Patents by Inventor TAKUMA OIWA
TAKUMA OIWA 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).
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Patent number: 12033655Abstract: Provided are a sound output control apparatus, a sound output control system, a sound output control method, and a program that can appropriately thin out the output of pieces of sound data. A sound data reception section receives a plurality of pieces of sound data transmitted from transmission apparatuses that are different from each other. A selection section selects a portion of the plurality of pieces of sound data on the basis of at least one of a result of a voice activity detection process performed on each of the pieces of sound data or moving averages of volumes of sounds represented by the pieces of sound data. A sound data transmission section outputs the selected portion of the pieces of sound data.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Takuma Oiwa, Yoshihisa Onoue, Shogo Suzuki, Shin Nagata, Makoto Oshita, Yuji Kojima, Akihisa Sumi
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Patent number: 12011669Abstract: A session management section 126 holds respective pieces of identification information of a plurality of members who join a session of an application. An allocation section 134 allocates a member to a chat group. A chat management section 114 acquires the identification information of each member who belongs to the chat group created in the session, and determines a member who becomes a partner for communicating chat data, for each member.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Takuma Oiwa, Masashi Takeuchi, Tatsuaki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11904247Abstract: A content image display section displays a content image. A system image display section superimposes a system image on the content image and displays the images in response to a user operation. The system image display section is provided with a chat information display section for displaying information related to a voice chat. A member display section displays members of one voice chat room in which the user stays. A chat list display section displays a list of a plurality of voice chat rooms in which the user stays.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Takuma Oiwa, Masashi Takeuchi, Hiroki Hirakawa, Steven Trombetta
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Publication number: 20230372824Abstract: A first recording section 152 records chat data that is voice data, in association with time information. A second recording section 154 records metadata including information indicating a person who has made an utterance, in association with time information. An input image generating section 124 generates an input image for a user to create a report. A report creating section 170 receives information input by the user and creates a report relating to a chat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Takato YOROZUYA, Takuma OIWA
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Publication number: 20230158412Abstract: A transmission processing section 166a transmits an image to a distribution server. A state information acquisition section 164a acquires, from a management server, information indicating the states of a plurality of members. A room image generation section 124a generates, on the basis of the information indicating the state of the plurality of members, a member display field in which information regarding a member transmitting an image and information regarding a member transmitting no image are included in different regions. A room image generation section 124a displays information indicating a member who is watching an image transmitted from the transmission processing section 166a to the distribution server.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Takuma OIWA, Hiroki HIRAKAWA, Masashi TAKEUCHI, Tadashi ADACHIHARA, Hiroshi KAJIHATA
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Publication number: 20230158400Abstract: A state information acquisition section 164c acquires, from a management server, information indicating states of a plurality of members. A room image generation section 124c generates, on the basis of the information indicating the state of the plurality of members, a member displaying field in which information regarding a member transmitting an image and information regarding a member transmitting no image are included in different regions. A reception section 104c receives an operation of selecting a member transmitting an image. A request transmission section 180c sends a watching request including information for identifying the selected member to the management server or a distribution server that distributes an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Hiroki HIRAKAWA, Masashi TAKEUCHI, Takuma OIWA, Tadashi ADACHIHARA, Hiroshi KAJIHATA
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Publication number: 20220326815Abstract: A content image display section displays a content image. A system image display section superimposes a system image on the content image and displays the images in response to a user operation. The system image display section is provided with a chat information display section for displaying information related to a voice chat. A member display section displays members of one voice chat room in which the user stays. A chat list display section displays a list of a plurality of voice chat rooms in which the user stays.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Takuma Oiwa, Masashi Takeuchi, Hiroki Hirakawa, Steven Trombetta
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Publication number: 20220302959Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a processor configured to control switching an output destination of content reproduced by a mobile device when the mobile device is within proximity, or passes within proximity, of a second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takuma Oiwa, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20220249961Abstract: A session management section 126 holds respective pieces of identification information of a plurality of members who join a session of an application. An allocation section 134 allocates a member to a chat group. A chat management section 114 acquires the identification information of each member who belongs to the chat group created in the session, and determines a member who becomes a partner for communicating chat data, for each member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Takuma OIWA, Masashi TAKEUCHI, Tatsuaki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220208210Abstract: Provided are a sound output control apparatus, a sound output control system, a sound output control method, and a program that can appropriately thin out the output of pieces of sound data. A sound data reception section receives a plurality of pieces of sound data transmitted from transmission apparatuses that are different from each other. A selection section selects a portion of the plurality of pieces of sound data on the basis of at least one of a result of a voice activity detection process performed on each of the pieces of sound data or moving averages of volumes of sounds represented by the pieces of sound data. A sound data transmission section outputs the selected portion of the pieces of sound data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Takuma Oiwa, Yoshihisa Onoue, Shogo Suzuki, Shin Nagata, Makoto Oshita, Yuji Kojima, Akihisa Sumi
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Publication number: 20220101849Abstract: Provided are a voice chat apparatus, a voice chat method, and a program that achieve appropriate control on whether or not to provide text obtained as a result of voice recognition on voice in voice chat. A voice receiving unit receives voice in voice chat. A text acquiring unit acquires text obtained as a result of voice recognition on the voice received by the voice receiving unit. A transmission control unit controls, on a basis of whether or not display of a voice recognition result is performed in a voice chat system that is a communication destination, whether or not to transmit text data including the text acquired by the text acquiring unit to the communication destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Takuma Oiwa, Akira Miyashita, Satoru Matsuda, Chiaki Sasaki
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Patent number: 10565033Abstract: A management server manages an event in which a plurality of users operating different information processing apparatuses share electronic content provided through a network. The management server includes: a communication space control unit that generates a virtual space in which the plurality of users realize communication and that accepts attendance through each information processing apparatus; and an event processing unit that receives an operation of starting to share the electronic content in the virtual space through the information processing apparatus and that carries out a process for starting to share the electronic content.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Noriko Shida, Takuma Oiwa
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Publication number: 20190026165Abstract: A management server 20 manages an event in which a plurality of users operating different information processing apparatuses 10 share electronic content provided through a network. The management server 20 includes: a communication space control unit 70 that generates a virtual space in which the plurality of users realize communication and that accepts attendance through each information processing apparatus 10; and an event processing unit 68 that receives an operation of starting to share the electronic content in the virtual space through the information processing apparatus 10 and that carries out a process for starting to share the electronic content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Noriko Shida, Takuma Oiwa
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Publication number: 20190020375Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a processor configured to control switching an output destination of content reproduced by a mobile device when the mobile device is within proximity, or passes within proximity, of a second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takuma Oiwa, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20150200715Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a processor configured to control switching an output destination of content reproduced by a mobile device when the mobile device is within proximity, or passes within proximity, of a second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Oiwa, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8972852Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a structure analysis unit that analyses display control data including multiple structural units, in each of which information relating to display control is written, and extracts the structural units included in the display control data, a first structuring unit that generates first structured data for display control by linking, except for a structural unit in which information involving script processing is written, the structural units including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, among the extracted structural units, a second structuring unit that generates second structured data for display control by linking all of the extracted structural units, and a display control unit that displays a display screen using the first structured data, and, at a stage the second structured data is generated, redisplays the display screen using the second structured data.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takamasa Iwade, Kenji Hisanaga, Yoshinori Atake, Tomohiro Katsube, Yohei Hashimoto, Takuma Oiwa
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Patent number: 8504695Abstract: Provided is a data acquisition method including the steps of selecting a link destination whose display is at least partially located in a region of a display screen corresponding to an operating tool, acquiring, before the link destination is selected, information relating to a layout of a display screen and display control data including at least a structural unit in which the information is written, the display control data and the information existing at the link destination, extracting structural units included in the display control data, in a case the prefetched link destination is selected, generating first structured data by linking the extracted structural units in which information involving script-process isn't written, generating second structured data by linking the extracted structural units, displaying a display screen using the first structured data, and redisplaying, at a stage the second structured data is generated, the display screen using the second structured data.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yohei Hashimoto, Takamasa Iwade, Kenji Hisanaga, Takuma Oiwa, Yoshinori Atake, Tomohiro Katsube
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Patent number: 8478882Abstract: Provided is a data acquisition method including the steps of selecting one or more of at least one link destination, acquiring, before the link destination is selected, display control data including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, the display control data existing at the link destination selected in the previous step, extracting structural units included in the display control data before the prefetched link destination is selected, generating, before the prefetched link destination is selected, first structured data for display control by linking the extracted structural units in which information involving script processing is not written, generating, in a case the prefetched link destination is selected, second structured data for display control by linking the structural units, displaying a display screen using the first structured data, and redisplaying the display screen using the second structured data.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takamasa Iwade, Yohei Hashimoto, Takuma Oiwa, Kenji Hisanaga, Yoshinori Atake, Tomohiro Katsube
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Publication number: 20110066732Abstract: Provided is a data acquisition method including the steps of selecting one or more of at least one link destination, acquiring, before the link destination is selected, display control data including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, the display control data existing at the link destination selected in the previous step, extracting structural units included in the display control data before the prefetched link destination is selected, generating, before the prefetched link destination is selected, first structured data for display control by linking the extracted structural units in which information involving script processing is not written, generating, in a case the prefetched link destination is selected, second structured data for display control by linking the structural units, displaying a display screen using the first structured data, and redisplaying the display screen using the second structured data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Takamasa Iwade, Yohei Hashimoto, Takuma Oiwa, Kenji Hisanaga, Yoshinori Atake, Tomohiro Katsube
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Publication number: 20110063310Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a structure analysis unit that analyses display control data including multiple structural units, in each of which information relating to display control is written, and extracts the structural units included in the display control data, a first structuring unit that generates first structured data for display control by linking, except for a structural unit in which information involving script processing is written, the structural units including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, among the extracted structural units, a second structuring unit that generates second structured data for display control by linking all of the extracted structural units, and a display control unit that displays a display screen using the first structured data, and, at a stage the second structured data is generated, redisplays the display screen using the second structured data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: TAKAMASA IWADE, KENJI HISANAGA, YOSHINORI ATAKE, TOMOHIRO KATSUBE, YOHEI HASHIMOTO, TAKUMA OIWA