Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd

Masaki Takase

Hiroyuki Shimizu

Akira Miyashita

Koji Kunii

Yuhei Taki

Kunihito Sawai

Kazuyoshi Suzuki

Toshio Mamiya

Hiro Iwase

Akihiro Uetake

Katsuji Akimoto

Masahiro Fujihara

Munetaka Tsuda

Katsunori Takahashi

Nodoka Tokunaga

You Asakura

Katsuaki Ikema

Shinichi Kawano

Hiroshi Fujii

Yuji Takeuchi

Mari Saito

Masaki Takahashi

Takashi Sawada

Hidenori Karasawa

Takashi Hatakeda

Kiyobumi Matsunaga

Yoshiaki Akiyama

Naoki Tokiwa

Toshikazu Iizuka

Shuichi Ota

Masato Yamaguchi

Junichi Naoi

Masaki Higuchi

Keigo Tamura

Fumiaki Hisamatsu

Ryota Uchino

An image evaluating section calculates evaluation values of a plurality of game videos recorded in a recording apparatus. A data reduction processing section reduces, on the basis of each of the evaluation values of the plurality of game videos, a data amount of a game video recorded in the recording apparatus. In the recording apparatus, an upper limit capacity is set to a region in which the plurality of game videos are recorded. The data reduction processing section reduces the data amount of the already recorded game videos, when a new game video is recorded in the recording apparatus.

Information processing apparatus and game video recording method

A sharing processing section uploads a content image recorded in an image recording device to a distribution server. A display processing section displays a display element indicative of the updated content image. The sharing processing section acquires past distribution record data regarding the uploaded content image. The display processing section displays information regarding past distribution records in association with the display element indicative of the uploaded content image.

Information processing apparatus, display element display method, and management server

An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a terminal device, input information input to the terminal device by a user; a generation unit that generates content of displaying an input item of each of functions including a corresponding input item that is an input item corresponding to the input information; and a transmission unit that transmits the content generated by the generation unit to the terminal device.

Information processing device, information processing method, display device, and display method

An information processing apparatus includes: a determination unit () that, in a case where the determination unit () has recognized a user's phrase related to execution of a macro including at least one function execution instruction, determines a degree of security risk of the macro based on at least one of a matching rate, at the time of execution of the macro, of a context indicating a status of the user, or frequency of occurrence of the phrase; and a response control unit () that changes control of the execution of the macro based on a determination result of the determination unit ().

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing device includes an input unit, an extracting unit, an output unit, and a specifying unit. The input unit receives a voice operation. The extracting unit extracts a processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit. When the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit cannot be specified, the output unit outputs response information for the user to make a selection of at least one processing detail from a plurality of processing details extracted by the extracting unit. The specifying unit specifies the processing detail selected from among the plurality of processing details contained in the response information as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit () that extracts a changing message related to a change in macro data (M), the changing message including at least one piece of first information indicating a function to be executed, and second information linked to the first information, from a user speech; a presuming unit () that presumes an element to be changed in the macro data (M) based on the changing message extracted by the extracting unit (); and a changing unit () that changes the element to be changed in the macro data (M) presumed by the presuming unit (), based on the changing message.

A voice acquisition sectionacquires a voice of a user viewing content. A recording processing sectionrecords content data and user voice data and generates a content file in which the content data and the user voice data are associated with a recording time. A voice detection sectiondetects whether or not the voice of the user has been acquired by the voice acquisition section. An event information generation sectiongenerates event information including a start time and an end time of the acquisition of the voice of the user. A communication sectiontransmits the event information to a server.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and content file generation method

An apparatus and method are capable of controlling the output of the system utterance upon the occurrence of barge-in utterance and enabling a smooth interactive between a user and the system. Fade processing is applied to lower at least one of volume, a speech rate, or a pitch (voice pitch) of system utterance from a starting time of the barge-in utterance acting as the user interruption utterance during executing the system utterance. Even after the completion of the fade processing, the output state upon completing the fade processing is maintained. In a case where the system utterance level is equal to or less than the predefined threshold during the fade processing, the system utterance is displayed on a display unit. One of stop, continuation, and rephrasing is executed based on an intention of the barge-in utterance and whether an important word is included in in the system utterance.

Information processing apparatus that fades system utterance in response to interruption

A game sound localization processing section localizes the sound image of a game sound. A game sound output section supplies localized game sound data to speakers. An agent sound localization processing section localizes the sound image of an agent sound at a second localization position that is different from a first localization position where the sound image of the game sound is localized. An agent sound output section supplies localized agent sound data to the speakers.

Information processing apparatus and sound generation method

[Object] To achieve displaying of a text in a more flexible and highly readable manner in accordance with a situation. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes a calculator that calculates, on the basis of context data to be entered, a recognition difficulty score used for display control of a target text. An information processing method is further provided. The information processing method includes allowing a processor to calculate, on the basis of context data to be entered, a recognition difficulty score used for display control of a target text.

Information processing device using recognition difficulty score and information processing method

An imaged image obtaining section obtains an imaged image from a camera. A face recognizing section detects the face images of a plurality of users in the imaged image. A display user determining section has a function of determining a user to be included in a display image. When an instruction receiving section receives a changing instruction, the display user determining section changes a user included in the display image. A face image clipping section clips a region including the face image of the determined user from the imaged image. A display image generating section generates the display image including the clipped region.

Information processing device

An information processing device includes an imaged image display section configured to display an imaged image on a display, a registered user information retaining section configured to retain face identifying data of a registered user, a face authenticating section configured to detect a face image of the registered user present in the imaged image using the face identifying data retained in the registered user information retaining section, a region image display section configured to display, to the detected registered user, a region image specifying a region to which to move an object on the display, and a guidance control section configured to provide guiding assistance for facilitating the detected registered user moving the object to the region specified by the region image.

Information processing device, login control method and program

The operability is improved when an operation for moving a cursor to a target position is carried out by a controller which outputs operation amount data associated with an operation amount vector representative of a direction and a magnitude of the operation. An operation amount component specification unit specifies, on the basis of the operation amount data, the magnitude of a first operation amount component and the magnitude of a second operation amount component. A movement amount component determination unit determines the magnitude of a first movement amount component and the magnitude of a second movement amount component. A cursor position changing unit changes the position of the cursor from a current position of the cursor to a position spaced by the magnitude of the first movement amount component in a first disposition direction and spaced by the magnitude of the second movement amount component in a second disposition direction. The disposition distance between the choices along the second disposition direction is shorter than the disposition distance between the choices along the first disposition direction. The ratio of the magnitude of the second movement amount component to the magnitude of the second operation amount component is smaller than the ratio of the magnitude of the first movement amount component to the magnitude of the first operation amount component.

Cursor position controlling apparatus, cursor position controlling method, program and information storage medium

A menu display device includes: means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array; means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user; means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen; and means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.

Menu display device, menu display control method, program and information storage medium

An object of the present invention is to provide a system that allows a user to preset a desired TV program for unattended recording by use of a PDA. A PDA acquires from a TV program information service provider TV program information by which to preset a desired TV program to be recorded unattended. When the user selects relevant TV information about the desired program, the PDA sends to a personal computer the information for presetting the TV program of interest for subsequent unattended recording. Based on the preset information sent from the PDA, the personal computer presets the specified TV program to be recorded unattended.

Information processing system, portable information terminal apparatus, information processing method, program information providing apparatus, program information providing method, recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reroducing method, computer-program storage medium, and computer-program

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Masaki Takase