Patents by Inventor Ryu Aoyama

Ryu Aoyama 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: 20220272502
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of providing better user experience. Provided is an information processing system including a control unit configured to set a plurality of users who is currently acting together as a plurality of users belonging to a specific community, and perform control so as to enable the plurality of users to experience a same type of service at substantially same timing by each wireless device corresponding to each user according to the same type of service available to the each user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system including a wireless device capable of playing back a song distributed by a music distribution service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Ryu AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220246135
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Makoto YAMADA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20220113932
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an action determining section configured to determine, on the basis of a sensing result of a sensor, an action performed by a user, a communicating section configured to receive information regarding an action performed by another user, a synchronization determining section configured to determine temporal coincidence between the action performed by the user and the action performed by the other user, and a sound control section configured to control, on the basis of the determination of the synchronization determining section, sound presented in correspondence with the actions respectively performed by the user and the other user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: RYU AOYAMA, IZUMI YAGI, YOJI HIROSE, KEI TAKAHASHI, TAKAMOTO TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11217253
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujita, Hiroaki Adachi, Yoji Hirose, Fumiaki Tokuhisa, Ryu Aoyama, Izumi Yagi, Akihiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 11144130
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute a process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20210076122
    Abstract: A user operates content more intuitively. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the output control unit controls switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user. Moreover, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the controlling further includes controlling switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Tsuguyo GOTO, Yusuke DOYAMA, Ryu AOYAMA, Yoji HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20200218360
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute a process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yuji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 10635152
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute processes relating to voice operations recognized by a voice operation recognition unit configured to recognize the voice operations on a basis of information from a voice receiving unit and gesture operations recognized by a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize user's gestures recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The voice operation recognition unit enters a voice operation waiting state in parallel with a gesture waiting state of the gesture recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 10630826
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10627912
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a process execution unit configured to execute process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20200098373
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi FUJITA, Hiroaki ADACHI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Akihiro ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190089823
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro ISHIDA, Yoji HIROSE, Takamoto TSUDA, Shihui WANG, Ryu AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10198096
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus includes an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed; a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Ryu Aoyama, Takehiko Tsurumi, Shoichiro Moriya, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 10104213
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20180091637
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9838522
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20170336848
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute processes relating to voice operations recognized by a voice operation recognition unit configured to recognize the voice operations on a basis of information from a voice receiving unit and gesture operations recognized by a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize user's gestures recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The voice operation recognition unit enters a voice operation waiting state in parallel with a gesture waiting state of the gesture recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryu AOYAMA, Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Yoji HIROSE, Kei TAKAHASHI, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20170336873
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a process execution unit configured to execute process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryu AOYAMA, Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Yoji HIROSE, Kei TAKAHASHI, lkuo YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20170244821
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8745534
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display panel for displaying display items belonging to a predetermined layer among display items divided into a plurality of layers, a manipulating body detection unit for detecting the number of manipulating bodies moving on a touch panel along with a movement direction and a movement amount of the manipulating body, and a display control unit for performing display control so that display items belonging to the predetermined layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results of the movement direction and the movement amount if a movement of manipulating bodies whose number corresponds to the predetermined layer is detected, display items belonging to another layer are displayed if a movement of manipulating bodies whose number corresponds to the other layer is detected, and the display items belonging to the other layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Tetsuo Ikeda, Hiroshi Ueno, Ryu Aoyama