing of guiding the line of sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Kentaro Ida
  • Patent number: 11435856
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a system that are able to enhance convenience of a user by guiding the user to an appropriately recognizable area in a case where a position of an operating tool that is being operated is in an unrecognizable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Kusakabe, Yu Aoki, Kentaro Ida
  • Patent number: 11417135
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can optimize information output in response to an environment in a space, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit that recognizes a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and a determination unit that determines an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Suzuki, Kentaro Ida, Takuya Ikeda, Fumihiko Iida