Patents by Inventor Midori Kawano

Midori Kawano 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: 11986746
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Midori Kawano, Natsuko Ozaki, Jingjing Guo, Jianing Wu, Sayaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220314133
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: JUN YOKONO, MIDORI KAWANO, NATSUKO OZAKI, JINGJING GUO, JIANING WU, SAYAKA WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210387355
    Abstract: An information processing device including: an information obtaining unit that obtains environmental information from sensor information obtained by a sensor with which an autonomous moving body is provided; an extraction unit that extracts, from the environmental information, specific environmental information to be saved; and an action control unit that controls an action of the autonomous moving body so as to output the specific environmental information to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: JUN YOKONO, NATSUKO OZAKI, SAYAKA WATANABE, JIANING WU, TATSUHITO SATO, MIDORI KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11125416
    Abstract: To provide a lighting device capable of producing a more unique space, and particularly to provide a lighting device in which, when an exhibit or the like (an article) is arranged in portions where spot lights to be respectively irradiated from light projection means interfere with each other, two or more shadows having different hues appear from the exhibit or the like (the article) while the exhibit or the like (the article) is being illuminated with a monochromatic light, the lighting device has a function of irradiating respective spot lights in two or more colors, and includes two or more light projection means for respectively irradiating the spot lights, in which the light projection means are respectively provided at positions spaced 5 cm or more apart from each other, and the spot lights to be irradiated from the light projection means respectively include portions that interfere with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Midori Kawano
  • Publication number: 20210156543
    Abstract: To provide a lighting device capable of producing a more unique space, and particularly to provide a lighting device in which, when an exhibit or the like (an article) is arranged in portions where spot lights to be respectively irradiated from light projection means interfere with each other, two or more shadows having different hues appear from the exhibit or the like (the article) while the exhibit or the like (the article) is being illuminated with a monochromatic light, the lighting device has a function of irradiating respective spot lights in two or more colors, and includes two or more light projection means for respectively irradiating the spot lights, in which the light projection means are respectively provided at positions spaced 5 cm or more apart from each other, and the spot lights to be irradiated from the light projection means respectively include portions that interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Midori KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20210034162
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that outputs information that controls output of scent on the basis of a result of recognizing a hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, MASAKI HANDA, TAKETO AKAMA, HSINGYING HO, TAKESHI OHASHI, MIDORI KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10042541
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor configured to cause a display to show a screen, the screen including an input area which accepts a text input or a drag & drop input performed by a user, a first icon which is associated with the input area and executes a first operation based on an input accepted by the input area, a second icon which is associated with the input area and executes a second operation based on an input accepted by the input area, the second operation being different from the first operation, a first display area for information acquired by the first operation, and a second display area for information acquired by the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sutou, Hiroaki Kitano, Midori Kawano
  • Publication number: 20150046860
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor configured to cause a display to show a screen, the screen including an input area which accepts a text input or a drag & drop input performed by a user, a first icon which is associated with the input area and executes a first operation based on an input accepted by the input area, a second icon which is associated with the input area and executes a second operation based on an input accepted by the input area, the second operation being different from the first operation, a first display area for information acquired by the first operation, and a second display area for information acquired by the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUTOU, Hiroaki Kitano, Midori Kawano