Patents by Inventor MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA

MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA 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: 20230358553
    Abstract: A more desirable travel route for a user is set. An information processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit (18) configured to acquire road information on each of two or more travel routes to a destination; a priority acquisition unit (23) configured to acquire priority of driving means in accordance with the road information; and a selection unit (11) configured to select one of the two or more travel routes on the basis of the road information and the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TOSHIO YAMAZAKI, GUIFEN TIAN, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA, YASUHIRO YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230326056
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of estimating a three-dimensional shape of an object surface with higher definition. The information processing apparatus includes: a depth information estimating unit that estimates first depth information on the basis of a first detected position of irradiation light by an irradiator, the first detection position being output from a first sensor that detects a position where a luminance change greater than or equal to a first threshold value has occurred; and an integrated processing unit that estimates three-dimensional information on the basis of the first depth information and position and orientation information of the first sensor at each of a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Daniel TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230127539
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a drawing unit (6b), a setting unit (6c), and an expansion unit (6e). The drawing unit (6b) draws a virtual object displayed on a display device (4). The setting unit (6c) sets a shielding object indicating the shape of a real object existing in a real space and to be superimposed on the real object. The expansion unit (6e) expands the shielding object toward the virtual object side when a shielding condition indicating that the virtual object drawn by the drawing unit (6b) is partially shielded by the shielding object set by the setting unit is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: HARUKA FUJISAWA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230120092
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit (173) that controls output on a presentation device so as to present content associated with an absolute position in a real space, to a first user, a determination unit (171) that determines a self-position in the real space, a transmission unit (172) that transmits a signal requesting rescue to a device positioned in the real space, when reliability of determination by the determination unit (171) is reduced, an acquisition unit (174) that acquires information about the self-position estimated from an image including the first user captured by the device according to the signal; and a correction unit (175) that corrects the self-position based on the information about the self-position acquired by the acquisition unit (174).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: DAITA KOBAYASHI, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, YOSHINORI OGAKI, YU NAKADA, RYOSUKE MURATA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HARUKA FUJISAWA, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220392120
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) according to the present disclosure includes: a proposal unit (165) that proposes, to a user, imaging of another real object that complements color information used for correcting a color gamut of a virtual object displayed to be superimposed on a predetermined real object; and a display control unit (166) that corrects the color gamut of the virtual object based on color information acquired by imaging of the another real object presented by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220222851
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a moving body, a position estimation method, and a program capable of achieving high accuracy of self-position estimation. An imaging control unit sets a zoom parameter of an imaging unit having a zoom lens according to at least any one of an altitude or a moving speed of its own machine, and a self-position estimation unit estimates a self-position on the basis of an image captured by the imaging unit in which the zoom parameter is set. Technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a moving body such as a drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: YUYA YAMAGUCHI, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11232581
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reducing unit that performs reduction processing to reduce a position or a posture. The information processing apparatus further includes a correcting unit that performs correction processing to correct a reduction error that is caused by the reduction processing, based on temporal change data indicating changes over time relating to the position or the posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Daniel Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20210295552
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit estimates a location/posture of a first device detected from a captured image, acquires first environment information of the first device from the detected first device, and generates second environment information on the basis of the estimated location/posture of the first device and the acquired first environment information. This makes it possible to form the network with regard to locations/postures without using a central unit such as a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210124174
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an HMD, a control method for the head mounted display, an information processor, a display device, and a program that make it possible to estimate camera parameters of a camera mounted in the HMD without the awareness of a user wearing the HMD. At a timing when the HMD is displaying content including a VR image or an AR image, the camera mounted in the HMD captures an image of a calibration pattern displayed on an external display, executes calibration on the basis of the captured image of the calibration pattern, and estimates the camera parameters. At this time, the calibration pattern displayed on the external display is displayed with dimensions according to a positional relationship between the HMD and the external display. The present disclosure is applicable to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Daniel TOKUNAGA, Shunichi HOMMA, Akihiko KAINO, Masashi ESHIMA, Kentaro DOBA
  • Publication number: 20200234462
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a reducing unit that perform reduction processing to reduce a position or a posture; and a correcting unit that performs correction processing to correct a reduction error that is caused by the reduction processing, based on temporal change data indicating changes over time relating to the position or the posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA