Patents by Inventor Ryo Fukazawa

Ryo Fukazawa 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: 20240073391
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display controller. The display controller detects an interference object on the basis of a position of a point of view of a user and a position of at least one object that is displayed on a display that performs stereoscopic display depending on the point of view of the user, the interference object interfering with an outer edge that is in contact with a display region of the display; and controls display of the interference object that is performed on the display such that stereovision contradiction related to the interference object is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO GOTOH, RYO FUKAZAWA, KAZUNORI ASAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11914760
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, and an information processing method for curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people. Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keijiroh Nagano, Hidenori Aoki, Haruka Fujisawa, Fujio Arai, Ryo Fukazawa, Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11854151
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Hidenori Aoki, Fujio Arai, Masayuki Inoue, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shintaro Tsutsui, Keijiroh Nagano, Haruka Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11835727
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a physical information acquisition unit, a gesture information acquisition unit, a determination condition setting unit, and a control unit. The physical information acquisition unit acquires physical information of a user wearing a head-mounted casing. The gesture information acquisition unit acquires gesture information regarding a gesture of the user. The determination condition setting unit sets, on the basis of the physical information, a determination condition for determining a trigger gesture that is a trigger for an operation input by the gesture of the user. The control unit determines, on the basis of the gesture information and the determination condition, whether or not the trigger gesture is performed and controls, on the basis of a result of the determination, an output corresponding to the trigger gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20230237696
    Abstract: A display control apparatus (1) includes: an acquisition unit (6e) configured to acquire an invisible light image showing invisible light in a real space from a sensor; a map generation unit (6a) configured to generate an environment map indicating a shape of the real space based on the invisible light image; and a display control unit (6d) configured to control a display unit (4) such that a virtual object regarding a state of an invisible substance in the real space is superimposed on the real space based on the invisible light image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: MASAYUKI INOUE, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, RYO FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230210850
    Abstract: A process for preparing a compound of Formula (1a): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei IKUMA, Kengo TOJO, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Shuji MASUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230148185
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium which can more appropriately arrange a virtual object. By providing the information processing apparatus including a control unit that restricts a size of an environment map data in which a virtual object is arranged, on the basis of a detection result by a sensor of a real space associated with the environment map data, it is possible to more appropriately arrange a virtual object. For example, the present technology can be applied to an AR HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11633395
    Abstract: Provided are a compound that is useful for the prevention of and/or as a treatment agent for a disease in which a group II mGlu receptor is involved; and a medical application of said compound. Provided is a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Ikuma, Kengo Tojo, Ryo Fukazawa, Shuji Masumoto
  • Publication number: 20220414960
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that displays a virtual object on a three-dimensional coordinate space associated with a real space and causes the virtual object to perform a predetermined movement according to a predetermined sound reproduced from a real sound source disposed in the real space, in which the control unit performs delay amount setting processing of increasing a delay amount of movement start timing at which the virtual object is caused to perform the predetermined movement with respect to reproduction timing at which the real sound source reproduces the predetermined sound, as a position of the real sound source in the real space and a position of the virtual object on the three-dimensional coordinate space are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaomi KIMURA, Yasuko ISHIHARA, Hajime WAKABAYASHI, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Masayuki INOUE, Hirotake ICHIKAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Ryo FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220317462
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a physical information acquisition unit, a gesture information acquisition unit, a determination condition setting unit, and a control unit. The physical information acquisition unit acquires physical information of a user wearing a head-mounted casing. The gesture information acquisition unit acquires gesture information regarding a gesture of the user. The determination condition setting unit sets, on the basis of the physical information, a determination condition for determining a trigger gesture that is a trigger for an operation input by the gesture of the user. The control unit determines, on the basis of the gesture information and the determination condition, whether or not the trigger gesture is performed and controls, on the basis of a result of the determination, an output corresponding to the trigger gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: AKANE KONDO, TOMOYA NARITA, RYO FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220308657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people. Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation. The present technology can be applied to an AR system used by a plurality of people, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: KEIJIROH NAGANO, HIDENORI AOKI, HARUKA FUJISAWA, FUJIO ARAI, RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20220270363
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method that performs selection or display mode change of a virtual object to be displayed depending on a real object type in a target area to be a display area for the virtual object. Included are an object identification unit that executes identification processing of a real object in the real world, and a content display control unit that generates an AR image in which a real object and a virtual object are superimposed and displayed. The object identification unit identifies a real object in the target area to be the display area for the virtual object, and the content display control unit performs processing of selecting the virtual object to be displayed or processing of changing the display mode depending on the object identification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko GOTOH, Hidenori AOKI, Fujio ARAI, Keijiroh NAGANO, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Haruka FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220254111
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo FUKAZAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Fujio ARAI, Masayuki INOUE, Tomohiko GOTOH, Shintaro TSUTSUI, Keijiroh NAGANO, Haruka FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220164981
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that controls a display terminal that arranges a virtual object in a real space by using a coordinate system associated with the real space, in which the control unit determines whether to update first spatial information of a first display terminal and second spatial information of a second display terminal, which are used for determining a position of the virtual object, based on a first operation state of the first display terminal and a second operation state of the second display terminal that shares the virtual object with the first display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka FUJISAWA, Fujio ARAI, Hidenori AOKI, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Keijiroh NAGANO, Tomohiko GOTOH
  • Patent number: 11327317
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a virtual image in a three-dimensional space. The display control unit causes the display unit to display only one of a left-eye image and a right-eye image corresponding to the virtual image if it is determined that the virtual image is located outside of a predetermined range in a depth direction when viewed from a user of the display unit, and causes the display unit to display the left-eye image and the right-eye image if it is determined that the virtual image is located inside of the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Aiki, Ryo Fukazawa, Jun Kimura
  • Patent number: 11288869
    Abstract: An information processing device including a display control unit that controls, when recognition information related to recognition based on sensing of a real object includes first recognition information, shielding display representing shielding of a virtual object by the real object such that the shielding display presents a first boundary representation at a boundary between the virtual object and the real object or at a position near the boundary, and controls, when the recognition information includes second recognition information different from the first recognition information, the shielding display such that the shielding display presents a second boundary representation different from the first boundary representation at the boundary or at a position near the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Hirotake Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Atsushi Ishihara, Shinichi Takemura, Miwa Ichikawa, Shunitsu Kohara, Ryosuke Murata, Kenji Sugihara, Mari Saito
  • Patent number: 11262894
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit that performs decision determination with respect to an option associated with a predetermined object by determining whether a user is following the predetermined object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sugihara, Tomohisa Tanaka, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ryo Fukazawa, Akane Yano
  • Patent number: 11156844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a setting unit and a display control unit. The setting unit sets a limitation region in which entry is limited. The display control unit controls display of a blocking object that is a virtual object that blocks entry into the limitation region on the basis of a display area in which the virtual object is capable of being displayed. With this configuration, the blocking object can be appropriately displayed, and natural virtual experience can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 11042743
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, capable of preventing the deterioration of visual recognition in a scene where a plurality of content items associated with a real object are displayed, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to output display information used to cause content associated with a real object to be displayed. The display control unit, in a case where a first area on which first content is displayed and a second area on which second content is displayed overlap at least partially, adjusts layout of the first content or the second content on a basis of layout information determined for each of the first content and the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Takahiro Okayama
  • Patent number: 11036351
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling presentation of information to a user in a more easy-to-understand manner according to the situation. A control section controls an output associated with a position of an object which is disposed in a three-dimensional space, on the basis of user action information indicating a user's action and a position relationship between a display region of a display device and the object. The present technique is applicable to an AR-use display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Akane Kondo, Kei Nitta