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: 20170351327
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method, and a program having improved usability. The information processing system detects a gaze direction of a user, on the basis of images captured by a plurality of cameras, and performs processing according to a gaze position of the user determined on the basis of the gaze direction. Furthermore, the information processing system calculates accuracy in detection of the gaze direction of the user, and switches a display mode of an operation screen to be displayed, according to the accuracy in detection of the gaze direction. The present technology can be applied to an information processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 9830004
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 9823815
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yasuda, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20170329400
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus capable of executing calibration for improving accuracy of gaze detection without causing a user to feel stress. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: a marker control unit that changes, during calibration of an eyewear terminal, a display position of a point-of-regard marker displayed on a display unit of the eyewear terminal; a computational processing unit that computes an optical axis vector expressing a gaze direction of a user by a pupil-corneal reflection method, on a basis of a captured image that includes a user's eye imaged when the eye of the user wearing the eyewear terminal is irradiated with light from a light source, and the point-of-regard marker is displayed at a calibration point; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a variation of the optical axis vector computed for a plurality of the calibration points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: TAKURO NODA, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9766796
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect an object in a space and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a reference object such that the reference object appears to be located in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20170255260
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: EISUKE NOMURA, MAKOTO SATO, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKURO NODA, SAYAKA WATANABE, SEIJI SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170255010
    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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Tetsuyuki Miyawaki, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9684373
    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: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Nomura, Makoto Sato, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Sayaka Watanabe, Seiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9678342
    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: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Tetsuyuki Miyawaki, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9671880
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that performs control for displaying, on a screen, a pointer having a directed position a predetermined distance away from a position on the screen corresponding to an operation position of an operating object, depending on a variation in a position of the operating object detected in an operation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Takuro Noda, Tomoya Narita, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20170019461
    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: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoriko KOMATSUZAKI, Makoto SATO, Takuro NODA
  • Publication number: 20170013249
    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: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 9507414
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition section configured to acquire an operation vector based on a movement of a body part of a user, a correction section configured to correct a direction of the acquired operation vector, and a process execution section configured to execute a process in accordance with the corrected operation vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Akihiro Komori, Nariaki Satoh, Osamu Shigeta, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160328115
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detecting unit that detects a pinch operation of a user, and a control unit that determines a stereoscopic object as an object to be selected, when a pinch position by the detected pinch operation corresponds to a perceived position of the stereoscopic object by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Takuro NODA, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9483998
    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: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoriko Komatsuzaki, Makoto Sato, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20160313800
    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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro NODA, Akihiro KOMORI, Nariaki SATOH, Osamu SHIGETA, Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9465433
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a capture section capturing an image of an object, an acquisition section acquiring the image captured by the capture section, a calculation section calculating vibration information on the basis of the image acquired by the acquisition section, a determination section determining a vibration command on the basis of the vibration information calculated by the calculation section, and a control section executing predetermined processing on the basis of the vibration command determined by the determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shigeta, Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20160291692
    Abstract: To provide a technique that enables an easy movement of the pointing position to a position desired by the user, there is provided an information processing system, including: a gaze detection unit configured to detect a gaze of a user, an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation in a space by the user, and a position control unit configured to determine a pointing position based on the operation. The position control unit causes the pointing position to move based on the gaze if a predetermined operation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA, Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9456203
    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: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20160267887
    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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: TAKURO NODA