Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Gotoh

Tomohiko Gotoh 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: 20240073391
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display controller. The display controller detects an interference object on the basis of a position of a point of view of a user and a position of at least one object that is displayed on a display that performs stereoscopic display depending on the point of view of the user, the interference object interfering with an outer edge that is in contact with a display region of the display; and controls display of the interference object that is performed on the display such that stereovision contradiction related to the interference object is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO GOTOH, RYO FUKAZAWA, KAZUNORI ASAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11914760
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, and an information processing method for curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people. Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keijiroh Nagano, Hidenori Aoki, Haruka Fujisawa, Fujio Arai, Ryo Fukazawa, Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11854151
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Hidenori Aoki, Fujio Arai, Masayuki Inoue, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shintaro Tsutsui, Keijiroh Nagano, Haruka Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20230226460
    Abstract: [Problem] It is preferable to provide a technology that allows input of a position at which a person who performs a predetermined performance should be present to be easily performed in advance so that the position at which the person should be present is confirmed later. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a self-location acquisition unit configured to acquire self-position information of a mobile terminal in a global coordinate system linked to a real space, and a disposition position determination unit configured to acquire template data indicating a disposition pattern of at least one virtual object, and determine a position away from a current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the self-position information as a disposition position of a first virtual object in the global coordinate system, on the basis of the self-position information and the template data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO GOTOH, KAYOKO TANAKA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, SHINTARO TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20230186542
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit and an operation control unit. The generation unit generates environmental information of a real space around a user on the basis of a detection result of a microphone unit that detects a sound in the real space. The operation control unit controls an operation of a virtual object presented in a virtual space constructed in accordance with the real space on the basis of the environmental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: TOMOHIKO GOTOH
  • Patent number: 11638869
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to be entertained. The information processing device includes: a first providing unit that provides first information for guiding to a destination in a form of dialogues with the user; and a second providing unit that provides second information regarding a present location in the form of dialogues with the user. The information processing device performs a process while switching among an intro mode as a mode at start of a game, a walk mode in which to walk to a final destination, and an arrival mode in which to arrive at the final destination. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device with which the user advances a game while talking with a virtual character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Gotoh, Daisuke Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230120092
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an output control unit (173) that controls output on a presentation device so as to present content associated with an absolute position in a real space, to a first user, a determination unit (171) that determines a self-position in the real space, a transmission unit (172) that transmits a signal requesting rescue to a device positioned in the real space, when reliability of determination by the determination unit (171) is reduced, an acquisition unit (174) that acquires information about the self-position estimated from an image including the first user captured by the device according to the signal; and a correction unit (175) that corrects the self-position based on the information about the self-position acquired by the acquisition unit (174).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: DAITA KOBAYASHI, HAJIME WAKABAYASHI, HIROTAKE ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, HIDENORI AOKI, YOSHINORI OGAKI, YU NAKADA, RYOSUKE MURATA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, SHUNITSU KOHARA, HARUKA FUJISAWA, MAKOTO DANIEL TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220327787
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, method, and program capable of more easily displaying an AR object at an accurate position. The information processing device includes: a first self-position estimation unit that performs a first self-position estimation on the basis of an environment image whose subjects are surroundings of the information processing device; and a second self-position estimation unit that performs a second self-position estimation on the basis of a detection plane detected from the environment image and object information generated in advance and related to a shielding AR object having a planar shape to correct a display position of a non-shielding AR object according to a result of the first self-position estimation on the basis of a result of the second self-position estimation. The present technology can be applied to an AR device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: SHINTARO TSUTSUI, GEN HAMADA, KEIJIROH NAGANO, TOMOHIKO GOTOH, MASAYUKI INOUE, HIDENORI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220308657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people. Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation. The present technology can be applied to an AR system used by a plurality of people, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: KEIJIROH NAGANO, HIDENORI AOKI, HARUKA FUJISAWA, FUJIO ARAI, RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOHIKO GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20220270363
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method that performs selection or display mode change of a virtual object to be displayed depending on a real object type in a target area to be a display area for the virtual object. Included are an object identification unit that executes identification processing of a real object in the real world, and a content display control unit that generates an AR image in which a real object and a virtual object are superimposed and displayed. The object identification unit identifies a real object in the target area to be the display area for the virtual object, and the content display control unit performs processing of selecting the virtual object to be displayed or processing of changing the display mode depending on the object identification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko GOTOH, Hidenori AOKI, Fujio ARAI, Keijiroh NAGANO, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Haruka FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220254111
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo FUKAZAWA, Hidenori AOKI, Fujio ARAI, Masayuki INOUE, Tomohiko GOTOH, Shintaro TSUTSUI, Keijiroh NAGANO, Haruka FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220164981
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that controls a display terminal that arranges a virtual object in a real space by using a coordinate system associated with the real space, in which the control unit determines whether to update first spatial information of a first display terminal and second spatial information of a second display terminal, which are used for determining a position of the virtual object, based on a first operation state of the first display terminal and a second operation state of the second display terminal that shares the virtual object with the first display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka FUJISAWA, Fujio ARAI, Hidenori AOKI, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Keijiroh NAGANO, Tomohiko GOTOH
  • Patent number: 11128972
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11051120
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a calculation section that calculates a relative position of a sound source of a virtual object to a user, the virtual object allowing a user to perceive that the virtual object exists in a real space by sound image localization, on the basis of a position of a sound image of the virtual object and a position of the user, a sound image localization section that performs a sound signal process of the sound source such that the sound image is localized at the calculated localization position, and a sound image position holding section that holds the position of the sound image. When sound to be emitted from the virtual object is to be changed over, the calculation section may refer to the position of the sound image held in the sound image position holding section to calculate the position of the sound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Mochizuki, Junko Fukuda, Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11017431
    Abstract: Provided as an information processing apparatus that includes: a search unit to search for, on a basis of position information of a user, a predetermined point specified in accordance with a user status and scenario progress from surroundings of a user; and an output control unit that performs control in a manner that a voice of a character corresponding to the scenario progress performs guidance to the predetermined point that has been searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20210026142
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of performing display control to avoid a decrease of visibility of a virtual object. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs display control to dispose a virtual object preferentially on a second region rather than on a first region, the first region being a region in a real space from which first visibility is obtained, and the second region being a region in the real space from which second visibility higher than the first visibility is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: TOMOHIKO GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20200230494
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to be entertained. The information processing device includes: a first providing unit that provides first information for guiding to a destination in a form of dialogues with the user; and a second providing unit that provides second information regarding a present location in the form of dialogues with the user. The information processing device performs a process while switching among an intro mode as a mode at start of a game, a walk mode in which to walk to a final destination, and an arrival mode in which to arrive at the final destination. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device with which the user advances a game while talking with a virtual character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO GOTOH, DAISUKE MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200221245
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a calculation section that calculates a relative position of a sound source of a virtual object to a user, the virtual object allowing a user to perceive that the virtual object exists in a real space by sound image localization, on the basis of a position of a sound image of the virtual object and a position of the user, a sound image localization section that performs a sound signal process of the sound source such that the sound image is localized at the calculated localization position, and a sound image position holding section that holds the position of the sound image. When sound to be emitted from the virtual object is to be changed over, the calculation section may refer to the position of the sound image held in the sound image position holding section to calculate the position of the sound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke MOCHIZUKI, Junko FUKUDA, Tomohiko GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20200053498
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10477336
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki