Patents by Inventor Tomonari Murakami

Tomonari Murakami 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20230093446
    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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, KOJI NAGATA, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA
  • Publication number: 20230083637
    Abstract: It is possible to display a frame that is comfortable for an occupant. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an image/sound creation unit (142) that: creates a frame belonging to one of a plurality of modes as a frame of an application to be displayed on a screen provided in a vehicle; and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a first direction parallel to or perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in the same mode for the application is input, and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in a different mode for the application is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Akio SUZUKI, Asami YAMAGISHI, Koji NAGATA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Takashi TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230085310
    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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    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
  • Publication number: 20230054104
    Abstract: It is possible to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a shape determination unit (152) 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 (153) 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 (152).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11410634
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires posture information regarding a posture of a user. The display control unit controls display locations of first information and second information on a display screen on the basis of the acquired posture information, the second information having a different kind from the first information, the display screen being disposed to cover a surrounding of the user at least from a front toward an upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Akagawa, Tomonari Murakami, Shoji Watanabe, Ayaka Satoh, Koji Nagata, Nozomi Ichikawa, Masato Ohta, Yoshinori Nasada
  • Publication number: 20200312282
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires posture information regarding a posture of a user. The display control unit controls display locations of first information and second information on a display screen on the basis of the acquired posture information, the second information having a different kind from the first information, the display screen being disposed to cover a surrounding of the user at least from a front toward an upper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: SATOSHI AKAGAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, SHOJI WATANABE, AYAKA SATOH, KOJI NAGATA, NOZOMI ICHIKAWA, MASATO OHTA, YOSHINORI NASADA
  • Patent number: D694799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Song, Takatoshi Nakamura, Shinichi Obata, Takahiro Tsuge, Daisuke Ishii, Tomonari Murakami, Kaoru Sumita
  • Patent number: D705212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D717854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yasutomi, Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D719147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D722990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D724575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D762206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Shibukawa, Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D780170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D819016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D848402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurihara, Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D890242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yasutomi, Tomonari Murakami
  • Patent number: D1024016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Tomonari Murakami