Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Ohashi

Yoshinori Ohashi 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: 20240115934
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11948483
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus generates an image whose background region on which a virtual object appearing in the real space is not superimposed is drawn in a background color having a predetermined luminance so as to make a region of a shadow of the virtual object look relatively dark. A rendering section renders the shadow of the virtual object appearing in a mesh structure in the real space by rendering not only the virtual object but also the mesh structure in the real space. A pixel value conversion section heightens colors of all pixels such that the background region uniformly takes on a background color having a predetermined luminance. A shadow/background processing section identifies the region of the shadow of the virtual object, sets the background region other than the shadow to the background color, and sets the shadow region to a color whose luminance is equal to or lower than that of the background color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11906322
    Abstract: Provided are an environment map management device, an environment map management system, an environment map management method, and a program that are capable of generating a common environment map that takes into consideration privacy of each of users simultaneously with securing a space covered by an environment map available to the each of users. A processing data transmitting section accesses an individual environment map available to a user of interest. The processing data transmitting section accesses a common environment map available to a plurality of users including the user of interest. A SLAM processing execution section adds, to the individual environment map, environment information generated on the basis of sensing data acquired by a tracker used by the user of interest. A transmitting control section controls whether or not to add the environment information to the common environment map, according to a privacy attribute corresponding to the environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11896893
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230415040
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus 100 according to the present disclosure includes a player recognition section 102 configured to recognize a body of a player, a viewpoint acquisition section 103 configured to acquire viewpoint information including a viewpoint position and a viewpoint direction, a mesh generation section 105 configured to generate a mesh structure of the player that reflects a skeleton of the body of the player, on the basis of a result of the recognition, and an image generation section 110 configured to generate an image by rendering the mesh structure of the player and a virtual object when viewed in the viewpoint direction from the viewpoint position in the viewpoint information, and superimposing the rendered virtual object on the rendered mesh structure of the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11845006
    Abstract: A skeleton model updating apparatus, a skeleton model updating method, and a program by which time and effort for changing the pose of a skeleton model to a known standard pose can be reduced. A target node identifying section identifies target nodes from among a plurality of nodes included in a skeleton model that is in a pose other than a standard pose. A reference node identifying section identifies a reference node that is positioned closest to the side of the target nodes, from among nodes that are connected to all of the target nodes via one or more bones. A position deciding section decides positions of the target nodes such that relative positions of the target nodes with respect to the position of the reference node are adjusted to predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230314171
    Abstract: Provided are a mapping apparatus, a tracker, a mapping method, and a program that can accurately map a given geographic position on an environmental map. An environmental map data storing unit (80) stores environmental map data indicating an environmental map in which a position expressed by a Euclidean coordinate system is associated with a position expressed by a geographic coordinate system. A SLAM processing executing unit (84) estimates, on the basis of sensing data acquired by a tracker and the environmental map data, a position of the tracker (12) expressed by the Euclidean coordinate system. A target position data acquiring unit (88) acquires target position data indicating a target position expressed by the geographic coordinate system. A coordinate converting unit (90) identifies the target position expressed by the Euclidean coordinate system based on the target position data and the environmental map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11768217
    Abstract: A measurement data acquisition section acquires the measurement data indicating at least one from among the position, the orientation, the velocity, the acceleration, the angular velocity, and the angular acceleration measured by the sensor. A measurement-data-with-settings generation section generates measurement data with settings including the measurement data and coordinate system setting data indicating settings for a coordinate system used for expressing at least one from among the position, the orientation, the velocity, the acceleration, the angular velocity, and the angular acceleration indicated by the measurement data. A measurement-data-with-settings output section outputs the measurement data with settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11763464
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus, a learning apparatus, an estimation method, and a learning method, and a program capable of accurate body tracking without attaching many trackers to a user are provided. A feature extraction section (68) outputs feature data indicating a feature of a time-series transition until a latest timing in response to an input of input data that contains region data indicating a position, a posture, or a motion about a region of a body at the latest timing and feature data indicating the feature of the time-series transition previously output from the feature extraction section (68) at a timing preceding the latest timing. An estimation section (72) estimates a position, a posture, or a motion of another region of a body closer to a center of the body than the region at the latest timing on the basis of the feature data indicating the feature of the time-series transition until the latest timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230218983
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230214005
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires space information indicative of a position of a physical object in a first space around a first user, a space construction unit that constructs, on the basis of the space information, a shared space that is shared by the first user and a second user who exists in a second space different from the first space and in which the position of the physical object in the first space is reflected, and a determination unit that determines a position of the second user in the shared space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11660526
    Abstract: Provided are a body part orientation estimation apparatus, a body part orientation estimation method, and a program that enable accurate body tracking without having the user wear many trackers. A time-series data input section (68) acquires a plurality of pieces of time-series data each representing positions, postures, or motions of a part of a body. The time-series data input section (68) inputs the plurality of pieces of time-series data into a conversion section (60). An output acquisition section (70) acquires a result of estimation of a position, a posture, or a motion of another part of the body that is closer to a center of the body than the part, the result of the estimation being an output obtained when the pieces of time-series data are input into the conversion section (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230118678
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus generates an image whose background region on which a virtual object appearing in the real space is not superimposed is drawn in a background color having a predetermined luminance so as to make a region of a shadow of the virtual object look relatively dark. A rendering section renders the shadow of the virtual object appearing in a mesh structure in the real space by rendering not only the virtual object but also the mesh structure in the real space. A pixel value conversion section heightens colors of all pixels such that the background region uniformly takes on a background color having a predetermined luminance. A shadow/background processing section identifies the region of the shadow of the virtual object, sets the background region other than the shadow to the background color, and sets the shadow region to a color whose luminance is equal to or lower than that of the background color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230112409
    Abstract: A motion determination apparatus, a learning apparatus, a motion determination method, a learning method, and a program capable of precisely representing motions of the overall body of a user without attaching trackers to the feet of the user are provided. A speed specification section specifies, on the basis of sensing data output from a tracker attached to a region of the upper body of a user, a direction of a speed of the region. An operative foot specification section specifies, on the basis of the specified direction of the speed, one of the left foot and the right foot of the user as an operative foot and specifies the other as an inoperative foot. A motion determination section determines, for each of the left foot and the right foot, a motion of the foot on the basis of whether the foot is the operative foot or the inoperative foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11617942
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11605192
    Abstract: A posture data acquisition section acquires posture data indicating a posture of a target node included in a skeleton model of a tree structure. An initial position determination section determines a position to which the target node is to move on the basis of the position data. The initial position determination section determines an initial position of a parent node of the target node in Forward and Backward Reaching Inverse Kinematics (FABRIK) computing on the basis of the position to which the target node is to move and a given posture of the skeleton model. A posture update section updates a posture of the skeleton model by executing the FABRIK computing including determination of a new position of the parent node on the basis of the position to which the target node is to move and the initial position of the parent node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230066821
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 1 sequentially receives a plurality of input data between predetermined time TS and time TE, and uses model information to estimate predetermined estimated data at a time point of time T (TS<T<TE) based on the received input data, the model information having been trained by machine learning so as to estimate the estimated data at the time point of the time T on the basis of the received input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11589778
    Abstract: Provided are a body size estimation apparatus, a body size estimation method, and a program that enable the estimation of the body size of a user even when the user has not taken a T-pose in advance. A body size data storage unit (50) stores body size data indicating a body size of a user. A posture data acquisition unit (52) acquires position data indicating positions of a plurality of body parts away from each other of the user. A body size estimation unit (54) estimates a body size of the user based on positions of two or more body parts indicated by the position data. A body size update unit (56) updates, in a case where the estimated body size is larger than the body size indicated by the body size data stored in the body size data storage unit (50), the body size indicated by the body size data to the estimated body size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230021556
    Abstract: Provided are an environmental map management apparatus, an environmental map management method, and a program that can correct an environmental map to achieve an accurate association between the environmental map and a map indicated by given map data provided by a given map service. A common environmental map data storage unit (64) stores environmental map data that is generated based on sensing data acquired by a tracker and that indicates an environmental map. A pattern identification unit (68) identifies a predetermined pattern in the environmental map on the basis of the environmental map data. A corresponding element identification unit (70) identifies a linear element that appears in a map indicated by given map data provided by a given map service and that is associated with the predetermined pattern. A common environmental map data update unit (72) updates the environmental map data on the basis of a location of the linear element in the map indicated by the given map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220410000
    Abstract: Provided are a skeleton model updating apparatus, a skeleton model updating method, and a program by which time and effort for changing the pose of a skeleton model to a known standard pose can be reduced. A target node identifying section (80) identifies a plurality of target nodes from among a plurality of nodes included in a skeleton model that is in a pose other than a known standard pose. A reference node identifying section (82) identifies a reference node that is positioned closest to the side of the plurality of target nodes, from among nodes that are connected to all of the target nodes via one or more bones. A position deciding section (84) decides positions of the plurality of target nodes such that relative positions of the plurality of target nodes with respect to the position of the reference node are adjusted to predetermined positions. A pose updating section (56) updates the pose of the skeleton model to the known standard pose on the basis of the decided positions of the target nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI