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).

  • Patent number: 11321921
    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 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Hanai, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20220128996
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a reception section that receives a wind speed vector measured at any time point by at least one external anemometer, a wind-power prediction section that, on the basis of the received wind speed vector, predicts a wind power to be applied to the mobile body after elapse of a predetermined time period, and a control section that controls driving of the mobile body on the basis of the predicted wind power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11302196
    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: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20220090938
    Abstract: A map creation device that includes an in-map position control unit that sets, on the basis of information pertaining to a mobile body or an environment, position coordinates of the mobile body, the position coordinates being set on a map space in which a boundary demarcating a space and a boundary on a side opposite the boundary are connected, and a sensing reflection unit that creates an environment map corresponding to the environment surrounding the mobile body by causing environment information, sensed by the mobile body, to be reflected to the map space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20220040844
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11188187
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition part that acquires an image captured by an imaging part, and a display controller that causes a virtual object to be displayed in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in the image. The display controller controls the virtual object on a basis of a size of the real object in a real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11061111
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an object detection system. A stereo camera performs imaging by a right camera and a left camera to acquire a stereo image and a millimeter wave radar acquires a radar image in which a position of an object is detected in a radiation range of millimeter waves by using millimeter waves. Then, by communication via a communication apparatus with a target in which positional information is known, it is determined whether or not the target is reliable, and in a case where it is determined that the target is reliable, calibration processing is performed for eliminating a deviation in coordinate systems generated in the stereo image and the radar image in which the target is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Yamazaki, Kenichi Kawasaki, Ryo Sawai, Shingo Tsurumi, Akihiko Kaino, Takuto Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20210150823
    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: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 11004226
    Abstract: A stereo image capturing device captures a stereo image with a measurement target range in front of a vehicle as an angle of field, and a display device is disposed so as to cover at least part of the measurement target range as seen from the viewpoint position of a driver inside the vehicle. Then a distance measuring section measures the distances to another object in the measurement target range using the stereo image and identifies the object within a predetermined distance as an obstacle, and an image generating section generates a virtual mirror image that allows at least the vehicle and the obstacle to be seen using a reflection by a mirror in a case where the mirror is assumed to be virtually disposed above a location at which the obstacle is seen from the viewpoint position of the driver in the vehicle, and causes the display device to display the virtual mirror image. The present technology can be applied, for example, to in-vehicle image display systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20210131790
    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: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 10970877
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that permit camera calibration with high accuracy by using a known object in images captured by a plurality of imaging sections. An estimation section estimates a 3D position of a road sign included in each of images captured by a plurality of cameras with respect to each of the imaging sections. A recognition section recognizes a positional relationship between the plurality of cameras on the basis of the 3D position of the road sign with respect to each of the cameras estimated by the estimation section. The positional relationship between the plurality of cameras recognized by the recognition section is used to correct the images captured by the plurality of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Eshima, Akihiko Kaino, Takaaki Kato, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20210097707
    Abstract: A configuration is achieved that calculates an object distance on the basis of a captured image of a camera that captures an image in a direction that is orthogonal to a movement direction of a movement device or in a direction having an orthogonal component. A data processing unit detects a point at infinity from a captured image of a camera that captures an image in a direction that is orthogonal to a movement direction of a movement device or in a direction having an orthogonal component, and calculates an object distance by using information relating to a positional relationship between a position of the detected point at infinity and a position of an object in the captured image. The data processing unit detects, from the captured image, a plurality of parallel lines on a real world that extends in a direction away from a camera position, and determines an intersection point on extended lines of the detected plurality of parallel lines to be the point at infinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Oba, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10942024
    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: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10922902
    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: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20210034884
    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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20200409387
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of obtaining an accurate self-position of a moving body. A map generation unit generates an attribute-attached occupancy grid map including an existence probability of an obstacle in a space around a moving body for each grid, and an attribute of the obstacle labelled in the occupancy grid map. A position estimation unit estimates a position of the moving body by matching in a shape of a non-moving body and the attribute between the attribute-attached occupancy grid map and a pre-map that is the attribute-attached occupancy grid map prepared beforehand. The present technology is applicable to a vehicle control system equipped on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20200342687
    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: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 10817053
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that detects a gaze of a gaze-detection subject on a basis of a polarization image in which an eye of the detection object is imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10803600
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing continuous estimation of a self-position. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a main imaging unit that includes a stereo camera mounted on a moving body, and captures moving images at a predetermined frame rate to output a pair of stereo main images as time-series images; a plurality of sub imaging units each of which is so mounted on the moving body as to have an imaging direction different from an imaging direction of the main imaging unit, and captures moving images at a predetermined frame rate; and a final pose determination unit that estimates a pose of the moving body on the basis of the pair of stereo main images captured by the main imaging unit, and sub images captured by the sub imaging units. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to a self-position sensor for in-vehicle use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Kaino, Shingo Tsurumi, Masashi Eshima, Takaaki Kato, Masaki Fukuchi, Tatsuki Kashitani, Shunichi Homma
  • Patent number: 10783654
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires an image of a real object in a real space captured by a predetermined imaging section, and a measurement result of a distance to the real object by a predetermined distance measuring section, and an estimation section that estimates a size of the real object in the real space on the basis of a size of the real object in the image and the measurement result of the distance, and by comparing the estimation result of the size to a plurality of preset size candidates, specifies the size of the real object in the real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi