Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Hirota

Naoyuki Hirota 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: 20240136073
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that enable to hold an event in consideration of infection suppression of infectious diseases. Included are: an acquisition unit configured to acquire ticket information including an attribute of a ticket in an event, user information related to an infectious disease of a user, and event information set by a manager of the event; a determination unit configured to make a determination on the basis of the user information and the setting information; and a setting unit configured to set an attribute of the ticket on the basis of a determination result. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a management server that manages events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAYOSHI HIRAI, NAOYUKI HIROTA, SOICHI FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230293236
    Abstract: A device for validating a surgical simulation is provided in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, the device including circuitry configured to: identify a portion of interest of a surgical event based on surgical information; provide an interactive surgical simulation to a network of surgeons, the interactive surgical simulation including the portion of interest of the surgical event; receive performance data from the network of surgeons, the performance data being indicative of actions taken by one or more surgeons in response to the interactive surgical simulation; and validate at least one of the portion of interest and/or the interactive surgical simulation based on the received performance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Nicholas WALKER, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20230024942
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgery system comprising an image capture apparatus, a display, a user interface and circuitry, wherein the circuitry is configured to: receive information indicating a surgical scenario and a surgical process associated with the surgical scenario; obtain an artificial image of the surgical scenario; output the artificial image for display on the display; receive permission information via the user interface indicating if there is permission for the surgical process to be performed if the surgical scenario is determined to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20230029184
    Abstract: A robotic arm system for surgery is described. The method includes: processing circuitry configured to: apply a virtual barrier preventing a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene; and release the virtual barrier in response to a gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Patent number: 11357388
    Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrenson, Christopher Wright, Naoyuki Hirota
  • Publication number: 20210267435
    Abstract: A verification system for verifying features of a scene, the system including circuitry configured to receive initial information determined in accordance with a first analysis of the scene, produce at least one test image in accordance with test information indicating at least one feature of the scene to be verified, the at least one test image being at least one predetermined image selected in accordance with the test information, modified in accordance with the initial information, overlay the scene with the at least one test image, receive comparison information relating to a comparison of the at least one test image overlaid with the scene with the at least one predetermined image selected in accordance with the test information and generate a verification status of a feature of the scene in accordance with the received comparison information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20210259789
    Abstract: A surgical support system including: an eye behaviour monitoring apparatus that monitors eye behaviour of a surgeon performing a surgical procedure to obtain eye behaviour data of the surgeon; a surgical data generating apparatus that generates surgical data associated with the surgical procedure being performed by the surgeon; a surgical intervention apparatus that performs an intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance of the surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus that: determines a value of an intervention parameter associated with the surgical procedure using the obtained eye behaviour data; determines an acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter using the generated surgical data, and if the determined value of the intervention parameter is outside the determined acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter, controls the surgical intervention apparatus to perform the intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance of
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20200196842
    Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew LAWRENSON, Christopher WRIGHT, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20200085287
    Abstract: A medical imaging device comprising a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser configured to illuminate an object using one of a plurality of light conditions, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the object, and circuitry configured to: control the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser to illuminate the object using light having a first light condition; control the image sensor to capture a first image of the object with the light having the first light condition; control the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser to illuminate the object with light having a second, different, light condition; control the image sensor to capture a second image of the object illuminated with the light having the first light condition; and determine information of the object based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew LAWRENSON, Naoyuki HIROTA
  • Patent number: 10114492
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a pressure sensor configured to be capable of detecting a pressure position which is a position of a pressure portion subjected to a pressure manipulation by a user and a pressure force which is a pressure at a time of the pressure manipulation, and to have a cylindrical shape, and a position specifying unit configured to specify a position in a three-dimensional space according to the pressure position and the pressure force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Seiko Maehara, Naoyuki Hirota, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata
  • Publication number: 20150130748
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a pressure sensor configured to be capable of detecting a pressure position which is a position of a pressure portion subjected to a pressure manipulation by a user and a pressure force which is a pressure at a time of the pressure manipulation, and to have a cylindrical shape, and a position specifying unit configured to specify a position in a three-dimensional space according to the pressure position and the pressure force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Seiko Maehara, Naoyuki Hirota, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata
  • Publication number: 20150130808
    Abstract: There is provided a display device, including a color display section which displays a color plane expressed by first and second attribute values from among three attribute values constituting a color system, a base section to which the color display section is connected in a rotatable state, and a display control section which changes the color plane in accordance with a rotation angle of the color display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takagi, Kunio Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ichiro Ogata, Hitoshi Mukai, Seiko Maehara, Kazumasa Tanaka, Naoyuki Hirota