Patents by Inventor Takehiro Hagiwara

Takehiro Hagiwara 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: 10142901
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20180295550
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180225740
    Abstract: An item recommendation system includes: a feedback receiving unit receiving feedbacks with respect to items by users; a feedback history storage unit storing information of feedbacks received at present or in the past by the feedback receiving unit in units of combinations of users and items; a relevance calculation unit calculating relevance between items base on first information indicating the degree in which the same user gives feedbacks to respective items and second information indicating the degree in which many users give feedbacks by using feedback information stored by the feedback history storage unit when receiving the feedback by the feedback receiving unit; and a recommendation unit immediately recommending items having higher relevance with respect to the item to the user who has given the feedback to the item by the feedback receiving unit based on the relevance calculated by the relevance calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki KAMIMAEDA, Katsuyoshi KANEMOTO, Masanori MIYAHARA, Takehiro HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 10021612
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Patent number: 10016165
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a processor to acquire information associated with behavior of a user and information associated with satisfaction degree of the user, and to analyze an association between the information associated with behavior and the information associated with satisfaction degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Naoki Kamimaeda, Masanori Miyahara, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Masatomo Kurata
  • Publication number: 20170300141
    Abstract: To intuitively identify the state o an electronic device. There is provided an electronic device that implements a predetermined function, the electronic device including: an operation detection unit configured to detect a physical operation on the electronic device; a transmitter configured to transmit operation information indicating the operation to an external device; a receiver configured to receive feedback information indicating at least a type of feedback representing a state relating to the function, the feedback information being transmitted by the external device in response to the operation information; and a feedback unit configured to provide the feedback in accordance with the feedback information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukito INOUE, Hiromu TAKIZAWA, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hidenori KARASAWA, Takeo INAGAKI, Daisuke ISHII
  • Publication number: 20170070933
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170052678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to enable a user to intuitively perform an operation of setting a linked operation of hardware elements or software elements, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a plurality of icons indicating hardware elements or software elements that perform a linked operation together, and a link connecting the plurality of icons to each other to be displayed. A spatial sequence of the plurality of icons formed by the link corresponds to a temporal sequence of operations of the software elements or the hardware elements indicated by the plurality of icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori KARASAWA, Takeo INAGAKI, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Hiromu TAKIZAWA, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Genta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170031586
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device to make it easy to recognize the association of information of a device registered in a system with an actual device, the terminal device including: a signal reception unit configured to receive a first signal outputted from one or more devices in a system; a positional relationship specifying unit configured to specify a positional relationship between the terminal device and the one or more devices based on the first signal; an identification information extraction unit configured to extract identification information of the one or more devices in the system from the first signal; and means for presenting setting information of the one or more devices in the system in association with the one or more devices based on the identification information and the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genta KONDO, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9529847
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Fujita, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Takehiro Hagiwara, Takahito Migita, Hiroyuki Masuda, Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Masahiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20160370883
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, control method, program, and storage medium capable of intuitively performing an operation input to an object within a projection image by moving a laser pointer. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer to a projection image; an acquisition unit which acquires movement information of the laser pointer; and an output unit which outputs a control signal for causing display of an object within a projection image corresponding to the irradiation position to be changed in accordance with the movement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoya NARITA, Taku INOUE, Takehiro HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20150113016
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya FUJITA, Mitsuhiro MIYAZAKI, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Takahito MIGITA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Katsuyoshi KANEMOTO, Masahiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 8983997
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Fujita, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Takehiro Hagiwara, Takahito Migita, Hiroyuki Masuda, Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Masahiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20150009138
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a recognition section which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer on a projection image, an acquisition section which acquires information of a user operation detected by an operation section provided in the laser pointer, and a detection section which detects operation input information for the projection image based on the irradiation position recognized by the recognition section and the user operation acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: TOMOYA NARITA, TAKEHIRO HAGIWARA, TAKU INOUE
  • Publication number: 20140282733
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display and a controller that controls display of a current program. The controller also controls display of a plurality of first images in a first arrangement. Each first image corresponds to content of the current program. The controller additionally controls display of a plurality of second images in a second arrangement. Each second image corresponds to content associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Okumura, Mayu Irimajiri, Takehiro Hagiwara, Ryo Nakahashi, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140129376
    Abstract: An item recommendation system includes: a feedback receiving unit receiving feedbacks with respect to items by users; a feedback history storage unit storing information of feedbacks received at present or in the past by the feedback receiving unit in units of combinations of users and items; a relevance calculation unit calculating relevance between items base on first information indicating the degree in which the same user gives feedbacks to respective items and second information indicating the degree in which many users give feedbacks by using feedback information stored by the feedback history storage unit when receiving the feedback by the feedback receiving unit; and a recommendation unit immediately recommending items having higher relevance with respect to the item to the user who has given the feedback to the item by the feedback receiving unit based on the relevance calculated by the relevance calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KAMIMAEDA, Katsuyoshi KANEMOTO, Masanori MIYAHARA, Takehiro HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 8712108
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to acquire an image of at least a part of a meal. An analysis is then done on the image to determine a substance in the image. The analysis also considers caloric intake and exercise data and compares the same with a health management model to arrive at a recommendation for a user who consumed the meal. Various optional features include using wireless communications to receive exercise data from sensors, as well as communication related images such as the menu of a restaurant or the location of the restaurant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Miyahara, Takehiro Hagiwara, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8666834
    Abstract: Methods and systems include receiving feedback from one of a plurality of users for one of a plurality of items, storing the received feedback and past feedback received from the plurality of users, wherein the received feedback and past feedback are stored as combinations of users and items having feedback given by the users, calculating relevance between the one of the plurality of items and another one of the plurality of items, based on first information indicating a degree of feedback given by the one of the plurality of users for the plurality of items, and second information indicating a degree of stored past feedback given by the plurality of users to the plurality of items, and immediately recommending items to the one of the plurality of users, the recommended items having the highest relevance to the one of the plurality of items, based on the calculated relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kamimaeda, Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Masanori Miyahara, Takehiro Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20120330986
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an evaluation value calculating unit that acquires time-series data of a discrete system including sampling values xi in a measurement period i, calculates a movement deviation vt based on a movement mean mt of N sampling values xt, xt?1, xt?2, . . . , and xt?N+1 corresponding to predetermined periods before a predetermined measurement period t, and calculates an evaluation value st showing a rapid change in the time-series data of the discrete system in the measurement period t, on the basis of the movement deviation vt corresponding to the measurement period t and a movement deviation vt?1 corresponding to a measurement period t?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi KANEMOTO, Mitsuhiro MIYAZAKI, Takehiro HAGIWARA, Takahito MIGITA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Takuya FUJITA, Masahiro MORITA
  • Publication number: 20120317064
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a processor to acquire information associated with behavior of a user and information associated with satisfaction degree of the user, and to analyze an association between the information associated with behavior and the information associated with satisfaction degree
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Naoki Kamimaeda, Masanori Miyahara, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Masatomo Kurata