Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Ikeda

Tetsuo Ikeda 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: 20250088817
    Abstract: An acoustic processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a recommended environment defined for each content, the recommended environment including an ideal arrangement of speakers in a space in which the content is reproduced; a measurement unit that measures a position of a listener located in the space, the number and arrangement of the speakers, and a space shape; and a correction unit that corrects audio that is observed at the position of the listener, the audio included in the content emitted from a speaker located in the space, to audio to be emitted from a virtual speaker ideally disposed in the recommended environment on the basis of information measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya KAIHOKO, Masashi HONDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Yoshikazu OHURA, Yukiko UNNO, Yuki ANDOH
  • Patent number: 12249049
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Akio Suzuki, Asami Yamagishi, Koji Nagata, Takashi Takamatsu, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12233782
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system that are able to appropriately superimpose content on a scene visible from within a mobile body. The information processing apparatus includes a recognition section and a display control section. The recognition section recognizes a scene visible from within the mobile body through a transparent or translucent display surface provided in the mobile body. The display control section controls display of the content on the display surface according to the recognized scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Maho Hayashi, Hiroshi Imamura, Mikinori Matsuda, Yuya Takayama
  • Publication number: 20250056129
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that allow a user to comfortably perform an operation in a technology for recognizing a user operation on the basis of sensed spatial information. Environmental information for recognizing an environment of an operation space in which a user performs an operation on an image displayed in a vehicle cabin is acquired, recognition of the operation of the user is performed on the basis of first spatial information on the operation space sensed using first light or second spatial information on the operation space sensed using second light having a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the first light, and spatial information to be used for the recognition is determined from among the first spatial information and the second spatial information on the basis of the environmental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, TETSUO IKEDA, YUYA TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12216830
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yohsuke Kaji, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga, Tadayoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20250030820
    Abstract: Provided is a projection system using a projection device that simultaneously projects on a plurality of projection surfaces. A projection system includes: a user recognition unit that recognizes a user existing in a space; a projection environment recognition unit that recognizes a projection surface on which a video can be projected in the space; and a control unit that controls a projection device so as to project a video on the projection surface recognized by the projection environment recognition unit for the user recognized by the user recognition unit. The projection device can simultaneously project a video on a plurality of surfaces. The control unit controls a projection device so as to simultaneously project a video on two or more projection surfaces recognized by the projection environment recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masa MIYAO, Tetsuo IKEDA, Yuya TAKAYAMA, Maho HAYASHI, Gen YONEZAWA, Keisuke FUJII, Ryo MIYAO, Keita MORI, Shingo OHKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240420385
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (90) includes an environment information processing unit (91) and an optimization processing unit (92). The environment information processing unit (91) predicts a transition of an environment outside a vehicle during viewing of a content. The optimization processing unit (92) determines a drawing method of the content based on the predicted transition of the environment outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, YUYA TAKAYAMA, TETSUO IKEDA
  • Patent number: 12136366
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program such that information with high usability can be presented. As a parameter related to presentation information to be presented in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, at least one of parameters of brightness, blur, area, and transparency is changed on the basis of vibration information. The present technology can be applied as a projection device placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Koji Nagata, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga
  • Publication number: 20240289011
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Fuminori HOMMA, Reiko MIYAZAKI, Ken MIYASHITA, Shoichiro MORIYA
  • Patent number: 12062233
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a projection control unit (150) that causes visual information to be projected onto a projection surface. The visual information corresponds to content that is provided to the projection surface and disposed on a first object. The content is identified on the basis of a recognition result of the first object and a recognition result of a second object. The second object is provided along with the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miki Tokitake, Hiroaki Toriumi, Katsuji Miyazawa, Shoji Watanabe, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yoshihito Ichiyama
  • Patent number: 12032818
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Patent number: 12004747
    Abstract: This tissue-joining member comprises non-crosslinked fibrous collagen. A laminate body comprises: a support; a joining member that is layered on one surface of the support; and a first adhesive layer that is layered on said one surface of the support in a region on which the joining member is not layered. The method for using the joining member or the laminate body comprises: a heating step in which the joining member or the laminate body is heated to less than 60° C. and greater than body temperature after having being layered on the tissue; and a cooling step in which the heated joining member or laminate body is cooled to body temperature or lower. A treatment system comprises a heating unit and the joining member or the laminate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: IKEDA, TETSUO
    Inventor: Tetsuo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240174174
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system that are able to appropriately superimpose content on a scene visible from within a mobile body. The information processing apparatus includes a recognition section and a display control section. The recognition section recognizes a scene visible from within the mobile body through a transparent or translucent display surface provided in the mobile body. The display control section controls display of the content on the display surface according to the recognized scene. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a system that superimposes the content on a window of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, MAHO HAYASHI, HIROSHI IMAMURA, MIKINORI MATSUDA, YUYA TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240171682
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section configured to acquire a situation of a subject vehicle and a situation of another vehicle, a setting section configured to set, on the basis of the situation of the subject vehicle and the situation of the other vehicle, a position in the subject vehicle at which a sound image of an occupant riding in the other vehicle is localized, and a sound image localization processing section configured to localize the sound image of the occupant at the position set by the setting section. The acquisition section acquires at least a position of a seat in which the occupant is seated, and the setting section sets an empty seat in the subject vehicle as the position where the sound image of the occupant in the other vehicle is localized. The present technology is applicable to an information processing apparatus for controlling telepresence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Koji NAGATA, Tetsuo IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11989407
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20240112446
    Abstract: An image processing device according to the present technology includes: a foreground-background classification unit configured to classify an input image into a foreground image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a foreground is captured and a background image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a background farther than the foreground image portion is captured; a foreground correction unit configured to correct the foreground image portion; and an inconsistency correction unit configured to correct an inconsistent portion caused by the correction of the foreground image portion by the foreground correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro CHIBA, Shogo KUBOTA, Mariko NISHIYAMA, Ryo MIYAO, Tetsuo IKEDA, Maho HAYASHI, Yuya TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11922904
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow for preventing a decrease in marker recognition rate. Display of a content image that moves in a first display surface on which a marker image is displayed in a display form in which at least a part of the marker image is not shielded is controlled on the basis of first information regarding feature points of the marker image displayed on the first display surface of a terminal device; and second information regarding the feature points of the marker image on the first display surface in the display form is acquired from image data of a captured image obtained by imaging the first display surface, and a position and an orientation of the terminal device are detected on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maho Hayashi, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Ryusei Koike
  • Publication number: 20240069641
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11886643
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a relative velocity calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of data obtained by sensing of an operation body in chronological order, a relative velocity of a second point on the operation body with respect to a first point on the operation body, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes a gesture of the operation body on the basis of the relative velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Yugo Sato, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Eisuke Fujinawa
  • Patent number: 11789543
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of, when accepting hand-based operation inputs from a plurality of users, performing appropriate pairing of left and right hands for each user. An image of an operation surface from above is acquired, the operation surface being configured to accept a hand-based operation input from users, left and right hands of the users and arms corresponding to the respective hands are detected from the image, a base position of one of the arms is set as a benchmark position, a base position of the arm that is closest adjacent along a periphery of the operation surface is set as a reference position when the one of the arms is a left hand, and pairing of the hand of the arm at the benchmark position and the hand of the arm at the reference position is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Sato, Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Junji Otsuka, Tetsuo Ikeda, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga