Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Ryouhei Yasuda

Takuro Noda

Maki Imoto

Shinichi Kawano

Kei Takahashi

Takeshi Maeda

Kazuyuki Yamamoto

Seiji Wada

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Kunihito Sawai

Yuhei Taki

Hiro Iwase

Ayumi Nakagawa

Takayoshi Shimizu

Eisuke Nomura

Kana Matsuura

Provided is an information processing apparatus which includes a line-of-sight estimator, a correction amount calculator, and a registration determination section. The line-of-sight estimator calculates an estimation vector obtained by estimating a direction of a line of sight of a user. The correction amount calculator calculates a correction amount related to the estimation vector on the basis of at least one object that is within a specified angular range that is set using the estimation vector as a reference. The registration determination section determines whether to register, in a data store, calibration data in which the estimation vector and the correction amount are associated with each other, on the basis of a parameter related to the at least one object within the specified angular range.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

There is provided an imaging control device, an imaging control method, a program, and an imaging system that enable easy change of a direction in which an image of a subject is captured in a case where imaging is performed using an optical member whose observation optical axis is inclined with respect to a central axis. The imaging control device includes: a rotation axis setting unit that sets a rotation axis on the basis of a pivot point and a point of interest on the subject, the pivot point serving as a fulcrum of the rod-shaped optical member whose observation optical axis is inclined with respect to the central axis and being not positioned on the observation optical axis; and a posture control unit that rotates the optical member around the rotation axis. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an endoscope system.

Imaging control device, imaging control method, program, and imaging system

An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a character string whose part of speech is to be estimated; and a generation unit that generates part-of-speech estimation information for estimating a part of speech of the character string based on a byte sequence obtained by converting the character string.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus that includes a deciding unit that decides character representation related to speech-to-text conversion of a verbal action performed by a user is provided. The deciding unit decides the character representation for each detected verbal action section based on a detected non-verbal action of the user. Furthermore, an information processing method that causes a processor to execute a process for deciding character representation related to speech-to-text conversion of a verbal action performed by the user is provided. The process further includes a process for deciding the character representation for each detected verbal action section based on a detected non-verbal action performed by the user.

An information processing device includes an eyeball information acquisition section, a sightline estimation section, a display control section, a gesture information acquisition section, and a mode switching section. The eyeball information acquisition section acquires position and posture information of eyeballs of a user from a first sensor. The sightline estimation section estimates a sightline vector on the basis of the position and posture information of the eyeballs. The display control section controls a display device in such a manner that the display device displays a guide image for showing a gaze state based on the sightline vector. The gesture information acquisition section acquires gesture information, which is different from the position and posture information of the eyeballs, from a second sensor. The mode switching section switches between a first mode and a second mode according to mode switching input provided by the user with regard to the guide image, the first mode being a mode of reflecting the position and posture information of the eyeballs in the guide image, the second mode being a mode of correcting the gaze state on the basis of the gesture information.

Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium that each allow a user to recognize a border of a virtual space without breaking the world view of the virtual space. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that tracks a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user, and performs distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user coming closer toward the border region is being inputted. The border region is fixed at a specific position in the virtual space.

There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that enable to switch communication between virtual space and real space smoothly. The information processing device includes a communication control unit that controls communication performed in virtual space in which a virtual image corresponding to a real image of a user present in real space is created, interactively between users through the virtual image of the user; a user-information acquiring unit that acquires position information regarding a position of the user in the real space and attribute information including at least information regarding intimacy between the users at predetermined timing; and a switching control unit that controls switching between communication performed in the real space and communication performed in the virtual space according to at least either one of the position information and the attribute information.

Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program for switching between communications performed in real space and virtual space

An information processing device including a specifying unit configured to, based on a speech of a user, specify a selected spot that is intended by the user from visual information that is displayed, wherein the specifying unit is configured to specify the selected spot based on a non-verbal action and a verbal action of the user, is provided. Furthermore, an information processing method including, by a processor, based on a speech of a user, specifying a selected spot that is intended by the user from visual information that is displayed, wherein the specifying includes specifying the selected spot based on a non-verbal action and a verbal action of the user, is provided.

Information processing device and information processing method

A control unit controls a movement of a viewpoint-following display area that moves in accordance with the movement of a user's point of regard, and determines whether to cause the viewpoint-following display area to follow the user's point of regard or to stop the viewpoint-following display area from following the user's point of regard, according to the staying time of the user's point of regard. The display apparatus is configured as a three-dimensional display apparatus or a HUD that allows the viewpoint-following display area to be observed in front of a fixed display area. In a case where the staying time of the user's point of regard reaches or exceeds a specified time t set in advance, the control unit does not cause the viewpoint-following display area to follow the user's point of regard, but fixes the viewpoint-following display area for display.

Display apparatus, display control method, and program

There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are provided that enable displaying predetermined contents at the user-intended timing. The information processing device includes a viewpoint information obtaining unit that obtains viewpoint information related to the viewpoint of a user; a position-related information obtaining unit that obtains position-related information related to the position of the user and the position of a predetermined object; a head rotation information obtaining unit that obtains head rotation information related to the angular velocity accompanying the rotation of the head region of the user and related to the changes in the angular velocity; and a determining unit that, based on a gazing score which is calculated for each object according to the position-related information and the head rotation information and which indicates the extent of gazing of the user with respect to the object, determines whether or not the user is gazing at the object.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program for determining a user gaze

There is provided an information processing device for rotating an object relative to a viewpoint position of a user in further accordance with the user's desire, the information processing device including: a rotation center determination unit that determines a center of rotation based on a position of an object in a three-dimensional space and an instruction direction of a user in the three-dimensional space; and a rotation control unit that rotates the object relative to a viewpoint position of the user on the basis of the center of rotation.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Provided is an information processing device and a control method that can eliminate the need for an operation merely for line-of-sight detection calibration and can perform line-of-sight detection calibration in a normal user operation. An information processing device including a recognition unit to recognize a position of a target of gaze following a user operation, a line-of-sight detection unit to detect a line-of-sight position of a user during the user operation, and a line-of-sight detection adjustment unit to perform an adjustment to line-of-sight detection performed by the line-of-sight detection unit on the basis of the recognized position of the target of gaze and the line-of-sight position.

Line of sight detection adjustment unit and control method

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of users, a determination unit configured to determine an operator from among the users included in the acquired captured image, and a processing unit configured to conduct a process based on information about user line of sight corresponding to the determined operator.

[Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Solution] An information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire attention information regarding an attention target of a user; and a zoom control unit configured to perform zoom control of a camera on the basis of non-zoom control of the camera and the attention information when the non-zoom control is performed on the basis of the attention information.

There is provided an information processing device to improve communication between a user and a person speaking to the user by specifying speaking motion information indicating a motion of a surrounding person speaking to the user for whom information from the surroundings is auditorily or visually restricted, the information processing device including: a detecting unit configured to detect a speaking motion of a surrounding person speaking to a user using a device that auditorily or visually restricts information from surroundings; and a specifying unit configured to specify speaking motion information indicating the speaking motion on a basis of monitored surrounding information in a case in which the speaking motion is detected.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Ryouhei Yasuda