Patents by Inventor Sota MATSUZAWA

Sota MATSUZAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230286463
    Abstract: An information processing terminal 10 includes: a trigger point recording unit 118 that acquires a trigger point at which gait authentication of a user for unlocking doors is performed, the trigger point passed through before a point at which unlocking the doors is performed on the vehicle 30; a gait authentication unit 140 that performs the gait authentication on a basis of motion information obtained by continuously measuring walking of the user when the trigger point is passed; and an information presentation unit 134 that notifies the user that the gait authentication has failed in a case where the gait authentication has failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: SOTA MATSUZAWA, MASATOMO KURATA
  • Publication number: 20230245746
    Abstract: A configuration that enables a rehabilitation execution user to appropriately execute rehabilitation while confirming whether or not exercise being executed by the user is an appropriate exercise according to an exercise prescription is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI FUJIMOTO, KIMINOBU NISHIMURA, SOTA MATSUZAWA, MASANORI KATSU, MAKI SHIGYO
  • Publication number: 20230137878
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program which enable highly accurate authentication. The information processing device includes a position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a user; a feature amount calculation unit that calculates a feature amount of motion of the user based on sensor data detected by at least one sensor device; and an authentication processing unit that performs authentication processing for the user based on an authentication model corresponding to the position information and based on the feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo KURATA, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 11393257
    Abstract: An information processor including a sensor unit that recognizes an operating tool that comes into contact with a display unit, and a control unit that shows a guidance display for guiding an operation of the operating tool on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: QiHong Wang, Masatomo Kurata, Hiroyuki Shigei, Sota Matsuzawa, Naoko Kobayashi, Makoto Sato
  • Patent number: 11330408
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that effectively utilizes contexts and has the highly convenient messaging function, a method thereof and a terminal device used for message communication. The information processing apparatus includes a communication section and a control section. The communication section communicates a message between respective terminal devices used by a plurality of users. The control section acquires is a context of one or more users among the plurality of users, and controls at least one of creation or communication of message-related information including content or a format of the message on the basis of the acquired context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Negishi, Takashi Ogata, Tamotsu Ishii, Masatomo Kurata, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20220121817
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an end portion candidate determination unit configured to determine a plurality of candidates for an end portion that is added to an end of a body and forms a message along with the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: SOTA MATSUZAWA, TAMOTSU ISHII, ATSUSHI NEGISHI
  • Patent number: 11263885
    Abstract: An information processing device that transmits a detection result to another device when abnormal detachment of a wearing device worn by a user is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Matsuzawa, Takashi Nitta, Futoshi Takeuchi, Masatomo Kurata
  • Patent number: 11181376
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a sensor control unit that acquires inertial sensor data detected by an inertial sensor and distance measuring sensor data detected by a distance measuring sensor. The information processing device further includes a data processing unit that estimates a relative position on a basis of the inertial sensor data and the distance measuring sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11113515
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a sensor control unit that acquires distance measuring sensor data detected by a plurality of distance measuring sensors and a data processing unit that obtains action recognition results of one or a plurality of users by analyzing the distance measuring sensor data. The information processing device further includes an output control unit that controls output based on the action recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sota Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210200423
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information indicating behavior of at least one user; a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire second information on the at least one user, the second information being different from the first information; and a display control unit configured to display, in a display unit, a user object which is configured based on the first information and represents the corresponding at least one user and a virtual space which is configured based on the second information and in which the user object are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, So-Net Corporation
    Inventors: Masatomo KURATA, Hideyuki ONO, Sota MATSUZAWA, Akikazu TAKEUCHI, Takayoshi MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210203736
    Abstract: An information processing system that generates commentary, the commentary including first commentary generated based on behavior information corresponding to a behavior of a user and second commentary associated with the first commentary; and outputs the commentary to be available to other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki ONO, Masanori KATSU, Masatomo KURATA, Takashi OGATA, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 11019113
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication level acquisition unit that acquires a level of mutual communication between users, and a talk room control unit that creates a talk room that a plurality of users access via terminals in order to provide or acquire information, on a basis of the level. With this arrangement, it becomes possible to provide a mechanism that can create a talk room afterward with a person the user actually conversed with on the spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210118276
    Abstract: An information processing device that transmits a detection result to another device when abnormal detachment of a wearing device worn by a user is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: SOTA MATSUZAWA, TAKASHI NITTA, FUTOSHI TAKEUCHI, MASATOMO KURATA
  • Patent number: 10972562
    Abstract: An information processing system that generates commentary, the commentary including first commentary generated based on behavior information corresponding to a behavior of a user and second commentary associated with the first commentary; and outputs the commentary to be available to other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ono, Masanori Katsu, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10969924
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information indicating behavior of at least one user; a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire second information on the at least one user, the second information being different from the first information; and a display control unit configured to display, in a display unit, a user object which is configured based on the first information and represents the corresponding at least one user and a virtual space which is configured based on the second information and in which the user object are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SO-NET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Hideyuki Ono, Sota Matsuzawa, Akikazu Takeuchi, Takayoshi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20200401828
    Abstract: An information processor including a sensor unit that recognizes an operating tool that comes into contact with a display unit, and a control unit that shows a guidance display for guiding an operation of the operating tool on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, Masatomo KURATA, Hiroyuki SHIGEI, Sota MATSUZAWA, Naoko KOBAYASHI, Makoto SATO
  • Publication number: 20200396572
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus that effectively utilizes contexts and has the highly convenient messaging function, a method thereof, a program thereof, and a terminal device used for message communication. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus includes a communication section and a control section. The communication section is configured to communicate a message between respective terminal devices used by a plurality of users. The control section is configured to acquire a context of one or more users among the plurality of users, and control at least one of creation or communication of message-related information including content or a format of the message on the basis of the acquired context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI NEGISHI, TAKASHI OGATA, TAMOTSU ISHII, MASATOMO KURATA, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 10832041
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to detect various motions of a user and generate useful information utilizing the result, the information processing apparatus including: a motion detection unit configured to detect a series of motions of a user which are repetitive and nonperiodic; and an information generation unit configured to generate information related to the series of motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Katsu, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10755181
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a status recognition unit that recognizes a status of a reference apparatus on the basis of information on a status of an apparatus corresponding to the reference apparatus, the reference apparatus serving as a reference when a behavior recognition mode for deciding a status of behavior is set and a behavior-recognition-mode setting unit that sets the behavior recognition mode for a setting target apparatus for which the behavior recognition mode is to be set on the basis of the recognized status of the reference apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Masanori Katsu, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10708717
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a tracking unit that tracks a movement of a first mobile device and a movement of a second mobile device, based on a position of the first mobile device and a position of the second mobile device received from a position estimation unit; a determination unit that determines a probability distribution of a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, based on a probabilistic model, and the position of the first mobile device and the position of the second mobile device; and an action unit that performs action, based on the determined probability distribution of the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tom Hostyn, Jeroen Ost, Anatoliy Lubashevskiy, Olivier Demarto, Masatomo Kurata, Sota Matsuzawa, Serkan Eryilmaz, Paulius Sarka