公开(公告)号：US20230152891A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17619141

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Takeshi OGITA ,  Osamu ITO ,  Yohei FUKUMA ,  Ayumi NAKAGAWA

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/14

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/011

Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command, inputted by a first user, including positional information for designating a presentation position at which to present a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus, a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation position in response to the control command, and a first distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user, in which the first distribution unit distributes, according to a predetermined rule, the tactile control signal related to the control command inputted by each of a plurality of the first users to the tactile presentation device.

公开(公告)号：US20210389823A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17287009

申请日：2019-10-30

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G08B6/00

Abstract: There is provided an information processor including a perception control section that allows, on a basis of a position of a user and a desired tactile stimulus presentation position, the user to perceive a direction of propagation of the tactile stimulus relative to the user, by an auditory effect or a visual effect.

公开(公告)号：US20210339127A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17284572

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Osamu ITO ,  Takeshi OGITA ,  Yohei FUKUMA ,  Ikuo YAMANO ,  Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Takamoto TSUDA

IPC: A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/44

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (1) that performs generation and reproduction of control data of a haptic presentation device assuming that a control is performed in synchronization with a reproduction content, and there is provided an information processor (10), which makes it possible to achieve reduction in a burden of processing and improvement in convenience, including a control unit (104) that generates a script in which time information on the reproduction content and a control command of the haptic presentation device are associated with each other, in which the control command includes position information indicating a perceptual position that causes a haptic stimulus to be perceived in the haptic presentation device, and haptic stimulus type information specifying a type of the haptic stimulus.

公开(公告)号：US20240357215A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18683599

申请日：2022-03-17

Applicant: Sony Group Corporation

Inventor： Ikuo YAMANO ,  Osamu ITO ,  Ryo YOKOYAMA

IPC: H04N21/8547 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: H04N21/8547 ,  G06F3/016

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an estimation processing unit that estimates at least some of a video latency time from a reproduction instruction of a video signal to video presentation based on the video signal, an acoustic latency time from a reproduction instruction of an acoustic signal to acoustic presentation based on the acoustic signal, and a haptic sense latency time from a reproduction instruction of a haptic signal to haptic sense presentation based on the haptic signal, and a latency time determination unit that determines an additional latency time related to the haptic sense presentation on the basis of an estimation result of the estimation processing unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240295925A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18039165

申请日：2021-11-26

Applicant: Sony Group Corporation

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Yusuke NAKAGAWA ,  Ayumi NAKAGAWA ,  Yohei FUKUMA ,  Osamu ITO ,  Takayoshi YAMASAKI

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device (300) including a first acquisition unit (308) that acquires, according to an input from a first user, each of control commands including presentation unit information designating a presentation unit that presents a haptic stimulus by a haptic presentation device, and form information designating a form of the haptic stimulus, a generation unit (302) that generates, according to each of the control commands, each of haptic control signals to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit, and a first distribution unit (302) that distributes each of the haptic control signals to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of a second user.

公开(公告)号：US20240004471A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18039148

申请日：2021-11-26

Applicant: Sony Group Corporation

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Yusuke NAKAGAWA ,  Ayumi NAKAGAWA ,  Yohei FUKUMA ,  Osamu ITO ,  Takayoshi YAMASAKI

IPC: G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/016

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device (300) including a first acquisition unit (308) that is based on an input from a first user and that includes presentation unit information designating a presentation unit that presents a haptic stimulus by a haptic presentation device, and form information designating a form of the haptic stimulus, a generation unit (310) that generates, according to the control command, a haptic control signal to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit; and a first distribution unit (302) that distributes the haptic control signal to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of a second user. The haptic control signal corresponds to a predetermined image that is superimposed on an image of a real space distributed to the first user and that is generated on a basis of the input.

公开(公告)号：US20230033892A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17789720

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Ayumi NAKAGAWA ,  Takeshi OGITA ,  Osamu ITO ,  Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Yohei FUKUMA

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G08B6/00 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/14

Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command, inputted by a first user, including positional information for designating a presentation position at which to present a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus, a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation position in accordance with the control command; and a distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user, in which the first acquisition unit (214) acquires the positional information inputted by an operation of the first user on a position selection screen with which to designate the presentation position.

公开(公告)号：US20240184368A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18285592

申请日：2022-01-27

Applicant: Sony Group Corporation

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Ikuo YAMANO ,  Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA ,  Shin SHIROMA ,  Keijiroh NAGANO

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/20

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T2219/2012 ,  G06T2219/2016

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of displaying an effect image indicating a situation of tactile presentation caused by an object. The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires information regarding a situation of tactile presentation to at least a part of a user's body, and generates an effect image indicating the situation of the tactile presentation. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a transmissive head-mounted display (HMD).

公开(公告)号：US20240012516A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18371692

申请日：2023-09-22

Applicant: Sony Group Corporation

Inventor： Atsushi ISHIHARA ,  Yufeng JIN ,  Osamu ITO ,  Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Ikuo YAMANO ,  Takeshi OGITA

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/04182 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0414

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires sensing information regarding a user and first haptic information unique to a haptic presentation object; and a data processing unit that generates second haptic information from the first haptic information on the basis of the sensing information, the second haptic information being used in a case where a haptic presentation device presents a haptic stimulus to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20230038998A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17786171

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo YOKOYAMA ,  Takeshi OGITA ,  Osamu ITO ,  Yohei FUKUMA ,  Ayumi NAKAGAWA ,  Kentaro NAKAMURA ,  Takuma DOMAE

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04815

Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command that is inputted by a first user and corresponds to presentation unit information for designating a presentation unit for presenting a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus; a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation unit in accordance with the control command; and a first distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user, in which the tactile control signal corresponds to at least one of a presentation timing, frequency, interval, waveform, presentation time, and intensity of the tactile stimulus.