Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Hideo Nagasaka

Tadaaki Kimijima

Mamoru Tokashiki

Toshimasa Miyoshi

Shigeru Inoue

Takashi Tominaga

Yasuo Osada

Soichiro Atsumi

Akira Tange

Yasushi Miyajima

Shouichi Doi

Yoshihiro Kajiyama

Junzo Kumakura

Shuichi Hirosawa

Toru Sasaki

Shinji Ito

Yutaka Shimada

Tomonori Misawa

Masahiko Sato

Shunji Yoshimura

Noboru Murabayashi

Nobuyuki Fujiwara

Ryu Aoyama

Nobuyoshi Miyokawa

Kei Takahashi

Makoto Yamada

Masahiro Yamada

Makoto Tanaka

Jun Kimura

Jun Hirai

Masahiro Morita

Sho Murakoshi

Naomasa Takahashi

Sunao Aoki

Katsuyuki Akutsu

Kaoru Koike

Naoya Okamoto

Takashi Mizusawa

Takashi Kinoshita

Junichi Shimizu

Shigeharu Kondo

Fujio Nobori

Yoshinori Kurata

Kazutatsu Tokuyama

Yusuke Kajio

Renji Tamura

Masaya Igarashi

Daisuke Tsukuda

Toshiyuki Kuroiwa

Kentarou Kunikane

Kaneshiro Kondo

Katsuo Matsumoto

Yoshio Sugihara

Hiroshi Ishizeki

Yoji Hirose

Fumiaki Tokuhisa

Izumi Yagi

Katsutoshi Kusumoto

There is provided a content providing system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already obtained by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content, in which the control unit controls the provision of the content or the comment according to a context of the user.

Content providing system, content providing method, and storage medium

Provided is an information processing device that includes a calculation unit that calculates a degree of interest to a connection destination of a user having a terminal device. The information processing device further includes a connection switch unit that controls a switch in connection to the connection destination, on the basis of a response of the user to confirmation of connection to the connection destination, the confirmation of connection being presented on the basis of the degree of interest calculated by the calculation unit.

Information processing device and information processing method

An information processing system has a function of generating a script including identification information of content and comment information on the basis of an input from a creator, and performing control to store the script in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, and has a function of supporting generation of the script by the creator.

Information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium

The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.

Information processing system for presenting content based on content information and activitation conditions

The present technology relates to an agent providing system, an agent providing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide a more suitable agent. There is provided an agent providing system including a control unit that, when newly providing an agent to a cyberspace in which a plurality of agents is allowed to be registered, provides an agent that is separated by a certain amount or more in terms of appearance or voice from an agent already registered in the cyberspace. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent providing system that provides an agent to be registered in a cyberspace.

Agent providing system, agent providing method, and recording medium

A content provision system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already acquired by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content.

An information processing system including processing circuitry configured to set a plurality of users who is currently acting together as a plurality of users belonging to a specific community, and perform control so as to enable the plurality of users to experience a same type of service at substantially same timing by each wireless device corresponding to each user according to the same type of service available to the each user.

Information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium for enabling a plurality of users to experience a same type of service

The information processing device includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a signal processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires one or a plurality of other sound elements. The determination unit determines importance levels of the sound elements acquired by the acquisition unit. The signal processing unit changes a sound source position of at least one of a sound element of a content being reproduced or another sound element according to the importance levels of the sound elements determined by the determination unit. Consequently, even in a case where the sound element of the reproduced content and the another sound element are simultaneously generated, sound interference between the sound element of the reproduced content and the another sound element can be suppressed.

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit accepts a user operation during reproduction of content having a predetermined time length and variably controls processing to be executed for the user operation in accordance with a reproduction position of the content when the user operation is performed. The information processing apparatus executes processing suitable for an intention of a user in processing related to the content.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to assign more natural motions reflecting the emotions of a character. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform the processing of: determining an emotion on the basis of a result of utterance sentence analysis performed on an utterance sentence of a character included in a scenario; selecting, depending on a content of the utterance sentence and the emotion determined, a motion of the character that is synchronized with the utterance sentence; adjusting a character movement speed based on the selected motion and an intimacy between the character and a user; and adding, to the scenario, a description for adjusting presentation of the selected motion to match a voice output timing of the utterance sentence.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method for selecting a character response to a user based on emotion and intimacy

Erroneous ignitions of a process of a device caused by characteristics of speeches/behaviors of a user are efficiently prevented. Provided is an information processing device having: a notification control unit configured to notify a user of information about a candidate speech/behavior estimated to be suitable as a trigger for executing a predetermined process among a plurality of speeches/behaviors extractable from a behavior log of the user, wherein the notification control unit further notifies the user of an inquiry whether or not execution of the candidate speech/behavior estimated from the behavior log is to be applied as the trigger, and the candidate speech/behavior is estimated based on a number of times by which the speech/behavior is extracted from the behavior log.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

To provide more useful additional information to the user at a more effective timing. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The output control unit controls an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product. In addition, provided is an information processing method that is executed by a processor, the information processing method including controlling an output of additional information related to a product purchased by a user. The controlling of an output includes controlling an output of the additional information on the basis of delivery information about the product.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

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Hideo Nagasaka