Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Tdk Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Satake Corporation

Ryo Yokoyama

Ikuo Yamano

Osamu Ito

Takeshi Ogita

Yusuke Nakagawa

Yohei Fukuma

Seiji Muramatsu

Tetsuya Takahashi

Tetsuya Naruse

Akira Ono

Hideaki Hayashi

Mikio Takenaka

Ryosuke Takeuchi

Yosuke Matsuzaki

Kazutoshi Ohno

Ryosuke Murakami

Mioko Ambe

Ayumi Nakagawa

Takamoto Tsuda

Shinsaku Hirano

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Akihiro Komori

Takashi Nozaki

Ayumi Kato

Gen Ichimura

Kazuaki Toba

Mari Saito

Kentaro Nakamura

Hitoshi Saita

Takeshi Matsui

Yusuke Otani

Yasushi Enokido

Shin Shiroma

Shuhei Miyazaki

Naoyoshi Sato

Ryoko Amano

Ryuichi Suzuki

Takayoshi Yamasaki

Keijiroh Nagano

Taku Tomita

Sumio Tagawa

Takuma Domae

Shigeki Uebayashi

Risa Takahashi

Naohide Miyamoto

Yugo Takeda

Shoji Fujioka

There is provided an information processing device () including a first acquisition unit () that acquires, according to an input from a first user, a control command 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 () that generates, according to the control commands, a first haptic control signal to present the haptic stimulus to the presentation unit; and a first distribution unit () that distributes the first haptic control signal to the haptic presentation device worn on a body of each of a plurality of second users designated by the input by the first user.

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

A vibration presentation apparatus according to the present technology includes a base portion, a first vibrating portion, and a second vibrating portion. A user can ride on the base portion. The first vibrating portion is provided to the base portion and has a first vibration characteristic. The second vibrating portion is provided to the base portion and has a second vibration characteristic different from the first vibration characteristic.

Vibration presentation apparatus

A haptic signal can be generated using an intermediate state of a plurality of generation algorithms. A plurality of haptic signal generation units that generates haptic signals using generation algorithms different from each other on the basis of a sound signal by the plurality of haptic signal generation units is included. A mixing unit mixes haptic signals generated by at least two of the plurality of haptic signal generation units to obtain an output haptic signal. For example, a control unit that controls mixing ratios of the mixing unit is further included.

Information processing device for mixing haptic signals

A signal processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating a state of a user including a posture of the user, a tactile signal acquisition unit that acquires a reference tactile signal for performing tactile presentation to the user in a reference state, and an adjustment processing unit that generates an adjusted tactile signal by adjusting the reference tactile signal on the basis of the state information.

Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and signal processing system

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).

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit () 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 () 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 () configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user.

Information processing device, information processing terminal, and program

Provided is an information processing apparatus including a skill level difference detection unit that detects a skill level difference between a first user and a second user on the basis of sensing data regarding the first user and sensing data regarding the second user having a skill level lower than a skill level of the first user, and a presentation unit that dynamically changes and presents, during performance, skill level difference suppression information that reduces the skill level difference to at least one of the first and second users on the basis of the skill level difference detected. The sensing data is acquired through at least performance and the like performed by moving at least a part of a body of the users and other performance performed in the past with respect to the performance.

Information processing apparatus and information processing system

An information processor () includes a control unit (). On a basis of position information indicating a perceptual position that causes a haptic stimulus to be perceived in a haptic presentation device () and on a basis of haptic stimulus type information specifying a type of the haptic stimulus, and in accordance with an arrangement of one or more haptic stimulus units provided in the haptic presentation device (), the control unit () generates a haptic control signal to each of the haptic stimulus units for presentation of the haptic stimulus of the type specified at the perceptual position, and a script in which time information on a reproduction content and one or more of the generated haptic control signals are associated with each other.

Information processor, information processing method, and program

An information processing device includes: a control unit that generates, on the basis of control information relating to tactile stimulation to be perceived by a second user as configured by a first user and on the basis of characteristics of a tactile stimulation unit that outputs the tactile stimulation to the second user, a control signal which is inputted to the tactile stimulation unit and which serves to cause the second user to perceive the tactile stimulation indicated by the control information.

Information processing device and information processing method for tactile stimulation

There is provided an information processing system including: an information processor; and a plurality of tactile presentation apparatuses, the plurality of tactile presentation apparatuses including a first tactile presentation apparatus that, in a case of receiving tactile presentation information from the information processor, transmits the tactile presentation information to peripheral tactile presentation apparatus, and a second tactile presentation apparatus that, in a case of receiving the tactile presentation information from the peripheral tactile presentation apparatus, presents a tactile stimulus on a basis of the tactile presentation information.

Information processing system, tactile presentation apparatus, tactile presentation method, and storage medium

An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit () 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 () 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 () 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.

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which can curb occurrence of howling at the time of outputting vibration in response to an input sound. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology is an apparatus that generates, at the time of outputting vibration in response to an input sound from the outside, a vibration signal representing the vibration having a frequency different from a frequency of the input sound. The present technology can be applied to, for example, smartphones, smart watches, wearable apparatuses, cushions, and music experience apparatuses that vibrate in response to input sounds.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit () 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 () 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 () 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.

Information processing device and information processing terminal

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing video and sound in a synchronized state. An information processing device includes a determination unit that determines whether it is content in which sound is delayed with respect to video, and a processing unit that delays the video by a predetermined period and plays the video when the determination unit determines that it is the content in which the sound is delayed with respect to the video. The processing unit delays and plays the video so that the video when a sound source produces the sound is synchronized with the sound. The predetermined period corresponds to a period by which the sound is delayed. The present technology can be applied to an information processing device that processes video.

Information processing device and information processing method

An information processing apparatus capable of controlling vibration in accordance with a situation in a case where the vibration is generated on the basis of an audio signal. The information processing apparatus can include: a vibrator; and a controller configured to detect a state of the information processing apparatus and control a state of the vibrator based on a detection result, in which the controller controls vibration the vibrator in accordance with reproduction of content while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus, and, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, restricts vibration of the vibrator even while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product for controlling vibration

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Ryo Yokoyama