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).

  • Patent number: 10755482
    Abstract: Provided is a mechanism that can prevent deterioration in a sense of immersion or a sense of reality of a user with respect to a virtual object displayed in a display area from deteriorating. An information processing device includes a display control unit that controls display of a virtual object displayed to be moved in a display area, and change an aspect of the virtual object when the virtual object moves across a boundary of the display area. An information processing method is performed using a processor, the information processing method including controlling display of a virtual object displayed to be moved in a display area, and changing an aspect of the virtual object when the virtual object moves across a boundary of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tanaka, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ryo Fukazawa, Akane Yano, Kenji Sugihara
  • Patent number: 10732808
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of presenting information in a suitable mode according to a positional relationship between a display region and a user, the display control device including: a calculation unit configured to specify a first region in which a user is a reference point; and a display control unit configured to control display of a display object on a display unit according to the specified first region and a second region occupied by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Katsuya Hyodo, Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200242842
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are to be provided. [Solution] 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, SHINICHI TAKEMURA, MIWA ICHIKAWA, SHUNITSU KOHARA, RYOSUKE MURATA, KENJI SUGIHARA, MARI SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200242847
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes a display control unit to perform display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content to be displayed in a case in which a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space to generate the rendering image are determined to have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image to be displayed in a case in which the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint are determined to have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, KUNIAKI TORII, TAKAHIRO OKAYAMA, KAZUOMI KONDO
  • Patent number: 10713480
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20200210051
    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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, AKANE KONDO, KEI NITTA
  • Publication number: 20200202161
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program are provided. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a first virtual object having a visual salience corresponding to color information of a real space, and having substantially a same shape as a real object existing in the real space, in the real space so as to be viewed at substantially a same position as the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: AKANE KONDO, RYO FUKAZAWA, KEI NITTA, TAKURO NODA, KENJI SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10684707
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hyodo, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Naoyuki Sato, Koichi Kawasaki, Akihiko Izumi
  • Publication number: 20200159318
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program are provided. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a conspicuous region specification unit configured to specify a conspicuous region that can relatively easily attract visual attention of a user in a field of vision of the user; and a display control unit configured to perform display control to dispose a virtual object in the conspicuous region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: AKANE KONDO, RYO FUKAZAWA, KEI NITTA
  • Patent number: 10650601
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit that performs display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content when a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image when the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200143774
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program. [Solution] To provide an information processing device including a display control unit that controls display so that, of a first real object and a second real object present in a real space that are recognized as candidates for an object to be operated, in a case in which the first real object is selected by a user as the object to be operated, a first virtual object corresponding to the first real object is displayed at a first position in the real space corresponding to a position of the first real object based on the selection made by the user, and in a case in which the second real object is selected by the user as the object to be operated, a second virtual object corresponding to the second real object is displayed at a second position in the real space corresponding to a position of the second real object based on the selection made by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: SHUNITSU KOHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, KEI NITTA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10559065
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user information obtaining unit and a high-image-quality area control unit. The user information obtaining unit obtains detected user information on a user, the user information excluding gaze information. The high-image-quality area control unit determines a high-image-quality area on the basis of the user information, a quality of an image displayed in the high-image-quality area being higher than a quality of an image displayed in an area other than the high-image-quality area in an entire area of a display viewed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Okayama, Kazuomi Kondo, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 10489981
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing device including: a display mode selection unit configured to select one display mode from a plurality of display modes in accordance with a first visual field range of a user, a second visual field range included in the first visual field range, and a positional relationship of a real object; and a display control unit configured to control a display of a virtual object on a display unit in accordance with the selected display mode, the virtual object being associated with the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Takahiro Okayama
  • Publication number: 20190303675
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: NAOYUKI SATO, AKIHIKO IZUMI, KUNIAKI TORII, RYO FUKAZAWA, KATSUYA HYODO
  • Publication number: 20190244019
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, SHUNICHI KASAHARA, OSAMU SHIGETA, SEIJI SUZUKI, MAKI MORI
  • Patent number: 10360453
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method according to the present disclosure link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. The information processing apparatus includes an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Katsuya Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20190171350
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: KENJI SUGIHARA, TOMOHISA TANAKA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, AKANE YANO
  • Patent number: 10303936
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20190149811
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit that determines a display method for an object in a virtual space on a basis of a positional relationship between the object and a viewpoint. A binocular parallax regarding the object which is to be imparted to a user varies depending on the determined display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane YANO, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kenji SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190138261
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of acquiring accurate information associated with a desired target by pointing the desired target by a user. The information processing device includes: an indication target detection unit that detects an indication target that is a target pointed by an indicating object; an information generation unit that generates explanatory information that includes content information indicating visually recognizable content of the indication target, and additive information indicating visually recognizable characteristics associated with the indication target; and an output control unit that controls output of a voice of the explanatory information. For example, the present technology is applicable to a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: SHINICHI KAWANO, TAKUYA NAMAE, RYO FUKAZAWA, KENJI SUGIHARA, DAISUKE SATO