Patents by Inventor Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi 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: 20250044076
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to measure a distance in a real space with a simpler operation. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires an image captured by a predetermined imaging section, and position information based on at least any of a position and a direction of the imaging section; an estimation section that estimates a first position and a second position in a real space, on a basis of a first image and a second image which are the image captured at each of a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, and first position information and second position information which are the position information about each of the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; and a measurement section that measures a distance between the first position and the second position on a basis of the estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20240412408
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes a control unit (130). The control unit (130) acquires a display area of a display apparatus (200) included in an image captured by an imaging apparatus. The control unit (130) generates a three-dimensional mask area and a three-dimensional feature point map based on the acquired display area. The control unit (130) estimates at least either a position or an orientation of the imaging apparatus using at least either the three-dimensional mask area or the three-dimensional feature point map and the feature point extracted from the image captured by the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 12112443
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including a state detection unit configured to detect a state of a user who observes an image, and a display control unit configured to cause a display to display the image in which a plurality of display content items are superimposed on a photographed image, and to control a behavior of each of the display content items according to the state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Hanai, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 12103663
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, an unmanned aircraft, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of reflecting the user's intentions and reducing damage in the event of a failure in an unmanned aircraft. A control device of a first aspect of the present technology is a device that controls movement of an unmanned aircraft during a fall according to a control command generated for an image showing a falling position, captured by the unmanned aircraft. The present technology can be applied to a device that controls a drone that controls movement so as to shift the falling position when an aircraft fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 12090652
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (3) according to an embodiment includes: a context analysis unit (310) that analyzes at least one or more contexts of a user (2), an environment, or a robot (1) based on acquired information; a work plan generation unit (330) that determines, regarding work executed by the user and the robot in cooperation, for each of steps of the work, whether to have the user or the robot execute the step, based on the context, and generates a work plan of the work; and a step determination unit (340) that determines the steps to be executed by the user and the steps to be executed by the robot, based on the work plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 12051161
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including a state detection unit configured to detect a state of a user who observes an image, and a display control unit configured to cause a display to display the image in which a plurality of display content items are superimposed on a photographed image, and to control a behavior of each of the display content items according to the state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Hanai, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20240212304
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11954816
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20240104927
    Abstract: A control device (120) includes a first recognition unit (1209, 1211), a second recognition unit (1213), a third recognition unit (1215), and a planning unit (1216). The first recognition unit (1209, 1211) recognizes a state of an imaging target of a mobile body based on information acquired by a sensor. The second recognition unit (1213) recognizes a surrounding environment of the mobile body based on information acquired by the sensor. The third recognition unit (1215) recognizes a situation in which an imaging target is placed based on a recognition result of a state of the imaging target, a recognition result of a surrounding environment, and imaging environment information regarding an imaging environment in which the imaging target is imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20240096039
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including a state detection unit configured to detect a state of a user who observes an image, and a display control unit configured to cause a display to display the image in which a plurality of display content items are superimposed on a photographed image, and to control a behavior of each of the display content items according to the state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya HANAI, Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20240013503
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20240012599
    Abstract: [Object] An object is to achieve rendering of movement of a conversational agent, the rendering being less uncomfortable for a user. [Solving Means] Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a control section that controls display, in a display region present on a predetermined three-dimensional space, of a display object corresponding to a conversational agent that supports provision of a function for a user while engaging in conversation with the user. The control section dynamically controls display of an animation related to at least any one of representation of the display object moving out from the display region or representation of the display object moving into the display region, on the basis of a relative position between a predetermined target object present on the three-dimensional space and the display object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAAKI KATO, SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20230417538
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to measure a distance in a real space with a simpler operation, the information processing apparatus including: an acquisition section that acquires an image captured by a predetermined imaging section, and position information based on at least any of a position and a direction of the imaging section; an estimation section that estimates a first position and a second position in a real space, on a basis of a first image and a second image which are the image captured at each of a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, and first position information and second position information which are the position information about each of the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; and a measurement section that measures a distance between the first position and the second position on a basis of the estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11836883
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11796309
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to measure a distance in a real space with a simpler operation, the information processing apparatus including: an acquisition section that acquires an image captured by a predetermined imaging section, and position information based on at least any of a position and a direction of the imaging section; an estimation section that estimates a first position and a second position in a real space, on a basis of a first image and a second image which are the image captured at each of a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, and first position information and second position information which are the position information about each of the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; and a measurement section that measures a distance between the first position and the second position on a basis of the estimation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11688283
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method enabling a vehicle to readily pass an oncoming vehicle in a narrow road or the like. The information processing apparatus includes a map generating section generating map data associated with a circumference of a vehicle, and updating the map data in conformity with a movement of the vehicle, and a waiting space detecting section detecting a waiting space enabling the vehicle to wait on the basis of the map data, and generating waiting space information as information associated with the detected waiting space and used in setting of an escaping route on which the vehicle is escaped in order to pass an oncoming vehicle. The present technology, for example, can be applied to a vehicle controlling system which performs control of automatic driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11615628
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a generation unit. The first acquisition unit acquires peripheral information regarding a periphery of a first mobile object. The second acquisition unit acquires, from an apparatus different from the first mobile object, attribute information regarding an attribute of a second mobile object present in the periphery of the first mobile object. The generation unit generates learning data for extracting an attribute of a target mobile object, on the basis of the acquired peripheral information and the acquired attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20230077169
    Abstract: An exposure control device of the present disclosure includes: a setting section that calculates a camera angle between a moving direction of an device including a plurality of stereo cameras and an optical axis direction of each of the plurality of stereo cameras, and sets an exposure frequency of each of the plurality of stereo cameras on the basis of a plurality of the camera angles; and an exposure controller that controls operations of the plurality of stereo cameras on the basis of a plurality of the exposure frequencies set by the setting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20230049305
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes a control unit configured to track an object in an image using images input in time series, using a tracking result obtained by performing tracking in units of a tracking region corresponding to a specific part of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11543532
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, there is provided a method comprising labeling each of a plurality of subjects in an image with a label, the label for each subject indicating a kind of the subject, wherein the labeling comprises analyzing the image and/or distance measurement points for an area depicted in the image, and determining additional distance information not included in the distance measurement points, wherein determining the additional distance information comprises interpolating and/or generating a distance to a point based at least in part on at least some of the distance measurement points, wherein the at least some of the distance measurement points are selected based at least in part on labels assigned to one or more of the plurality of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto Motoyama, Shingo Tsurumi