Patents Assigned to Saturn Licensing LLC
  • Patent number: 11977298
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination device that makes it possible to enhance utilization efficiency of light, and a display device that includes the illumination device. The illumination device includes: a light source that is configured to generate light of a first wavelength; a luminescent body that is configured to wavelength-convert the light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength; and a wavelength selective filter that is provided on a light-incident side of the luminescent body, the wavelength selective filter being configured to transmit the light of the first wavelength and to reflect the light of the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishino
  • Patent number: 11979594
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitting device including a hierarchical classification section that classifies image data of each picture constituting moving image data into a plurality of layers, an image coding section that codes the classified image data of each layer, and generates a video stream holding the coded image data of each layer, and a transmitting section that transmits a container in a prescribed format that includes the generated video stream. The image coding section performs coding so that a referenced picture belongs to a layer of referencing image data and/or a layer lower than the layer of the referencing image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Keiji Yuzawa, Teruhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11968072
    Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus comprises an encoder that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate, a non-uniform constellation from one or several groups of constellations each comprising one or more constellations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Nabil Loghin, Lothar Stadelmeier, Jan Zoellner, Yuji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11963313
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having a simple structure suitable for an increase in screen size and a decrease in thickness. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11956496
    Abstract: High frame rate image data having backward compatibility is favorably transmitted. Image data of each picture of a base layer included in a base stream sent from a transmission side has been subjected to a mixing process in a linear space or a non-linear space. On a reception side, the inverse mixing process can be performed appropriately by performing in a corresponding space on the basis of processing space information indicating whether or not the mixing process is performed in the linear space or the non-linear space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11956159
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with each of which it becomes possible to perform transmission of control information according to an operation form. The reception device receives first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information, and controls processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, on the basis of the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Taketoshi Yamane
  • Patent number: 11948519
    Abstract: Visual safety is ensured when image switching takes place. When an image is switched by nonlinear reproduction, a display property is kept switched, during a transition display period, to a transition display property with a brightness level kept lower than a normal level, on the basis of pixel statistical information regarding the image. For example, an electro-optic conversion property is controlled to a transition property or the brightness level of a backlight is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11941092
    Abstract: Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. ATSC 3.0 applications may be launched based on partial validation, e.g., as soon as one level of validation passes, with ensuing layers being authenticated as the application commences launch and with launch being stopped if any layer fails validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Adam Michael Goldberg
  • Patent number: 11942049
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that allow moving image blur to be more appropriately removed. Moving image blur can be removed by providing a detector detecting a moving image blur video including a video in which moving image blur is easily visible, from videos included in a video content on a basis of a feature amount of the video content. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a signal processing apparatus mounted in a display apparatus such as a liquid crystal display section or a self-luminous display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Tetsuo Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 11941322
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 11934645
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device and a display control method each of which is capable of further improving operability. Provided is a display control device including a control unit that displays a plurality of items associated with a display screen, and, in a case where a desired item is selected by a user operation from the plurality of displayed items, displays a selected display screen corresponding to the selected item together with the display screen that is currently displayed, the selected display screen being displayed at a position relative to a display position of the selected item. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Takuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11930248
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content. The convenience of the voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with the content can be improved by providing an information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on the basis of voice response time information indicating time suitable for the voice response to an utterance of a viewer watching the content. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Takumi Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11930207
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method which make it possible to realize interpolation more suitable for viewing when interpolating motion between original images. Provided is a display device which includes a signal processing unit that, when an interpolation frame is generated for original frames along a time axis, the interpolation frame interpolating between the original frames, controls an interpolation rate of the interpolation frame depending on motion between the original frames in a certain direction. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Kunio Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11921312
    Abstract: There are provided a light emitting unit that enhances the uniformity of in-plane colors, as well as a display and a lighting apparatus that include such a light emitting unit thereon. The light emitting unit includes: a plurality of light emitting sections each having a light source and a wavelength conversion member, the wavelength conversion member converting a wavelength of light emitted from the light source; an optical component having a light incident surface in opposition to the plurality of light emitting sections; and a color unevenness prevention structure suppressing direct entering of light from the light source into the optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Shingo Ohkawa, Tomoharu Nakamura, Gen Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11895309
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus configured to mix, at a mixing rate, pixels of first video data with pixels of peripheral frames of the first video data and obtain second video data at a first frame rate. The mixing rate for each pixel of a frame of the first video data is based on a luminance value of the pixel. The second video data includes frames having a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate. The apparatus encodes the frames having the second frame rate to obtain a basic stream and encodes remaining frames of the second video data to obtain an extended stream, inserts information about the mixing rate into the basic stream and the extended stream in association with each frame, and transmits the basic stream and the extended stream into which the information about the mixing rate has been inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11892727
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11892129
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light sources configured to be disposed on a substrate; a light diffusion member configured to commonly cover the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of wavelength conversion members configured to be disposed between the light sources and the light diffusion member in a thickness direction and disposed in regions corresponding to the plurality of light sources in a plane, respectively, and configured to convert light with a first wavelength from the light sources into light with a second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Shingo Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 11892732
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is formed by arraying a plurality of pixels 10, and the pixel 10 includes a first substrate 20, a second substrate 50, a first electrode 120 formed on the first substrate 20, a second electrode 52 formed on the second substrate 50, and a liquid crystal layer 60. A pretilt angle is provided to a liquid crystal molecule 61, and the first electrode 120 is formed of a transparent conductive material layer and a foundation layer 150 including a plurality of projecting portions 130 and recessed portions 140. A first transparent conductive material layer 135 connected to a first power feeding unit is formed on a projecting portion top surface 151 of the foundation layer 150, and a second transparent conductive material layer 145 connected to a second power feeding unit is formed on a recessed portion bottom surface 152 of the foundation layer 150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Chikashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: RE49925
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 16200 bits and an encoding rate r is 6/15, 8/15, or 10/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Ryoji Ikegaya, Makiko Yamamoto, Yuji Shinohara
  • Patent number: RE49939
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a light source; an optical component provided separately from the light source; a holding member holding the light source and the optical component; and a variable pressing member variably pressing the optical component against the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Abe