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).

  • Patent number: 10061384
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an eyeball position estimation unit that estimates an eyeball position of a user in a pupil-corneal reflection method on the basis of a captured image including an eye of the user captured when the eye of the user looking at a display surface is irradiated with light; a discrepancy estimation unit that estimates an amount of discrepancy between an eyeball position on the display surface and a visual field center of the display surface, the eyeball position being identified on the basis of the eyeball position; and an operation instruction unit that issues an operation instruction to adjust a position of a device including the display surface on the basis of the estimated amount of discrepancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Ryouhei Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20180239440
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program which can control a display position of an indicator on the basis of movement of the line of sight which is intended to be used for input. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating user operation; and a display control unit configured to determine whether or not to control a display position of an indicator using gaze input in accordance with whether or not a difference between a position of the indicator indicating an operation position operated by a user indicated by the information acquired by the acquiring unit and a position of a gazing point of the user exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: TAKURO NODA
  • Publication number: 20180239442
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which can improve convenience relating to an gaze input technology. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a storage control unit configured to acquire, from a storage unit, a history of information indicating correspondence relationship between a position of a gazing point of a user and a position of an indicator indicating an operation position operated by the user; a detecting unit configured to detect the position of the gazing point of the user; and a display control unit configured to control a display position of the indicator so that the indicator is displayed at a position corresponding to the position of the gazing point at present detected by the detecting unit on the basis of the history of the information indicating the correspondence relationship acquired by the storage control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: TAKURO NODA
  • Publication number: 20180196513
    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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: MAKI IMOTO, TAKURO NODA, RYOUHEI YASUDA
  • Patent number: 10009418
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoriko Komatsuzaki, Makoto Sato, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20180129303
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program related to the information processing apparatus, which are capable of suppressing an uncomfortable feeling of the user for a position at which processing related to the user operation is performed, the information processing apparatus including: an input unit configured to obtain line-of-sight information related to a line of sight of a user and a detection result of a user operation; and a position deciding unit configured to decide an operation position at which a process related to the user operation is performed, on the basis of the line-of-sight information obtained at a second point of time specified on the basis of a first point of time prior to a detection start of the user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA
  • Publication number: 20180129318
    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: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MIZUNUMA, TAKURO NODA, IKUO YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20180131867
    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: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: YOUSUKE KAWANA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, TOMOYA NARITA, MAKI IMOTO, TAKURO NODA
  • Publication number: 20180121024
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9952667
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of an operator to an object that is displayed in a display screen image for performing a predetermined input, a sight line detecting unit configured to detect a movement of a sight line of the operator on the display screen image, and a correction coefficient acquiring unit configured to acquire a correction coefficient for correcting an error of a case where the operator performs sight line input, on the basis of the movement of the sight line detected during the operation of the operator to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Nomura, Makoto Sato, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Sayaka Watanabe, Seiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9952754
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an imaging section configured to image an object, a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section, an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation on the icon, and a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and to, when the operation section has acquired the second operation or when the timer has expired, cause the imaging section to image the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 9939894
    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: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda, Ryouhei Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20180046263
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of an operator and a position of a hand or the like of the operator, a calculating unit configured to regard a position of the operator in a screen coordinate system set on a screen as an origin of an operator coordinate system and multiply a position of the hand or the like with respect to the origin of the operator coordinate system by a predetermined function, thereby calculating a position of display information corresponding to the hand or the like in the screen coordinate system, and a control unit configured to cause the display information to be displayed at the position in the screen coordinate system calculated by the calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20180046335
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a line-of-sight position acquisition unit configured to acquire a line-of-sight position of a user, a state control unit configured to perform a transition to an active state in response to a first operation performed by the user, the active state being capable of selecting an object by the user through a line of sight of the user, and a processing unit configured to determine an object corresponding to the acquired line-of-sight position as a selected object in response to a second operation performed by the user subsequent to the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 9891729
    Abstract: There is provided an operation processing device including an input direction acquisition unit, an output direction indication unit and a determination unit. The input direction acquisition unit is 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. The output direction indication unit is configured to indicate an output direction to a display unit configured to display an image. The output direction is a direction in which the image of the display unit is changed in response to the operation on the input unit. The determination unit is 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: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 9894262
    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: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20180039327
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus that can adjust a position of a device to make an eyeball position of a user agree with a visual field center of a display surface. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an eyeball position estimation unit configured to estimate an eyeball position of a user in a pupil-corneal reflection method on the basis of a captured image including an eye of the user captured when the eye of the user looking at a display surface is irradiated with light; a discrepancy estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of discrepancy between an eyeball position on the display surface and a visual field center of the display surface, the eyeball position being identified on the basis of the eyeball position; and an operation instruction unit configured to issue an operation instruction to adjust a position of a device including the display surface on the basis of the estimated amount of discrepancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: TAKURO NODA, RYOUHEI YASUDA
  • Patent number: 9886128
    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: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180032131
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, a control method, and a program that can eliminate the need for an operation merely for line-of-sight detection calibration and can perform line-of-sight detection calibration in a normal user operation. [Solution] A solution is brought about by an information processing device including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a position of a target of gaze following a user operation; a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position of a user during the user operation; and a line-of-sight detection adjustment unit configured to perform an adjustment to line-of-sight detection performed by the line-of-sight detection unit on the basis of the recognized position of the target of gaze and the line-of-sight position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: RYOUHEI YASUDA, TAKURO NODA
  • Patent number: RE47028
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an input position acquisition unit, a depressing force acquisition unit and an input control unit. An input position acquisition unit obtains an input position detected with respect to an input operation. A depressing force acquisition unit obtains a depressing force detected with respect to the input operation. An input control unit fixes the input position as a position of an input candidate in response to a timing at which an increase amount of the depressing force has exceeded a first threshold value, at a stage prior to an input candidate determination operation of determining the input candidate as input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Takuro Noda, Tetsuo Ikeda