Patents by Inventor Yukie Yamamoto
Yukie Yamamoto 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: 20250247495Abstract: An image capturing apparatus configured to transmit, via a communication unit, moving image data obtained by image capturing to an external apparatus. The apparatus transmits, upon receiving an instruction to start recording, the moving image data to the external apparatus, ends, upon receiving an instruction to end the recording, the transmission of the moving image data, generates, upon receiving the instruction to start the recording, metadata associated with the start of the recording of the moving image data, and generates, upon receiving the instruction to end the recording, metadata associated with the end of the recording of the moving image data. The apparatus transmits, upon receiving the instruction to end the recording, metadata from the start of the recording to the end of the recording to the external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Inventor: Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20250240591Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
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Patent number: 12363494Abstract: The present technology relates to signal processing apparatus and method which can perform audio reproduction with a realistic feeling. A signal processing apparatus includes a sound source separation unit that extracts, from an input audio signal including a plurality of sound source signals, one or a plurality of the sound source signals by sound source separation; a position information generation unit that generates position information of the extracted sound source signal on the basis of a result of the sound source separation; and an output unit that outputs the extracted sound source signal and the position information as data of an audio object. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20250217415Abstract: An apparatus records moving image data received from an image capturing apparatus. The apparatus records a moving image file by starting recording of the moving image data from the image capturing apparatus in accordance with reception of a recording start command and ending the recording of the moving image data in accordance with reception of a recording end command; and starts creation of a metafile associated with the moving image data based on information concerning the creation of the metafile, the information being received at time of the reception of the recording start command and completes the metafile using metadata received at time of the reception of the recording end command.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2025Publication date: July 3, 2025Inventors: YUKI YAMAMOTO, TOSHIO MINOSHIMA, TOMOAKI KOMIYAMA
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Publication number: 20250218108Abstract: A vehicle surrounding environment display device configured to generate a virtual space corresponding to a surrounding environment of a host vehicle on the basis of detection information from an external sensor of the host vehicle and display an image inside the virtual space viewed from a virtual viewpoint operated by a user of the host vehicle on a display, wherein a three-dimensional host vehicle icon corresponding to the host vehicle is disposed in the virtual space, and when the virtual viewpoint is located in an icon transformation region set above the rear or front of the host vehicle icon, the host vehicle icon is displayed in a stretching display that is stretched in length of the host vehicle icon compared to when the virtual viewpoint is not located in the icon transformation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Hideaki FURUSE, Naoyuki OKADA
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Publication number: 20250206137Abstract: A vehicle surrounding environment display device configured to generate a virtual space corresponding to a surrounding environment of a host vehicle on the basis of detection information from an external sensor of the host vehicle and display an image inside the virtual space viewed from a virtual viewpoint operated by a user of the host vehicle on a display, wherein a three-dimensional host vehicle icon corresponding to the host vehicle is disposed in the virtual space, and when the virtual viewpoint is located in an icon transformation region set above the rear or front of the host vehicle icon, the host vehicle icon is transformed so that a width of an upper surface of the host vehicle icon is narrower as compared to when the virtual viewpoint is not located in the icon transformation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Rie HABUTA, Hideaki FURUSE, Kenji KOHARA
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Publication number: 20250206052Abstract: A plate making system includes a writing device, an exposure device, a developing device, a plate cutting device, a first transfer device, a second transfer device and a third transfer device in an integrated manner. The plate making system also includes a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for a flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicants: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ESKO Graphics imaging Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Hideo SAITO, Thomas PASCAL, Klein THOMAS
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Patent number: 12332645Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20250164952Abstract: A method of generating a trained model includes: a step of acquiring a process state parameter for every single charge (S110); a step of performing preprocessing by applying machine learning to a data set of one or more process state parameters acquired through m charges (where m is an integer of 2 or greater) (S130); a step of generating a learning data set (S140); and a step of generating a trained model (S150). The learning data set is generated based on n-dimensional features (where n is an integer of 1 or greater) that have been extracted through the preprocessing, and at least contains one or more process target parameters representing process fundamental information that is set for every single charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: UACJ CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei YOMOGIDA, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 12294850Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
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Publication number: 20250135999Abstract: A video display device includes: a camera configured to capture video of surroundings of a vehicle; a storage unit configured to store the video captured by the camera as past video; a control unit configured to select video to be synthesized from real-time video captured by the camera and the past video stored in the storage unit based on a situation around the vehicle or a traveling state of the vehicle, and output bird's-eye view video looking down at the vehicle from a viewpoint above the vehicle, the bird's-eye view video being obtained by synthesizing the video selected; and a display unit configured to display the bird's-eye view video output by the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Masaya MURAMATSU, Yuki YAMAMOTO, Kohei MAEJIMA
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Patent number: 12289483Abstract: The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program enabling each reproduction equipment to reproduce an appropriate content in a simplified manner. A content data decoding unit decodes encoded metadata and outputs zoom area information, which is included in metadata acquired as a result thereof, designating an area to be zoomed. A zoom area selecting unit selects one or a plurality of pieces of zoom area information from among the zoom area information. A video segmenting unit segments a zoom area represented by the selected zoom area information in a video based on video data and outputs zoom video data acquired as a result thereof. An audio converting unit performs an audio converting process according to the selected zoom area information for audio data and outputs zoom audio data acquired as a result thereof. The present technology can be applied to a reproduction device.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Masayuki Nishiguchi, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12275377Abstract: A defogging device includes a heating wire configured to heat a windshield. The heating wire includes a plurality of parallel arrangement portions generally parallel to each other and provided such that respective intermediate parts, in the longitudinal direction, of the parallel arrangement portions are placed inside a field angle region. The parallel arrangement portions include two adjacent parallel arrangement portions provided such that respective first ends, in the longitudinal direction, of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions are connected to each other via a connecting portion outside the field angle region, and respective second ends of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions are separated from each other without being connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Miyadoh
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Publication number: 20250111572Abstract: A model data control method includes receiving first model data of a performer and second model data of an instrument, receiving calibration data related to a size of the performer or the instrument, receiving motion data of the performer, correcting the first model data or the second model data, using the calibration data, rendering the first model data and the second model data after the correcting, and controlling the first model data using the motion dataType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Takuma TAKEMOTO, Takuya FUJISHIMA, Akira MAEZAWA, Norihiro UEMURA, Yoshinari NAKAMURA, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20250111539Abstract: An image processing system includes a processor configured to acquire a first image by a first external camera and a second image by a second external camera, convert the first image and the second image into a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image from a specific virtual viewpoint, and generate a composite image by synthesizing the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image. The composite image has an imaged ground surface that curves to have a horizon convex upward. A first position on an imaged ground surface of the first viewpoint image and a second position on an imaged ground surface of the second viewpoint image are aligned with each other, and the first position and the second position represent the same position in an actual ground surface. An object extends across the horizon in the composite image has a smoothly curved outline across the horizon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: KENJI KOHARA, MASASHI YAMAZAKI, KOHEI MAEJIMA, YUKI YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 12259949Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for improving object recognition accuracy. A feature amount obtained by a point cloud that is a dense detection point of LiDAR or the like and a feature amount of a sparse detection point of a millimeter wave radar or the like within a predetermined distance are grouped and integrated with reference to the position of the feature amount of the dense detection point, the point cloud is restored using an integrated feature amount of the dense detection point, and object recognition processing such as semantic segmentation is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to a mobile body.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yusuke Hieida, Suguru Aoki, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12251951Abstract: A plate making system comprises a writing device, an exposure device, a developing device, a plate cutting device, a first transfer device, a second transfer device and a third transfer device in an integrated manner. The plate making system also comprises a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for a flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ESKO GRAPHICS IMAGING GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Hideo Saito, Thomas Pascal, Klein Thomas
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Patent number: 12256169Abstract: The present technique relates to an apparatus and a method for video-audio processing, and a program each of which enables a desired object sound to be more simply and accurately separated. A video-audio processing apparatus includes a display control portion configured to cause a video object based on a video signal to be displayed; an object selecting portion configured to select the predetermined video object from the one video object or among a plurality of the video objects; and an extraction portion configured to extract an audio signal of the video object selected by the object selecting portion as an audio object signal. The present technique can be applied to a video-audio processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Honma, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20250087220Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and method and a program that make it possible to reduce the total number of objects while the influence on the sound quality is suppressed. The information processing device includes a pass-through object selection unit configured to acquire data of L objects and select, from the L objects, M pass-through objects whose data is to be outputted as it is, and an object generation unit configured to generate, on the basis of the data of multiple non-pass-through objects that are not the pass-through objects among the L objects, the data of N new objects, N being smaller than (L?M). The present technology can be applied to an information processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji, Yoshiaki Oikawa
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Publication number: 20250074194Abstract: A display device including: a road width recognition unit configured to recognize a width of a road on which a vehicle is traveling based on a detection result of a vehicle-mounted external sensor used for at least one of autonomous driving control and driving assistance control of the vehicle including a camera, the camera being configured to capture a surrounding situation image showing a situation around the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to cause a vehicle-mounted display unit to display the surrounding situation image. The display control unit is configured to cause the display unit to display the surrounding situation image when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold and a predetermined narrow path condition is satisfied, based on at least the width of the road and the vehicle speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventor: Yuki YAMAMOTO