Patents by Inventor Takashi Yokokawa
Takashi Yokokawa 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: 20150085910Abstract: There is provided a reception device including a reception unit configured to receive an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) signal, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a transmission parameter concerning the OFDM signal contained in the OFDM signal, and a selection unit configured to select a demodulation mode of the OFDM signal in accordance with the acquired transmission parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Hiroyuki Kamata, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8929404Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus, including: a reception section configured to receive an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexed) signal obtained by modulating a common packet sequence configured from a packet common to a plurality of streams and a data packet sequence configured from packets individually unique to the plural streams; a buffer configured to accumulate packets of the common packet sequence and the data packet sequence obtained by demodulating the received OFDM signal; a retaining section configured to retain correction information for correcting out-of-synchronism between the common packet sequence and the data packet sequence obtained from particular packets of the common packet sequence and the data packet sequence upon reading out of the packets accumulated in the buffer; and a correction section configured to correct the out-of-synchronism of the packet which suffers from the out-of-synchronism of the packets based on the correction information retained in the retaining sType: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Satoshi Okada
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Patent number: 8885107Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program capable of appropriately demodulating a desired signal from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. A preamble signal is detected from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a first signal, demodulation by a demodulator is continued and the first signal is demodulated. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a second signal, demodulation is not performed by stopping the demodulation by the demodulator. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device that processes signals for digital broadcasting.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8887030Abstract: The present invention relates to an encoder for error correction code encoding input data words (D) into codewords (Z1, Z2), comprising: an encoder input (1451) for receiving input data words (D) each comprising a first number Kldpc of information symbols, an encoding means (1452) for encoding an input data word (D) into a codeword (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4) such that a codeword comprises a basic codeword portion (B) including a data portion (D) and a basic parity portion (Pb) of a second number Nldpc?Kldpc of basic parity symbols, and an auxiliary codeword portion (A) including an auxiliary parity portion (Pa) of a third number MIR of auxiliary parity symbols, wherein said encoding means (14) is adapted i) for generating said basic codeword portion (B) from an input data word (D) according to a first code, wherein a basic parity symbol is generated by accumulating an information symbol at a parity symbol address determined according to a first address generation rule, and ii) for generating said auxiliary codeword porType: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nabil Loghin, Lothar Stadelmeier, Joerg Robert, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Makiko Yamamoto, Yuji Shinohara, Lui Sakai, Takashi Yokokawa
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Patent number: 8873679Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus, including: a reception section configured to receive an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed) signal obtained by modulating a common packet sequence configured from a packet common to streams and a data packet sequence configured from packets individually unique to the streams; a time counting section configured to count, using predetermined time indicated by additional information added to particular packets of the common and data packet sequences obtained by demodulating the received OFDM signal as a reference, elapsed time after the predetermined time; a detection section configured to compare the counted time and time indicated by the additional information added to the particular packets of the common and data packet sequences to detect a displacement in the time direction between the packets; and a correction section configured to correct the displacement between the packets of the common and data packet sequences in the time direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Satoshi Okada
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Publication number: 20140295908Abstract: The present technique relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, a reception method, and a program capable of reducing interference to an adjacent channel in a case where connected-transmission is performed. A transmission device according to an aspect of the present technique includes a signal generating unit configured to generate a plurality of signals having a predetermined frequency bandwidth, a power adjusting unit configured to adjust power of signals so that the power of a signal transmitted using a frequency band close to an end of a channel is less than the power of the signal transmitted using a frequency band close to a center of the channel, and a transmission unit configured to use the channel to transmit, in a connected manner, the signals of which powers have been adjusted. The present technique can be applied to a transmission device for performing connected-transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tamotsu Ikeda, Takuya Okamoto, TAkashi Yokokawa, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
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Patent number: 8842223Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Takahiro Okada
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Patent number: 8799739Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes: an LDPC decoding device configured such that when an LDPC-coded data signal, LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, and an LDPC-coded transmission control signal are transmitted in multiplexed fashion, the LDPC decoding device can decode both the data signal and the transmission control signal; a holding device configured to be located upstream of the LDPC decoding device and to hold at least the transmission control signal upon receipt of the data signal and the transmission control signal; and a control device configured to control the LDPC decoding device to decode the data signal while the transmission control signal is being accumulated in the holding device and to interrupt the current decoding so as to control the LDPC decoding device to decode the transmission control signal when the transmission control signal has been accumulated in the holding device.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Osamu Shinya
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Patent number: 8774286Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a buffer configured to store packets of a first packet sequence made up of packets extracted from one transport stream that are common to packets of another transport stream and packets of a second packet sequence made up of common packets, a read control section configured to read the packets of the first packet sequence and the second packet sequence stored in the buffer after the passing of a predetermined time after synchronization is established between the packets of the first packet sequence and the packets of the second packet sequence, thereby reconstructing one transport stream from the first packet sequence and the second packet sequence, and an output section configured to output the reconstructed transport stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Satoshi Okada
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Patent number: 8767881Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a detection section configured such that based on a result of the error correction of a signal generated by a single carrier system, the detection section detects the presence or absence of spectrum inversion in the signal; and a selection section configured such that if the detection section detects the spectrum inversion, the selection section selects the spectrally inverted signal as the signal subject to the error correction, and that if the detection section does not detect the spectrum inversion, then the selection selects the spectrally uninverted signal as the signal subject to the error correction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Ryoji Ikegaya, Yuji Shinohara
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Patent number: 8751908Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoding device including: an extracting section, a storing section, an allocating section, and a decoding section. The extracting section acquires data containing plural code words and information other than the plural code words in one frame, and extracts the plural code words from the data every one code word. The storing section at least stores the one code word extracted by the extracting section. The allocating section sets time obtained by dividing time for the one frame by the number of code words contained in the one frame as time allocated to decoding of one code word. The decoding section decodes the code word within the time allocated by the allocating section.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Yutaka Nakada, Ryoji Ikegaya
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Patent number: 8750435Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes: a transmission path characteristics estimating section obtaining pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics as characteristics of a transmission path of an OFDM signal for transmission symbols of pilot signals by using the pilot signals contained in the OFDM signal, and filtering the pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data by using an interpolation filter, thereby obtaining transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics for transmission symbols of the OFDM signal; a distortion correcting section performing distortion correction for the OFDM signal by using the transmission path characteristic data; and a filter controlling section controlling a pass band of the interpolation filter.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Hitoshi Sakai, Taylor Matthew
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Patent number: 8640010Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoding apparatus that performs soft-decision decoding on a linear block code, the apparatus including a hard-decision decoder configured to perform hard-decision decoding on a received word using a hard-decision decoding algorithm; and a soft-decision decoder configured to perform, using a soft-decision algorithm, soft-decision decoding merely on a received word for which the hard-decision decoder has failed in the hard-decision decoding.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Miyauchi, Masayuki Hattori, Takashi Yokokawa
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Publication number: 20140016728Abstract: The present technique relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a program, and a reception system capable of starting decoding of data in a short time. A reception apparatus according to an aspect of the present technique includes a demodulation unit configured to demodulate a modulated signal used to transmit transmission control information about data and the data to be transmitted, a first decoding unit configured to decode the transmission control information obtained by demodulation performed with the demodulation unit, a storage unit configured to store the data obtained by demodulation performed with the demodulation unit, and a second decoding unit configured to decode the data stored in the storage unit on the basis of the transmission control information decoded by the first decoding unit. The present technique can be applied to a receiver receiving an OFDM signal of DVB-C2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Hitoshi Sakai
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Publication number: 20140009684Abstract: This technique relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, a program, and a receiving system that are designed to reduce circuit size. A receiving device of one aspect of this technique includes: a de-mapping unit that receives a symbol signal generated by performing mapping on a first branch signal and a second branch signal indicating information about the same transmission target, and performs de-mapping on the symbol signal by a hard decision; a selecting unit that selects, in accordance with a reception state, one signal from the first branch signal and the second branch signal obtained through the de-mapping; and a decoding unit that decodes the information about the transmission target based on the one signal. This technique can be applied to receivers that receive OFDM signals compliant with DVB-C2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi
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Publication number: 20140003540Abstract: The present technology relates to a data readout device, a data readout method, and a program capable of preventing occurrence of a period in which no data is output. In circumstances where data is accumulated and the accumulated data is readout, the data cannot be readout and an underflow occurs if a situation occurs in which an error occurs in accumulating the data and the data cannot be accumulated. Readout is controlled using information included in data to prevent a continuous underflow despite the occurrence of an error has stopped after the underflow occurred. The accumulated data, information of which has been signaled, is started to read out at a timing specified by the information signaled in the data. The present technology is applicable to a reception device that receives a DVB-T2 signal in the M-PLP system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Okada, Takashi Yokokawa
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Publication number: 20130342764Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program capable of appropriately demodulating a desired signal from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. A preamble signal is detected from a multiplexed signal obtained by multiplexing a plurality of signals. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a first signal, demodulation by a demodulator is continued and the first signal is demodulated. When information for discriminating each of the signals that is contained in the preamble signal indicates a second signal, demodulation is not performed by stopping the demodulation by the demodulator. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device that processes signals for digital broadcasting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8612835Abstract: The present invention relates to using a barrel shifter in a cyclic shift device for an LDPC decoding device, a television receiver, and/or a reception system, whereby reduction in size of the device can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takashi Yokokawa
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Publication number: 20130329775Abstract: The present technique relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, and a program for realizing a prompt start of data demodulation. A receiving device of one aspect of the present technique includes: a detecting unit that detects a first preamble signal from a frame signal having a frame structure that contains the first preamble signal indicating a frame partition, a second preamble signal containing control information to be used in processing a data signal, and the data signal, the second preamble signal being transmitted after the first preamble signal; an accumulating unit that accumulates the second preamble signal when the first preamble signal is detected; and a processing unit that processes the data signal based on the control information contained in the second preamble signal accumulated in the accumulating unit, the data signal being contained in the same frame as the second preamble signal accumulated in the accumulating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20130321707Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi, Takahiro Okada