Patents by Inventor Naoki Ide

Naoki Ide 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).

  • Publication number: 20220046310
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that assist a device operation of a user. An information processing device includes an input unit that receives input from a user, and a presentation unit that presents information regarding a command for operating a predetermined device on the basis of the input. The input unit receives input by at least one of voice or gesture from a user. The presentation unit presents a candidate of a command including at least one of voice or gesture and partially matching the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew SHIN, Naoki IDE
  • Publication number: 20210394751
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing more useful information to a driver. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a prediction section configured to predict accident probability of a vehicle driven by a user; and an output control section configured to cause information to be output to the user, the information corresponding to a factor that increases the accident probability predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo TAKAMATSU, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210368300
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro TSUDA, Takashi USUI, Naoki IDE
  • Publication number: 20210350178
    Abstract: It is aimed to facilitate obtaining of a large number of pieces of data for learning that are necessary to obtain a good-quality learning result. A feature value of a first dataset is compared with feature values of a predetermined number of second datasets. A determination as to whether or not each of the predetermined number of second datasets is a dataset usable together with the first dataset is made on the basis of the result of the comparison. For example, the determination is made referring to lacking data information associated with the first dataset. For example, information regarding a second dataset having been determined to be the dataset usable together with the first dataset is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Ikuta, Naoki Ide, Kazuki Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11142195
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing more useful information to a driver. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a prediction section configured to predict accident probability of a vehicle driven by a user; and an output control section configured to cause information to be output to the user, the information corresponding to a factor that increases the accident probability predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11131622
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a statistical processing unit that performs statistical processing for a group of spectra obtained by applying light to a group of microparticles that exhibit one response property with respect to light, and on a basis of a result of the statistical processing, exclude a spectrum indicating an outlier from the group of spectra, and a reference spectrum calculation unit that calculates a reference spectrum using the group of spectra from which the spectrum indicating the outlier has been excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Umetsu, Yasunobu Kato, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 11115783
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Takashi Usui, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 11086678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of intuitively adding a hardware resource intended to execute the learning, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of information indicating progress of a learning process and an addition button used to add dynamically a second hardware resource intended to execute the learning process to a first hardware resource on which the learning process is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Akira Fukui, Naoki Ide, Yukio Oobuchi, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 11080888
    Abstract: To enable a more accurate estimation of the center of a pupil even in a situation in which it is difficult to capture an image of the entire pupil. An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding an iris in an eyeball; and an estimation unit that estimates a center position of a pupil in the eyeball on the basis of the information regarding the iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Yokoyama, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 11012819
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Takashi Usui, Naoki Ide
  • Publication number: 20210124956
    Abstract: The object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately handling a difference between detection results of sensors. The solution is an information processing apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect first information regarding a mobile object; an acquisition section configured to acquire second information regarding the mobile object, the second information being detected by an external apparatus; and a control section configured to control processing based on a comparison result of the first information and the second information detected for the same mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo TAKAMATSU, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210102411
    Abstract: A vehicle hood lock device includes a base including a groove for entry of a striker, a latch that pivots between a restraining position and a release position, a locking lever engaging the latch, a torsion spring causing the latch to pivot in a direction toward the release position, and a sub-plate fixed to the base by a latch pin supporting the latch and a locking pin supporting the locking lever. The torsion spring includes a cylindrical portion. The sub-plate integrally includes a basal portion, a circumferential wall portion rising up from the basal portion in a pivot axis direction of the latch, facing the cylindrical portion in a radial direction thereof and restricting movement of the torsion spring in the radial direction, and a brim portion protruding outward in the radial direction from the circumferential wall portion and restricting movement of the torsion spring in the pivot axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Johnan Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki IDE, Harumitsu NAKAMURA, Koji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10972871
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Takashi Usui, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 10891495
    Abstract: The object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately handling a difference between detection results of sensors. The solution is an information processing apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect first information regarding a mobile object; an acquisition section configured to acquire second information regarding the mobile object, the second information being detected by an external apparatus; and a control section configured to control processing based on a comparison result of the first information and the second information detected for the same mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10891765
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, the information processing apparatus including: a display size decision unit configured to decide a display size of data that is based on learning of a label corresponding to a class, on the basis of a distance between a position of the data arranged on the basis of a likelihood vector obtained by recognition of the data, and a position of a class to which the data belongs; and a communication control unit configured to cause the display size to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Oobuchi, Naoki Ide, Akira Fukui, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10803058
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of searching for a network structure more efficiently, the information processing device including: a structure acquisition unit configured to acquire a graph structure searched for on a basis of information related to a structure of a graph-structured network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Fukui, Shingo Takamatsu, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yukio Oobuchi, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 10768617
    Abstract: Provided is a drive assistance device for assisting driving of a vehicle by using an automatic driving function. Assuming various conditions of the driver, a plurality of notification timings to notify of switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode is set. Notifying a driver who is drowsing at a notification timing of long premature time allows the driver to have sufficient time margin to be ready for manual driving and to shift to driving action more safely. A driver who is reading a book or operating a smartphone is expected to be able to shift to driving action immediately after a notification, and thus it is sufficient to notify at a notification timing of short premature time, which can reduce inconvenience for the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Igarashi, Naoki Ide, Kenta Kawamoto, Takuya Fujita, Takashi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10699569
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of efficiently using information regarding a user evaluation of a target vehicle. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a recognition section configured to automatically recognize information of a target vehicle from environment information of a user; an acquisition section configured to acquire a user evaluation of the recognized target vehicle; and a generation section configured to generate information for issuing a notification of the acquired user evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200184341
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a program, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that make it possible to easily design network. A program according to one aspect of the present technology is a program causing a computer to serve as: a generating unit that generates, in response to specification of a data set including data for learning, a network for inference execution and a network for learning corresponding to the data set; and a learning unit that inputs the data for learning to the network for learning and performs learning of the network for inference execution. The present technology is applicable to a program that supports network design by Deep Learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Akira NAKAMURA, Yukio OOBUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200145780
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Takashi Usui, Naoki Ide