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: 10345761
    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: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Yuhei Taki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 10324294
    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: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Nobuhiro Saijo
  • Patent number: 10318015
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit configured to calculate, based on information on an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor included in an operation device that is operated by a user, movement information as information on one of a velocity and a movement distance of the operation device; and a correction unit configured to correct, based on information obtained by the acceleration sensor within an acceleration period as a period between an acceleration start time and an acceleration end time of the operation device, the movement information of the operation device within a period between the acceleration end time of the operation device and a movement end time at which the movement ends, that is calculated by the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Shinobu Kuriya, Kenichi Kabasawa, Masatoshi Ueno, Hideo Kawabe, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20190171350
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit that performs decision determination with respect to an option associated with a predetermined object by determining whether a user is following the predetermined object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: KENJI SUGIHARA, TOMOHISA TANAKA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, AKANE YANO
  • Publication number: 20190149811
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit that determines a display method for an object in a virtual space on a basis of a positional relationship between the object and a viewpoint. A binocular parallax regarding the object which is to be imparted to a user varies depending on the determined display method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane YANO, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kenji SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190121451
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: SHINOBU KURIYA, TETSURO GOTO, MASATOSHI UENO, KENICHI KABASAWA, TATSUYA SUZUKI, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, TOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA, HIDEO KAWABE
  • Patent number: 10254842
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquiring unit provided in the information processing apparatus to be worn on a head of a user, the information acquiring unit being configured to acquire facial expression information of the user, and a control unit configured to perform certain control depending on whether or not the facial expression information of the user acquired by the information acquiring unit agrees with facial expression information of a partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Kato, Jun Kimura, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20190101958
    Abstract: For attaining the object described above, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires information related to a notification to a user. The generation unit generates control information for changing an outer shape of a wearable device on a basis of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: KOSUKE YOSHITOMI, JUN KIMURA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, IKUO YAMANO, KEI TAKAHASHI, AYUMI KATO
  • Publication number: 20190088021
    Abstract: To provide a mechanism that can prevent deterioration in a sense of immersion or a sense of reality of a user with respect to a virtual object displayed in a display area from deteriorating. An information processing device includes a display control unit configured to control display of a virtual object displayed to be moved in a display area, and change an aspect of the virtual object when the virtual object moves across a boundary of the display area. An information processing method is performed using a processor, the information processing method including: controlling display of a virtual object displayed to be moved in a display area, and changing an aspect of the virtual object when the virtual object moves across a boundary of the display area. A program for causing the information processing device to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: TOMOHISA TANAKA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, AKANE YANO, KENJI SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190072769
    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: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Nobuhiro SAIJO
  • Publication number: 20190066630
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program which can improve usability by outputting notification information in an output style in accordance with an output explicitness level. [Solution] The information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine an output explicitness level of notification information to a user; and an output control unit configured to perform control such that the notification information is output in an output mode according to the determined output explicitness level. The output control unit performs control such that the notification information is output in a display mode of assimilating the notification information into a display environment in accordance with the output explicitness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOHISA TANAKA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, AKANE YANO, KENJI SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10198870
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an information processing apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: detect a real object on a real space; receive first superimposition information that corresponds to superimposition of a virtual object on the real object, wherein the first superimposition information is generated based on a spatial position relationship of a second information processing apparatus and the real object; generate second superimposition information based on spatial positional information of the first information processing apparatus and the received first superimposition information; and display the virtual object based on the generated second superimposition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
  • Patent number: 10198127
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program which allow operability of a touch panel display to be improved. A display data generation unit obtains first display data representing a touch input position by a user on a touch panel display, from a first processing unit through a first path, obtains second display data using the first display data from a second processing unit through a second path, the second processing unit performing display image generation processing involving a processing amount larger than a processing amount of the first processing unit, and performs control to allow first display information based on the first display data and second display information based on the second display data to be displayed on the touch panel display. The present technology is applicable to an LCD module and the like, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10191281
    Abstract: A head-mountable display device is provided including an image display device configured to be communicable with an input device and to display an operation image and an auxiliary image overlaid upon the operation image. The auxiliary image indicates three-dimensional positional information of a target object relative to an input operation surface of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
  • Publication number: 20190026589
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize an interaction with a user in a more preferred manner even in a situation in which an operation is selectively performed on a plurality of visibly presented targets, the information processing device including: a control unit configured to cause a predetermined output unit to display one or more pieces of display information; a detection unit configured to detect an operation for a visible object; and an identification unit configured to identify a candidate for display information serving as a target of the operation in accordance with a detection result of the operation. In a case in which there are a plurality of identified candidates, the control unit controls a display position of at least one candidate such that the plurality of candidates are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SUGIHARA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Akane YANO
  • Patent number: 10185405
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Hideo Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20180356636
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire information associated with a user situation, determine a display mode based on the information associated with the user situation, and allow an operation unit to receive a user input based on a target displaying in the determined display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUN KIMURA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RYO FUKAZAWA, TOMOHISA TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10146057
    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: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Nobuhiro Saijo
  • Patent number: 10142618
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus including: an imaging unit; a display unit, through which at least a part of an imaging region of the imaging unit can be seen in a see-through manner and which is configured to display a stereoscopic image formed of a left eye image and a right eye image; a focal distance adjustment unit configured to adjust a focal distance of the imaging unit; and a display controller configured to generate the left eye image and the right eye image such that a display object indicating the focal distance is seen at a depth position corresponding to the focal distance and cause the display unit to display the left eye image and the right eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10140771
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: an image-taking unit configured to take an image of real scenery to thereby obtain real image; a marker-detecting unit configured to extract a marker image from the real image, the marker image being an image of marker projection light, the marker projection light being projected by a projection device to the real scenery in order to provide spatial first information, the first information being necessary to display virtual information such that the virtual information is superimposed on the real scenery, second information being added to the marker projection light; and an extracting unit configured to extract the second information added to the extracted marker image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano