Patents by Inventor Yukio Oobuchi

Yukio Oobuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11605002
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a program, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that make it possible to easily design network. A program according to one aspect of the present technology is a program causing a computer to serve as: a generating unit that generates, in response to specification of a data set including data for learning, a network for inference execution and a network for learning corresponding to the data set; and a learning unit that inputs the data for learning to the network for learning and performs learning of the network for inference execution. The present technology is applicable to a program that supports network design by Deep Learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Ide, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Akira Nakamura, Yukio Oobuchi
  • Patent number: 11593635
    Abstract: There is provide an information processing device capable of reducing the time taken for selection of the learning setting, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a learning setting corresponding to information related to previous learning processing in which a degree of similarity with information related to learning processing specified by a user is higher than a predetermined degree of similarity as a learning setting to be recommended to the user; and a display control unit configured to control display corresponding to the learning setting to be recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Akira Fukui, Naoki Ide, Yukio Oobuchi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11265603
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus and method, a display control apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and an information processing system that transmit a response of viewers acquired in a more natural way to a place where content is captured, enabling presentation in an easier-to-see way. The information processing apparatus receives motion information indicating motions of users watching video content and information indicating attributes of the users, and generates an excitement image by arranging information visually indicating a degree of excitement of each user determined on the basis of the motion information transmitted from a plurality of reproducing apparatuses at a position according to an attribute of each user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Oobuchi, Yuichi Hasegawa, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210312295
    Abstract: An information processing method according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: evaluating, by a computer, a neural network having a structure held in a divided manner by a first device and a second device based on information on transfer of information between the first device and the second device in the neural network; and determining, by the computer, the structure of the neural network based on the evaluation of the neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takahashi, Yukio Oobuchi
  • Patent number: 11086678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of intuitively adding a hardware resource intended to execute the learning, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of information indicating progress of a learning process and an addition button used to add dynamically a second hardware resource intended to execute the learning process to a first hardware resource on which the learning process is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Akira Fukui, Naoki Ide, Yukio Oobuchi, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10891765
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, the information processing apparatus including: a display size decision unit configured to decide a display size of data that is based on learning of a label corresponding to a class, on the basis of a distance between a position of the data arranged on the basis of a likelihood vector obtained by recognition of the data, and a position of a class to which the data belongs; and a communication control unit configured to cause the display size to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Oobuchi, Naoki Ide, Akira Fukui, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10803058
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of searching for a network structure more efficiently, the information processing device including: a structure acquisition unit configured to acquire a graph structure searched for on a basis of information related to a structure of a graph-structured network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Fukui, Shingo Takamatsu, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yukio Oobuchi, Naoki Ide
  • Publication number: 20200184341
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a program, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that make it possible to easily design network. A program according to one aspect of the present technology is a program causing a computer to serve as: a generating unit that generates, in response to specification of a data set including data for learning, a network for inference execution and a network for learning corresponding to the data set; and a learning unit that inputs the data for learning to the network for learning and performs learning of the network for inference execution. The present technology is applicable to a program that supports network design by Deep Learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Akira NAKAMURA, Yukio OOBUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200120386
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a display control apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, a program, and an information processing system that transmit a response of viewers acquired in a more natural way to a place where content is captured, enabling presentation in an easier-to-see way. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology receives motion information indicating motions of users watching video content and information indicating attributes of the users, and generates an excitement image by arranging information visually indicating a degree of excitement of each user determined on the basis of the motion information transmitted from a plurality of reproducing apparatuses at a position according to an attribute of each user. The present technology is applicable to a server that processes information transmitted from the reproducing apparatuses of content distributed in real time via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: YUKIO OOBUCHI, YUICHI HASEGAWA, YUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10547902
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a display control apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, a program, and an information processing system that transmit a response of viewers acquired in a more natural way to a place where content is captured, enabling presentation in an easier-to-see way. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology receives motion information indicating motions of users watching video content and information indicating attributes of the users, and generates an excitement image by arranging information visually indicating a degree of excitement of each user determined on the basis of the motion information transmitted from a plurality of reproducing apparatuses at a position according to an attribute of each user. The present technology is applicable to a server that processes information transmitted from the reproducing apparatuses of content distributed in real time via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Oobuchi, Yuichi Hasegawa, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190057309
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which is capable of more efficiently designing a neural network which is fit for processing by a plurality of hardware devices, and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire restrictions relating to a plurality of hardware devices; and a determining unit configured to perform determination as to whether or not a neural network satisfies the restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio OOBUCHI, Shingo TAKAMATSU, Akira FUKUI, Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190050730
    Abstract: There is provide an information processing device capable of reducing the time taken for selection of the learning setting, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a learning setting corresponding to information related to previous learning processing in which a degree of similarity with information related to learning processing specified by a user is higher than a predetermined degree of similarity as a learning setting to be recommended to the user; and a display control unit configured to control display corresponding to the learning setting to be recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo TAKAMATSU, Akira FUKUI, Naoki IDE, Yukio OOBUCHI, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190035122
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method. [Solution] The information processing apparatus including: a display size decision unit configured to decide a display size of data that is based on learning of a label corresponding to a class, on the basis of a distance between a position of the data arranged on the basis of a likelihood vector obtained by recognition of the data, and a position of a class to which the data belongs; and a communication control unit configured to cause the display size to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio OOBUCHI, Naoki IDE, Akira FUKUI, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190026630
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus to provide a mechanism capable of providing information indicating the appropriateness of a computational result by a model constructed by machine learning, the information processing apparatus including: a first acquisition section that acquires a first data set including a combination of input data and output data obtained by inputting the input data into a neural network; a second acquisition section that acquires one or more second data sets including an item identical to the first data set; and a generation section that generates information indicating a positioning of the first data set in a relationship with the one or more second data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki IDE, Yukio OOBUCHI, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Akira FUKUI, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190012347
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of searching for a network structure more efficiently, the information processing device including: a structure acquisition unit configured to acquire a graph structure searched for on a basis of information related to a structure of a graph-structured network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira FUKUI, Shingo TAKAMATSU, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Yukio OOBUCHI, Naoki IDE
  • Publication number: 20180082214
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of intuitively adding a hardware resource intended to execute the learning, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of information indicating progress of a learning process and an addition button used to add dynamically a second hardware resource intended to execute the learning process to a first hardware resource on which the learning process is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Akira FUKUI, Naoki IDE, Yukio OOBUCHI, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20170150218
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a display control apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, a program, and an information processing system that transmit a response of viewers acquired in a more natural way to a place where content is captured, enabling presentation in an easier-to-see way. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology receives motion information indicating motions of users watching video content and information indicating attributes of the users, and generates an excitement image by arranging information visually indicating a degree of excitement of each user determined on the basis of the motion information transmitted from a plurality of reproducing apparatuses at a position according to an attribute of each user. The present technology is applicable to a server that processes information transmitted from the reproducing apparatuses of content distributed in real time via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: YUKIO OOBUCHI, YUICHI HASEGAWA, YUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170111636
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a control device configured to detect an abnormality in accordance with at least one of (i) position or orientation information of a display or (ii) information indicating movement of HEAD MOTION an image of contents to be displayed to the display; and generate a free viewpoint image in accordance with the image of contents and the position or orientation information of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Hasegawa, Yukio Oobuchi