Patents Assigned to Sony
  • Patent number: 12004241
    Abstract: A private network is flexibly built while ensuring physical or logical separation from a public network. A base station device notifies system information including a first identifier corresponding to a communication network (for example, PLMN) in an identifier list. In that state, a second identifier used locally is added to the identifier list of the system information according to control information from a control device. Thereafter, notification of the system information including the first and second identifiers in the identifier list is started. Therefore, the private network is built.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12003945
    Abstract: To provide an audio reproduction device including: a signal processing circuit that generates multi-channel audio data; an attenuation amount control unit that is connected to the signal processing circuit and controls an attenuation amount of audio data of each channel; and a speaker device that is driven by a multi-channel audio signal from the attenuation amount control unit and has multi-channel speakers including a woofer, in which the attenuation amount control unit estimates, from an audio data value of each channel, a total value of currents flowing through the speaker device, and controls the attenuation amount in such a way that the estimated total value of currents does not exceed a predetermined value that has been set in advance, and the attenuation amount is controlled in accordance with a priority that has been set in advance in such a way that relationships between the channels are maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsaku Saijo
  • Patent number: 12004403
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an element substrate, a transparent substrate, a light shielding filter portion, and a transparent adhesive layer. The element substrate includes a first surface, an organic EL element that emits light from a display region of the first surface, and peripheral wiring disposed to overlap in plan view with a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The transparent substrate includes a second surface facing the first surface. The light shielding filter portion includes a first color filter disposed in the peripheral region of the first surface and a second color filter disposed on the second surface to face the first color filter, and shields the peripheral wiring from light. The transparent adhesive layer is provided between the first color filter and the second color filter and bonds the element substrate and the transparent substrate to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei Sugiyama, Hiroaki Tsuchioka
  • Patent number: 12003845
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes an array sensor in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, a signal processing unit which performs signal processing on a detected signal obtained by the array sensor, and an arithmetic operation unit which performs object detection from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor, performs operation control of the signal processing unit based on object detection, and performs switching processing for changing processing contents based on device information input from a sensor-equipped device on which the sensor apparatus is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Takatsuka, Hiroki Tetsukawa
  • Patent number: 12003899
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a transformation matrix calculation section, a scale calculation section, and an input display generation section. The transformation matrix calculation section calculates a transformation matrix that converts the coordinates of an input position of an input device within a projection region projected from a display apparatus from the coordinates of an image coordinate system of a sensor apparatus having detected the input position to the coordinates of a screen coordinate system of the display apparatus. The scale calculation section calculates a scale correction value for a display mode of the locus of the input position in reference to distance information regarding the distance between the display apparatus and the input position. The input display generation section generates an input image depicting the locus of the input position through the use of the transformation matrix and the scale correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Aoki, Takuya Ikeda, Honoka Ozaki
  • Patent number: 12004178
    Abstract: A solution for signaling control information between a network node (10) and a UE (1) in a wireless communication system, which includes a method carried out in the network node, comprising transmitting (S101), to the UE on a control channel, first control information (S1) associated with a first transmission (S2) between the network node and the UE; transmitting (S103, S104), to the UE, an indication signal (S3) instructing the UE to reuse obtention information (DCI1, PAR) associated with the first control information for a further transmission between the network node and the UE. The indication signal may instruct the UE to reuse the first control information (DCI1) as said obtention information, or the obtention information may be indicative of a decoding parameter (PAR) to be used for decoding further control information (S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Nafiseh Mazloum, Rickard Ljung, Basuki Priyanto
  • Patent number: 12003804
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that assist a device operation of a user. An information processing device includes an input unit that receives input from a user, and a presentation unit that presents information regarding a command for operating a predetermined device on the basis of the input. The input unit receives input by at least one of voice or gesture from a user. The presentation unit presents a candidate of a command including at least one of voice or gesture and partially matching the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Shin, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 12001076
    Abstract: To provide, with an inexpensive construction, a lens module which does not require an individual adjustment of positions during mass production and which enables a degree of freedom of arrangement in a set to be improved. The lens module includes: a lens; a lens tube which has a central axis that is parallel to an optical axis of the lens and which is configured to hold the lens inside; a casing configured to house the lens tube inside; a first coil which is provided so as to circle around an outer circumferential surface of the lens tube; a magnet which is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the casing so as to oppose the first coil; and a second coil which is provided so as to circle around the inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasebe, Tatsuo Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 11998849
    Abstract: A method for inserting a virtual object into an augmented reality environment, is provided, including: capturing one or more images of a real world object; processing the one or more images to identify a type of the real world object; based on the identified type of the real world object, generating a virtual object that resembles the real world object; using the identified type of the real world object to assign a functionality to the virtual object, the functionality defining a utility of the virtual object in an augmented reality environment, wherein assigning the functionality enables an action capable of being performed by the virtual object in the augmented reality environment that provides said utility; deploying the virtual object in the augmented reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Elke Wiggeshoff
  • Patent number: 12004086
    Abstract: Method, carried out in a radio terminal (130), for configuring uplink output power of radio transmission from the radio terminal, comprising determining (402) a demand power reduction (P-MPR1) based on a maximum power level associated with a first uplink duty cycle (UDC1); transmitting (403), to a radio network node (120), an indication (233) of the demand power reduction; receiving (404), from the network node, an indication (253) of a target power reduction (P-MPR2) associated with an actual uplink duty cycle (UDC2); and configuring (406) the output power based on the target power reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kun Zhao, Olof Zander, Rickard Ljung
  • Patent number: 11998834
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing direct communication between a server system and a video game controller are described. The systems and methods include the video game controller and a computing device. An application is executed by the server system when a session is established by the computing device with the server system. Once the application is executed, the video game controller is used to send an identifier to the server system. The server system verifies the identifier to pair the session with the video game controller. When the video game controller is paired with the session, the video game controller can be used to change a state of a virtual scene that is displayed on the computing device or on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander
  • Patent number: 11998835
    Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
  • Patent number: 12003331
    Abstract: A method for a receiver, the method comprising receiving a first plurality of blocks transmitted by a transmitter using first communications resources, determining that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, in response to determining that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, transmitting to the transmitter a first negative acknowledgement (NACK) indication that at least one of the first plurality of blocks was not received correctly, the NACK indication not indicating which of the first plurality blocks was not received correctly, receiving a subset of the first plurality of blocks retransmitted by the transmitter in response to the NACK indication using second communications resources, and after receiving the subset of the first plurality of blocks, determining whether all of the first plurality of blocks have been received correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Warwick Beale, Shin Horng Wong
  • Patent number: 11998837
    Abstract: A system and method are described below for encoding interactive video used in video games streamed from a server to a client. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method for performing video compression, and detecting a maximum data rate of a communication channel between a server and a client. The method includes transmitting a video stream comprising a series of compressed frames from the server to the client. The method includes detecting that the maximum data rate will be exceeded if a particular frame or frames of the sequence of frames are transmitted from the server to the client over the communication channel. The method includes reducing the frame rate of the video stream by adjusting compression of the video frames being sent from the server to the client to avoid exceeding the maximum data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Roger van der Laan, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 12003886
    Abstract: A tactile vibration signals is satisfactorily transmitted. A transmission signal for each block including a plurality of frames for an audio signal is sequentially transmitted to a receiving side via a predetermined transmission line. The transmission signal includes a tactile vibration signal of a predetermined number of channels. For example, the tactile vibration signal is generated on the basis of a media signal associated with the audio signal. For example, configuration information of the tactile vibration signal of the predetermined number of channels is added to the transmission signal. For example, the configuration information is added by use of a predetermined bit area of a channel status configured for each block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 12001226
    Abstract: Communication with a user is more naturally and effectively realized. An information processing apparatus includes an autonomous mobile body (10) that travels while maintaining an inverted state, and an operation control unit (230) that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a main body (10), two wheels (570) mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism (565) that drives the two wheels. The operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to maintain the inverted state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Nishi, Kazutaka Takaki, Tatsuo Sekimoto, Junichiro Misawa
  • Patent number: 11998840
    Abstract: A method for cloud gaming. The method including generating a video frame when executing a video game at a server. The method including performing a scan-out process to deliver the video frame to an encoder configured to compress the video frame, wherein the scan-out process begins at a flip-time of the video frame. The method including transmitting the video frame that is compressed to a client. The method including determining at the client a target display time for the video frame. The method including scheduling at the client a display time for the video frame based on the target display time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander, Mark E. Cerny
  • Patent number: 12001519
    Abstract: A system and method for object classification and related applications based on frame and event camera processing is provided. The system acquires an output of image sensor circuitry and determines a first object classification result based on feature points associated with first objects in a first frame of the acquired output. The system executes an event-camera signal processing operation on at least two frames of the acquired output to generate an event frame. The generated event frame includes pixel-level movement information associated with second objects. The system determines a second object classification result based on the pixel-level movement information and determines one or more object classification tags based on the determined first and the determined second object classification result. The determined one or more object classification tags correspond to one or more objects, included in at least the first objects and the second objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ted Yamazaki, Tonni Larsen, Leigh Anderson, Tatsushi Nashida, Naomasa Takahashi
  • Patent number: D1029918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirio Masui, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: D1030068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhide Hosoda