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: 20180004742
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of changing operation to content matching a status of a user in accordance with presence/absence of the content in a user device, the information processing device including a control unit configured to, on the basis of information of content specified on the basis of non-operation information of a user and information on content stored on a user device used by the user, change processing content of the content specified on the basis of the non-operation information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKATA, Takahiro OKAYAMA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kosuke YOSHITOMI, Katsuya HYODO
  • Patent number: 9836644
    Abstract: Provided an information processing device including ail image acquisition configured to acquire a captured image, a change detection unit configured to detect a change in a state of a subject in a network service recognized from the captured image, and a depiction change unit configured to change a depiction of the subject shown in the captured image in a case where the change detection unit detects the change in the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 9830128
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20170205899
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HYODO, Kuniaki TORII, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Naoyuki SATO, Koichi KAWASAKI, Akihiko IZUMI
  • Patent number: 9710953
    Abstract: As a data analysis apparatus that can easily and intuitively identify fine particles and small fine particle populations to be analyzed in a distribution graph and that can obtain accurate statistical data regarding these, a 3D data analysis apparatus is provided that includes a data storage unit which saves measurement data regarding fine particles, an input unit which selects independent three types of variables from the measurement data, a data processing unit which calculates positions and figures in a coordinate space whose coordinate axes are the three types of variables and which creates a 3D stereoscopic image representing characteristic distribution of the fine particles, and a display unit which displays the 3D stereoscopic image and that displays, in the 3D stereoscopic image, the figures in each region of the coordinate space divided into a plurality of regions by a plane in a different color in each region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Shunsuke Suzuki, Atsuo Fujimaki, Wataru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9704019
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, may be embodied in a a data analysis apparatus comprises a control unit configured to provide data representative of a three dimensional image, the three dimensional image including at least a three dimensional coordinate space which includes at least one plane that divides the three dimensional coordinate space into at least two regions, a display unit configured to produce the three dimensional image based on the data representative of the three dimensional image, and an input unit configured to provide data representative of at least one of a movement and a position of the at least one plane. In other example embodiments, the present disclosure may be embodied in a data analysis server, a data analysis system, and/or a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa, Atsuo Fujimaki, Wataru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9648315
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an operation recognition unit for recognizing an operation signal for identifying a focused image among images displayed on a screen of an image display unit and an image drawing unit for drawing an image on the screen so as to display the image as a stereoscopic image or a planar image on the screen, on the basis of a recognition result provided by the operation recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Yusuke Kudo, Takashi Kitao
  • Publication number: 20170123758
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20170075548
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kuniaki TORII, Katsuya HYODO, Naoyuki SATO, Akihiko IZUMI, Koichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9557962
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 9407898
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device which includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information related to an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer, a determination unit for determining whether scale correction of the information acquired by the information acquisition unit can be omitted, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, in a case it is determined that the scale correction can be omitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kudo, Takashi Kitao, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20160210118
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 9299349
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 9025012
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including an image adjustment unit for taking, in a case one object image among an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer includes a non-matching portion not matching an other object image, the non-matching portion as an adjustment target image that is a target of adjustment, and adjusting the adjustment target image to be an image less clear than a base image that is the adjustment target image before adjustment, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on an object image after adjustment that is the one object image that has been adjusted by the image adjustment unit and the other object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kudo, Takashi Kitao, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20150086074
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image, a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter associated with a user of a portable terminal, a specification unit configured to specify the user from the captured image on the basis of the parameter, and a display control unit configured to perform control in a manner that, in a case where the user is not specified by the specification unit, information indicating a movement of the user necessary to specify the user is displayed in the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20150077331
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a display control device is provided. The display control device includes a display control section to control display of a virtual object according to a positional relationship between an imaging device and a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20150062355
    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: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20150049909
    Abstract: Provided an information processing device including ail image acquisition configured to acquire a captured image, a change detection unit configured to detect a change in a state of a subject in a network service recognized from the captured image, and a depiction change unit configured to change a depiction of the subject shown in the captured image in a case where the change detection unit detects the change in the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Mori, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20150020014
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquiring unit configured to acquire at least one captured image; and an associating unit configured to associate a first information corresponding to a first object and a second information corresponding to a second object, wherein the acquired at least one captured image comprises at least one selectable object depicted therewithin, and at least one of the first object and the second object corresponds to a respective one or ones of the at least one selectable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Shunichi Kasahara, Osamu Shigeta, Ryo Fukazawa, Maki Mori
  • Publication number: 20140380161
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that is capable of communicating with a communication apparatus through a communication network, and a control unit configured to perform control to place, in a virtual space, a communication-apparatus image that represents the communication apparatus and content being executed by the communication apparatus, and to display the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: HIKOTATSU CHIN, TAKASHI KITAO, KOJI IHARA, KATSUYA HYODO, RYO FUKAZAWA