Patents by Inventor Yasuhide Hosoda

Yasuhide Hosoda 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: 10911857
    Abstract: A stable wearing state on an ear is secured. A speaker that outputs sound; a speaker arrangement portion in which the speaker is arranged therein; and a sound guiding pipe in which one end portion is continuous with the speaker arrangement portion and an internal space is formed as a sound guiding space that leads the sound outputted from the speaker are provided, in which an opening that emits the sound toward an ear is formed at the other end of the sound guiding pipe. The sound output apparatus is worn on the ear by sandwiching the outer peripheral portion of the auricle between the sound guiding pipe and the speaker arrangement portion or by the sound guiding pipe so that a stable wearing state on the ear can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Mihara, Yasuhide Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20200388142
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, a recording medium, and an information processing method that make it possible to transmit an action suitable for a context of a user to the user in a natural way. An information processing system according to an aspect of the present technology acquires context information representing at least one of a surrounding environment of a user having a device, a feeling of the user, a situation of the user, feelings of other people around the user, or situations of the other people, recognizes a context of the user on the basis of the context information, determines an action corresponding to the context, and determines a transmission method for the action to the user, the transmission method being suitable for the context and the action. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device worn by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: YASUHIDE HOSODA, MANABU KII, YOSHIKI TAKEOKA
  • Patent number: 10796556
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, a recording medium, and an information processing method that make it possible to transmit an action suitable for a context of a user to the user in a natural way. An information processing system according to an aspect of the present technology acquires context information representing at least one of a surrounding environment of a user having a device, a feeling of the user, a situation of the user, feelings of other people around the user, or situations of the other people, recognizes a context of the user on the basis of the context information, determines an action corresponding to the context, and determines a transmission method for the action to the user, the transmission method being suitable for the context and the action. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Manabu Kii, Yoshiki Takeoka
  • Publication number: 20200166365
    Abstract: A navigation device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an acceptance unit that accepts a request; a determination unit that determines a representation allowing a user to have fun while traveling on the basis of the request accepted by the acceptance unit; and an output unit that generates a control signal causing a representation device to perform the representation determined by the determination unit, and outputs the control signal to the representation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: YASUHIDE HOSODA
  • Patent number: 10623842
    Abstract: Provided is a sound output apparatus which realizes listening characteristics of the ambient sound even in a wearing state, which are equivalent to those in a non-wearing state, and outputs good acoustic information at the same time. A sound output apparatus 100 includes a sound generation unit 110 which generates sound, a sound guiding unit 120 which takes in, from one end 121, the sound generated from the sound generation unit 110, and a ring-shaped holding unit 130 which holds the sound guiding unit 120 in the vicinity of the other end 122. The sound output apparatus 100 is worn on the pinna by locking the holding unit 130 to the intertragic notch, and the holding unit 130 supports the vicinity of the other end 122 of the sound guiding unit 120 so that a sound output hole of the other end 122 of the sound guiding unit 120 is positioned to face the interior side of the ear canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Igarashi, Yasuhide Hosoda, Miki Tokitake, Ken Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200089231
    Abstract: Provided an information processing device that is capable of switching between a state in which a device is carried and a state in which the device is not carried in a more suitable form in accordance with a state or situation in which the device is used. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information on a user and a controller that executes a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: YOSHIKI TAKEOKA, MANABU KII, YASUHIDE HOSODA, TOSHIYUKI KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10575109
    Abstract: A sound distribution apparatus is connected to a sound reproduction terminal that detachably holds an authentication device storing decoding information, the sound distribution apparatus including a sound distribution unit that streaming-distributes sound information, which has been encrypted with a decodable code on the basis of the decoding information, to the sound reproduction terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Shigeki Ohno, Tetsuro Tsuji, Takashi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20200037094
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of voice presentation, to a user, of information transmitted from another user around the user. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs control to present, to a user by voice, information that has been transmitted from another user in surroundings of the user. The control unit performs control to emphasize and present, by voice, specific information among the information which has been transmitted from another user in surroundings of the user, in accordance with a situation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Yusuke Sakai, Shingo Utsuki
  • Publication number: 20200016743
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of presenting appropriate information so as to bring out a more preferable user's character. An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that determines a character of a user, determines whether or not it is a timing to change to a predetermined character, and performs control to output a trigger for prompting a change to the predetermined character at the change timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhide Hosoda
  • Patent number: 10509401
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that is capable of switching between a state in which a device is carried and a state in which the device is not carried in a more suitable form in accordance with a state or situation in which the device is used. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information on a user and a controller that executes a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeoka, Manabu Kii, Yasuhide Hosoda, Toshiyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10497020
    Abstract: An information processing system that acquires feedback information from a first user having viewed an advertising activity of a second user, the advertising activity including displaying advertising information on an information processing apparatus possessed by the second user; and updates profile information for determining an effectiveness of the advertising activity based on the received feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawamura, Manabu Kii, Yoshiki Takeoka, Akari Hoshi, Yasuhide Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20190356975
    Abstract: The present technology is to improve usability. Provided is an attachment portion which includes a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion to be pressed against both surfaces of an auricle respectively and is attached to an ear in a state of sandwiching the auricle. A pair of the attachment portions is provided, and the pair of attachment portions can be engaged with each other. With this structure, the pair of attachment portions can be engaged with each other when not in use and the like, entanglement between cords or between the cords and the attachment portions can be prevented, and usability can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota MIHARA, Yasuhide HOSODA
  • Patent number: 10469639
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal including a casing that includes an audio output unit that outputs audio, and a transmissive display unit provided rotatable about the casing. The transmissive display unit is disposable in a plane intersecting a principal face of the casing while the audio output unit is outputting audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhide Hosoda
  • Patent number: 10453238
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which determines which display layers out of a plurality of mutually overlapping display layers information is to be displayed on based on parameters associated with the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Ryota Mihara
  • Publication number: 20190251596
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, a recording medium, and an information processing method which are capable of transmitting information to persons who are considered to be worthy of the transmission. An information processing system according to an aspect of the present technology stores position information indicating a position of a device of a user and date information at which position measurement is performed in correlation with each other, forms a community including users who leave a movement trajectory satisfying a predetermined condition at the periphery of a specific location on the basis of a user's movement history indicated by the stored information, and distributes a message input through a specific interface to users who pertain to the community. The present technology is applicable to a device such as an electronic signboard that is installed at a specific location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: YASUHIDE HOSODA
  • Publication number: 20190228639
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, a recording medium, and an information processing method that make it possible to transmit an action suitable for a context of a user to the user in a natural way. An information processing system according to an aspect of the present technology acquires context information representing at least one of a surrounding environment of a user having a device, a feeling of the user, a situation of the user, feelings of other people around the user, or situations of the other people, recognizes a context of the user on the basis of the context information, determines an action corresponding to the context, and determines a transmission method for the action to the user, the transmission method being suitable for the context and the action. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device worn by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: YASUHIDE HOSODA, MANABU KII, YOSHIKI TAKEOKA
  • Publication number: 20190174216
    Abstract: A stable wearing state on an ear is secured. A speaker that outputs sound; a speaker arrangement portion in which the speaker is arranged therein; and a sound guiding pipe in which one end portion is continuous with the speaker arrangement portion and an internal space is formed as a sound guiding space that leads the sound outputted from the speaker are provided, in which an opening that emits the sound toward an ear is formed at the other end of the sound guiding pipe. The sound output apparatus is worn on the ear by sandwiching the outer peripheral portion of the auricle between the sound guiding pipe and the speaker arrangement portion or by the sound guiding pipe so that a stable wearing state on the ear can be secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota MIHARA, Yasuhide HOSODA
  • Patent number: D877735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Manabu Kii
  • Patent number: D903630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Satoshi Suzuki, Go Igarashi
  • Patent number: D911306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Satoshi Suzuki, Go Igarashi