Patents by Inventor Koshiro Mitsuya

Koshiro Mitsuya 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: 9465971
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture a current image including an information code, the information code being arranged at an arrangement position corresponding to a location within the captured current image, and a control unit configured to determine a difference between a predetermined position and the arrangement position, wherein, when the determined difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, a notification is output to a user, based on the determined difference, to notify of the difference as a guide for adjusting a capturing position of the current image to thereby move the information code to a new arrangement position corresponding to a location of the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 9451577
    Abstract: There is provided a position information processing device including a base station information storage section which stores base station information including position information, a MAC address, and an auxiliary identifier, and position information acquisition section which acquires, based on a MAC address of a base station and an auxiliary identifier acquired by reception of a radio signal transmitted from the base station, position information of the base station from the base station information stored in the base station information storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 9269004
    Abstract: An information processing terminal includes a recognition unit that recognizes an identifier projected over an image, an acquisition unit that acquires data of an object corresponding to the identifier, a processing unit that changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image and, when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data, and a display control unit that causes the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Atsushi Shionozaki, Koshiro Mitsuya
  • Patent number: 9210539
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to provide a quality position estimation of a mobile communication device by determining a reference area. The reference area includes the position of the mobile communication device as well as a plurality of transmitters. Transmitters that are detected as being outside of the reference area are excluded from contributing to the position estimate. The reference area is centered at a standard position, which may be a previous position or a GPS based position, for example. The range of the reference area includes a component that considers the range of a transmitter, as well as a GPS error or an estimated move distance of the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20150278572
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture a current image including an information code, the information code being arranged at an arrangement position corresponding to a location within the captured current image, and a control unit configured to determine a difference between a predetermined position and the arrangement position, wherein, when the determined difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, a notification is output to a user, based on the determined difference, to notify of the difference as a guide for adjusting a capturing position of the current image to thereby move the information code to a new arrangement position corresponding to a location of the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 8825079
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit receiving measurement information on signal strength from a wireless terminal that measures the signal strength of wireless signals transmitted from base stations, a base station information storage unit storing, for each base station, base station position information and an index showing the reliability of the base station position information, a base station position estimating unit estimating position information of a base station based on the received measurement information, an estimation result evaluating unit calculating an index showing the reliability of the estimated position information of the base station, and an information management unit operable when the calculated index shows higher reliability than the index stored in the base station information storage unit, to update the stored base station position information using the position information estimated by the base station position estimating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Patent number: 8682355
    Abstract: Provided is a position estimation apparatus including a storage unit in which at least one piece of section information indicating a section in a structure and at least one piece of registered measurement information are stored in association with each other, and an estimation unit for determining, among the at least one piece of registered measurement information, registered measurement information whose degree of similarity to measurement information acquired by wireless measurement for a wireless signal transmitted from a base station exceeds a threshold value, and estimating section information that is associated with the registered measurement information as an acquisition position of the measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20130143597
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to provide a quality position estimation of a mobile communication device by determining a reference area. The reference area includes the position of the mobile communication device as well as a plurality of transmitters. Transmitters that are detected as being outside of the reference area are excluded from contributing to the position estimate. The reference area is centered at a standard position, which may be a previous position or a GPS based position, for example. The range of the reference area includes a component that considers the range of a transmitter, as well as a GPS error or an estimated move distance of the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20130122931
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit receiving measurement information on signal strength from a wireless terminal that measures the signal strength of wireless signals transmitted from base stations, a base station information storage unit storing, for each base station, base station position information and an index showing the reliability of the base station position information, a base station position estimating unit estimating position information of a base station based on the received measurement information, an estimation result evaluating unit calculating an index showing the reliability of the estimated position information of the base station, and an information management unit operable when the calculated index shows higher reliability than the index stored in the base station information storage unit, to update the stored base station position information using the position information estimated by the base station position estimating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20120252500
    Abstract: There is provided a position information processing device including a base station information storage section which stores base station information including position information, a MAC address, and an auxiliary identifier, and position information acquisition section which acquires, based on a MAC address of a base station and an auxiliary identifier acquired by reception of a radio signal transmitted from the base station, position information of the base station from the base station information stored in the base station information storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki
  • Publication number: 20120184295
    Abstract: Provided is a position estimation apparatus including a storage unit in which at least one piece of section information indicating a section in a structure and at least one piece of registered measurement information are stored in association with each other, and an estimation unit for determining, among the at least one piece of registered measurement information, registered measurement information whose degree of similarity to measurement information acquired by wireless measurement for a wireless signal transmitted from a base station exceeds a threshold value, and estimating section information that is associated with the registered measurement information as an acquisition position of the measurement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koshiro Mitsuya, Atsushi Shionozaki