Patents by Inventor Michinari Kohno

Michinari Kohno 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: 10564827
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to control combining of a captured image and an operation target image so as to generate a combined image for feeding back gesture recognition to a user. A degree of visualization of the captured image appears to be changed in the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yasushi Okumura, Yoshihito Ohki, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada, Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 10438058
    Abstract: An information processing includes processing circuitry configured to generate data to control a display device to superimpose on a displayed image a control object associated with a voice input, wherein the displayed image is a feedback image of a gesture operation performed by a user, and the displayed image is an image derived from a camera-captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Patent number: 10026438
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reproduction section which acquires reproduction data corresponding to a reproduction position of content data by reproducing the content data, an output section which causes the reproduction data acquired by the reproduction section to be output from a region of an output device, the region corresponding to the information processing apparatus, a control signal acquisition section which acquires a control signal generated and output by a control device based on a predetermined input recognized by a recognition device, and an output control section which controls output of the reproduction data to the output device performed by the output section in accordance with the control signal acquired by the control signal acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Fujio Nobori, Satoshi Miyazaki, Yoshiki Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Hosoki, Tomohiko Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9805390
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control method is provided. The method includes defining at least one clipping region, within an image to be displayed, according to detected object information, and defining clipping region content for displaying in the clipping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Okazaki, Michinari Kohno, Yoichi Kobori, Yoshiki Tanaka, Fujio Nobori, Mitsuhiro Hosoki
  • Patent number: 9720644
    Abstract: A system that acquires captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command; sequentially analyzes the captured voice data; causes a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and performs a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Kenichi Okada
  • Patent number: 9300754
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a parent terminal having a storage section storing device information including a drawing capability of a child terminal, a generation section generating transmission data of a user interface or a content in accordance with the device information, and a transmission section transmitting the transmission data to the child terminal; and a child terminal having a receiving section receiving the transmission data, and a display section displaying a user interface screen or a content playback screen on the basis of the transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michinari Kohno
  • Publication number: 20150262005
    Abstract: An information processing includes processing circuitry configured to generate data to control a display device to superimpose on a displayed image a control object associated with a voice input, wherein the displayed image is a feedback image of a gesture operation performed by a user, and the displayed image is an image derived from a camera-captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20150253949
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry configured to control a movement of a UI object on a display screen from a pre-recognition position toward a post-recognition position in response to recognition of an operation object initiated by a user, wherein the post-recognition position is spatially related to a displayed position of a predetermined displayed feature, and the predetermined displayed feature is an image derived from a camera captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Patent number: 8935372
    Abstract: A highly convenient data processing technique is provided. A mediation server includes: a project information acquiring unit which acquires information on a project from a project server and stores the acquired information in a project database, the project server managing the project in which a computational processing is divided into a plurality of tasks so as to have the plurality of tasks processed by a plurality of terminals; a project information transmitter which presents the information on the project to a terminal and which transmits, to the terminal, information necessary for the terminal to access a project server of a project that the terminal desires to participate in; and an execution status management unit which receives a notification indicating that the terminal having accessed the project server using the information has executed a task assigned from the project server and which stores an execution status in a terminal database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Morisada, Hirotoshi Maegawa, Koji Kageyama, Takayuki Sakamoto, Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20140337807
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to control combining of a captured image and an operation target image so as to generate a combined image for feeding back gesture recognition to a user. A degree of visualization of the captured image appears to be changed in the combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yasushi Okumura, Yoshihito Ohki, Takuo Ikeda, Kenichi Okada, Junki Ohmura, Michinari Kohno, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140304606
    Abstract: An information processing device includes circuitry configured to cause first display information to be displayed in a first format. The circuitry also changes the first display information to be displayed in a second format in response to a voice being recognized. The information processing may also be accomplished with a method and via a non-transient computer readable storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki OHMURA, Michinari Kohno, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20140303975
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a history acquiring unit configured to acquire histories of information obtained by analysis of voice information including utterance content by a speaker, and a display control section configured to identifiably display each acquired history as history information in an order in which the corresponding histories are recorded in association with display information corresponding to voice recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki OHMURA, Michinari KOHNO, Kenichi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20140304605
    Abstract: A system that acquires captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command; sequentially analyzes the captured voice data; causes a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and performs a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki OHMURA, Michinari Kohno, Kenich Okada
  • Patent number: 8479059
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device for performing radio communication with another radio communication device includes a control unit that controls to prepare for data loss during radio communication of transmission data and a transmission unit that transmits the transmission data by radio according to the control of the control unit. One of the radio communication device and the other radio communication device estimates a distance from the other based on a field intensity of a radio signal which is judged to satisfy a certain requirement regarding noise component among received radio signals received from the other of the radio communication device and the other radio communication device. The control unit performs a control of a content according to the distance estimation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
  • Patent number: 8478301
    Abstract: The present invention aims to enable appropriate selection of data to be transmitted/received based on the distance between communication devices. A communication device including, a memory unit that stores a plurality of data, a distance information obtaining unit that obtains distance information on a distance from a radio communication device and a data selection unit that selects data from the plurality of data stored in the memory unit based on the distance information obtained by the distance information obtaining unit is provided. The distance information obtaining unit may estimate and obtain the distance information based on a field intensity of a radio signal determined to satisfy a predetermined condition about a noise component among radio signals received from the other radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
  • Patent number: 8452239
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device for operating in an autonomous distributed manner which includes a compression unit that compresses streaming data, a control unit that controls a compression rate of streaming data of the compression unit according to a distance from other radio communication device, a transmission unit that transmits the streaming data compressed by the compression unit to the other radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
  • Patent number: 8412113
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device including a reception unit that receives a radio signal, a measurement unit that measures a field intensity of the radio signal received by the reception unit, a determination unit that determines whether the radio signal received by the reception unit satisfies a predetermined condition for a noise component, and an estimation unit that estimates a distance from a transmission source device of the radio signal based on the field intensity of the radio signal determined by the determination unit to satisfy the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20120306911
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control method is provided. The method includes defining at least one clipping region, within an image to be displayed, according to detected object information, and defining clipping region content for displaying in the clipping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Okazaki, Michinari Kohno, Yoichi Kobori, Yoshiki Tanaka, Fujio Nobori, Mitsuhiro Hosoki
  • Patent number: 8320837
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device including a communication unit, a memory unit capable of storing first audio data, a distance estimation unit that estimates a distance from an external device serving as a transmission source which transmits a radio signal based on a predetermined condition related to a field intensity and a noise component of the radio signal received by the communication unit, a communication control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit an audio data transmission request addressed to the external device serving as the transmission source based on the estimated distance estimated by the distance estimation unit, when the first audio data is being reproduced, and a reproduction control unit that adjusts a reproducing volume of the first audio data and a reproducing volume of second audio data, when the first audio data is being reproduced and the communication unit receives a radio signal corresponding to the second audio data transmitted from the external device serv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8241122
    Abstract: For an input interface apparatus for recognizing the motion of an object, there may be cases where the brightness of the object to be captured is insufficient, and thus, a camera takes an image of the object operated by the object, a depth position detector detects the position of the object based on captured frames, an action identifying unit identifies an action of the player based on a result on the detection of the object, an input receiving unit receives the action as an instruction to an input-receiving image displayed on a display, and in response to the action, an illumination control unit raises the brightness of the image projected on the display higher than that before the action is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Ohba, Hiroyuki Segawa, Akira Suzuki, Katsu Saito, Tomokazu Kake, Michinari Kohno