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: 10753757
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method enables enhancement of accuracy in recognition of locations of a moving body. The information processing apparatus is arranged on a moving body and includes an own-location recognition block that recognizes, based on an image taken from the moving body, a first own location of the moving body. A moving body recognition block recognizes a relative location of another moving body relative to the moving body in the image taken from the moving body, and a communication block executes communication with the another moving body to obtain the absolute location of the another moving body, An own location computation block computes, based on the absolute location of the another moving body and the relative location of the another moving body, a second own location of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masashi Eshima, Akihiko Kaino, Takaaki Kato, Masaki Fukuchi, Suguru Aoki, Takuto Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20200264276
    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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: TOSHIO YAMAZAKI, KENICHI KAWASAKI, RYO SAWAI, SHINGO TSURUMI, AKIHIKO KAINO, TAKUTO MOTOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10733807
    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: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10731994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that are capable of estimating the self-position by accurately and continuously estimating the self-movement. The information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a downward imaging section and a movement estimation section. The downward imaging section is disposed on the bottom of a moving object traveling on a road surface and captures an image of the road surface. The movement estimation section estimates the movement of the moving object in accordance with a plurality of images representing the road surface and captured at different time points by the downward imaging section. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a position sensor mounted in an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Shingo Tsurumi, Masashi Eshima, Akihiko Kaino, Masaki Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20200241549
    Abstract: A configuration for calculating a distance and a position of an object included in an image in a direction in which distance measurement by a distance sensor is impossible is achieved. There is included an object distance calculation unit that inputs an imaged image taken by a camera and calculates a distance of an object in the image, and the object distance calculation unit calculates a distance to the object by applying actual size information of the object and image information of an image object included in the imaged image. Moreover, an object position calculation unit calculates an object position using calculation information of the object distance calculation unit and the image information. An object actual size is obtained on the basis of an imaged image in a direction in which distance measurement by the distance sensor is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: SHINGO TSURUMI, EIJI OBA
  • Publication number: 20200209401
    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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto MOTOYAMA, Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20200193626
    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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 10670697
    Abstract: Provided are signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an object detection system that enable an object detection to be accurately performed. A stereo camera performs imaging by a right camera and a left camera to acquire a stereo image. A millimeter wave radar acquires a radar image in which a position of an object is detected in a radiation range of millimeter waves based on millimeter waves. Further, by communication via a communication apparatus with a target of 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: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Yamazaki, Kenichi Kawasaki, Ryo Sawai, Shingo Tsurumi, Akihiko Kaino, Takuto Motoyama
  • Patent number: 10606351
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that performs a derivation process of deriving a relative positional relation between a user and a display screen such that a calibration position is within an angle of view of the display screen, the calibration position being stared by the user of a line of sight detection target when sampling data for calibration of a line of sight is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10587863
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that permit decision as to whether or not calibration of images is necessary. A decision section decides, using a current image captured by a camera and a past image captured by the camera, whether or not it is necessary to calibrate images captured by the camera. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to a vehicle-mounted camera system that includes an automobile vehicle, two cameras, mounted to a front roof of the automobile vehicle such that imaging regions overlap, and an image processing apparatus, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Eshima, Akihiko Kaino, Takaaki Kato, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10546194
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a corneal reflection image corresponding to light from a light source reflected at a cornea from a captured image in which an eye irradiated with the light from the light source is imaged. The detection unit estimates a position of a center of an eyeball on the basis of a plurality of time-series captured images each of which is the captured image according to the above, estimates a position of a center of the cornea on the basis of the estimated position of the center of the eyeball, estimates a position of a candidate for the corneal reflection image on the basis of the estimated position of the center of the cornea, and detects the corneal reflection image from the captured image on the basis of the estimated position of the candidate for the corneal reflection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20200005647
    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 an 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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10508911
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an apparatus and a method for measurement, and a program each of which enables distance estimation to be more simply carried out with higher accuracy. A three-dimensional measurement apparatus has a rotation control portion controlling rotation of a photographing portion by a rotation mechanism in such a way that the photographing portion is rotated with a center of rotation as an axis in a state in which a distance from the center of rotation of the rotation mechanism portion to a focal point position of the photographing portion is a constant distance; and a distance calculating portion calculating a distance to an object on a space on the basis of a plurality of photographed images obtained through photographing in positions different from one another by the photographing portion in a state in which the photographing portion is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masashi Eshima, Takaaki Kato, Tatsuki Kashitani, Akihiko Kaino, Masaki Fukuchi, Takuto Motoyama, Suguru Aoki
  • Patent number: 10346992
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of detecting contact with high precision at low cost, the information processing apparatus including a contact determination unit. The contact determination unit determines contact of an operation body with a target object on the basis of a change in a normal line vector on a surface of the target object, the target object being an operation target of the operation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20190163344
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition part configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging part, and a display controller configured to cause 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: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Patent number: 10290281
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Junji Ooi, Yusuke Sakai, Shingo Tsurumi, Tomohiko Gotoh, Yuichi Iida, Shinichi Hayashi, Junichi Tsukamoto, Asako Tadenuma
  • Publication number: 20190088028
    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 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya HANAI, Shingo TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20190079581
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: SHINGO TSURUMI
  • Patent number: D867304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: D873820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Shian Wei, Shingo Tsurumi