Patents by Inventor Maki Imoto

Maki Imoto 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: 11481943
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • 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: 11403806
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that presents a virtual object useful for a user while suppressing a reduction in visibility of a real object. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a user and position information of a destination; and a display control unit that adds a first virtual object in association with a position of the destination within a visual field of the user on the basis of the position information of the user and the position information of the destination, in which the display control unit controls transparency of a predetermined virtual object within the visual field on the basis of the position information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miwa Ichikawa, Takuro Noda, Maki Imoto
  • Publication number: 20210294482
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to select an operation target more easily. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present technology includes: a first selecting unit configured to control selection of a selection target including an operation target on the basis of information related to a first operation on the selection target by an operating entity; a setting unit configured to set an operation region corresponding to the selected selection target in a first object; and a second selecting unit configured to control selection of the operation target on the basis of information related to a second operation on the first object in which the operation region is set by the operating entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: TAKUYA IKEDA, KENTARO IDA, YOUSUKE KAWANA, MAKI IMOTO, RYUICHI SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210142543
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki IMOTO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Patent number: 10976828
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls display of selection objects related to devices to be operated, which have been selected through first device selection based on information from which a form of a body of an operation subject directed to the devices to be operated is estimated and a device control unit that controls the devices to be operated, which have been selected through second device selection based on information related to a selecting operation performed by the operation subject to the selection objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Kentaro Ida, Yousuke Kawana, Takuya Ikeda, Maki Imoto
  • Patent number: 10928896
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of users, a determination unit configured to determine an operator from among the users included in the acquired captured image, and a processing unit configured to conduct a process based on information about user line of sight corresponding to the determined operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda, Ryouhei Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10921963
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that provide a mechanism with which the display location of the operation object is able to be operated with a sensation of displacing an actual object. The information processing apparatus includes: a display control unit that controls display of an operation object for a device to be operated; and a reference control unit that controls a reference of a location at which the operation object is displayed such that the operation object is able to be visually recognized, on the basis of a predetermined operation performed to the operation object by an operation subject of the device to be operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Kentaro Ida, Yousuke Kawana, Osamu Shigeta, Maki Imoto, Takuya Ikeda, Naoyuki Sato, Hirotake Ichikawa, Masato Shimakawa
  • Patent number: 10922865
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 10916044
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of allowing a user to more intuitively perform operations for synthesis, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit causes the first object model or the second object model to be moved, for the synthesis, in response to an input based on a user's motion with respect to a screen on which an object model or an image corresponding to the object model is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 10909308
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen, and a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Shinichi Kawano, Kunihito Sawai, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20210027523
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that presents a virtual object useful for a user while suppressing a reduction in visibility of a real object. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a user and position information of a destination; and a display control unit that adds a first virtual object in association with a position of the destination within a visual field of the user on the basis of the position information of the user and the position information of the destination, in which the display control unit controls transparency of a predetermined virtual object within the visual field on the basis of the position information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miwa ICHIKAWA, Takuro NODA, Maki IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200356244
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a framework of user interaction with a higher degree of freedom in a physical space. [Solution] 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: YOUSUKE KAWANA, KENTARO IDA, MAKI IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200319834
    Abstract: To provide a structure capable of suppressing deterioration in manipulability in a case in which a display region and a manipulation region are different. An information processing device, an information processing method for the information processing device, and a program, the information processing device including: an input unit configured to obtain distance information changed in accordance with a distance between a manipulator recognized in a different manipulation region from a display region in which a virtual object is viewed and an input recognition region in which an input by the manipulator in the manipulation region is recognized; and an output control unit configured to control an output related to the virtual object on a basis of the distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: MAKI IMOTO, TAKUYA IKEDA, KENTARO IDA, YOUSUKE KAWANA, RYUICHI SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10747370
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit that outputs a display information item about an operation object on the basis of a result of detection of a pointing operation with respect to the operation object by a user. The output control unit outputs the display information item about the operation object such that the operation object is displayed in at least either one of a first display mode and a second display mode different from the first display mode in accordance with an operating condition of the pointing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Kunihito Sawai, Masayuki Yamada, Kentaro Ida, Takuya Ikeda, Yousuke Kawana, Maki Imoto, Akane Yano
  • Patent number: 10613330
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device to enable a user and an outside person to communicate smoothly, the information processing device including: a necessity degree determination unit configured to determine, based on outside information indicating a situation external to a user, a degree of necessity that the user be notified of the outside information; and a notification state control unit configured to switch a notification state of the outside information with respect to the user based on the determined degree of necessity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Atsushi Izumihara, Koji Ihara, Shigeru Kawada
  • Publication number: 20200058147
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki IMOTO, Tomoya NARITA
  • Patent number: 10564819
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit configured to extract text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen, a text specifying unit configured to specify change text of the selected text, and a selection conclusion unit configured to conclude that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawano, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Maki Imoto, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20190369713
    Abstract: [Object] To easily acquire the operation feeling of the object corresponding to an operating body. [Solution] A display control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a first display control unit configured to control display of a first object corresponding to an operating body in a display region on the basis of a position of the operating body and a viewpoint position of a user; and a second display control unit configured to control display of a second object arranged toward a display position of the first object in the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: RYUICHI SUZUKI, TAKUYA IKEDA, KENTARO IDA, YOUSUKE KAWANA, MAKI IMOTO
  • Patent number: 10460493
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing synthesis that is desirable for users as described above, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit controls a mode of the synthesis on the basis of input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita