Patents by Inventor Tomo Matayoshi

Tomo Matayoshi 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: 11310472
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit 40 acquires a subject image in which a subject is positioned in front of a background with a single color. An eye gaze information determination unit 32 determines an eye direction and a viewpoint position of a user wearing an HMD and provides the eye direction and the viewpoint position for a display control unit 50. The display control unit 50 performs chroma-key composition such that the subject included in the subject image may become a foreground image with respect to a background image and thereby generates a display image according to the viewpoint position of the user. The display control unit 50 determines an orientation of the subject such that the subject may be made to face the viewpoint position of the user, in a case where the viewpoint position has been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shinohara, Shinpei Yamaguchi, Tomo Matayoshi, Hidehiko Morisada
  • Publication number: 20200336717
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit 40 acquires a subject image in which a subject is positioned in front of a background with a single color. An eye gaze information determination unit 32 determines an eye direction and a viewpoint position of a user wearing an HMD and provides the eye direction and the viewpoint position for a display control unit 50. The display control unit 50 performs chroma-key composition such that the subject included in the subject image may become a foreground image with respect to a background image and thereby generates a display image according to the viewpoint position of the user. The display control unit 50 determines an orientation of the subject such that the subject may be made to face the viewpoint position of the user, in a case where the viewpoint position has been changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Takayuki Shinohara, Shinpei Yamaguchi, Tomo Matayoshi, Hidehiko Morisada
  • Patent number: 9817555
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device for displaying contents formed by a plurality of pages according to user operation. The information processing device includes: an operation receiving section receiving an operation of changing a page as an object of display; and a display image control section displaying a slide bar displaying a handle indicating a position of the displayed page on a bar representing the pages of a whole of the contents as a GUI on a display device with an image of the page being displayed. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation of sliding the handle, the display image control section changes display to a page corresponding to a handle reached position. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation on predetermined operating means of an input device, the display image control section changes display to a page serving as a predetermined break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shinohara, Hidehiko Morisada, Tomo Matayoshi
  • Publication number: 20150268806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device for displaying contents formed by a plurality of pages according to user operation. The information processing device includes: an operation receiving section receiving an operation of changing a page as an object of display; and a display image control section displaying a slide bar displaying a handle indicating a position of the displayed page on a bar representing the pages of a whole of the contents as a GUI on a display device with an image of the page being displayed. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation of sliding the handle, the display image control section changes display to a page corresponding to a handle reached position. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation on predetermined operating means of an input device, the display image control section changes display to a page serving as a predetermined break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINOHARA, Hidehiko MORISADA, Tomo MATAYOSHI
  • Patent number: D712426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Enertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Morisada, Takayuki Shinohara, Aritoki Kawai, Tomo Matayoshi, Yuko Nagaoka
  • Patent number: D744515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Morisada, Takayuki Shinohara, Aritoki Kawai, Tomo Matayoshi, Yuko Nagaoka
  • Patent number: D745547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Morisada, Takayuki Shinohara, Aritoki Kawai, Tomo Matayoshi, Yuko Nagaoka
  • Patent number: D745548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Morisada, Takayuki Shinohara, Aritoki Kawai, Tomo Matayoshi, Yuko Nagaoka