Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Takaoka

Tomohisa Takaoka 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: 11841444
    Abstract: A positioning system and method for resilient ephemeris decoding of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellite information is provided. The positioning system decodes first ephemeris data of a satellite in a GNSS satellite constellation and estimates a first position of the satellite at a first time-instant. The positioning system further estimates a deviation between the estimated first position and a position where the satellite is expected to be at the first time-instant and determines the estimated deviation to be above a threshold. The positioning system excludes use of the estimated first position in a position fixing operation of the positioning system based on the determination. The positioning system decodes second ephemeris data of the satellite based on the exclusion, estimates a second position of the satellite at a second time-instant, and controls a position filter of the positioning system to use the estimated second position in the position fixing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jignesh Doshi, Tomohisa Takaoka, Yohei Kajikawa
  • Patent number: 11422269
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus intended to address problems in which positioning devices simply equipped with a plurality of antennas will fail to perform the carrier positioning. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a processing unit. The receiving unit has a plurality of antennas located at second positions (Pa, Pb) and capable of receiving a carrier wave transmitted from a satellite. The processing unit performs positioning of a set first position (Po) on the basis of second phase information obtained by correcting first phase information of carrier waves respectively received by the plurality of the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Ookubo, Tomohisa Takaoka, Haruto Takeda, Yu Tanaka, Takahiro Tsujii
  • Patent number: 11340072
    Abstract: Provided is a mechanism that enables the balance between the satisfaction of measurement accuracy required for an application and the suppression of power consumption. An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that acquires information indicating required accuracy of measurement information based on a result of detection by a sensor from the application that uses the measurement information, and controls the sensor on the basis of the information indicating the required accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsujii, Tomohisa Takaoka, Haruto Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220066050
    Abstract: A positioning system and method for resilient ephemeris decoding of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellite information is provided. The positioning system decodes first ephemeris data of a satellite in a GNSS satellite constellation and estimates a first position of the satellite at a first time-instant. The positioning system further estimates a deviation between the estimated first position and a position where the satellite is expected to be at the first time-instant and determines the estimated deviation to be above a threshold. The positioning system excludes use of the estimated first position in a position fixing operation of the positioning system based on the determination. The positioning system decodes second ephemeris data of the satellite based on the exclusion, estimates a second position of the satellite at a second time-instant, and controls a position filter of the positioning system to use the estimated second position in the position fixing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: JIGNESH DOSHI, TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, YOHEI KAJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11143507
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes an estimation unit that estimates, based on sensing data provided by a plurality of sensors carried or worn by a user, a type of a moving body on which the user is riding. The information processing apparatus further includes a selection unit that selects information to be used for processing for obtaining a position of the user in the moving body using the type of the moving body estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takaoka, Masatomo Kurata, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210182781
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program that make it possible to further reduce a load relating to delivery. The information processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates, on a basis of delivery object information related to a delivery object that is to be delivered to a user and user information related to the user, receiving method information related to a receiving method of the delivery object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruto TAKEDA, Masashi OOKUBO, Tomohisa TAKAOKA, Naofumi FUKASAWA
  • Patent number: 10933321
    Abstract: The present technology relates an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires a recognition result indicating at least one of a user movement or state recognized by a recognition unit utilizing a detection result from one or a plurality of sensors, and a control unit that, in a case of determining that the recognition result indicates a specific user movement or state, controls a degree of reflection in which information related to the specific user movement or state is reflected in notification information that transmits the information related to the specific user movement or state to a target different from the user, in accordance with the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Tomohisa Takaoka, Shinichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10731992
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that makes it possible to update and report the destination or route to be presented depending on the situation of a user who shares the situation or destination of another user, the information processing device including: a processing unit configured to perform action support for a subsequent schedule to be optimal for each of a plurality of target users on the basis of user situation in indoor environment acquired for each target user that participates in the subsequent schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Tomohisa Takaoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200033127
    Abstract: To provide a mechanism that enables the balance between the satisfaction of measurement accuracy required for an application and the suppression of power consumption. An information processing apparatus includes: a control unit configured to acquire information indicating required accuracy of measurement information based on a result of detection by a sensor from an application that uses the measurement information, and control the sensor on the basis of the information indicating the required accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO TSUJII, TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, HARUTO TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190383620
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to obtain activity recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a plurality of users, the activity recognition information indicating recognized activities of the plurality of users based on location information of the plurality of users, and generate information for displaying representations of the recognized activities of the plurality of users in relation to a map by using specified criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 10408626
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to obtain activity recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a plurality of users, the activity recognition information indicating recognized activities of the plurality of users based on location information of the plurality of users, and generate information for displaying representations of the recognized activities of the plurality of users in relation to a map by using specified criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Masatomo Kurata, Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190255439
    Abstract: The present technology relates an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires a recognition result indicating at least one of a user movement or state recognized by a recognition unit utilizing a detection result from one or a plurality of sensors, and a control unit that, in a case of determining that the recognition result indicates a specific user movement or state, controls a degree of reflection in which information related to the specific user movement or state is reflected in notification information that transmits the information related to the specific user movement or state to a target different from the user, in accordance with the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: YUSUKE NAKAGAWA, TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, SHINICHI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20190243001
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus intended to address problems in which positioning devices simply equipped with a plurality of antennas will fail to perform the carrier positioning. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit having a plurality of antennas located at second positions (Pa, Pb) and capable of receiving a carrier wave transmitted from a satellite, and a processing unit configured to perform positioning of a set first position (Po) on the basis of second phase information obtained by correcting first phase information of carrier waves respectively received by a plurality of the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: MASASHI OOKUBO, TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, HARUTO TAKEDA, YU TANAKA, TAKAHIRO TSUJII
  • Patent number: 10315111
    Abstract: The present technology relates an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of suppressing the transmission to others of information generated by inappropriate bodily movements or the like. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a recognition result indicating at least one of a user movement or state recognized by a recognition unit utilizing a detection result from one or a plurality of sensors; and a control unit that, in a case of determining that the recognition result indicates a specific user movement or state, controls a degree of reflection in which information related to the specific user movement or state is reflected in notification information that transmits the information related to the specific user movement or state to a target different from the user, in accordance with the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Tomohisa Takaoka, Shinichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10257129
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image that includes a target a user is paying attention to, an access information acquisition unit for acquiring access information assigned with a time-limited access right to public information that is associated with the target in the image, a public information acquisition unit for acquiring the public information using the access information, and a display control unit for controlling display of the public information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190049250
    Abstract: [Object] The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus in which, when a positioning technology through use of sensors is applied to a large moving body, accuracy in detecting a position in the moving body can be improved. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an estimation unit configured to, on a basis of first sensing data provided by a plurality of sensors carried or worn by a user, estimate a type of a moving body on which the user is riding; and a selection unit configured to select information to be used for processing for obtaining a position of the user in the moving body using the type of the moving body estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, MASATOMO KURATA, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10082582
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a satellite positioning unit, an environment information acquiring unit, a reception information acquiring unit and an operation condition setting unit. The satellite positioning unit performs positioning based on a positioning signal received from a positioning satellite. The environment information acquiring unit acquires environment information unique to a current location. The reception information acquiring unit acquires reception information indicating a state of the positioning signal at the current location based on the environment information The operation condition setting unit sets an operation condition of the satellite positioning unit based on the reception information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20180185753
    Abstract: [Object] To propose, in the case of sharing information generated by performing bodily movements or the like with others, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of suppressing the transmission to others of information generated by inappropriate bodily movements or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: YUSUKE NAKAGAWA, TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, SHINICHI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20180143025
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that makes it possible to update and report the destination or route to be presented depending on the situation of a user who shares the situation or destination of another user, the information processing device including: a processing unit configured to perform action support for a subsequent schedule to be optimal for each of a plurality of target users on the basis of user situation in indoor environment acquired for each target user that participates in the subsequent schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180025283
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, each of which is capable of providing, by using a prediction result regarding a certain user, useful information to another user. [Solution] The information processing apparatus includes an output control unit configured to output, to a first user, prediction information indicating a prediction result of context information of a second user, the prediction information being related to the context information of the first user and being generated on the basis of a history of the context information of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA