Patents by Inventor Tsubasa Tsukahara

Tsubasa Tsukahara 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: 10691250
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable improvement in the operability of an HMD. An output control unit prevents reflection of an operation in an output, in accordance with the attachment state of a housing to be attached to a head of a user. The operation is performed on an operation receiving unit provided in the housing. The present technology can be applied to a display module that forms an HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura
  • Patent number: 10691194
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a wearable optical device, a state detection unit configured to detect a state relating to the wearable optical device, state determination unit configured to determine that the detected state is at least one of a first state in which the wearable optical device is worn by a user in usable state or a second state in which the wearable optical device is worn or carried by the user in unusable state, and a power supply controller configured to control a power supply state of the electronic apparatus based on a result obtained by the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10672309
    Abstract: To enhance visibility of an image provided by a wearable optical device depending on different situations. Provided is an electronic apparatus including an illuminance information acquisition unit (510) configured to acquire illuminance information indicating illuminance of light incident on a wearable optical device toward a viewer from a real space, a situation information acquisition unit (540) configured to acquire situation information indicating a situation surrounding the wearable optical device, a luminance determination unit (520) configured to determine luminance of light emitted by the wearable optical device to allow the viewer to perceive an image superimposed on the real space, the determination of luminance being performed on a basis of the illuminance information and the situation information, and a controller (530) configured to control the wearable optical device to cause the wearable optical device to emit light having the determined luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10659755
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can facilitate a user to perceive a stereoscopic vision object, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to perform movement control of a stereoscopic vision object perceived by a user from a start depth that is different from a target depth to the target depth on a basis of mode specifying information that specifies a mode of the movement control that supports stereoscopic vision by the user, and an information processing method including: performing movement control of a stereoscopic vision object perceived by a user from a start depth that is different from a target depth to the target depth on a basis of mode specifying information that specifies a mode of the movement control that supports stereoscopic vision by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Yano, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10650037
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to enhancing information in a three-dimensional map (3D). In some implementations, a method includes determining, using a client device, user information associated with a user. The method further includes generating a 3D map of a physical environment based on the user information. The method further includes determining relevant information based on the user information. The method further includes displaying the relevant information in the 3D map in a user interface of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Allison Marlene Chaney
  • Patent number: 10609279
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit that recognizes an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, an image processing unit that performs a process regarding an amount of information on an image photographed by a photographing unit based on an action state of the user recognized by the action recognition unit during photographing by the photographing unit carried by the user, and a transmission control unit that causes the image processed by the image processing unit to be transmitted to an image processing device used to perform image recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10602116
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of suppressing a user's uncomfortable feeling while reducing the burden on the user, the information processing device including: a first display control unit configured to perform first control with respect to a position of a display object in a depth direction, the position being perceived by a user on a basis of an eye movement; and a second display control unit configured to perform second control with respect to a state of the display object, the state not including the position in the depth direction as a state. The first display control unit and the second display control unit perform control based on a first relation in a first range in the depth direction, and perform control based on a second relation in a second range in the depth direction, the second relation being different from the first relation, the second range being different from the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Yano, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10564819
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit configured to extract text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen, a text specifying unit configured to specify change text of the selected text, and a selection conclusion unit configured to conclude that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawano, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Maki Imoto, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20200026245
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, control method, and program that allow for recognition of a state of an arm on the basis of determination of whether the information processing apparatus is worn on the left arm or the right arm, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing apparatus is worn on a user's right arm or left arm; a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the arm; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined control on a device included in the information processing apparatus according to the recognized state of the arm. The recognition unit switches settings of a parameter which is used in the recognition of the state of the arm, according to a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUNUMA, Yuhei TAKI, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Patent number: 10514777
    Abstract: A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided. The memory device stores instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive displacement information from the input apparatus, and generate a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hideo Kawabe
  • Patent number: 10466654
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, control method, and program that allow for recognition of a state of an arm on the basis of determination of whether the information processing apparatus is worn on the left arm or the right arm, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing apparatus is worn on a user's right arm or left arm; a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the arm; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined control on a device included in the information processing apparatus according to the recognized state of the arm. The recognition unit switches settings of a parameter which is used in the recognition of the state of the arm, according to a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Yuhei Taki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 10440260
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to cause a display apparatus to display a live preview image generated based on image data obtained through an image sensor, and one or more processed images generated using respective image processing conditions based on one of the image data which has been obtained at some time point; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined user operation has been recognized. If it is determined that the predetermined user operation has been recognized, the display control unit updates the one or more processed images to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 10438399
    Abstract: Methods, systems and user interfaces enhance an augmented reality experience of a user having freedom of movement within an external environment. A local user interface is created and displayed to the user in a first viewable region. A global user interface is created and displayed to the user in a second viewable region, further from the user than the first viewable region. The local user interface is maintained at a first spatial position, the first spatial position being stationary with respect to a part of the user's body; and the global user interface is maintained at a second spatial position, the second spatial position being stationary with respect to the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Anthony Rogers, Hironobu Aoki
  • Patent number: 10437069
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device capable of ensuring the user's field of vision while keeping the user safe when the user is using a see-through head-mounted display, the display control device including: a situation acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation where a see-through display is being used, and a display control unit configured to perform display control on the see-through display using the information acquired by the situation acquisition unit so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Nobuhiro Saijo
  • Patent number: 10402085
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a content of a handwritten input on a touch panel; and a display control unit configured to control display of a shaped figure which is obtained by shaping a figure recognized from the handwritten input, according to the content of the handwritten input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano, Miwa Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Yoshihito Ohki, Yasuyuki Koga
  • Publication number: 20190265485
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device capable of ensuring the user's field of vision while keeping the user safe when the user is using a see-through head-mounted display, the display control device including: a situation acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation where a see-through display is being used, and a display control unit configured to perform display control on the see-through display using the information acquired by the situation acquisition unit so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Nobuhiro SAIJO
  • Publication number: 20190265654
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, control method, and program that allow for recognition of a state of an arm on the basis of determination of whether the information processing apparatus is worn on the left arm or the right arm, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing apparatus is worn on a user's right arm or left arm; a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the arm; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined control on a device included in the information processing apparatus according to the recognized state of the arm. The recognition unit switches settings of a parameter which is used in the recognition of the state of the arm, according to a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUNUMA, Yuhei TAKI, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Ikuo YAMANO
  • Patent number: 10388256
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display unit, an operation section, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to display an image. The operation section is configured to receive input of a predetermined operation event for switching an image to be displayed on the display unit. The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of images to be displayed on the display unit. The display control unit is configured to be capable of sequentially switching the images to be displayed on the display unit every time the predetermined operation event is received, and to cause the display unit to display a first middle image during switching between the individual images from a top image to be first displayed on the display unit to a last image to be last displayed and cause the display unit to display a second middle image different from the first middle image during switching between the last image and the top image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Satoshi Akagawa, Takeshi Iwatsu, Chisako Kajihara, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Yasuki Kanema
  • Patent number: 10359839
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an estimating unit configured to estimate behavior of a user by comparing data detected by a detecting unit worn on a head of the user and configured to detect motion of the head with a behavior characteristic amount calculated based on learning data, and a control unit configured to perform control according to the behavior estimated by the estimating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Kato, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura
  • Patent number: D855629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emika Arai, Daisuke Nakata, Katsuya Hyodo, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yasuyuki Suki