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: 20200186608
    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: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki ONO, Masanori KATSU, Masatomo KURATA, Takashi OGATA, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 10601935
    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: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ono, Masanori Katsu, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10592812
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a behavior recognition mode setting unit that sets a behavior recognition mode on a basis of wearing position information of a setting target device, a behavior recognition unit that recognizes a user's behavior on a basis of the set behavior recognition mode and a detection value of a sensor corresponding to the setting target device, and a process control unit that controls execution of a process corresponding to the recognized user's behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Masanori Katsu, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10571289
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire action information of a user, and space information and time information that are associated with the action information; and a map representation processing unit configured to consider the time information when executing map representation of the action information on a basis of the space information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Matsuzawa, Takashi Ogata, Masashi Ookubo
  • Publication number: 20200013038
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of controlling remittance of an amount of money set according to a user context. An information processing device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a user context matches a remittance condition previously registered or not, on the basis of context information regarding a user wearing a device having a payment function, and a control unit configured to perform, when the user context is determined to match the remittance condition, control for remittance of a predetermined amount of money to a predetermined destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: MASATOMO KURATA, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190239029
    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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Hostyn, Jeroen Ost, Anatoliy Lubashevskiy, Olivier Demarto, Masatomo Kurata, Sota Matsuzawa, Serkan Eryilmaz, Paulius Sarka
  • Publication number: 20190195632
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique which is capable of improving the accuracy of position estimation while reducing time and effort for installing facilities in an environment. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a sensor control unit configured to acquire inertial sensor data detected by an inertial sensor and distance measuring sensor data detected by a distance measuring sensor; and a data processing unit configured to estimate a relative position on a basis of the inertial sensor data and the distance measuring sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190166167
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism that can create a talk room afterward with a person the user actually talked with on the spot. [Solution] An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a communication level acquisition unit configured to acquire a level of mutual communication between users; and a talk room control unit configured to create 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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: MASATOMO KURATA, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190134508
    Abstract: [Object] To implement display of a nurture target that conforms more closely to a real environment. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine, on a basis of collected sensor information and a nurture model associated with a nurture target, a nurture state of the nurture target; and an output control unit configured to control an output related to the nurture target, in accordance with the nurture state of the nurture target. Also provided is an information processing method including: determining, by a processor, on a basis of collected sensor information and a nurture model associated with a nurture target, a nurture state of the nurture target; and controlling an output related to the nurture target, in accordance with the nurture state of the nurture target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: SOTA MATSUZAWA, TAKUYA FUJITA, KATSUYOSHI KANEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190108391
    Abstract: [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of improving the accuracy of recognition of a user's action. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a sensor control unit configured to acquire distance measuring sensor data detected by a plurality of distance measuring sensors; a data processing unit configured to obtain action recognition results of one or a plurality of users by analyzing the distance measuring sensor data; and an output control unit configured to control output according to the action recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180374270
    Abstract: To change the display of the information associated with the moving real object depending on the position of the real object. Provided is an information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of tag information managed in association with position information of a real object. The display control unit controls the display of the tag information in such a manner that the display of the tag information is changed depending on a change in the position information of the real object. Also provided is a server including: an object management unit configured to manage an update of position information of a real object on a basis of the collected position information of the real object; and a control unit configured to cause the position information of the real object and tag information managed in association with the position information of the real object to be transmitted to an information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170357849
    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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori KATSU, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170352226
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire action information indicating a detected action of a user; and a content providing unit configured to provide content that develops in accordance with a temporal or spatial sequence of the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota MATSUZAWA, Takashi OGATA, Masashi OOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20170328726
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire action information of a user, and space information and time information that are associated with the action information; and a map representation processing unit configured to consider the time information when executing map representation of the action information on a basis of the space information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota MATSUZAWA, Takashi OGATA, Masashi OOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20170312574
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a sensor data acquisition unit configured to acquire sensor data provided by a sensor worn by a user or mounted on a piece of equipment used by the user; an action detection unit configured to detect an action of the user on a basis of the sensor data, the action including a turn; and an information generation unit configured to generate information regarding the turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota MATSUZAWA, Takashi OGATA, Masashi OOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20160335557
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a behavior recognition mode setting unit configured to set a behavior recognition mode on a basis of wearing position information of a setting target device; a behavior recognition unit configured to recognize user's behavior on a basis of the set behavior recognition mode and a detection value of a sensor corresponding to the setting target device; and a process control unit configured to control execution of a process corresponding to the recognized user's behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: MASATOMO KURATA, MASANORI KATSU, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160314401
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a status recognition unit configured to recognize 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 configured to set 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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: MASATOMO KURATA, MASANORI KATSU, SOTA MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160249852
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a stable section detection unit configured to detect a stable section of a posture of a sensor device that a user wears, based on first sensor data provided from the sensor device, a specific action section detection unit configured to detect a specific action section in which a specific action of the user occurs, based on second sensor data, and asleep section detection unit configured to detect a sleep section in which the user is in a sleep state, based on a relationship between the stable section and the specific action section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori KATSU, Masatomo KURATA, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160134714
    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: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki ONO, Masanori KATSU, Masatomo KURATA, Takashi OGATA, Sota MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160042474
    Abstract: [Object] To effectively award incentives to the users to allow users to share their behavior information through a user object displayed in a virtual space. [Solution] There is provided an information processing device including a processor. The processor realizes a behavior information acquisition function of acquiring first behavior information indicating a behavior of a first user, a display control function of causing a display unit to display a first user object which is generated based on the first behavior information and indicates the first user, and a reward registration function of registering a reward object in association with a second user who is different from the first user based on the first behavior information for a first time for which the second user observes the first user object via the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki ONO, Masatomo KURATA, Sota MATSUZAWA, Takashi OGATA, Masanori KATSU