Patents by Inventor Soh Masuko
Soh Masuko 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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Patent number: 11938402Abstract: A method includes receiving information related to a first user. The method further includes instructing a first display to display an image related to the first user to a second user based on the received information. The method further includes generating an image of a virtual object. The method further includes instructing a second display to display an image of the virtual object. The method further includes detecting movement of the second user. The method further includes determining a velocity of the virtual object in response to a determination that the second user contacts the virtual object based on the detected movement of the second user. The method further includes generating a moving image of the virtual object based on the determined velocity of the virtual object. The method further includes instructing the second display to display the moving image of the virtual object.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.Inventors: Kelvin Ka Sin Cheng, Kensuke Koda, Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 11568460Abstract: A product evaluation device includes a receiving means for receiving product specifying information for specifying a product attribute, an acquisition means for acquiring designation in formation corresponding to a product attribute specified by the product specifying information from a storage means storing, for each product attribute, a genuine image showing a characteristic part for evaluating whether a product is a genuine product and designation information designating the characteristic part in association with each other, a request means for requesting a user to take a photograph by designating a characteristic part of the product based on the designation information acquired from the storage means and requesting a photographed image obtained by the photographing, and an output means for outputting an evaluation result obtained based on the photographed image provided in response to the request and the genuine image stored in the storage means.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Udana Bandara, Soh Masuko
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Publication number: 20220347576Abstract: A method includes receiving information related to a first user. The method further includes instructing a first display to display an image related to the first user to a second user based on the received information. The method further includes generating an image of a virtual object. The method further includes instructing a second display to display an image of the virtual object. The method further includes detecting movement of the second user. The method further includes determining a velocity of the virtual object in response to a determination that the second user contacts the virtual object based on the detected movement of the second user. The method further includes generating a moving image of the virtual object based on the determined velocity of the virtual object. The method further includes instructing the second display to display the moving image of the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Kelvin Ka Sin CHENG, Kensuke KODA, Soh MASUKO
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Patent number: 11477424Abstract: Content data representing content that includes at least one or more components is acquired. Projection area data representing a projection area is acquired. A deteriorated part, which is a part where a projection condition is deteriorated in the projection area, is identified based on the projection area data. A priority of the component included in the content is identified. Display deterioration of the content, which is caused by the deteriorated part, is suppressed based on a position of the identified deteriorated part in the projection area, the content data displayed on the projection area, a threshold according to the identified priority, and a degree of deterioration indicative of a level of deterioration of the component.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 11334151Abstract: An estimator (111) estimates whether an object is on the line of sight of the user. When a first object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a first threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a displayer (112) displays a second object in the field of view of the user. The second object expresses information about the first object. When the second object is estimated as not being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a second threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a remover (113) removes the second object from the field of view of the user. A corrector (114) corrects the first threshold time according to the length of viewing time that the second object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user. Here, the first threshold time is set for the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Masafumi Muta, Keigo Matsumoto, Kelvin Ka Sin Cheng, Soh Masuko
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Publication number: 20210357023Abstract: An estimator (111) estimates whether an object is on the line of sight of the user. When a first object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a first threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a displayer (112) displays a second object in the field of view of the user. The second object expresses information about the first object. When the second object is estimated as not being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a second threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a remover (113) removes the second object from the field of view of the user. A corrector (114) corrects the first threshold time according to the length of viewing time that the second object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user. Here, the first threshold time is set for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Masafumi MUTA, Keigo MATSUMOTO, Kelvin Ka Sin CHENG, Soh MASUKO
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Patent number: 11170039Abstract: An item extraction unit extracts, when a user selects an item from a list of items to be selected by the user, at least one item from among items that are not selected by the user. A word acquisition unit acquires a word that is contained in text information associated with the item selected by the user and is not contained in text information associated with the item extracted by the item extraction unit. A search condition setting unit sets a search condition for searching for an item that is similar to the item selected by the user based on the word acquired by the word acquisition unit. A search execution unit executes a search based on the search condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 11126848Abstract: An information processing device according to one embodiment includes a detection unit that detects an attention region corresponding to a user's sense of sight, an identification unit that identifies a first object overlapping the attention region from one or more objects existing in a space where the user is located, a request unit that makes a request for first object information related to the first object to another computer during a first time period where the first object overlaps the attention region, and a receiving unit that receives the first object information transmitted from the another computer in response to the request during the first time period.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Kelvin Ka Sin Cheng, Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 11010422Abstract: An image display system includes an acquisition means for acquiring operation information containing a moving direction and a moving amount of an input position in an input operation on a first display object, the input operation being performed when the first display object is displayed on a display device, an extraction means for, when the moving amount of the input position in a predetermined first direction exceeds a predetermined threshold, acquiring a first attribute parameter of the first display object which corresponds to the first direction, and extracting a second display object associated with the first display object and having a first attribute parameter different from the first display object from a storage means where a plurality of display objects are associated with attribute parameters, and a display control means for displaying the second display object extracted by the extraction means, instead of the first display object, on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Tomoyuki Mukasa
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Patent number: 11003659Abstract: A duplicate word acquisition unit acquires, as a duplicate word, when an item is selected by a user from a list of items to be selected by the user, a word contained in both text information associated with the item selected by the user and text information associated with another item having a predetermined relationship with the item selected by the user. A search condition setting unit sets a search condition for searching for an item similar to the item selected by the user based on the duplicate word. A search execution unit executes a search based on the search condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: RAKUTEN, INC.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 10853643Abstract: Increasing the probability that an image showing the front face of a display object is displayed initially is enabled. An image extraction device acquires position information indicating a position of a display object and display object information indicating the display object. The image extraction device extracts a partial image including the acquired display object information from images photographed from at least one spot located within a predetermined distance of a position indicated by the acquired position information. The image extraction device outputs the extracted partial image.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Naho Kono, Ryosuke Kuroki
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Patent number: 10692133Abstract: A color estimation device includes an extraction means to extract, from product information associated with a product image showing a product and containing text information about the product to be presented to a user, a plurality of color text information indicating color names as candidate color names for the product, an estimation means to estimate a color of a product shown in the product image based on a pixel value set on the basis of each of the candidate color names and a pixel value of a pixel included in the product image, and an output means to output the color estimated by the estimation means.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Yoichi Yoshimoto
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Publication number: 20200184218Abstract: An information processing device according to one embodiment includes a detection unit that detects an attention region corresponding to a user's sense of sight, an identification unit that identifies a first object overlapping the attention region from one or more objects existing in a space where the user is located, a request unit that makes a request for first object information related to the first object to another computer during a first time period where the first object overlaps the attention region, and a receiving unit that receives the first object information transmitted from the another computer in response to the request during the first time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Rakuten, Inc..Inventors: Kelvin Ka Sin CHENG, Soh MASUKO
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Patent number: 10591998Abstract: To allow for easy entry of a plurality of characters by handwriting gestures in the air, a user interface device includes template data storage means for storing template data indicating changes in a predetermined writing position when a gesture to write each of a plurality of characters in the air is made, position obtaining means for sequentially obtaining the predetermined writing position when a user makes gestures to sequentially writing characters in the air, similarity evaluation information output means, every time the predetermined writing position is obtained by the position obtaining means, for sequentially outputting similarity evaluation information indicating a similarity between data to be evaluated including a predetermined number of the predetermined writing positions taken in order from newly obtained data and the template data related to each of the plurality of characters, and character string determination means for determining a character string related to the gestures of the user basedType: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: RAKUTEN, INC.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Masato Hagiwara
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Patent number: 10451431Abstract: A user is induced to have the same experience as displayed in an image. Means that obtains content stored in a route search system obtains content stored in storing means for storing a plurality of items of image data, location information, and time information in association with one another. Display controlling means displays some of the items of image data on display means. Receiving means receives a selection of a location to visit from the displayed items of image data. Searching means determines a visiting location based on location information of the image data of the selected location, determines a visiting time based on time information of the image data, and searches a route for visiting the visiting location on the visiting time.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 10432901Abstract: To prevent visibility of content from being partially lowered due to existence of a projection unsuitable area while effectively utilizing a projection suitable area. Provided is a content projection control method including the steps of obtaining content data indicating content including a plurality of objects, each object including one or more images or a plurality of characters, obtaining projection area data indicating a projection area, determining a projection unsuitable area, which is not suitable for projection in the projection area, based on the projection area data, generating a plurality of arrangement units from the content indicated by the content data, each arrangement unit including one object or a plurality of adjacent objects, and changing a layout of the arrangement units by determining a projection position of each arrangement unit based on a position of the projection unsuitable area.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 10419277Abstract: A user identifying system includes a user terminal and a server for communicating with the terminal. The terminal includes a detecting means that detects an event of a failure in accessing a service provided by the server, a recording means that records a timestamp indicating time of a failure in accessing the service when the event is detected, and a transmitting means that transmits, to the server, the timestamp and identification information allowing the server to identify the user of the terminal. The server includes a receiving means that receives the identification information and the timestamp transmitted from the transmitting means, and a specifying means that specifies a user identified by the identification information received by the receiving means when access by the terminal related to the timestamp has been made during an inaccessibility period wherein access to a service provided by the server has been unacceptable.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Takafumi Inoue
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Patent number: 10354285Abstract: An information provision device includes a reception unit that receives a display request for a product from a terminal of a user; an access-history acquisition unit that refers to an access-history storage unit that stores therein an access history indicating a purchase history or a viewing history of a product, and identifies a product that the user has ever purchased or viewed; an image extraction unit that extracts an image containing the product indicated by the display request and the product identified by the access-history acquisition unit from an image storage unit that stores therein a product combination image; and a transmission unit that transmits information including the image extracted by the image extraction unit to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Publication number: 20190213410Abstract: Increasing the probability that an image showing the front face of a display object is displayed initially is enabled. An image extraction device acquires position information indicating a position of a display object and display object information indicating the display object. The image extraction device extracts a partial image including the acquired display object information from images photographed from at least one spot located within a predetermined distance of a position indicated by the acquired position information. The image extraction device outputs the extracted partial image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Soh MASUKO, Naho KONO, Ryosuke KUROKI
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Publication number: 20190199988Abstract: Content data representing content that includes at least one or more components is acquired. Projection area data representing a projection area is acquired. A deteriorated part, which is a part where a projection condition is deteriorated in the projection area, is identified based on the projection area data. A priority of the component included in the content is identified. Display deterioration of the content, which is caused by the deteriorated part, is suppressed based on a position of the identified deteriorated part in the projection area, the content data displayed on the projection area, a threshold according to the identified priority, and a degree of deterioration indicative of a level of deterioration of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh MASUKO