Patents by Inventor Masanori Mikami

Masanori Mikami 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: 11683471
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a displacement information acquisition unit that acquires displacement information corresponding to 3-dimensional displacement of a predetermined portion of an object that a user mounts in accordance with a body motion on the basis of positional information of the predetermined portion and an output control unit that performs control such that an output unit performs a predetermined output on the basis of the acquired displacement information. The object has, for example, a seatback on which a user can sit. The displacement information acquisition unit acquires a change in a position in at least one of front and rear directions, right and left directions, or upward and downward directions of a seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsushi Nashida, Masanori Mikami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Naomasa Takahashi, Yosuke Shimizu, Jun Nishikawa, Naoko Edamitsu
  • Patent number: 11315599
    Abstract: An information processing device including a mode control unit that determines a replay mode from replay mode candidates including a user dependent mode where output and replay are performed dependently on a user's action and a user independent mode where output and replay are performed independently of the user's action, and a output control unit that controls output and replay of an image, based on the replay mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsushi Nashida, Masanori Mikami, Kouta Minamizawa, Masahiko Inami, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Minato Takeda, Kazuya Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 11188287
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus presenting a display object such that movement of the display object from one display area to another display area can be grasped more intuitively. The display control apparatus includes a display controller, based on a movement operation by a human present in a space between a first display area and a second display area on a display object in the first display area, moving the display object, the display controller, when the display object reaches a first end of the first display area, causing the display object to appear at a second end of the second display area corresponding to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Mikami, Jiro Kawano, Keisuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20210012807
    Abstract: Problem: An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are to be provided. Solution: An information processing device including: a mode control unit that determines a replay mode from replay mode candidates including a user dependent mode where output and replay are performed dependently on a user's action and a user independent mode where output and replay are performed independently of the user's action; and a output control unit that controls output and replay of an image, based on the replay mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: TATSUSHI NASHIDA, MASANORI MIKAMI, KOUTA MINAMIZAWA, MASAHIKO INAMI, TADATOSHI KUROGI, MINATO TAKEDA, KAZUYA YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200319839
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus presenting a display object such that movement of the display object from one display area to another display area can be grasped more intuitively. The display control apparatus includes a display controller, based on a movement operation by a human present in a space between a first display area and a second display area on a display object in the first display area, moving the display object, the display controller, when the display object reaches a first end of the first display area, causing the display object to appear at a second end of the second display area corresponding to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori MIKAMI, Jiro KAWANO, Keisuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 10623653
    Abstract: An image adjustment apparatus includes a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary between a follow light region and a back light region in an image based on a position of a light source and an image adjustment unit that adjusts a state of the follow light region or the back light region with the boundary being a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Yamamoto, Masanori Mikami, Shunji Okada
  • Patent number: 10609275
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an image state detection unit which detects a state of a captured image after a processing for determining a captured image has been performed, and a trimming-decision processing unit which performs a trimming decision of the captured image based on a state of the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Mikami, Yoko Fukata
  • Publication number: 20190289285
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device controlling an output on the basis of displacement information of an object in accordance with a body motion of a user. [Solution] An information processing device includes: a displacement information acquisition unit configured to acquire displacement information corresponding to 3-dimensional displacement of a predetermined portion of an object that a user mounts in accordance with a body motion on the basis of positional information of the predetermined portion; and an output control unit configured to perform control such that an output unit performs a predetermined output on the basis of the acquired displacement information. The object has, for example, a seatback which a user can sit. The displacement information acquisition unit acquires a change in a position in at least one of front and rear directions, right and left directions, or upward and downward directions of a seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: TATSUSHI NASHIDA, MASANORI MIKAMI, TATSUYA YAMAZAKI, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, YOSUKE SHIMIZU, JUN NISHIKAWA, NAOKO EDAMITSU
  • Publication number: 20190141234
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an image state detection unit which detects a state of a captured image after a processing for determining a captured image has been performed, and a trimming-decision processing unit which performs a trimming decision of the captured image based on a state of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: MASANORI MIKAMI, YOKO FUKATA
  • Patent number: 10178298
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an image state detection unit which detects a state of a captured image after a processing for determining a captured image has been performed, and a trimming-decision processing unit which performs a trimming decision of the captured image based on a state of the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Mikami, Yoko Fukata
  • Publication number: 20180227477
    Abstract: An image adjustment apparatus includes a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary between a follow light region and a back light region in an image based on a position of a light source and an image adjustment unit that adjusts a state of the follow light region or the back light region with the boundary being a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: EIJI YAMAMOTO, MASANORI MIKAMI, SHUNJI OKADA
  • Patent number: 9998676
    Abstract: An image adjustment apparatus includes a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary between a follow light region and a back light region in an image based on a position of a light source and an image adjustment unit that adjusts a state of the follow light region or the back light region with the boundary being a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Yamamoto, Masanori Mikami, Shunji Okada
  • Patent number: 9826170
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a first composition setting unit configured to set composition for a two-dimensionally displayed input image based on a first technique, and a second composition setting unit configured to set composition for a three-dimensionally displayed input image based on a second technique different from the first technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Fukata, Toshiki Ono, Masanori Mikami
  • Patent number: 9781337
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a trimming-decision processing to determine a trimming of an image based on motion information of an object appearing in the image and motion information of the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Mikami, Yoko Fukata
  • Publication number: 20160088207
    Abstract: An image adjustment apparatus includes a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary between a follow light region and a back light region in an image based on a position of a light source and an image adjustment unit that adjusts a state of the follow light region or the back light region with the boundary being a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: EIJI YAMAMOTO, MASANORI MIKAMI, SHUNJI OKADA
  • Publication number: 20160021296
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an image state detection unit which detects a state of a captured image after a processing for determining a captured image has been performed, and a trimming-decision processing unit which performs a trimming decision of the captured image based on a state of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: MASANORI MIKAMI, YOKO FUKATA
  • Publication number: 20150319361
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a trimming-decision processing to determine a trimming of an image based on motion information of an object appearing in the image and motion information of the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori MIKAMI, Yoko FUKATA
  • Patent number: 8971662
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus to generate a trimming image from an input image. The apparatus including a central processing unit (CPU) programmed such that during operation, when a first trimming region in which an object included in an input image is arranged with a first composition is beyond a range of the input image, sets a second trimming region in which the object is arranged with a second composition. One of the first composition or the second composition is a three division composition and the other of the first composition or the second composition is a two division composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Fukata, Toshiki Ono, Masanori Mikami
  • Publication number: 20150002631
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a first composition setting unit configured to set composition for a two-dimensionally displayed input image based on a first technique, and a second composition setting unit configured to set composition for a three-dimensionally displayed input image based on a second technique different from the first technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Fukata, Toshiki Ono, Masanori Mikami
  • Patent number: 8115828
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an integrating unit integrating an input image signal over a time interval equal to one horizontal period or longer; a normalizing unit normalizing an integrated value obtained by the integrating unit, or a difference value in the integrated value between adjacent fields or frames; an extracting unit extracting a spectrum of the normalized integrated value or difference value; an estimating unit estimating a flicker component on a field-by-field basis or frame-by-frame basis from the extracted spectrum; a detecting unit detecting a deviation of the latest flicker component, from the estimated latest flicker component and one or more flicker components estimated in the past; a correcting unit correcting the latest flicker component on the basis of the detected deviation of the flicker component; and a computing unit computing a corrected flicker component and the input image signal so as to cancel out the corrected flicker component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Mikami