Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Takahashi
Kuniaki Takahashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240089482Abstract: A display device is provided that comprising circuitry configured to transmit, to a reproduction device, an extended display identification data (EDID) that includes the display information representing a performance of the display device. The circuitry further receives HDR video data from the reproduction device including HDR information that includes brightness characteristic information in frame data when the display information includes information representing a display performance of the HDR video, contains the EDID containing information of a 4k resolution or higher, displays an image of the received HDR video data in accordance with brightness designated by the HDR information, and adjusts a brightness of the image of the received HDR video data to a brightness capability for the display of the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 11812046Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device that enables content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness from a reproduction device. The display comprises circuitry configured to store display information related to high dynamic range (HDR) video and to transmit to the reproduction device an extended display identification data that includes display information representing a performance of the display device. The display device includes a monitor configured to display an image of the HDR video in accordance with brightness designated by HDR information if the monitor is capable of displaying the designated brightness and to adjust a brightness of the image of the HDR video to a brightness capability of the monitor if the monitor is not capable of displaying the designated brightness.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20230040490Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220392422Abstract: There is provided an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately performing luminance adjustment of HDR videos. The information processing system according to an embodiment of the present technology is a system that transmits, to an output source device of an HDR video, capability information including information indicating display capability of an HDR video when a display mode is set in which luminance adjustment of an HDR video is performed by PQ hard clipping. The present technology can be applied to a TV including a display capable of displaying an HDR video.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi UCHIMURA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshiharu DEWA, Yuki FUJIKASHI
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Patent number: 11516428Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20210329194Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 11089260Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20210224963Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to perform luminance adjustment on a higher luminance side and a lower luminance side appropriately. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology adds, to each of pictures for which luminance adjustment is to be performed by a display apparatus, metadata representative of a feature of a luminance and including information representative of a first knee point and information representative of a second knee point on a lower luminance side than the first knee point, and outputs each of the pictures to which the metadata is added to the display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a game machine ready for outputting of HDR video.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi UCHIMURA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210168393Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 10951909Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20200228749Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 10638085Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20190364293Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 10412401Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Patent number: 10406725Abstract: Provided is a light source apparatus for resin curing capable of hardening even conventional UV curing resin by irradiating ray in a short time without producing any tackiness on the resin surface, and capable of irradiating a ray for efficiently hardening not only a UV curing resin but also an IR curing resin. The light source apparatus includes a light source, an optical system for guiding a light emitted from the light source to an emission section, and a light transmission section, selectively insertable in a light path in the optical system, for passing there through a UV-C ultraviolet ray containing a ray in the wavelength range of 250 nm, a visible light except for light in the wavelength range from 500 nm to 640 nm and an infrared ray together so as to remove a tackiness on a resin surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: HOLONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., YAMASHITA DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Takahashi, Nobuhiko Kubo
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Publication number: 20190202091Abstract: Provided is a light source apparatus for resin curing capable of hardening even conventional UV curing resin by irradiating ray in a short time without producing any tackiness on the resin surface, and capable of irradiating a ray for efficiently hardening not only a UV curing resin but also an IR curing resin. The light source apparatus includes a light source, an optical system for guiding a light emitted from the light source to an emission section, and a light transmission section, selectively insertable in a light path in the optical system, for passing there through a UV-C ultraviolet ray containing a ray in the wavelength range of 250 nm, a visible light except for light in the wavelength range from 500 nm to 640 nm and an infrared ray together so as to remove a tackiness on a resin surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicants: HOLONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., YAMASHITA DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Takahashi, Nobuhiko Kubo
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Patent number: 10171787Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, reproduction method, and recording medium that enable graphics with an appropriate brightness to be displayed on a video having a wide dynamic range of brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a first brightness range that is wider than a second brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and graphics data that is superimposed on the extended video and that has the second brightness range. The reproduction device converts a first pixel value of the graphics to a second pixel value in the brightness characteristic of the extended video represented by the brightness characteristic information, and synthesizes the extended video. The present technology can be applied to players that reproduce contents.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Shinobu Hattori, Kuniaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180338110Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
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Patent number: 10070097Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Publication number: 20180199050Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori