Patents by Inventor Takuro Noda

Takuro Noda 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: 20190313076
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 10440260
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to cause a display apparatus to display a live preview image generated based on image data obtained through an image sensor, and one or more processed images generated using respective image processing conditions based on one of the image data which has been obtained at some time point; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined user operation has been recognized. If it is determined that the predetermined user operation has been recognized, the display control unit updates the one or more processed images to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 10379610
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention includes a sightline distance calculating unit (106) configured to calculate a sightline distance between a position of a user and a position of a point specified on an image display surface based on a sightline direction of the user, a character size calculating unit (108) configured to determine a character size in accordance with the sightline distance calculated by the sightline distance calculating unit (106), and a display control unit (110) configured to determine a size of a display image in accordance with the character size calculated by the character size calculating unit (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yasuda, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20190230290
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire attention information regarding an attention target of a user; and a zoom control unit configured to perform zoom control of a camera on the basis of non-zoom control of the camera and the attention information when the non-zoom control is performed on the basis of the attention information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: RYOUHEI YASUDA, TAKURO NODA
  • Patent number: 10349034
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20190191994
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to make it possible to dynamically change the blinking pattern of the light source according to the imaging result, the information processing apparatus including: a light source control unit configured to control each of light sources constituting a plurality of light sources that irradiate an eye with light; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of the eye including a bright spot that is a reflection point of the light. The light source control unit controls blinking of each of the light sources on a basis of the captured image of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Eisuke NOMURA, Yoshiaki IWAI, Takuro NODA
  • Publication number: 20190196616
    Abstract: There is provided an operation processing device including an input direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an input direction according to a direction generated in response to an operation indicating the direction which is performed on an input unit to which the operation is input, an output direction indication unit configured to indicate, to a display unit configured to display an image, an output direction that is a direction in which the image of the display unit is changed in response to the operation on the input unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the output direction with respect to the input direction according to a relative position relationship between the input unit and the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MIZUNUMA, TAKURO NODA, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20190172271
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device for rotating an object relative to a viewpoint position of a user in further accordance with the user's desire, the information processing device including: a rotation center determination unit that determines a center of rotation based on a position of an object in a three-dimensional space and an instruction direction of a user in the three-dimensional space; and a rotation control unit that rotates the object relative to a viewpoint position of the user on the basis of the center of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA, Seiji WADA, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20190158717
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to obtain a more suitable imaging result related to a bright spot. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a light source control unit configured to control a light source that irradiates an eye with light; and an exposure control unit configured to control exposure for imaging the eye. The light source control unit sets a state of the light source to an on state or an off state at a time when the exposure is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: EISUKE NOMURA, YOSHIAKI IWAI, YUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKURO NODA
  • Patent number: 10248234
    Abstract: There is provided an operation processing device including an input direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an input direction according to a direction generated in response to an operation indicating the direction which is performed on an input unit to which the operation is input, an output direction indication unit configured to indicate, to a display unit configured to display an image, an output direction that is a direction in which the image of the display unit is changed in response to the operation on the input unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the output direction with respect to the input direction according to a relative position relationship between the input unit and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 10241582
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition section configured to acquire a curved movement of a body of a user as an operation, a display control section configured to display an object in a virtual three-dimensional space, and a process execution section configured to execute a process on the object based on the acquired operation. The object may be arranged on a first curved plane based on a virtual position of the user set in the virtual three-dimensional space, the first curved plane corresponding to the curved movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Akihiro Komori, Nariaki Satoh, Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10216356
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a display control section configured to display objects in a virtual three-dimensional space, the virtual three-dimensional space including a depth direction of a display screen and having a center region and a peripheral region located around the center region, and an acquisition section configured to acquire an operation on the objects at least in the depth direction based on a movement of a body of a user. The range of the depth direction in which the objects are displayed is set to a first range in the center region and to a second range narrower than the first range in the peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Akihiro Komori, Nariaki Satoh, Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10209516
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a user action state obtaining circuit configured to obtain an action state of a user; and a display control circuit configured to control a display to modify display information based on the action state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Tetsuyuki Miyawaki, Kenji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190041985
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of users, a determination unit configured to determine an operator from among the users included in the acquired captured image, and a processing unit configured to conduct a process based on information about user line of sight corresponding to the determined operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: MAKI IMOTO, TAKURO NODA, RYOUHEI YASUDA
  • Patent number: 10198127
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program which allow operability of a touch panel display to be improved. A display data generation unit obtains first display data representing a touch input position by a user on a touch panel display, from a first processing unit through a first path, obtains second display data using the first display data from a second processing unit through a second path, the second processing unit performing display image generation processing involving a processing amount larger than a processing amount of the first processing unit, and performs control to allow first display information based on the first display data and second display information based on the second display data to be displayed on the touch panel display. The present technology is applicable to an LCD module and the like, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10180718
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a circuitry configured to control a state of a selection candidate object, when a predetermined condition concerning a selection of the selection candidate object is determined to be satisfied based on a relation between a display position of the selection candidate object and a position towards which the user gazes or a gazing direction, by bringing the selection candidate object to a selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda, Ryouhei Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20190011983
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a processing unit configured to acquire gaze-related information corresponding to a user on a basis of a detection result of a head of the user and a detection result of a line of sight of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: RYOUHEI YASUDA, TAKURO NODA
  • Patent number: 10120441
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of users, a determination unit configured to determine an operator from among the users included in the acquired captured image, and a processing unit configured to conduct a process based on information about user line of sight corresponding to the determined operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda, Ryouhei Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20180295181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal 21 can obtain, from a storage terminal 1, contents corresponding to utilization information sent from an operational terminal 11 that is receiving provision of predetermined contents from a storage terminal 1. That is, if a user 23 is interested in contents that a user 13 is watching and listening to on the operational terminal 11, and desires to watch and listen to it, the user 23 can watch and listen to on the operational terminal 21, the contents that the user 13 is watching and listening to, by holding the operational terminal 21 very close to the operational terminal 11, or holding the operational terminal 11 very close to the operational terminal 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoriko KOMATSUZAKI, Makoto SATO, Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 10074346
    Abstract: A display control apparatus controls display of a transparent display which includes a screen configured to transmit light arriving from an object located on a side of a second surface so that the object is viewable from a viewpoint located on a side of a first surface which is an opposite surface to the second surface. The display control apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating relative positional relations between the transparent display and the viewpoint and between the transparent display and the object; and a display control unit that controls the display of the transparent display based on the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Noda