Patents by Inventor Manabu Kawashima

Manabu Kawashima 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: 20250191301
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes a control unit (130). The control unit (130) acquires first three-dimensional information related to an occupancy probability of an object in a real space and second three-dimensional information related to an estimation result of a surface shape of the object. The control unit (130) classifies the object based on the first three-dimensional information and floor surface information related to a floor surface in the real space. The control unit (130) highlights the surface of the object classified based on the second three-dimensional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu KAWASHIMA, Daiki YAMANAKA, Takashi SENO
  • Patent number: 12316974
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable appropriate detection of feature points by appropriately controlling exposure in a case of detecting feature points from a captured image and estimating a position and a posture of the self or the like. A position and a posture of an imaging unit or a mobile body that moves integrally with the imaging unit are estimated on the basis of feature points of a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and brightness of the captured image is controlled so that a ground image region included in the captured image has appropriate exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240386693
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes a control unit (130). A control unit (130) estimates a person region including a user (U) in distance information generated by a distance measuring device provided in a device (200) used by the user (U), the person region being estimated based on a user posture estimated using a sensor (220) provided in the device (200). The control unit (130) updates environment information around the user (U) based on the person region and the distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SENO, Daiki YAMANAKA, Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240378807
    Abstract: There is provided a device and the like that reduce the influence of an error set in each voxel in a three-dimensional grid map, during a process of transforming the three-dimensional grid map into a two-dimensional grid map. An information processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transform unit. The transform unit performs a convolution process on a three-dimensional grid map and a template. The three-dimensional grid map and the template include a plurality of three-dimensional unit cells each having a value set therein. The transform unit performs the convolution process, to transform the three-dimensional grid map into a two-dimensional grid map including a plurality of two-dimensional unit cells each having a value set therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki YAMANAKA, Takashi SENO, Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240157245
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and resources for automatically recognizing an allowed region in order to eliminate time and effort required every time the allowed region is to be designated. The information processing apparatus includes a sorting section, a region identifying section, and an allowed region determining section. The sorting section sorts multiple planes included in space information representing an object existing in a three-dimensional space by use of the multiple planes, into at least a plane corresponding to a base and a plane corresponding to an obstacle. The region identifying section calculates a base region pertaining to the plane corresponding to the base and an obstacle region pertaining to the plane corresponding to the obstacle. The allowed region determining section calculates, on the basis of the base region and the obstacle region, an allowed region in which a target object existing in the three-dimensional space is allowed to be positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki YAMANAKA, Takashi SENO, Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230254588
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable appropriate detection of feature points by appropriately controlling exposure in a case of detecting feature points from a captured image and estimating a position and a posture of the self or the like. A position and a posture of an imaging unit or a mobile body that moves integrally with the imaging unit are estimated on the basis of feature points of a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and brightness of the captured image is controlled so that a ground image region included in the captured image has appropriate exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230222686
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes a background weight calculation unit (13) and a position/orientation estimation unit (16). The background weight calculation unit (13) calculates, for each of a plurality of feature points (FP) included in a photographic image (IM), a weight corresponding to a probability that the feature point (FP) is a point on a stationary subject forming a background of the photographic image (IM). Based on a calculation result reflecting the weight of each of the feature points (FP), the position/orientation estimation unit (16) compares the photographic image (IM) with information regarding a keyframe image (41) registered in an environmental map (MP), and estimates position and orientation of the device that has captured the photographic image (IM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: MANABU KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220366574
    Abstract: To provide an image-capturing apparatus, an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to prevent a moving object from being detected in image information. An image-capturing apparatus according to the present technology includes an image processing circuit. The image processing circuit detects feature points for respective images of a plurality of images captured at a specified frame rate, and performs processing of calculating a moving-object weight of the detected feature point a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: MANABU KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10657392
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the speed of processing related to the presence of objects, while maintaining measurement accuracy of object detection, in an object detection device. This object detection device is provided with: an output unit; a plurality of detection units; a first data generation unit; a second data generation unit; and an information processing unit. The output unit outputs measurement light. The plurality of detection units detect reflected light. The first data generation unit generates first data. The second data generation unit generates second data by extracting, from the first data, a plurality of pieces of second position information, which are pieces of first position information that correspond to representative points expressing the presence ranges of objects. The information processing unit uses the second data to execute information processing related to the presence of the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko Yanagawa, Manabu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10508912
    Abstract: A device configured to apprehend a road surface shape by using data measured by a measuring device appropriately apprehends a road surface shape. A road surface shape measuring device is provided with a road surface information acquiring unit and a road surface shape determining unit. The road surface information acquiring unit acquires road surface information about each of multiple points on a road surface, the road surface information including: a road surface position which is the position, of the road surface, on a reference plane divided into a plurality of sectioned regions; and a road surface height which is the height of the road surface at the road surface position. The road surface shape determining unit estimates respective surface shapes of the sectioned regions by using the road surface information included in the corresponding sectioned regions, and thereby determines a partial shape or the entire shape of the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kinoshita, Manabu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10138357
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a resin composition containing a cellulose ester resin, a compound containing an adipic acid ester, and a maleic anhydride-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a resin composition containing a cellulose ester resin, a compound containing an adipic acid ester, and a polyhydroxyalkanoate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno
  • Publication number: 20180284632
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles and a carrier liquid, wherein the toner particles include, as a binder resin, an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline saturated aliphatic polyester resin having a composition ratio (C/O ratio) of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms of 3.4 or less, and with respect to a toner obtained by vacuum drying the toner particles, a crystal melting peak at a first temperature rise in differential heating calorimetry is 60° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki MERA, Daisuke YOSHINO, Masahiro OKI, Yoshitake OGURA, Takako KOBAYASHI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Manabu KAWASHIMA, Akira IMAI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180275549
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles containing, as a binder resin, at least a polyester resin containing a monomer unit, which includes a linear or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon chain having 2 to 5 carbon atoms between ester bonds, in a range of from 5 mol % to 25 mol % with respect to all monomer units included in the polyester resin, and a colorant; and a carrier liquid including an insulating liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazusei YOSHIDA, Daisuke YOSHINO, Masahiro OKI, Akira IMAI, Yoshitake OGURA, Takako KOBAYASHI, Koji HORIBA, Manabu KAWASHIMA, Fumiaki MERA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180232582
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the speed of processing related to the presence of objects, while maintaining measurement accuracy of object detection, in an object detection device. This object detection device is provided with: an output unit; a plurality of detection units; a first data generation unit; a second data generation unit; and an information processing unit. The output unit outputs measurement light. The plurality of detection units detect reflected light. The first data generation unit generates first data. The second data generation unit generates second data by extracting, from the first data, a plurality of pieces of second position information, which are pieces of first position information that correspond to representative points expressing the presence ranges of objects. The information processing unit uses the second data to execute information processing related to the presence of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko YANAGAWA, Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180224275
    Abstract: A device configured to apprehend a road surface shape by using data measured by a measuring device appropriately apprehends a road surface shape. A road surface shape measuring device is provided with a road surface information acquiring unit and a road surface shape determining unit. The road surface information acquiring unit acquires road surface information about each of multiple points on a road surface, the road surface information including: a road surface position which is the position, of the road surface, on a reference plane divided into a plurality of sectioned regions; and a road surface height which is the height of the road surface at the road surface position. The road surface shape determining unit estimates respective surface shapes of the sectioned regions by using the road surface information included in the corresponding sectioned regions, and thereby determines a partial shape or the entire shape of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi KINOSHITA, Manabu KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9605138
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition which contains a cellulose ester resin, a polyether ester compound, and an additive if necessary, the resin composition being capable of providing a resin shaped product with excellent transparency, tensile fracture energy property, and the like, and of being suppressed from deterioration of flowability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno
  • Patent number: 9605139
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition which contains a cellulose ester resin, a polyether ester compound, and an additive if necessary, the resin composition being capable of providing a resin shaped product with excellent transparency, tensile fracture energy property, and the like, and of being suppressed from deterioration of flowability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno
  • Patent number: 9605140
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a resin composition containing a cellulose ester resin, a compound containing an adipic acid ester, and a maleic anhydride-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a resin composition containing a cellulose ester resin, a compound containing an adipic acid ester, and a polyhydroxyalkanoate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno
  • Patent number: 9605136
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition which contains a cellulose ester resin, a polyether ester compound, and an additive if necessary, the resin composition being capable of providing a resin shaped product with excellent transparency, tensile fracture energy property, and the like, and of being suppressed from deterioration of flowability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno
  • Patent number: 9605137
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition which contains a cellulose ester resin, a polyether ester compound, and an additive if necessary, the resin composition being capable of providing a resin shaped product with excellent transparency, tensile fracture energy property, and the like, and of being suppressed from deterioration of flowability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama, Manabu Kawashima, Masaya Ikuno