Patents by Inventor Taisuke NAKAZONO

Taisuke NAKAZONO 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: 11256473
    Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Oide, Takayuki Mizuuchi, Osamu Nishida, Hirohisa Shibuya, Taeko Usui, Taisuke Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20210004203
    Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi OIDE, Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Osamu NISHIDA, Hirohisa SHIBUYA, Taeko USUI, Taisuke NAKAZONO
  • Patent number: 10809972
    Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Oide, Takayuki Mizuuchi, Osamu Nishida, Hirohisa Shibuya, Taeko Usui, Taisuke Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20190361666
    Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including; a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi OIDE, Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Osamu NISHIDA, Hirohisa SHIBUYA, Taeko USUI, Taisuke NAKAZONO