Patents by Inventor Yasunori Kamada
Yasunori Kamada 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).
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Publication number: 20140191974Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus including an estimation unit configured to automatically estimate an attribute of a user, a setting unit configured to set an input mode based on the attribute of the user estimated by the estimation unit, and a control unit configured to control input based on the set input mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YUKI KOGA
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Publication number: 20140186002Abstract: There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma
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Publication number: 20140181989Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage controller configured to perform control in a manner that a log of a user is stored in a storage, a determination part configured to determine whether a position of the user is within a set area, and an erasure controller configured to substantially erase, when the determination part determines that the position of the user is not within the set area, at least data capable of identifying the user individually among the log of the user stored in the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YUKI KOGA, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20140176599Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
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Publication number: 20140176764Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, YOICHIRO SAKO, AKIRA TANGE, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KOHEI ASADA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, HIROYUKI HANAYA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE
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Publication number: 20140160129Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to include a first display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a first image from a user viewpoint, which is captured by a first imaging unit, is displayed on a display unit or control is performed in a manner that the display unit is transmissive, and a second display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a second image captured by a second imaging unit including a user within an angle of view is displayed on the display unit, and a switching control unit configured to perform control in response to an instruction from the user in a manner that a display control mode of the display control unit is switched from the first display control mode to the second display control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada
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Publication number: 20140146024Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a setting unit that sets a type and display position of a pseudo object, an acquiring unit that acquires a parameter for implementing a function of the set pseudo object in one or more devices placed near the set display position, and a display control unit that displays the pseudo object according to the parameter on a display unit, the display unit being one of the one or more devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori KAMADA, Yoichiro SAKO
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Publication number: 20140125451Abstract: There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORTIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, HIROSHI OKADA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KOHEI ASADA, MITSURU TAKEHARA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, YASUNORI KAMADA, TAKAYASU KON, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, AKIRA TANGE, HIROYUKI HANAYA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA
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Publication number: 20140123015Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a database in which at least one of a name, position information, and an image identifying a predetermined location is associated with specific content, a position identification part configured to identify a current position, a determination part configured to determine whether content corresponding to the current position is present in the database, a notification part configured to, when the determination part determines that the content corresponding to the current position is present, send to a user a notification that the content corresponding to the current position is present, and a controller configured to start playback of the content in accordance with an action of the user with respect to the notification by the notification part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yuki KOGA, Kohei ASADA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yasunori KAMADA, Takayasu KON, Kazunori HAYASHI, Akira TANGE, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA
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Publication number: 20140111668Abstract: There is provided a content acquisition apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire content, a recognition unit configured to recognize at least two types of bookmark instructions when the acquisition unit acquires the content, and a control unit configured to, when the recognition unit recognizes a first bookmark instruction, provide a bookmark to the content acquired by the acquisition unit at corresponding time as a bookmarker at time of reproducing the content, and when the recognition unit recognizes a second bookmark instruction, provide the bookmark to the content acquired by the acquisition unit at corresponding time and switch an operation mode of the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayasu KON, Yoichiro SAKO, Kazunori HAYASHI, Yasunori KAMADA
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Publication number: 20140112534Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Akira TANGE, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Kohei ASADA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Takayasu KON, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Kazunori HAYASHI, Yasunori KAMADA
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Publication number: 20140106815Abstract: There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Akira TANGE, Kazunori HAYASHI, Yasunori KAMADA, Takayasu KON, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Yuki KOGA, Kohei ASADA, Tomoya ONUMA
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Patent number: 8688370Abstract: Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Kazunori Hayashi, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino, Taiji Ito, Yoshiteru Kamatani
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Publication number: 20140059704Abstract: Provided is a client device, including an identification unit that identifies a person included in content information acquired by a content information acquisition unit, and generates first identification information indicating an identified person, a communication unit that associates and transmits the content information and the first identification information to an external device, and a generation unit that generates an access request for content information stored in the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YASUNORI KAMADA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKAYASU KON, YOICHIRO SAKO
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Publication number: 20140037262Abstract: There is provided a data storage device that conducts at least one of audio recording and video recording, the data storage device including a trigger signal transmitter that transmits a given trigger signal to an external device, a storage controller that applies control to conduct the at least one of audio recording and video recording, and a marking unit that marks stored data acquired by the at least one of audio recording and video recording at a time of transmitting the trigger signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, YASUNORI KAMADA, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKAYASU KON, KOHEI ASADA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, AKIRA TANGE, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, KATSUHISA ARATANI, MITSURU TAKEHARA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, HIROYUKI HANAYA, YUKI KOGA, TOMOYA ONUMA
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Patent number: 8588469Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis of the extensions; and trimming the plurality of original images so that positions of the vanishing points in the respective original images mutually match, thereby obtaining final images.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazunori Hayashi, Itaru Kawakami, Yoichiro Sako, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
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Publication number: 20130229562Abstract: An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Itaru Kawakami
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Patent number: 8488012Abstract: An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Kazunori Hayashi, Itaru Kawakami
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Patent number: 8385894Abstract: An information delivery apparatus is provided, including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
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Publication number: 20130013186Abstract: Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayasu Kon, Yoichiro Sako, Yasunori Kamada, Kazunori Hayashi, Masamichi Asukai, Akane Sano, Akinobu Sugino, Taiji Ito, Yoshiteru Kamatani