Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa 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: 11620776
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method in which data of content is acquired, and a first visual field image corresponding to a visual field of a first user is cut out from a content image based on the data of the content. In addition, visual field information representing a visual field of a second user viewing the content image is acquired. Furthermore, in a display apparatus, the first visual field image is displayed, and the visual field of the second user is displayed based on the visual field information of the second user. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a case where a plurality users views content, such as a spherical image and a free viewpoint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Kei Takahashi, Daisuke Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230095328
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a position of a hand and a finger gesture of a user; and a control unit that controls a displaying operation of a display device that displays a virtual object superimposed on a real space, in which the control unit sets a virtual gripping point to a position having a certain offset with respect to the hand, and controls the display device to display a virtual object gripping operation on the basis of a positional relationship between the virtual gripping point and the virtual object and a contact state between fingertips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: IKUO YAMANO, SOICHIRO INATANI, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230043591
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method capable of more easily comparing 3D objects. Comparison information which is information for displaying a plurality of 3D objects of 6DoF content in a comparable manner is generated. Further, the plurality of 3D objects of the 6DoF content is displayed in a comparable manner on the basis of comparison information which is information for displaying the plurality of 3D objects in a comparable manner. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka KIYAMA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Jun KIMURA, Hiroshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20230031913
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that processes information regarding augmented reality. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a position and a posture, or a shape of a first part on a body of a user, and a control unit configured to control a virtual object to be displayed in a real space on a display device on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part. When recognizing that the first part has performed a first operation for a second part on the body of the user on the basis of the position and the posture, or the shape of the first part acquired by the acquisition unit, the control unit stores an execution state of the virtual object in association with the second part, and stops display of the virtual object by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, JUN KIMURA, IKUO YAMANO, SHINICHI KAWANO, SOICHIRO INATANI
  • Publication number: 20230032285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a facility capable of efficiently performing work while maintaining the cleanliness of a location where an article is manufactured, when manufacturing of the article and other work are performed in parallel concurrently; and an implementation method for manufacturing an article by using the facility. The facility comprises a clean room 1, multiple work booths 2 provided inside the clean room 1 and each comprising an entrance and exit, and barrier sections provided along entrances and exits of the multiple work booth 2 and configured to prevent airflow from the outside to the inside through the entrances and exits. The area inside each of the multiple work booths 2 has the same grade of cleanliness as the area that is outside the multiple work booths 2 but is inside the clean room 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori TANAKA, Noriko UMEDA, Naoko TERAO, Atsuko WAKIMURA, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Nobu MIYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11545064
    Abstract: A display device includes circuitry to determine, based on a display data length and a display area length, whether display data including one or more display components fits within a display area of a screen on which the display data is to be displayed. In case that a determination result indicates that a part of the display data is out of the display area, the circuitry displays the display data including the one or more display components that are reduced based on a difference between the display data length and the display area length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220414991
    Abstract: A video generation apparatus (1) according to the embodiment includes a reception unit (30), a first generation unit (32), and a display control unit (35). The reception unit (30) receives user operation. The first generation unit (32) moves the virtual camera (10) in three-dimensional virtual space (Sv) on the basis of the user operation received by the reception unit (30), thereby generating a camera viewpoint video in which the three-dimensional object (100) in the three-dimensional virtual space (Sv) is shot using the virtual camera (10). The display control unit (35) disposes, in the three-dimensional virtual space (Sv), a virtual screen (Sc) for displaying the camera viewpoint video generated by the first generation unit (32), and displays a camera trajectory (T) of the virtual camera (10) in the three-dimensional virtual space (Sv).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220404901
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, HIROYUKI AGA, KOICHI KAWASAKI, MITSURU NISHIBE, YUJI KUSANO
  • Patent number: 11480787
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to eliminate or minimize VR sickness with an immersive feeling enhanced. On the basis of head posture of a user, a video generation section generates a video resulting from control of an angle of view of a virtual camera, the angle of view corresponding to a field of view of the user travelling in a virtual space. When the user is in an acceleration state in the virtual space, the video generation section changes the angle of view of the virtual camera from a first angle of view at the time when the user is in a non-acceleration state to a second angle of view based on an acceleration direction of the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11477433
    Abstract: To make it possible to more adequately perform switching between a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a user and a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a subject other than the user. There is provided an information processor including: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a motion of a user; and a control unit that controls, on a basis of the information regarding the motion of the user, switching between a first display region corresponding to a first camerawork operated by the user and a second display region corresponding to a second camerawork operated by a subject other than the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11449133
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
  • Patent number: 11434798
    Abstract: A catalyst warm-up control method for a hybrid vehicle includes a battery supplying electric power to an electric motor, the battery is charged by an engine for electric power generation, and exhaust gas discharged from the engine 1 is treated by a catalyst. By the catalyst warm-up control method, when temperature of the catalyst is lower than required warm-up temperature for activating the catalyst, target revolution speed and target torque of the engine are controlled based on a state of charge of the battery, and, when target revolution speed is lower than lower-limit revolution speed at which the catalyst can be heated to the required warm-up temperature, the target revolution speed is controlled so as to be required warm-up revolution speed that is equal to or higher than the lower-limit revolution speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Azusa Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hidekatsu Akiyama, Shinsuke Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11422626
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device and an information processing method capable of controlling display of an image adapted to contents of control relating to output of sensory stimulation. The information processing device includes an output control unit that controls the display of the image corresponding to control information with respect to a first output unit that outputs the sensory stimulation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11417296
    Abstract: [Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that enable change in display of real space without being noticed by a communicatee are to be proposed. [Solution] An information processing device, including: a determining unit that determines a gazing state or a non-gazing state of a first user present in first real space, for a display object displayed by a display device of the first user, the display object being associated with second real space different from the first real space; and a display control unit that changes appearance of the display object when the gazing state has been changed to the non-gazing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220253198
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium capable of improving operability for a user. Provided is an image processing device including an image processing unit that disposes, in a virtual space, a virtual camera of three-dimensional virtual space, performs control so that the display terminal displays a background image representing the virtual space and a virtual object disposed in the background image, determines pitch rotation of the display terminal on the basis of a measurement signal measured by the display terminal, causes the virtual camera to rotate in a pitch direction around the virtual object on the basis of a determination result of the pitch rotation of the display terminal, determines touch operation on a touch panel of the display terminal, and causes the virtual camera to rotate in a yaw direction around the virtual object in the virtual space on the basis of a determination result of the touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, TOMOHIRO OOI, KYOSUKE YAMAZAKI, YASUSHI IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11386626
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further diversifying a method of implementing a virtual object using the AR technology, the information processing apparatus including: a display control unit configured to perform a first process of displaying a virtual object superimposed on a real space at a position which is based on a real object detected in the real space or a second process of displaying the virtual object superimposed on the real space at a position which is not based on the real object detected in the real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishibe, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hirotake Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11361497
    Abstract: An information processing device and an information processing method are provided. The information processing device including a display controller that controls display for a first user on the basis of a background image arranged in a virtual space with reference to a position of the first user in the virtual space, and an object related to a second user arranged in the virtual space so as to maintain a relative positional relationship between the first user and the second user in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220166939
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one example of the present disclosure includes an imaging control unit that causes a first imaging apparatus to acquire a real video while moving at least one of a viewpoint and a line of sight in accordance with a movement instruction given by a user, and a video generation unit that, when the first imaging apparatus approaches an imaging disapproved region that is set as a region in which imaging by the first imaging apparatus is disapproved while moving at least one of the viewpoint and the line of sight in accordance with the movement instruction, generates a video in which the real video is continuously switched to a virtual video of an inside of the imaging disapproved region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI ISHIKAWA, RYOUHEI YASUDA, KEI TAKAHASHI, JUNICHI SHIMIZU, TAKAYOSHI SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11316991
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: cause a display device to display a setting screen for receiving individual setting values for a plurality of setting items; receive, from a user, individual setting values for a first item, a second item, and a third item in the setting items through the setting screen; specify a recommended setting value for the third item, based on the received setting values for the first item and the second item; and control, upon receiving the setting values for the first item and the second item from the user, display of information for receiving a setting value for the third item included in the setting screen based on the recommended setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220109763
    Abstract: A display device includes circuitry to determine, based on a display data length and a display area length, whether display data including one or more display components fits within a display area of a screen on which the display data is to be displayed. In case that a determination result indicates that a part of the display data is out of the display area, the circuitry displays the display data including the one or more display components that are reduced based on a difference between the display data length and the display area length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa