Patents by Inventor Shintaro Tsutsui

Shintaro Tsutsui 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: 11854151
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Hidenori Aoki, Fujio Arai, Masayuki Inoue, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shintaro Tsutsui, Keijiroh Nagano, Haruka Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20230226460
    Abstract: [Problem] It is preferable to provide a technology that allows input of a position at which a person who performs a predetermined performance should be present to be easily performed in advance so that the position at which the person should be present is confirmed later. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a self-location acquisition unit configured to acquire self-position information of a mobile terminal in a global coordinate system linked to a real space, and a disposition position determination unit configured to acquire template data indicating a disposition pattern of at least one virtual object, and determine a position away from a current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the self-position information as a disposition position of a first virtual object in the global coordinate system, on the basis of the self-position information and the template data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO GOTOH, KAYOKO TANAKA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, SHINTARO TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20220414945
    Abstract: A device and a method for performing AR image display control in which flicker in a boundary region between a virtual object and a real object is not noticeable are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHUNITSU KOHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, SHINTARO TSUTSUI, HIROSHI MATSUYAMA, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220327787
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, method, and program capable of more easily displaying an AR object at an accurate position. The information processing device includes: a first self-position estimation unit that performs a first self-position estimation on the basis of an environment image whose subjects are surroundings of the information processing device; and a second self-position estimation unit that performs a second self-position estimation on the basis of a detection plane detected from the environment image and object information generated in advance and related to a shielding AR object having a planar shape to correct a display position of a non-shielding AR object according to a result of the first self-position estimation on the basis of a result of the second self-position estimation. The present technology can be applied to an AR device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: SHINTARO TSUTSUI, GEN HAMADA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, MASAYUKI INOUE, HIDENORI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220254111
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo FUKAZAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Fujio ARAI, Masayuki INOUE, Tomohiko GOTOH, Shintaro TSUTSUI, Keijiroh NAGANO, Haruka FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 11393177
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (100) that performs: control of displaying information in augmented reality in a preparation mode in which a real object is disposed, the information that supports disposition of the real object on the basis of prerecorded information about the real object with which a virtual object has an interaction; and control of recording disposition result information of the real object in a disposition result information database referred to in a normal mode in which the virtual object that has the interaction with the disposed real object is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuko Ishihara, Hidenori Aoki, Shintaro Tsutsui, Fujio Arai, Naoyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20210312658
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first acquisition section, a second acquisition section, and a determination section. The first acquisition section acquires a camera-based position indicating a position of a real object, the camera-based position being determined on the basis of a captured image of a real space in which there exists the real object. The second acquisition section acquires an output-wave-based estimation position indicating the position of the real object, the output-wave-based estimation position being determined on the basis of an output wave that is output to the real space from a position that corresponds to the real object. The determination section determines a reference position used to represent virtual content related to the real object, on the basis of the camera-based position and the output-wave-based estimation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: HIDENORI AOKI, FUJIO ARAI, KEIJIROH NAGANO, SHINTARO TSUTSUI, NAOYUKI SATO
  • Publication number: 20210264677
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (100) that performs: control of displaying information in augmented reality in a preparation mode in which a real object is disposed, the information that supports disposition of the real object on the basis of prerecorded information about the real object with which a virtual object has an interaction; and control of recording disposition result information of the real object in a disposition result information database referred to in a normal mode in which the virtual object that has the interaction with the disposed real object is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuko ISHIHARA, Hidenori AOKI, Shintaro TSUTSUI, Fujio ARAI, Naoyuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20210225053
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program adapted to preferentially display a virtual object desired to be presented to a user. On the basis of position information regarding a display apparatus for displaying content, an object acquisition section acquires object information regarding display objects included in the content. A rendering processing section performs a process of rendering a first display object in preference over a process of rendering a second display object, on the basis of the acquired object information. A display control section controls the display apparatus to display the display object of which the rendering process is completed, on the basis of the position information. The technology of the present disclosure may be applied, for example, to HMDs for AR use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: HIDENORI AOKI, YASUKE ISHIHARA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, FUJIO ARAI, SHINTARO TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 8606172
    Abstract: A data receiving and recording method and data receiver are provided for receiving data coded by a predetermined method and copyright information attached to the data. While recording the received data on a predetermined recording medium, the copyright information is recorded into a predetermined area of the recording medium. Preferably, the data consists of audio data of the song, lyrics data of the song and image data relating to the song and the copyright information is allotted respectively to the audio data, lyrics data and image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano, Yasushi Katayama
  • Patent number: 8588678
    Abstract: A data receiving and recording method and data receiver are provided for receiving data coded by a predetermined method and copyright information attached to the data. While recording the received data on a predetermined recording medium, the copyright information is recorded into a predetermined area of the recording medium. Preferably, the data consists of audio data of the song, lyrics data of the song and image data relating to the song and the copyright information is allotted respectively to the audio data, lyrics data and image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano, Yasushi Katayama
  • Patent number: 8351845
    Abstract: A data receiving and recording method and data receiver are provided for receiving data coded by a predetermined method and copyright information attached to the data. While recording the received data on a predetermined recording medium, the copyright information is recorded into a predetermined area of the recording medium. Preferably, the data consists of audio data of the song, lyrics data of the song and image data relating to the song and the copyright information is allotted respectively to the audio data, lyrics data and image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano, Yasushi Katayama
  • Patent number: 8204789
    Abstract: To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music pieceC to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece data, the music piece data to be transmitted for the seventh time immediately after the instruction is usually downloaded. When the downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the seventh time fails for some reason, downloading is re-executed on music piece data to be transmitted for the eighth time. The music piece data for the final transmission time in each of musical pieces is used for re-execution. Timing at which downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the time immediately preceding the final time can be instructed is set as purchase limit time by using elapsed time since program start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Hamada, Susumu Nagano, Shintaro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 8032912
    Abstract: In order to easily download a program obtained from the outside onto a connected device while a device on which a program is to be downloaded is being properly selected, when a second device connected to a first device is controlled by executing a first program inputted to the first device from the outside and a second program prepared beforehand in the first device, the most desirable device is selected as the second device by executing the second program and the first program is executed by using information on the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano
  • Publication number: 20100280933
    Abstract: A data receiving and recording method and data receiver are provided for receiving data coded by a predetermined method and copyright information attached to the data. While recording the received data on a predetermined recording medium, the copyright information is recorded into a predetermined area of the recording medium. Preferably, the data consists of audio data of the song, lyrics data of the song and image data relating to the song and the copyright information is allotted respectively to the audio data, lyrics data and image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro TSUTSUI, Susumu Nagano, Yasushi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20100273413
    Abstract: A data receiving and recording method and data receiver are provided for receiving data coded by a predetermined method and copyright information attached to the data. While recording the received data on a predetermined recording medium, the copyright information is recorded into a predetermined area of the recording medium. Preferably, the data consists of audio data of the song, lyrics data of the song and image data relating to the song and the copyright information is allotted respectively to the audio data, lyrics data and image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano, Yasushi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20080168508
    Abstract: To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music piece C to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece data, the music piece data to be transmitted for the seventh time immediately after the instruction is usually downloaded. When the downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the seventh time fails for some reason, downloading is re-executed on music piece data to be transmitted for the eighth time. The music piece data for the final transmission time in each of musical pieces is used for re-execution. Timing at which downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the time immediately preceding the final time can be instructed is set as purchase limit time by using elapsed time since program start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Hamada, Susumu Nagano, Shintaro Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20080109855
    Abstract: In order to easily download a program obtained from the outside onto a connected device while a device on which a program is to be downloaded is being properly selected, when a second device connected to a first device is controlled by executing a first program inputted to the first device from the outside and a second program prepared beforehand in the first device, the most desirable device is selected as the second device by executing the second program and the first program is executed by using information on the selected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano
  • Patent number: 7337459
    Abstract: In order to easily download a program obtained from the outside onto a connected device while a device on which a program is to be downloaded is being properly selected, when a second device connected to a first device is controlled by executing a first program inputted to the first device from the outside and a second program prepared beforehand in the first device, the most desirable device is selected as the second device by executing the second program and the first program is executed by using information on the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsutsui, Susumu Nagano
  • Patent number: 7310810
    Abstract: To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music pieceC to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece data, the music piece data to be transmitted for the seventh time immediately after the instruction is usually downloaded. When the downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the seventh time fails for some reason, downloading is re-executed on music piece data to be transmitted for the eighth time. The music piece data for the final transmission time in each of musical pieces is used for re-execution. Timing at which downloading of the music piece data transmitted for the time immediately preceding the final time can be instructed is set as purchase limit time by using elapsed time since program start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Hamada, Susumu Nagano, Shintaro Tsutsui