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).

  • DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180121024
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Head-mounted display
    Patent number: 9952437
    Abstract: To provide a head-mounted display excellent in portability and operability. A head-mounted display according to the present technology includes a main body and an input operation section. The main body includes a display section configured to present an image to a user and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation section includes a first detection element that extends in a first axis direction and is provided in the main body and electrostatically detects an operation position in the first axis direction, and a first guide section that guides an input operation of the user along the first axis direction on the first detection element, and controls the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Hisako Sugano, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Hirotaka Ishikawa
  • Display control device
    Patent number: 9946311
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a communication unit that performs communication with an external device, a detecting unit that detects a direction of an operation device based on detection information representing motion of the operation device, and a display control unit that generates an imaging control command used to control an imaging operation based on the detected direction of the operation device, and controls display of an image obtained through an imaging operation by causing the communication unit to transmit the imaging control command to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tetsuro Goto, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180096536
    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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: TETSURO GOTO, MASATOSHI UENO, KENICHI KABASAWA, TOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA, DAISUKE KAWAKAMI, SHINOBU KURIYA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, HISAKO SUGANO
  • Image display apparatus and image display method
    Patent number: 9927948
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus, including: a display unit configured to allow a real space to be transparently viewed and configured to display a three-dimensional image; and a display control unit configured to display a plurality of the three-dimensional images on the display unit in a manner that the plurality of the three-dimensional images are arranged in a plurality of lines that are different from each other in position in a depth direction on a near side with respect to the real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Shunichi Kasahara
  • HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180081451
    Abstract: A head-mounted display comprising a display and a detector. The detector is configured to detect a direction of at least one of the head-mounted display and a line of vision. The display is configured to display an output image of an application, wherein the application is selected based on the direction being outside a range of a front direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Shinobu KURIYA, Masatoshi UENO, Kenichi KABASAWA, Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Tetsuro GOTO, Hisako SUGANO, Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Toshiyuki NAKAGAWA
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program for synthesizing a modified stroke
    Patent number: 9922406
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an input device configured to receive a stroke input, and a display controller configured to control a displaying of a modified stroke, wherein the modified stroke is synthesized based on characteristic parameters of the received stroke input and characteristic parameters of a reference stroke that has been matched to the received stroke input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Miwa Ichikawa
  • Information processing device, information processing method, and program for controlling a state of an application by gaze position
    Patent number: 9891707
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a gaze position acquisition unit configured to acquire a gaze position of a user; a determination unit configured to determine whether the acquired gaze position corresponds to an application-related position; and a processing unit configured, when the gaze position is determined to correspond to the application-related position, to control a state of an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Jun Kimura, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ayumi Kato
  • Display control apparatus to enable a user to check a captured image after image processing
    Patent number: 9894262
    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: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Kawana, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Maki Imoto, Takuro Noda
  • Display control device, display control method, and program
    Patent number: 9886128
    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: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180005607
    Abstract: To provide a head-mounted display and an information display apparatus that match the intuition of the user and are excellent in operability. A head-mounted display 1 according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a reception unit 12, an image display element 14, and a display processing unit 132. The reception unit 12 receives an operation signal including information on a relative position of a detection target in contact with an input operation surface 21, which is output from the input device 2. The image display element 14 forms an image V1 presented to a user. The display processing unit 132 causes, based on the operation signal, the image display element 14 to display an operation image V10 with an auxiliary image P indicating a position of the detection target being overlapped on the image V1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Masatoshi UENO, Kenichi KABASAWA, Shinobu KURIYA, Tetsuro GOTO, Hisako SUGANO, Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Toshiyuki NAKAGAWA
  • Head-mounted display, program for controlling head-mounted display, and method of controlling head-mounted display
    Patent number: 9857886
    Abstract: A head-mounted display comprising a display and a detector. The detector is configured to detect a direction of at least one of the head-mounted display and a line of vision. The display is configured to display an output image of an application, wherein the application is selected based on the direction being outside a range of a front direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Kuriya, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Tetsuro Goto, Hisako Sugano, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
    Patent number: 9824497
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to execute instructions to generate a superimposition parameter corresponding to superimposing virtual information on a real space based on a spatial position of a marker projected on the real space by an input apparatus, and cause a display section to display the virtual information superimposed on the real space according to the spatial position relationship while the marker is detectable and continue the display of the virtual information superimposed on the real space after the marker is undetectable according to a last detected spatial position of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano
  • OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20170329420
    Abstract: A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: KENICHI KABASAWA, TETSURO GOTO, MASATOSHI UENO, SHINOBU KURIYA, TOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA, TATSUYA SUZUKI, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, HIDEO KAWABE
  • IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
    Publication number: 20170308266
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus, including: a display unit configured to allow a real space to be transparently viewed and configured to display a three-dimensional image; and a display control unit configured to display a plurality of the three-dimensional images on the display unit in a manner that the plurality of the three-dimensional images are arranged in a plurality of lines that are different from each other in position in a depth direction on a near side with respect to the real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Shunichi KASAHARA
  • Head-mounted display and information display apparatus
    Patent number: 9779700
    Abstract: To provide a head-mounted display and an information display apparatus that match the intuition of the user and are excellent in operability. A head-mounted display according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a reception unit, an image display element, and a display processing unit. The reception unit receives an operation signal including information on a relative position of a detection target in contact with an input operation surface, which is output from the input device. The image display element forms an image V1 presented to a user. The display processing unit causes, based on the operation signal, the image display element to display an operation image V10 with an auxiliary image P indicating a position of the detection target being overlapped on the image V1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Shinobu Kuriya, Tetsuro Goto, Hisako Sugano, Daisuke Kawakami, Toshiyuki Nakagawa
  • HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170242254
    Abstract: To provide a head-mounted display excellent in portability and operability. A head-mounted display according to the present technology includes a main body and an input operation section. The main body includes a display section configured to present an image to a user and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation section includes a first detection element that extends in a first axis direction and is provided in the main body and electrostatically detects an operation position in the first axis direction, and a first guide section that guides an input operation of the user along the first axis direction on the first detection element, and controls the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Masatoshi UENO, Kenichi KABASAWA, Shinobu KURIYA, Tetsuro GOTO, Hisako SUGANO, Toshiyuki NAKAGAWA, Hirotaka ISHIKAWA
  • Operation method, control apparatus, and program
    Patent number: 9740305
    Abstract: A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hideo Kawabe
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 9742988
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action state of a user based on a measurement result obtained by a sensor carried by the user, and a photographing control unit configured to control timing at which a photographing unit carried by the user is allowed to perform photographing based on the recognized action state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara
  • Display panel or screen with transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D792444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yunha Cho, Tsubasa Tsukahara