Patents by Inventor Shinji Negishi

Shinji Negishi 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).

  • Patent number: 10887644
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, data processing method, and a program which make it possible to smoothly switch the output of data in a case where data transmitted via different transmission paths is received to be output. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of data separately transmitted via different transmission paths and given time stamps corresponding to each other; an output control unit that selects data to be output from among the plurality of pieces of data and controls a timing of outputting the selected data on the basis of the time stamp of a piece of data having a latest time stamp among the plurality of pieces of data; and an accumulation unit that accumulates at least the plurality of pieces of data given the time stamps later than the time stamp of the data that has been output from among the received plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Patent number: 10750233
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, and a program capable of avoiding a buffer overflow at the time of reproduction. Each packet is separated from a packet string, and information indicating an arrival timing of each packet is output. The packet is divided into divided packets having a size which does not cause a buffer overflow, and a packet arrival time of each divided packet is embedded in a header of the divided packet. The present technology is applied to the recording apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Patent number: 10652608
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus and method, and a transmitting apparatus, and method capable of improving a reproduction quality in a state where a packet loss occurs. The transmitting apparatus including a memory and an electronic processor communicatively connected to the memory. The electronic processor is configured to encode a data unit, generate a data packet by packetizing the data unit that is encoded, generate a time information packet by packetizing information indicating a decode and a display time relative to the data unit, and generate a stream by multiplexing the data packet, the time information packet, and identification information to identify the data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Shinji Negishi, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Patent number: 10594437
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus and a method therefor which are capable of decreasing a processing load and efficiently improving reproduction quality. A packet accumulating unit stores packets and packet type, and another packet information. A statistics information accumulating unit accumulates statistics information (e.g., an error ratio, performance (processing condition) of the receiving apparatus, a condition of a stream, and a condition of a buffer). A packet-correcting-method selecting unit selects a packet correcting method from a packet correction table generated in accordance with the packet information and packet identification/statistics information from the statistics information accumulating unit, and supplies a packet to be corrected to a packet correcting unit in a case where the packet in process is determined to be a target of correction. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system that transmits and receives data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Patent number: 10567852
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, a reception method, and a program that allow to make a change dynamically in time stamps which are already transmitted. The transmission device transmits time stamps in a same MPU in which a change is made from already transmitted time stamps so that the time stamps can be received before decoding is started. When the time stamps in the same MPU including the change are received, the reception device updates the time stamps in a time stamp memory and can dynamically change the time stamps since decoding is performed according to the updated time stamps. The present technology can be applied to the transmission device and the reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Takehito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ishigaya
  • Patent number: 10531136
    Abstract: A device, method, and program for data stream reproduction are disclosed. In one example, a transmission device includes a multiplexer that generates a data stream by multiplexing a data packet and a control information packet separately from each other, the data packet being a packet including reproduction data as the current data to be reproduced, the control information packet being a packet including control information to be used in reproducing the reproduction data. The multiplexer multiplexes a first packet in a position behind the position located a predetermined first number of packets before a second packet among multiplexing-enabled positions in which the control information packet can be multiplexed in the data stream, the first packet being the control information packet including the control information corresponding to a predetermined processing unit of the reproduction data, the second packet being the data packet including the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20190230420
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, a reception method, and a program that allow to make a change dynamically in time stamps which are already transmitted. The transmission device transmits time stamps in a same MPU in which a change is made from already transmitted time stamps so that the time stamps can be received before decoding is started. When the time stamps in the same MPU including the change are received, the reception device updates the time stamps in a time stamp memory and can dynamically change the time stamps since decoding is performed according to the updated time stamps. The present technology can be applied to the transmission device and the reception device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Takehito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ishigaya
  • Patent number: 10262690
    Abstract: Reduction in reproduction quality is suppressed in an imaging device that images a sound and a moving image. A frame rate converter converts a frame rate of a frame captured outside a predetermined period among a plurality of frames captured at a predetermined frame rate to a low frame rate lower than the predetermined frame rate. A duplication unit duplicates an original sound signal recorded over the predetermined period to generate a plurality of duplicated sound signals each of which is identical to the original sound signal. The audio signal processing unit performs different signal processing on each of the plurality of duplicated sound signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonobu Hayakawa, Shinji Negishi
  • Patent number: 10218626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a receiving device, a data processing method, and a program that can suppress the occurrence of reproduction faults caused by a reduction in bit rate. An input packet classifying unit classifies an input packet as a high priority packet or a low priority packet according to priority order based on data included in packets configuring a stream. An output packet selecting unit preferentially selects and outputs a packet of high priority order from among packets that have been classified by the input packet classifying unit and being retained in a high priority packet FIFO or a low priority packet FIFO. The present technology is applied to, for example, a receiving device that can receive a plurality of streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Ooishi, Shinji Negishi
  • Publication number: 20180248653
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus and a method therefor which are capable of decreasing a processing load and efficiently improving reproduction quality. A packet accumulating unit stores packets and packet type, and another packet information. A statistics information accumulating unit accumulates statistics information (e.g., an error ratio, performance (processing condition) of the receiving apparatus, a condition of a stream, and a condition of a buffer). A packet-correcting-method selecting unit selects a packet correcting method from a packet correction table generated in accordance with the packet information and packet identification/statistics information from the statistics information accumulating unit, and supplies a packet to be corrected to a packet correcting unit in a case where the packet in process is determined to be a target of correction. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system that transmits and receives data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO ISHIGAYA, SHINJI NEGISHI, MICHITO ISHII, TAKEHITO WATANABE, YASUYUKI CHAKI, NORIAKI OOISHI
  • Publication number: 20180242035
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, data processing method, and a program which make it possible to smoothly switch the output of data in a case where data transmitted via different transmission paths is received to be output. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of data separately transmitted via different transmission paths and given time stamps corresponding to each other; an output control unit that selects data to be output from among the plurality of pieces of data and controls a timing of outputting the selected data on the basis of the time stamp of a piece of data having a latest time stamp among the plurality of pieces of data; and an accumulation unit that accumulates at least the plurality of pieces of data given the time stamps later than the time stamp of the data that has been output from among the received plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20180227622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus and method, and a transmitting apparatus, and method capable of improving a reproduction quality in a state where a packet loss occurs. In a MMTP packet header, in a case where extension_flag=1 in the sixth row from the top is satisfied, a configuration is defined in which description regarding an extension header can be made in the 16th to 22nd rows. As a method 1, this is used to newly define a type of an AU sequence number in extension_type, and the AU sequence number included in the MMTP packet is described in header_extension_byte. The present disclosure is applied to, for example, a communication system that transmits and receives data by using a transmission method used for IP transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Shinji Negishi, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20180220182
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, and a program capable of avoiding a buffer overflow at the time of reproduction. Each packet is separated from a packet string, and information indicating an arrival timing of each packet is output. The packet is divided into divided packets having a size which does not cause a buffer overflow, and a packet arrival time of each divided packet is embedded in a header of the divided packet. The present technology is applied to the recording apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20180139474
    Abstract: A device, method, and program for data stream reproduction are disclosed. In one example, a transmission device includes a multiplexer that generates a data stream by multiplexing a data packet and a control information packet separately from each other, the data packet being a packet including reproduction data as the current data to be reproduced, the control information packet being a packet including control information to be used in reproducing the reproduction data. The multiplexer multiplexes a first packet in a position behind the position located a predetermined first number of packets before a second packet among multiplexing-enabled positions in which the control information packet can be multiplexed in the data stream, the first packet being the control information packet including the control information corresponding to a predetermined processing unit of the reproduction data, the second packet being the data packet including the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20180040348
    Abstract: Reduction in reproduction quality is suppressed in an imaging device that images a sound and a moving image. A frame rate converter converts a frame rate of a frame captured outside a predetermined period among a plurality of frames captured at a predetermined frame rate to a low frame rate lower than the predetermined frame rate. A duplication unit duplicates an original sound signal recorded over the predetermined period to generate a plurality of duplicated sound signals each of which is identical to the original sound signal. The audio signal processing unit performs different signal processing on each of the plurality of duplicated sound signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tomonobu Hayakawa, Shinji Negishi
  • Publication number: 20170134291
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a receiving device, a data processing method, and a program that can suppress the occurrence of reproduction faults caused by a reduction in bit rate. An input packet classifying unit classifies an input packet as a high priority packet or a low priority packet according to priority order based on data included in packets configuring a stream. An output packet selecting unit preferentially selects and outputs a packet of high priority order from among packets that have been classified by the input packet classifying unit and being retained in a high priority packet FIFO or a low priority packet FIFO. The present technology is applied to, for example, a receiving device that can receive a plurality of streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Noriaki Ooishi, Shinji Negishi
  • Patent number: 8565317
    Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Hideki Koyanagi, Yoichi Yagasaki
  • Patent number: 7697411
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when a terrestrial digital broadcasting is carried out by applying an OFDM modulation to transport streams MPEG-2 Systems, the plural transport streams subject to a connected transmission are divided into groups and these transport streams are coordinated. Then, a broadcasting station generates a connected transmission descriptor for coordinating the plural transport streams steams subject to the connected transmission and describes the generated connected transmission descriptor in an NIT to multiplex the transport streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Tamotsu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7610605
    Abstract: A data distribution system includes a server apparatus and a decoding terminal. In the server apparatus, the access unit information of data to be transmitted is read from a data storage unit in accordance with a trick play request. The access unit information is converted for a trick play in a data conversion unit. The data to be transmitted is converted in a multiplexing unit into trick play data in accordance with the access unit information having been converted. Then, the trick play data is transmitted from the server apparatus to the decoding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Hideki Koyanagi, Yoichi Yagasaki
  • Patent number: 7605869
    Abstract: A data combining apparatus and a data combining method in which timing for transformation, movement (arrangement), and generation of data combined in accordance with timing information can be corrected and a screen formation to be needed for matching of timing can be formed by combination, wherein a data combining apparatus 100 generates timing information of a change of the screen formation by a timing information generation unit 108 and synchronizes generation timing in the graphics generation unit 103 to process timing for image data in a transformation and movement processing unit 105 to enable combination of the image data and the graphics without timing deviation to thereby obtain desired combined data in a combining unit 107.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Kazunori Yasuda