Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Sako

Yoichiro Sako 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).

  • Publication number: 20160171781
    Abstract: There is provided a server including a reception unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, position information indicating a position of the client terminal, and direction information indicating a direction in which the client terminal is directed, and a search unit configured to search for image data provided with position information indicating an opposite position across a target object present in the direction indicated by the direction information with respect to the position of the client terminal based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Yoichiro SAKO, Mitsuru TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 9370042
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akira Tange, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20160156463
    Abstract: Security is simply and safely secured when communication is performed by an information processing device including: a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with another terminal; an identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire first identification information that is acquired through the communication unit and encrypted for specifying the other terminal, and that is decrypted with a first decryption key managed in a network service; and a key acquisition unit configured to acquire a first encryption key associated with the first identification information in the network service when second identification information for specifying an own terminal is associated with the first identification information in the network service. The communication unit transmits information encrypted with the acquired first encryption key to the other terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Kento SUZUKI, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Yoichiro SAKO, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takushi KUNIHIRO, Katsuhito ISHIDA, Kouichirou ONO, Makoto AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160155474
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160147301
    Abstract: A contact lens type line-of-sight detection apparatus has a shape such that it is wearable on an eyeball of a user. Furthermore, in the line-of-sight detection apparatus, a plurality of light-emitting sections that output light and a plurality of light-receiving elements that receive light reflected by an eyeball surface. The light-receiving elements receive light that has been output from the light-emitting sections and reflected by the eyeball surface and output light-receiving signals according to amounts of light received. The signal processing unit detects a line of sight of the user based on the light-receiving signals of the light-receiving elements. The present technology can be applied to a contact lens type line-of-sight detection apparatus or a display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: MASANORI IWASAKI, YOICHIRO SAKO
  • Publication number: 20160140768
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160132933
    Abstract: Content is to be provided at an appropriate time. An information processing device is an information processing device including a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit receives and transmits content through wireless communication. After reception of content, the control unit performs control to transfer the content to another information processing device from a location where a predetermined condition based on the location of the first transmission of the content is satisfied, the other information processing device existing in a predetermined range that is based on the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi KUNIHIRO, Yoichiro SAKO, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Makoto AKAGI, Kouichirou ONO, Tomoya ONUMA, Katsuhito ISHIDA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Kento SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9338644
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9338607
    Abstract: There is provided an information delivery apparatus 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Takehara, Yoichiro Sako, Masamichi Asukai, Taiji Ito, Akinobu Sugino, Akane Sano, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Yasunori Kamada
  • Patent number: 9336786
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a voice pickup unit that picks up a user's voice and generates an audio signal, a signal processing unit that generates a masking voice signal for masking the user's voice according to the audio signal, and a first speaker that reproduces the masking voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Asada, Yoichiro Sako, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Publication number: 20160124503
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus and a display method for realizing control for display operations by a user precisely reflecting the user's status, i.e., the user's intentions, visual state and physical conditions. Worn as an eyeglass-like or head-mount wearable unit for example, the display apparatus of the present invention enables the user to recognize visibly various images on the display unit positioned in front of the user's eyes thereby providing the picked up images, reproduced images, and received images. As control for various display operations such as switching between the display state and the see-through state, display operation mode and selecting sources, the display apparatus of the present invention acquires information about either behavior or physical status of the user, and determines either intention or status of the user in accordance with the acquired information, thereby controlling the display operation appropriately on the basis of the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Masaaki TSURUTA, Taiji ITO, Masamichi ASUKAI
  • Publication number: 20160125392
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information record medium that are controlled to generate an operation effect sound that differs for each user of a card upon an operation for electronic money are provided. A card 10 records user information 12, balance information 13, and audio data 14. The card 10 makes a settlement of electronic money with a vending machine 20 to buy a commodity. When the card 10 is presented to the vending machine 20, it reads the user information 12, the balance information 13, and the audio data 14 from the card 10 through wireless communications. The vending machine 20 makes a settlement on the basis of both information of the commodity that a user has selected and the balance information 13. As a result, the vending machine 20 provides the selected commodity to the user. On the other hand, with audio data 14, at a predetermined timing of the settlement, a predetermined sound is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosei YAMASHITA, Yoichiro SAKO, Toshiro TERAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9326130
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9325862
    Abstract: There is provided a server including a database configured to store position information and priority of a landmark, a reception unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, position information of the client terminal, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the client terminal, the position information of the landmark corresponding to the position information received by the reception unit, and the priority of the landmark. The reception unit receives position information of a subject captured by the client terminal. Based on the position information of the subject received by the reception unit, the server further includes a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that the priority of the landmark stored in the database is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange
  • Patent number: 9317737
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160105433
    Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, wireless communication system, information processing method, and storage medium which can mutually authenticate communication partners simply and safely. [Solution] The information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first identification information for identifying another terminal; and a communication unit configured to transmit information for mutual authentication between an own terminal and the other terminal to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through a network service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhito ISHIDA, Kento SUZUKI, Yoichiro SAKO, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Kouichirou ONO, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takushi KUNIHIRO, Makoto AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160097940
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact lens and storage medium capable of controlling an image pickup unit provided in the contact lens. [Solution] Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject, the image pickup unit being provided in the lens unit; and an image pickup control unit configured to control the image pickup unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, MASANORI IWASAKI, KAZUNORI HAYASHI, TAKAYASU KON, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, TOMOYA ONUMA, AKIRA TANGE
  • Patent number: 9307617
    Abstract: There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Hiroshi Okada, Hirofumi Yuchi, Kohei Asada, Takashi Sato, Yutaka Fukuyama, Kiyoshi Yoneda, Kouji Miyata
  • Patent number: 9298969
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9300858
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including a focus control unit configured to perform control so as to sequentially bring multiple subjects within a captured image into focus, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in response to a trigger from a user so as to record, onto a storage medium, captured images of the multiple subjects sequentially brought into focus by the focus control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange