Patents by Inventor YOSHIKI SHUDO

YOSHIKI SHUDO 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Patent number: 11463836
    Abstract: A user listening position is estimated without imposing a burden on a user, and a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening is formed regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state. An estimation part that estimates the user listening position by using position information of N speakers that are three or more speakers, and an arrangement part that sets virtual speaker arrangement by using the user listening position are provided. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the user listening position without imposing a burden on a user and form a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Unno, Yoshiki Shudo
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210219087
    Abstract: A user listening position is estimated without imposing a burden on a user, and a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening is formed regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state. An estimation part that estimates the user listening position by using position information of N speakers that are three or more speakers, and an arrangement part that sets virtual speaker arrangement by using the user listening position are provided. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the user listening position without imposing a burden on a user and form a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: YUKIKO UNNO, YOSHIKI SHUDO