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).
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Patent number: 12663951Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. The image processing apparatus includes a shape determination unit that determines a screen shape suitable for displaying content on the basis of an automated driving state of a vehicle and information regarding the content to be displayed on a screen provided in the vehicle, and an image creation unit that creates an image of the content to be displayed on the screen according to the shape determined to be suitable for displaying the content by the shape determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Maho Hayashi, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Akio Suzuki, Asami Yamagishi, Koji Nagata, Seishi Tomonaga, Tetsuo Ikeda, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Takashi Takamatsu
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Publication number: 20260129127Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2025Publication date: May 7, 2026Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Koji NAGATA, Tetsuo IKEDA
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Patent number: 12537901Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Maho Hayashi, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Koji Nagata, Tetsuo Ikeda
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Patent number: 12530074Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable information presentation with high usability. On the basis of presentation location information regarding a change in state of a presentation location where presentation information is presented and at least one piece of information out of processing information regarding processing for generating the presentation information, user information regarding a response of a user to the processing, and environment information regarding a state of an environment of the presentation location, control of at least one state of a presentation state of the presentation information and a state of the processing is performed. The present technology can be applied as a projection device for the inside of a vehicle, a conference room, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Yohsuke Kaji, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga, Tadayoshi Murakami
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Patent number: 12438280Abstract: A small-sized normal mode helical antenna is provided that is not affected by nearby conductors. The antenna is an antenna including a coil constituting a normal mode helical antenna, an area of a cross section perpendicular to an axis of the coil for a single turn at each end of the coil being less than an area of a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the coil near the coil center.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Kaneko, Takashi Kawamura, Tetsuo Ikeda
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Publication number: 20250191032Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a recording medium capable of accurately measuring the effectiveness of advertisements. The information processing apparatus of the present technology includes an effectiveness measurement unit configured to measure effectiveness of an advertisement on the basis of encounter timing at which a user has encountered the advertisement and consumption timing at which the user has taken consumption behavior for an advertisement target of the advertisement. The effectiveness measurement unit measures the effectiveness of the advertisement on the basis of an evaluation value calculated using a weight corresponding to required consumption time from the encounter timing to the consumption timing. The present technology can be applied to servers configured to measure the effectiveness of the advertisements presented by vehicles, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Yuya TAKAYAMA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20250088817Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya KAIHOKO, Masashi HONDA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Yoshikazu OHURA, Yukiko UNNO, Yuki ANDOH
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Patent number: 12249049Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Akio Suzuki, Asami Yamagishi, Koji Nagata, Takashi Takamatsu, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 12233782Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Maho Hayashi, Hiroshi Imamura, Mikinori Matsuda, Yuya Takayama
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Publication number: 20250056129Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, TETSUO IKEDA, YUYA TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 12216830Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Irie, Kenji Gotoh, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yohsuke Kaji, Eisuke Fujinawa, Seishi Tomonaga, Tadayoshi Murakami
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Publication number: 20250030820Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masa MIYAO, Tetsuo IKEDA, Yuya TAKAYAMA, Maho HAYASHI, Gen YONEZAWA, Keisuke FUJII, Ryo MIYAO, Keita MORI, Shingo OHKAWA
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Publication number: 20240420385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, YUYA TAKAYAMA, TETSUO IKEDA
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Patent number: 12136366Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Sachiko Nishide, Miyuki Shirakawa, Tomonari Murakami, Koji Nagata, Maho Hayashi, Seishi Tomonaga
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Publication number: 20240289011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke MIYAZAWA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Fuminori HOMMA, Reiko MIYAZAKI, Ken MIYASHITA, Shoichiro MORIYA
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Patent number: 12062233Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Miki Tokitake, Hiroaki Toriumi, Katsuji Miyazawa, Shoji Watanabe, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yoshihito Ichiyama
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Patent number: 12032818Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
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Patent number: 12004747Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: IKEDA, TETSUOInventor: Tetsuo Ikeda
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Publication number: 20240174174Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, MAHO HAYASHI, HIROSHI IMAMURA, MIKINORI MATSUDA, YUYA TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240171682Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Koji NAGATA, Tetsuo IKEDA