Patents by Inventor Yoji Hirose
Yoji Hirose 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: 20230236034Abstract: [Object] To provide a new guide method in voice guidance that is capable of coping with even inaccuracy in an obtained user orientation. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit predicts a user orientation, performs voice guidance that guides a user to a destination on a route to the destination on the basis of the predicted user orientation, calculates a degree of reliability of the user orientation, and switches a method for guiding the user in the voice guidance on the basis of the degree of reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: MYUNGJIN JUNG, YOJI HIROSE, YASUYUKI KOGA, TSUTOMU FUZAWA, NOZOMI MAEDA, ASAE MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20220246135Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Makoto YAMADA, Kaoru KOIKE
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Publication number: 20220113932Abstract: An information processing device includes an action determining section configured to determine, on the basis of a sensing result of a sensor, an action performed by a user, a communicating section configured to receive information regarding an action performed by another user, a synchronization determining section configured to determine temporal coincidence between the action performed by the user and the action performed by the other user, and a sound control section configured to control, on the basis of the determination of the synchronization determining section, sound presented in correspondence with the actions respectively performed by the user and the other user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: RYU AOYAMA, IZUMI YAGI, YOJI HIROSE, KEI TAKAHASHI, TAKAMOTO TSUDA
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Patent number: 11217253Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Satoshi Fujita, Hiroaki Adachi, Yoji Hirose, Fumiaki Tokuhisa, Ryu Aoyama, Izumi Yagi, Akihiro Ishida
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Patent number: 11144130Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute a process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
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Publication number: 20210076122Abstract: A user operates content more intuitively. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the output control unit controls switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user. Moreover, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the controlling further includes controlling switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Tsuguyo GOTO, Yusuke DOYAMA, Ryu AOYAMA, Yoji HIROSE
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Patent number: 10635152Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute processes relating to voice operations recognized by a voice operation recognition unit configured to recognize the voice operations on a basis of information from a voice receiving unit and gesture operations recognized by a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize user's gestures recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The voice operation recognition unit enters a voice operation waiting state in parallel with a gesture waiting state of the gesture recognition unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
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Patent number: 10630826Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
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Patent number: 10627912Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a process execution unit configured to execute process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryu Aoyama, Tomoo Mizukami, Yoji Hirose, Kei Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano
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Publication number: 20200098373Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Satoshi FUJITA, Hiroaki ADACHI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Akihiro ISHIDA
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Patent number: 10290291Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a decision unit configured to decide, in accordance with playback target content, a processing pattern of processing to be executed in association with playback of the content, from among a plurality of processing patterns.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takamoto Tsuda, Kohei Takada, Yusuke Otani, Yusuke Doyama, Yoji Hirose, Taro Takamoto
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Publication number: 20190089823Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Akihiro ISHIDA, Yoji HIROSE, Takamoto TSUDA, Shihui WANG, Ryu AOYAMA
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Patent number: 10104213Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20180091637Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20180018950Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a decision unit configured to decide, in accordance with playback target content, a processing pattern of processing to be executed in association with playback of the content, from among a plurality of processing patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Takamoto Tsuda, Kohei Takada, Yusuke Otani, Yusuke Doyama, Yoji Hirose, Taro Takamoto
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Patent number: 9838522Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20170336848Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a process execution unit configured to execute processes relating to voice operations recognized by a voice operation recognition unit configured to recognize the voice operations on a basis of information from a voice receiving unit and gesture operations recognized by a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize user's gestures recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The voice operation recognition unit enters a voice operation waiting state in parallel with a gesture waiting state of the gesture recognition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicants: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryu AOYAMA, Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Yoji HIROSE, Kei TAKAHASHI, Ikuo YAMANO
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Publication number: 20170336873Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a process execution unit configured to execute process relating to a user's gesture recognized on a basis of information from a sensor. The process execution unit determines, during a period after the gesture has been recognized, whether or not there is an input of operation information based on a user's operation, and the process execution unit refrains from executing the process relating to the recognized gesture when there is an input of the operation information during the period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicants: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryu AOYAMA, Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Yoji HIROSE, Kei TAKAHASHI, lkuo YAMANO
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Publication number: 20170244821Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Akihiro Ishida, Yoji Hirose, Takamoto Tsuda, Shihui Wang, Ryu Aoyama
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Patent number: D779948Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: MISHIMA KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Hirose, Nobuyuki Harada