Patents by Inventor Masato Kimishima
Masato Kimishima 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).
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Patent number: 11959775Abstract: Provided is an information processing device and an information processing method that enable simple and appropriate calibration. When a pen-type device incorporating an inertial measurement unit such as an IMU is moved and a drawn image corresponding to a track is displayed, calibration is implemented on the basis of a measurement value of the inertial measurement device in one stationary attitude and a latitude and an absolute azimuth of the inertial measurement device at that time when the pen-type device is inserted into a pen stand to be fixed in a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Kimishima, Kosei Yamashita, Toru Amano, Tetsuro Sato
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Patent number: 11900468Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and a method for enabling obtainment of a more appropriate compensation for a service. An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive health state information regarding a health state of a user, a calculation unit configured to calculate a compensation for a service on the basis of the health state information before getting-in to a vehicle by the user or before presenting the compensation for the service regarding the getting-in to a vehicle to the user, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the compensation for the service. The present technology can be applied to automobile insurance services.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Publication number: 20230266483Abstract: Provided is a more widely applicable speed calculation method. An information processing device includes a ground angular velocity calculation unit configured to calculate a ground angular velocity that is an angular velocity of a moving object relative to a ground by subtracting an Earth’s rotation angular velocity that is an angular velocity produced by an Earth’s rotation from a measured angular velocity that is an angular velocity measured by an inertial sensor provided in the moving object, and a ground speed calculation unit configured to calculate a ground speed that is a speed of the moving object relative to the ground on the basis of the ground angular velocity and a radius of gyration relating to movement of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20230081527Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable simple and appropriate calibration. When a pen-type device incorporating an inertial measurement unit such as an IMU is moved and a drawn image corresponding to a track is displayed, calibration is implemented on the basis of a measurement value of the inertial measurement device in one stationary attitude and a latitude and an absolute azimuth of the inertial measurement device at that time when the pen-type device is inserted into a pen stand to be fixed in a predetermined direction. It is applicable to a device including an IMU.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: MASATO KIMISHIMA, KOSEI YAMASHITA, TORU AMANO, TETSURO SATO
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Patent number: 11483674Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that make it possible to properly report the reliability of information that is available with use of an inertial sensor. The information processing apparatus includes a state estimation section that estimates a state of a predetermined object and an output controller that controls, on the basis of the estimated state of the object, output of reliability information indicating the reliability of object information of the object, the object information of the object being available with use of an inertial sensor. The present technology is applicable to a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a wearable device, for example.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Publication number: 20220316883Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to restrict, on the basis of movement amount information obtained from a motion sensor, output of the movement amount information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Patent number: 11313683Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit that determines reliability of positioning information of a user calculated on a basis of sensed information output from a sensing unit built in a portable information processing device. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine the reliability of positioning information. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Publication number: 20220011137Abstract: A temperature characteristic of an inertial sensor is simply acquired. An information processing apparatus includes: an inertia measuring unit (110, IMU); an information processing unit (120) that performs arithmetic processing that is accompanied by a change in temperature according to a load during operation; a temperature detection unit (130) that detects temperature; a temperature control unit (143) that controls the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit by applying the load to the information processing unit to cause the information processing unit to operate; and a data acquisition unit (145) that acquires temperature characteristic data indicating a relationship between a correction value and the temperature, the correction value being used to correct a measurement value of the inertia measuring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20210118061Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and a method for enabling obtainment of a more appropriate compensation for a service. An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive health state information regarding a health state of a user, a calculation unit configured to calculate a compensation for a service on the basis of the health state information before getting-in to a vehicle by the user or before presenting the compensation for the service regarding the getting-in to a vehicle to the user, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the compensation for the service. The present technology can be applied to automobile insurance services.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20210116242Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that is able to more accurately detect an azimuth during traveling of a mobile object. The information processing apparatus includes a north-seeking process controller that performs a north-seeking process on a basis of, among pieces of information related to a mobile object, at least two pieces of information, in which orientations of the mobile object at respective timings when the at least two pieces of information are measured by an inertial measurement unit are different from each other, and at least one of the at least two pieces of information measured by the inertial measurement unit is measured while the mobile object is traveling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20210108923Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that allows for autonomous improvement of position estimation accuracy. The information processing apparatus includes: an inertial navigation computing unit that calculates, on a basis of a measurement value relating to a moving body measured by an inertial measurement unit, a status value relating to a moving status of the moving body by an inertial navigation system; an observation value computing unit that calculates an observation value relating to the moving status of the moving body on a basis of a characteristic amount of movement relating to a movement of the moving body, the characteristic amount of movement being calculated on a basis of the measurement value; and an attitude information computing unit that calculates attitude information relating to an attitude of the moving body on a basis of the status value and the observation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato KIMISHIMA
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Patent number: 10976162Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an absolute position acquiring section that acquires an absolute position of a user, an acquiring section that acquires a first value indicating a walking tempo of the user who is walking, a calculation section that calculates a second value indicating a step or a traveling speed of the user by using, as a trigger, movement of a predetermined distance based on the absolute position, and a learning section that learns a correspondence between the first value and the second value by using the second value calculated.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Patent number: 10909631Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus a method for enabling obtainment of a more appropriate compensation for a service. An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives health state information regarding a health state of a user, a calculation unit that calculates a compensation for a service on the basis of the health state information before getting-in to a vehicle by the user or before presenting the compensation for the service regarding the getting-in to a vehicle to the user, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating the compensation for the service. The present technology can be applied to automobile insurance services.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Publication number: 20200400436Abstract: [Problem] To enable implementation of flexible and highly accurate function control according to the properties of each of a plurality of sensors. [Solution] An information processing device is provided which includes an evaluation unit that, based on sensor information coming from a plurality of inertial sensors, performs relative evaluation of the sensor properties of the inertial sensors; and a control unit that, based on evaluation information generated by the evaluating unit, performs dynamic control related to the input-output of the sensor information. Moreover, an information processing method is provided that is implemented in a processor and that includes performing relative evaluation of the sensor properties of a plurality of inertial sensors based on sensor information coming from the inertial sensors; and performing dynamic control related to the input-output of the sensor information based on evaluation information that is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: MASATO KIMISHIMA, YOSHITAKA SUGA
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Patent number: 10739138Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a distance calculation unit to calculate a moving distance of a user by using an absolute position of the user measured by an absolute positioning unit and a control unit to perform control to turn off the absolute positioning unit in a case where the moving distance becomes a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kimishima
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Publication number: 20200145788Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to properly report the reliability of information that is available with use of an inertial sensor. The information processing apparatus includes: a state estimation section that estimates a state of a predetermined object; and an output controller that controls, on the basis of an estimated state that is the estimated state of the object, output of reliability information indicating the reliability of object information that is information of the object, the information of the object being available with use of an inertial sensor. The present technology is applicable to a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a wearable device, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20200082416Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of performing positional sameness determination of users with high accuracy without depending on environment. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit that determines similarity of positions of a plurality of users on the basis of time-series data that can identify a movement state of each of the plurality of users, obtained for each of the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20190310088Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can determine the reliability of positioning information. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including: a control unit configured to determine reliability of positioning information of a user calculated on a basis of sensed information output from a sensing unit built in a portable information processing device. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine the reliability of positioning information. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventor: MASATO KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20190156424Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, a method, and a program for enabling obtainment of a more appropriate compensation for a service. An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive health state information regarding a health state of a user, a calculation unit configured to calculate a compensation for a service on the basis of the health state information before getting-in to a vehicle by the user or before presenting the compensation for the service regarding the getting-in to a vehicle to the user, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the compensation for the service. The present technology can be applied to automobile insurance services.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Masato KIMISHIMA
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Publication number: 20180313676Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that each enable a user to recognize that precision of a sensor and precision of a processing result are degraded. A sensor; a processing unit that performs processing using data from the sensor; a determination unit that determines whether or not precision of the sensor has been degraded; and a notification unit that notifies a user that the precision of the sensor has been degraded in a case in which it is determined that the precision of the sensor has been degraded are included. The processing unit executes processing based on a predetermined application. The application is an application that performs action recognition of the user. The determination unit determines whether or not precision of a result of the action recognition based on the application has been degraded due to the precision of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato KIMISHIMA, Yasutaka FUKUMOTO