Patents by Inventor Toru Nagara

Toru Nagara 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: 20240264678
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a recording medium, and a signal processing system that enable proper recognition of an operation using a gesture. The signal processing device according to the present technology includes a setting unit configured to set a recognition method for recognizing an operation using a gesture on the basis of first vibration data indicating vibrations predicted to occur in the future, and an operation recognition unit configured to recognize the operation indicated by the gesture performed by a user in accordance with the recognition method set by the setting unit. The operation recognition unit recognizes the operation indicated by the gesture performed by the user in a vehicle equipped with the signal processing device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a signal processing device that controls a display device provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TORU NAGARA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, KOJI NAGATA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12054111
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Takamatsu, Seishi Tomonaga, Toru Nagara, Koji Nagata
  • Publication number: 20230234523
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, KOJI NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230219495
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first acquisition section that acquires first illuminance information indicating illuminance of an inside of a moving body, a second acquisition section that acquires second illuminance information indicating illuminance to be compared with the first illuminance information, and a light adjusting control section that controls a light adjustment by a device included in the moving body on a basis of a result of a comparison between illuminance of the first illuminance information and illuminance of the second illuminance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
  • Publication number: 20230186651
    Abstract: The control device 50 includes a control unit 52 that controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projector 20 provided in a space in the moving body 10 on the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220144172
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result on light outside a mobile object; an analyzer configured to determine a position of projection of content in the mobile object based on the detection result on the light outside the mobile object; and a display controller configured to perform control on projection of the content onto the determined position of projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: YOHEI FUKUMA, KEN OOTSUKA, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11314981
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system capable of appropriately assisting in creation of a marker, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing system includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a recognition result of a marker that a user is making, and a display control part configured to cause a display face to display assistance information for assisting in creation of the marker depending on the recognition result in association with the marker in process of creation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Imamura, Takayuki Sakamoto, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 10936141
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, including a display control unit that performs first display control for causing an operation image to be displayed on a display screen and second display control for causing a first display indicating a correspondence relation between the operation image and an operating unit to be displayed at a position related with the operating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Touyama, Kae Nagano, Tomohiro Ishii, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Nagara, Kozue Sasaki, Kazuhiro Toma, Nobuaki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210041774
    Abstract: An image display unit according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image display device, a primary shaft portion, a holding portion, a first acting portion, and a second acting portion. The primary shaft portion extends in a direction. The holding portion holds the image display device, and is connected to the primary shaft portion to be movable in parallel with the direction in which the primary shaft portion extends. The first acting portion is capable of moving the holding portion in a first direction extending in parallel with the direction in which the primary shaft portion extends. The second acting portion is capable of moving the holding portion in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction extending in parallel with the direction in which the primary shaft portion extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: YOHEI FUKUMA, YASUO KAWABATA, TORU NAGARA
  • Patent number: 10869081
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a data transmission device is provided. The device includes a communication unit for transmitting data to a receiver and transmitting data having a changed characteristic to the receiver, wherein when transmitting the data the device transmits timing information to the receiver indicating a time that the device will begin transmitting the data having a changed characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Publication number: 20200097749
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system capable of appropriately assisting in creation of a marker, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing system includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a recognition result of a marker that a user is making, and a display control part configured to cause a display face to display assistance information for assisting in creation of the marker depending on the recognition result in association with the marker in process of creation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Takayuki SAKAMOTO, Tomohiro ISHII
  • Patent number: 10503278
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit which, on a basis of positional relationship between a user and a display region and a first coordinate on the display region pointed by a pointing object of the user, controls a relationship between the first coordinate and a second coordinate at which a display object corresponding to the pointing object is to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kawai, Toru Nagara
  • Patent number: 10372405
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for generating image data is provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving information related to a display orientation of an image on a display unit of an image display device; and an image generation unit for generating image data according to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Tomoya Yamaura, Kenji Fujisaka, Ban Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20180356905
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism which enables further improvement of operational feeling of pointing operation. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to, on a basis of positional relationship between a user and a display region and a first coordinate on the display region pointed by a pointing object of the user, control relationship between the first coordinate and a second coordinate at which a display object corresponding to the pointing object is to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: NOBUAKI KAWAI, TORU NAGARA
  • Patent number: 10085237
    Abstract: The invention relates to an information processing device, wireless communication system, and information processing method to establish stable wireless communication with a terminal. The information processing device includes a frequency identifying unit configured to identify a frequency used for wireless communication between another information processing device and an access point on the basis of communication, and a communication control unit configured to use the acquired frequency to establish wireless communication with the other information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Masanori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180227623
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a data transmission device is provided. The device includes a communication unit for transmitting data to a receiver and transmitting data having a changed characteristic to the receiver, wherein when transmitting the data the device transmits timing information to the receiver indicating a time that the device will begin transmitting the data having a changed characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Patent number: 10009646
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a data transmission device is provided. The device includes a communication unit for transmitting data to a receiver and transmitting data having a changed characteristic to the receiver, wherein when transmitting the data the device transmits timing information to the receiver indicating a time that the device will begin transmitting the data having a changed characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Tomoya Yamaura