Patents by Inventor Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
Mitsuyuki Hatanaka 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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Publication number: 20240133156Abstract: A hydraulic excavator as an electric work machine includes: an electric motor; a battery unit that stores electric power for driving the electric motor; a hydraulic oil tank that contains hydraulic oil, and a hydraulic pump that is driven by the electric motor and connected to the hydraulic oil tank. The electric motor, the hydraulic pump, and the hydraulic oil tank are arranged below the battery unit on a machine body frame, and are arranged side by side in a lateral direction of the machine body frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Muraoka, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11968516Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20240073639Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240055007Abstract: There is provided a decoding device including at least one circuit configured to acquire one or more encoded audio signals including a plurality of channels and/or a plurality of objects and priority information for each of the plurality of channels and/or the plurality of objects, and to decode the one or more encoded audio signals according to the priority information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Toru Chinen, Masayuki Nishiguchi, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240013795Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and method, and a program capable of reducing a code amount. The information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires space information regarding a position and a size of a child space within a parent space and position information in the child space indicating a position of an object within the child space, the child space being included in the parent space, and the object being included in the child space; and a calculation unit that calculates position information in the parent space indicating a position of the object within the parent space on the basis of the space information and the position information in the child space. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji, Hiroyuki Honma, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240007818Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device and method and a program that can reproduce contents on the basis of the intention of a contents producer. The information processing device acquires listener position information, position information on a first reference viewpoint, object position information on a first object at the first reference viewpoint, position information on a second reference viewpoint, object position information on the first object at the second reference viewpoint, and object position information on a second object, and calculates position information on the first object at the viewpoint of a listener on the basis of the listener position information, the position information on the first reference viewpoint, the object position information at the first reference viewpoint, the position information on the second reference viewpoint, and the object position information at the second reference viewpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toru CHINEN
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Patent number: 11849301Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230368772Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that enable implementation of more effective distance feeling control. The signal processing device includes a reverb processing unit that generates a signal of a reverb component on the basis of object audio data of an audio object and a reverb parameter for the audio object. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Takao Fukui, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20230336935Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that can easily determine a localization position of a sound image. A signal processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with a localization position of a sound image of an audio object in a listening space specified in a state where the listening space viewed from a listening position is displayed; and a generation unit configured to generate a bit stream on the basis of the information associated with the localization position. The present technology can be applied to the signal processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11790925Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and method, and a program capable of reducing a code amount. The information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires space information regarding a position and a size of a child space within a parent space and position information in the child space indicating a position of an object within the child space, the child space being included in the parent space, and the object being included in the child space; and a calculation unit that calculates position information in the parent space indicating a position of the object within the parent space on the basis of the space information and the position information in the child space. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji, Hiroyuki Honma, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11749252Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that enable implementation of more effective distance feeling control. The signal processing device includes a reverb processing unit that generates a signal of a reverb component on the basis of object audio data of an audio object and a reverb parameter for the audio object. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Takao Fukui, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11722832Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that can easily determine a localization position of a sound image. A signal processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with a localization position of a sound image of an audio object in a listening space specified in a state where the listening space viewed from a listening position is displayed; and a generation unit configured to generate a bit stream on the basis of the information associated with the localization position. The present technology can be applied to the signal processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20230247379Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11595056Abstract: The present technology relates to an encoding device and method, a decoding device and method, and a program, which are adapted to be capable of improving convenience. The decoding device is provided with: a decoding unit that decodes audio data including an object audio, the audio data being included in an encoded bit stream, and reads metadata of the object audio from an area in which arbitrary data of the encoded bit stream can be stored; and an output unit that outputs the decoded audio data on the basis of the metadata. The present technology can be applied to the decoding device.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Toru Chinen
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Publication number: 20230007423Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a method, and a program capable of improving transmission efficiency and efficiency in the data processing amount. A signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires polar coordinate position information indicating a position of a first object expressed by polar coordinates, audio data of the first object, absolute coordinate position information indicating a position of a second object expressed by absolute coordinates, and audio data of the second object; a coordinate conversion unit that converts the absolute coordinate position information into polar coordinate position information indicating a position of the second object; and a rendering processing unit that performs rendering processing on the basis of the polar coordinate position information and the audio data of the first object and the polar coordinate position information and the audio data of the second object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: MITSUYUKI HATANAKA, TORU CHINEN, MINORU TSUJI
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Publication number: 20220394415Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220377488Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a program capable of realizing content reproduction based on an intention of a content creator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: MITSUYUKI HATANAKA, TORU CHINEN
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Publication number: 20220303704Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11412337Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11368806Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto