Patents by Inventor Seishi Tomonaga
Seishi Tomonaga 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).
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Publication number: 20240264678Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a recording medium, and a signal processing system that enable proper recognition of an operation using a gesture. The signal processing device according to the present technology includes a setting unit configured to set a recognition method for recognizing an operation using a gesture on the basis of first vibration data indicating vibrations predicted to occur in the future, and an operation recognition unit configured to recognize the operation indicated by the gesture performed by a user in accordance with the recognition method set by the setting unit. The operation recognition unit recognizes the operation indicated by the gesture performed by the user in a vehicle equipped with the signal processing device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a signal processing device that controls a display device provided in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TORU NAGARA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, KOJI NAGATA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 12054111Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Takamatsu, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Koji Nagata
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Publication number: 20240069641Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 11886643Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a relative velocity calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of data obtained by sensing of an operation body in chronological order, a relative velocity of a second point on the operation body with respect to a first point on the operation body, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes a gesture of the operation body on the basis of the relative velocity.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Yugo Sato, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Eisuke Fujinawa
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Patent number: 11789543Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of, when accepting hand-based operation inputs from a plurality of users, performing appropriate pairing of left and right hands for each user. An image of an operation surface from above is acquired, the operation surface being configured to accept a hand-based operation input from users, left and right hands of the users and arms corresponding to the respective hands are detected from the image, a base position of one of the arms is set as a benchmark position, a base position of the arm that is closest adjacent along a periphery of the operation surface is set as a reference position when the one of the arms is a left hand, and pairing of the hand of the arm at the benchmark position and the hand of the arm at the reference position is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing system.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yugo Sato, Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga
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Patent number: 11755153Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Fujinawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Junji Otsuka, Atsushi Irie, Yugo Sato, Kenji Gotoh
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Publication number: 20230234523Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, KOJI NAGATA
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Publication number: 20230219495Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first acquisition section that acquires first illuminance information indicating illuminance of an inside of a moving body, a second acquisition section that acquires second illuminance information indicating illuminance to be compared with the first illuminance information, and a light adjusting control section that controls a light adjustment by a device included in the moving body on a basis of a result of a comparison between illuminance of the first illuminance information and illuminance of the second illuminance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
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Publication number: 20230186651Abstract: The control device 50 includes a control unit 52 that controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projector 20 provided in a space in the moving body 10 on the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
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Publication number: 20230093446Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program such that information with high usability can be presented. As a parameter related to presentation information to be presented in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, at least one of parameters of brightness, blur, area, and transparency is changed on the basis of vibration information. The present technology can be applied as a projection device placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, KOJI NAGATA, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA
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Publication number: 20230085310Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20230083637Abstract: It is possible to display a frame that is comfortable for an occupant. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an image/sound creation unit (142) that: creates a frame belonging to one of a plurality of modes as a frame of an application to be displayed on a screen provided in a vehicle; and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a first direction parallel to or perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in the same mode for the application is input, and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in a different mode for the application is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Akio SUZUKI, Asami YAMAGISHI, Koji NAGATA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Takashi TAKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20230054104Abstract: It is possible to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a shape determination unit (152) that determines a screen shape suitable for displaying content on the basis of an automated driving state of a vehicle and information regarding the content to be displayed on a screen provided in the vehicle; and an image creation unit (153) that creates an image of the content to be displayed on the screen according to the shape determined to be suitable for displaying the content by the shape determination unit (152).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
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Patent number: 11531431Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a control unit that sets an input auxiliary region based on an acquired sensing result of an operator and display a starting point of an input start within the input auxiliary region when the input start performed using the operator is detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Gotoh, Atsushi Irie, Yugo Sato, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Eisuke Fujinawa
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Publication number: 20220377294Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable information presentation with high usability. On the basis of presentation location information regarding a change in state of a presentation location where presentation information is presented and at least one piece of information out of processing information regarding processing for generating the presentation information, user information regarding a response of a user to the processing, and environment information regarding a state of an environment of the presentation location, control of at least one state of a presentation state of the presentation information and a state of the processing is performed. The present technology can be applied as a projection device for the inside of a vehicle, a conference room, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Atsushi IRIE, Kenji GOTOH, Yohsuke KAJI, Eisuke FUJINAWA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tadayoshi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220137712Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of, when accepting hand-based operation inputs from a plurality of users, performing appropriate pairing of left and right hands for each user. An image of an operation surface from above is acquired, the operation surface being configured to accept a hand-based operation input from users, left and right hands of the users and arms corresponding to the respective hands are detected from the image, a base position of one of the arms is set as a benchmark position, a base position of the arm that is closest adjacent along a periphery of the operation surface is set as a reference position when the one of the arms is a left hand, and pairing of the hand of the arm at the benchmark position and the hand of the arm at the reference position is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: YUGO SATO, ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA
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Publication number: 20220129109Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium that enable a more natural operation. On the basis of shape information of an operating body part that performs an operation on an operation surface, the shape information being acquired from a captured image, a setting unit fixes an acting region on which the operation by the operating body part acts, and sets a parameter to be used for a determination as to the operation in the acting region. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a display system that allows a user to operate a projection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, EISUKE FUJINAWA, KENJI GOTOH, ATSUSHI IRIE, JUNJI OTSUKA, YUGO SATO
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Publication number: 20220091695Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke FUJINAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Junji OTSUKA, Atsushi IRIE, Yugo SATO, Kenji GOTOH
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Publication number: 20220050550Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to set an input auxiliary region based on an acquired sensing result of an operator and display a starting point of an input start within the input auxiliary region when the input start performed using the operator is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: KENJI GOTOH, ATSUSHI IRIE, YUGO SATO, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, EISUKE FUJINAWA
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Publication number: 20220019288Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a relative velocity calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of data obtained by sensing of an operation body in chronological order, a relative velocity of a second point on the operation body with respect to a first point on the operation body, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes a gesture of the operation body on the basis of the relative velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, YUGO SATO, JUNJI OTSUKA, TETSUO IKEDA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, EISUKE FUJINAWA