Patents by Inventor KIMINOBU NISHIMURA

KIMINOBU NISHIMURA 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: 20230245746
    Abstract: A configuration that enables a rehabilitation execution user to appropriately execute rehabilitation while confirming whether or not exercise being executed by the user is an appropriate exercise according to an exercise prescription is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI FUJIMOTO, KIMINOBU NISHIMURA, SOTA MATSUZAWA, MASANORI KATSU, MAKI SHIGYO
  • Publication number: 20230218185
    Abstract: A biological information processor including a biological information estimating unit that estimates biological information on a subject in a second period on the basis of a correlation between a first parameter in a first period and biological information in the first period and the first parameter in the second period subsequent to the first period, the first parameter being acquired in advance for the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: KIMINOBU NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11679324
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit configured to determine, on the basis of an item to be improved which item is set on the basis of a health index calculated from collected sensor information, an improving means to improve the item to be improved and a reward that is related to an amusement and that is served in a case where the item to be improved is improved, and configured to present contents of the improving means and the reward to a user, in which the control unit determines whether or not the item to be improved is improved on the basis of a variation in the health index, and makes a controlled object perform an operation corresponding to the reward on the basis of the determination that the item to be improved is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiminobu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11638855
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program that make it possible to encourage a user to consume energy. The information processing apparatus includes a presentation control unit that controls presentation of energy consumption of a user in a time period from detection of a first trigger to detection of a second trigger. The first trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The second trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a mobile information terminal such as a wearable device or a smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Katsu, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Kiminobu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220147611
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling simple and safe sharing of authentication information among a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information processing apparatus includes an authentication sharing control unit that controls sharing of authentication information of a user among a plurality of information processing apparatuses attached to the same user and having different authentication levels. The present technology can be applied to, for example, smartphones, personal computers, wearable devices, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiminobu NISHIMURA, Masanori KATSU, Taizo SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 11270569
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that compares detected time series data and time series data stored in advance to detect unusualness, and a notification unit that controls, when the unusualness is detected by the processing unit, a timing of notification in accordance with a content of the detected unusualness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Shigyo, Masanori Katsu, Kiminobu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210252382
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit configured to determine, on the basis of an item to be improved which item is set on the basis of a health index calculated from collected sensor information, an improving means to improve the item to be improved and a reward that is related to an amusement and that is served in a case where the item to be improved is improved, and configured to present contents of the improving means and the reward to a user, in which the control unit determines whether or not the item to be improved is improved on the basis of a variation in the health index, and makes a controlled object perform an operation corresponding to the reward on the basis of the determination that the item to be improved is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Kiminobu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11013985
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit that determines, on the basis of an item to be improved which item is set on the basis of a health index calculated from collected sensor information, an improving process to improve the item to be improved and a reward that is related to an amusement and that is served in a case where the item to be improved is improved. The control unit further presents contents of the improving process and the reward to a user, in which the control unit determines whether or not the item to be improved is improved on the basis of a variation in the health index, and makes a controlled object perform an operation corresponding to the reward on the basis of the determination that the item to be improved is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiminobu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210027604
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that compares detected time series data and time series data stored in advance to detect unusualness, and a notification unit that controls, when the unusualness is detected by the processing unit, a timing of notification in accordance with a content of the detected unusualness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: MAKI SHIGYO, MASANORI KATSU, KIMINOBU NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200385025
    Abstract: An arrangement is realized in which the motion sickness level of an occupant of a vehicle while automatic driving is being carried out is estimated, and in case the sickness level becomes equal to or larger than an existing standard value, a warning is output to prompt the occupant to change to manual driving, making it possible to return to safe manual driving. The detected information from an acceleration sensor is input and the sickness level of an occupant of a vehicle while automatic driving is being carried out is estimated. Furthermore, in case an estimated value and a warning output standard value are compared with each other and the estimated value becomes equal to or larger than the standard value, the outputting of a warning for prompting the occupant to switch from automatic driving to manual driving is executed. Moreover, a learning process based on operation information of an operator after the warning has been output is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kiminobu NISHIMURA, Eiji OBA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200301398
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a control unit configured to acquire emotion information obtained from biological information of a user and output control information related to an operation of an operation unit corresponding to the biological information of the user according to behavior information associated with the emotion information. In addition, there is provided an information processing method including, by a processor: acquiring emotion information obtained from biological information of a user and outputting control information related to an operation of an operation unit corresponding to the biological information of the user according to behavior information associated with the emotion information. This makes it possible to collect data related to emotions of a user more efficiently and realize more highly precise emotion estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kiminobu NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro WAKITA
  • Publication number: 20200222759
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program that make it possible to encourage a user to consume energy. The information processing apparatus includes a presentation control unit that controls presentation of energy consumption of a user in a time period from detection of a first trigger to detection of a second trigger. The first trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The second trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a mobile information terminal such as a wearable device or a smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: MASANORI KATSU, YASUTAKA FUKUMOTO, KIMINOBU NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190381396
    Abstract: More effective encouragement for a user to make an action change related to improvement in a health condition is made. There is provided an information processing device including a control unit configured to determine, on the basis of an item to be improved which item is set on the basis of a health index calculated from collected sensor information, an improving means to improve the item to be improved and a reward that is related to an amusement and that is served in a case where the item to be improved is improved, and configured to present contents of the improving means and the reward to a user, in which the control unit determines whether or not the item to be improved is improved on the basis of a variation in the health index, and makes a controlled object perform an operation corresponding to the reward on the basis of the determination that the item to be improved is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: KIMINOBU NISHIMURA