Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Katsumata
Mitsuru Katsumata 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: 20240138150Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that have a new structure are provided, in which memory cells are laminated in a three dimensional state so that the chip area may be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that has a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; the second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory strings and the other first or nth electrodes of the memory strings are respectively the first or nth conductor layers that are spread in a two dimensional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masaru KITO, Hideaki AOCHI, Ryota KATSUMATA, Akihiro NITAYAMA, Masaru KIDOH, Hiroyasu TANAKA, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Yasuyuki MATSUOKA, Mitsuru SATO
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Patent number: 11967153Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, a reproduction processing apparatus, and an information processing method that improve data transmission efficiency. A preprocessing unit (102) generates, as scene configuration information indicating a configuration of a scene of 6DoF content including a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space, dynamic scene configuration information that changes over time and static scene configuration information that does not change over time, the static scene configuration information being scene configuration information different from the dynamic scene configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Ryohei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240107049Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method by which reproduction of a point cloud having no time information can be handled. Metadata that includes reproduction information necessary to reproduce encoded data obtained by encoding one frame of a point cloud by V-PCC or G-PCC and that includes reproduction feasibility information to be used to determine feasibility of reproducing the encoded data is generated. The encoded data and the metadata are stored in a file having a predetermined file structure using the ISOBMFF technology. The present technology is applicable to a data generation device that generates a file into which encoded data of a point cloud having no time information is stored, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI
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Patent number: 11902555Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method by which reproduction of a point cloud having no time information can be handled. Metadata that includes reproduction information necessary to reproduce encoded data obtained by encoding one frame of a point cloud by V-PCC or G-PCC and that includes reproduction feasibility information to be used to determine feasibility of reproducing the encoded data is generated. The encoded data and the metadata are stored in a file having a predetermined file structure using the ISOBMFF technology. The present technology is applicable to a data generation device that generates a file into which encoded data of a point cloud having no time information is stored, for example.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Ryohei Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 11825135Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a reproduction processing apparatus, and a reproduction processing method that provide a user with a viewing experience with a high degree of freedom. A data input unit acquires data of a three-dimensional space configured as a single spatial three-dimensional object including a plurality of three-dimensional objects. A preprocessing unit generates three-dimensional object-specifying information for identifying a specific three-dimensional object included in a three-dimensional space. A file generation unit generates a file including data of a three-dimensional space and three-dimensional object-specifying information generated by the preprocessing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Ryohei Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20230308661Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and a method capable of suppressing an increase in load of reproduction processing. A file storing a bitstream track storing a bitstream of content having a subpicture in a frame and an extract base track storing subpicture specifying information which is information for specifying a subpicture to be extracted in the bitstream track is generated. Further, a subpicture is extracted from the bitstream track and a bitstream is generated on the basis of the extract base track of the file. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI
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Patent number: 11743520Abstract: There are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate a management file which stores information regarding object selection information for selecting object audio data in accordance with a display state of an image, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the management file.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Toshiya Hamada, Naotaka Ojiro
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Patent number: 11710274Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a file generation apparatus that make it possible to appropriately reproduce a BV content. An image processing apparatus includes: a file acquisition unit that acquires a file having a management region where information for management of a 3D object content is stored and a data region where a track in which streams included in the 3D object content are stored is stored, group information for selection, from a plurality of the streams included in the 3D object content, of the stream appropriate for reproduction of the 3D object content being stored in the management region; and a file processor that selects a plurality of the streams to be used for reproduction of the 3D object content on the basis of the group information. The present technology is applicable to a client apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Mitsuru Katsumata, Toshiya Hamada
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Publication number: 20230179801Abstract: A decrease in bit efficiency is suppressed. An information processing device includes an encoding unit (101) that encodes a picture including two or more subpictures to generate encoded data; a metadata generation unit (102) that generates subpicture mapping information including first size information of a first subpicture among the two or more subpictures and information that second size information of each of one or more second subpictures other than the first subpicture being considered the same as the first size information of the first subpicture; and a bitstream generation unit (103) that generates a bitstream including the encoded data and the subpicture mapping information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220417499Abstract: An image of a fixed subpicture being a subpicture in which a position of a reference pixel is fixed in a time direction, in subpictures that are partial areas obtained by dividing a picture, is encoded with a resolution variable in a time direction. Furthermore, coded data obtained by encoding an image of a fixed subpicture being a subpicture in which a position of a reference pixel is fixed in a time direction, in subpictures that are partial areas obtained by dividing a picture, with a resolution variable in a time direction is decoded to generate the image of the resolution of the fixed subpicture. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Masaru IKEDA, Yoichi YAGASAKI, Yuji FUJIMOTO, Takeshi TSUKUBA
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Publication number: 20220406062Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, a reproduction processing apparatus, and an information processing method that improve data transmission efficiency. A preprocessing unit (102) generates, as scene configuration information indicating a configuration of a scene of 6DoF content including a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space, dynamic scene configuration information that changes over time and static scene configuration information that does not change over time, the static scene configuration information being scene configuration information different from the dynamic scene configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Ryohei TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11532103Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are capable of distributing higher-quality G-PCC streams. When G-PCC streams obtained by encoding Point Cloud data according to G-PCC are generated, there are generated spatial positional information indicating spatial positions of respective pieces of partial Point Cloud data that represent individual parts into which the Point Cloud data is segmented, and grouping information that groups the partial Point Cloud data. The present technology is applicable to a generating apparatus that generates G-PCC streams, for example.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Mitsuru Katsumata, Takumi Tsuru, Ohji Nakagami, Satoru Kuma
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Patent number: 11533348Abstract: There are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate a content file including object selection information for selecting object audio data in accordance with a display state of an image, in which the generating unit stores the object selection information in a metadata file included in the content file.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Toshiya Hamada, Naotaka Ojiro
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Publication number: 20220239994Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, a reproduction processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a reproduction processing method that enable a client device to efficiently select a content configuration. A preprocessing unit generates content configuration selection information, with respect to one or a plurality of contents, for determining whether or not each of the contents is reproducible, each of the contents having a content configuration including one or more three-dimensional objects and space arrangement information therefor to represent a virtual space. A file generation unit generates a file including data about the virtual space and the content configuration selection information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI
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Patent number: 11398077Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reproducing device, a reproducing method, a recording device, a recording method, a reproducing/recording device, a reproducing/recording method, and a program capable of supporting more appropriate 3D model display. A reproduction processing unit reproduces free visual point moving image content including a free visual point moving image stream and an edit data stream, and display of a 3D model arranged in a space recreated by the free visual point moving image stream in accordance with basic information set in edit data constituting the edit data stream is controlled with reference to additional information set in the edit data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a reproducing device capable of reproducing free visual point moving image content.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Shihhao Wen
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Publication number: 20220232264Abstract: There are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate a management file which stores information regarding object selection information for selecting object audio data in accordance with a display state of an image, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the management file.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Toshiya HAMADA, Naotaka OJIRO
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Patent number: 11394943Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method, a file generation apparatus and method, and a program that enable a suitable occlusion image to be obtained. The image processing apparatus includes an MPD file processing unit configured to select an occlusion image to be acquired, on the basis of information regarding a viewpoint position of the occlusion image included in an MPD file, from among a plurality of the occlusion images indicated by the MPD file. The present technology can be applied to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Kazuhiko Takabayashi, Toshiya Hamada, Ryohei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20220159316Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a reproduction processing apparatus, and a reproduction processing method that provide a user with a viewing experience with a high degree of freedom. A data input unit acquires data of a three-dimensional space configured as a single spatial three-dimensional object including a plurality of three-dimensional objects. A preprocessing unit generates three-dimensional object-specifying information for identifying a specific three-dimensional object included in a three-dimensional space. A file generation unit generates a file including data of a three-dimensional space and three-dimensional object-specifying information generated by the preprocessing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI
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Patent number: 11323757Abstract: There are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate a management file which stores information regarding object selection information for selecting object audio data in accordance with a display state of an image, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the management file.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Toshiya Hamada, Naotaka Ojiro
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Publication number: 20220076485Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable use of a thumbnail for 3D object still image content. A 3D object is used as original data, and role information that is information indicating that thumbnail data generated from the original data is a thumbnail based on the original data is generated. Then, the role information and encoded data obtained by encoding one frame of the 3D object by a predetermined encoding method are stored in a file having a predetermined file structure. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a data generation apparatus that generates a file that stores encoded data of Point Cloud without time information and its thumbnail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI