Patents by Inventor Soichiro INATANI

Soichiro INATANI 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: 11960078
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that has control so that, when detected a status transition of a user including a rising motion or a moving motion of the user during reproduction of a wide-angle image covering the entire field of view of the user, a real-space image acquired by an outward-facing camera provided on a display device that is worn on the head of the user and has a display unit covering the entire field of view is displayed on the display unit in real-time and a 2D image corresponding to a portion of the wide-angle image is displayed on the real-space image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Kenji Sugihara, Soichiro Inatani
  • Publication number: 20230214004
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit (100) that acquires motion information indicating a motion of a user, and a display control unit (100) that performs display control on a display unit capable of superimposing and displaying a virtual space on a real space. The display control unit specifies a real surface that is a surface in the real space based on the motion information, and displays a region image indicating a region for arranging a virtual object or a real object on a virtual surface that is a surface in the virtual space corresponding to the real surface according to an azimuth extracted based on the real surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, JUN KIMURA, SOICHIRO INATANI, SHINICHI KAWANO, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230095328
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a position of a hand and a finger gesture of a user; and a control unit that controls a displaying operation of a display device that displays a virtual object superimposed on a real space, in which the control unit sets a virtual gripping point to a position having a certain offset with respect to the hand, and controls the display device to display a virtual object gripping operation on the basis of a positional relationship between the virtual gripping point and the virtual object and a contact state between fingertips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: IKUO YAMANO, SOICHIRO INATANI, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11609428
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a line-of-sight information acquisition unit which acquires line-of-sight information related to a line-of-sight direction of a user, a movement information acquisition unit which acquires a center-of-gravity movement information related to a center-of-gravity movement direction of a body of the user, and a display control unit which performs a first display control for controlling a display device by moving a viewpoint of the imaging unit in the center-of-gravity movement direction while substantially maintaining the imaging posture of the imaging unit when the line-of-sight direction and the center-of-gravity movement direction are substantially parallel and performs a second display control for controlling the display device by rotating the imaging posture of the imaging unit and moving the viewpoint of the imaging unit in the center-of-gravity movement direction when the line-of-sight direction and the center-of-gravity movement direction are n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Inatani, Kenji Sugihara, Mari Saito
  • Publication number: 20230031913
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a position and a posture, or a shape of a first part on a body of a user, and a control unit configured to control a virtual object to be displayed in a real space on a display device on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part. When recognizing that the first part has performed a first operation for a second part on the body of the user on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part acquired by the acquisition unit, the control unit stores an execution state of the virtual object in association with the second part, and stops display of the virtual object by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, JUN KIMURA, IKUO YAMANO, SHINICHI KAWANO, SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Publication number: 20220236788
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a display control unit that causes a display device to display a mark for a virtual object at an instruction position that is a position determined on the basis of a plurality of directions indicated by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: MIWA ICHIKAWA, JUN KIMURA, AI NAKADA, SOICHIRO INATANI, TAKURO NODA, KUNIHITO SAWAI, SHINGO UTSUKI, KENJI SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220146821
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that has control so that, when detected a status transition of a user including a rising motion or a moving motion of the user during reproduction of a wide-angle image covering the entire field of view of the user, a real-space image acquired by an outward-facing camera provided on a display device that is worn on the head of the user and has a display unit covering the entire field of view is displayed on the display unit in real-time and a 2D image corresponding to a portion of the wide-angle image is displayed on the real-space image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: MARI SAITO, KENJI SUGIHARA, SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Patent number: 11240482
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that can improve comfortability at the time when a plurality of users share and view a three-dimensional image. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control for determining a transmission starting point of three-dimensional image information based on positional information and sight line information of a first user, positional information and sight line information of a second user, and display position information of the three-dimensional image information that is shared and viewed by the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Taki, Soichiro Inatani, Hiro Iwase, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 11170539
    Abstract: A display control unit that controls presence or absence of a display item on a display unit based on a display order of display items determined according to environment information or user information, by using a change in behavior of a user as a trigger is provided, such that an influence of the display item on a view of the user is reduced and the user can comfortably experience an AR superimposition technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soichiro Inatani
  • Patent number: 11170754
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a user to grasp clearly a source of information with sound. [Solution] There is provided an information processor that includes an output control unit that controls output of an information notification using sound, the output control unit causing, on the basis of a recognized external sound source, the information notification to be output in an output mode that is not similar to an external sound that can be emitted by the external sound source. There is also provided an information processing method that includes controlling, by a processor, output of an information notification using sound, the controlling further including causing, on the basis of a recognized external sound source, the information notification to be output in an output mode that is not similar to an external sound that can be emitted by the external sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Nakagawa, Takanobu Omata, Soichiro Inatani
  • Publication number: 20210160150
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that can intuitively present a connection state between wireless appliances in a space. [Solution] An information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control for displaying, on a display unit, a first virtual object indicating a link between a first wireless appliance and a second wireless appliance based on connection information about a connection between the first wireless appliance and the second wireless appliance, and positional information of the first wireless appliance and positional information of the second wireless appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: YUHEI TAKI, SOICHIRO INATANI, HIRO IWASE, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20200396438
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that can improve comfortability at the time when a plurality of users share and view a three-dimensional image. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control for determining a transmission starting point of three-dimensional image information based on positional information and sight line information of a first user, positional information and sight line information of a second user, and display position information of the three-dimensional image information that is shared and viewed by the first user and the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei TAKI, Soichiro INATANI, Hiro IWASE, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20200380733
    Abstract: [Problem] An influence of a display item on a view of a user is reduced, and the user can comfortably experience an AR superimposition technology. [Solution] A display control unit that controls the presence or absence of a display item on a display unit based on a display order of display items determined according to environment information or user information, by using a change in behavior of a user as a trigger is provided, the influence of the display item on the view of the user is reduced, and the user can comfortably experience the AR superimposition technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Publication number: 20200218072
    Abstract: [Problem] To realize intuitive control of a viewpoint related to a display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: SOICHIRO INATANI, KENJI SUGIHARA, MARI SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200168222
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a user to clearly perceive classification of information even in a case where output of audio that includes information for different purposes is performed. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including an output control unit that controls output of an audio utterance in an audio conversation with a user, in which the audio utterance includes main content and sub-content accompanied with the main content, and the output control unit causes the sub-content to be output in an output mode different from an output mode of the main content. In addition, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, output of an audio utterance in an audio conversation with a user, in which the audio utterance includes main content and sub-content accompanied with the main content, and the controlling further includes causing the sub-content to be output in an output mode different from an output mode of the main content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: MARI SAITO, SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Publication number: 20200160833
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a user to grasp clearly a source of information with sound. [Solution] There is provided an information processor that includes an output control unit that controls output of an information notification using sound, the output control unit causing, on the basis of a recognized external sound source, the information notification to be output in an output mode that is not similar to an external sound that can be emitted by the external sound source. There is also provided an information processing method that includes controlling, by a processor, output of an information notification using sound, the controlling further including causing, on the basis of a recognized external sound source, the information notification to be output in an output mode that is not similar to an external sound that can be emitted by the external sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Takanobu OMATA, Soichiro INATANI