Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Kawai

Nobuaki Kawai 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: 20240275625
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an individual identifying information acquisition unit that acquires individual identifying information regarding a target user from another information processing device; a partner user selection unit that selects, in a case where the target user has been determined to be able to communicate on the basis of user information regarding the target user identified as an individual, a partner user who is a communication partner of the target user from among other users determined to be able to communicate; and a start control unit that starts communicative telecommunication between the target user and the partner user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki KAWAI, Yutaka TAKASE
  • Patent number: 10936141
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, including a display control unit that performs first display control for causing an operation image to be displayed on a display screen and second display control for causing a first display indicating a correspondence relation between the operation image and an operating unit to be displayed at a position related with the operating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Touyama, Kae Nagano, Tomohiro Ishii, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Nagara, Kozue Sasaki, Kazuhiro Toma, Nobuaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10754446
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of executing processing on the basis of a rotation operation that allows a user to easily rotate an operating body. An information processing apparatus including a processing execution unit that executes predetermined processing on a basis of a result of detecting a rotation operation of moving an operation body to draw a track about a predetermined axis such that a second portion of the operating body, which is different from a first portion of the operating body that is determined to be in contact with or approaching an operation plane, has a larger rotation radius than a rotation radius of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Touyama, Kae Nagano, Tomohiro Ishii, Kozue Sasaki, Kazuhiro Toma, Nobuaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10672187
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a generation unit that generates display control information for displaying a virtual space based on first operation information detected about a first real object corresponding to a virtual object in the virtual space and second operation information detected about a second real object corresponding to a virtual tool in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kae Nagano, Tomohiro Ishii, Nobuaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10656746
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of increasing types of processes that can be implemented by a touch operation using a plurality of fingers, the information processing device including: a processing executing unit configured to execute a predetermined process on the basis of a combination of results of detecting touch strengths of a plurality of fingers on an operation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Touyama, Kae Nagano, Tomohiro Ishii, Kozue Sasaki, Kazuhiro Toma, Nobuaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10503278
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit which, on a basis of positional relationship between a user and a display region and a first coordinate on the display region pointed by a pointing object of the user, controls a relationship between the first coordinate and a second coordinate at which a display object corresponding to the pointing object is to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kawai, Toru Nagara
  • Publication number: 20180356905
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism which enables further improvement of operational feeling of pointing operation. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to, on a basis of positional relationship between a user and a display region and a first coordinate on the display region pointed by a pointing object of the user, control relationship between the first coordinate and a second coordinate at which a display object corresponding to the pointing object is to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: NOBUAKI KAWAI, TORU NAGARA
  • Publication number: 20180260044
    Abstract: To propose an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of executing processing on the basis of a rotation operation that allows a user to easily rotate an operating body. An information processing apparatus including: a processing execution unit that executes predetermined processing on a basis of a result of detecting a rotation operation of moving an operation body to draw a track about a predetermined axis such that a second portion of the operating body, which is different from a first portion of the operating body that is determined to be in contact with or approaching an operation plane, has a larger rotation radius than a rotation radius of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Keisuke TOUYAMA, Kae NAGANO, Tomohiro ISHII, Kozue SASAKI, Kazuhiro TOMA, Nobuaki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20180210597
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of increasing types of processes that can be implemented by a touch operation using a plurality of fingers, the information processing device including: a processing executing unit configured to execute a predetermined process on the basis of a combination of results of detecting touch strengths of a plurality of fingers on an operation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke TOUYAMA, Kae NAGANO, Tomohiro ISHII, Kozue SASAKI, Kazuhiro TOMA, Nobuaki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20180032213
    Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of presenting a user with a correspondence relation between an operation image and an operating unit in an easy-to-understand manner in a situation in which the operation image and the operating unit are associated with each other. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device, including: a display control unit configured to perform first display control for causing an operation image to be displayed on a display screen and second display control for causing a first display indicating a correspondence relation between the operation image and an operating unit to be displayed at a position related with the operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Keisuke TOUYAMA, Kae NAGANO, Tomohiro ISHII, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Toru NAGARA, Kozue SASAKI, Kazuhiro TOMA, Nobuaki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 9136976
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent or reduce the degradation in transmission characteristics caused by fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) to achieve optimized throughput. [Solution] A process for detecting fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) is performed (ST2). Fast fading is detected by, for example, detecting a variable light source whose frequency is twice the frequency of an alternating current power supply. When fast fading is detected, a frame length update process is performed (ST3, ST4). In the case of “subject transmission” in which the subject apparatus is the transmitter of a data frame, the setting of the maximum number of aggregations in frame aggregation (A-MPDU, A-MSDU) is changed to “the recommended maximum number of aggregations”. “The recommended maximum number of aggregations” is set in advance so that the UDP throughput can be maximized under the conditions where fast fading has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shigei, Haruhiko Yata, Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Katsunori Honma, Nobuaki Kawai, Hidekazu Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20120155518
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent or reduce the degradation in transmission characteristics caused by fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) to achieve optimized throughput. [Solution] A process for detecting fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) is performed (ST2). Fast fading is detected by, for example, detecting a variable light source whose frequency is twice the frequency of an alternating current power supply. When fast fading is detected, a frame length update process is performed (ST3, ST4). In the case of “subject transmission” in which the subject apparatus is the transmitter of a data frame, the setting of the maximum number of aggregations in frame aggregation (A-MPDU, A-MSDU) is changed to “the recommended maximum number of aggregations”. “The recommended maximum number of aggregations” is set in advance so that the UDP throughput can be maximized under the conditions where fast fading has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shigei, Haruhiko Yata, Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Katsunori Honma, Nobuaki Kawai, Hidekazu Kamimura