Patents by Inventor Tomoya Yamaura

Tomoya Yamaura 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: 10547897
    Abstract: An information processing device receives a stream for outputting image information from another information processing device by using wireless communication, the information processing device including a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The wireless communication unit performs communication to exchange capability information regarding the information processing device and capability information regarding the other information processing device with the other information processing device. The control unit performs control in a manner that multi-reception diversity of the stream related to the other information processing device is set based on the capability information regarding the other information processing device and a use of the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Iwami, Tomoya Yamaura, Osamu Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10548076
    Abstract: A wireless resource is utilized efficiently. An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus that includes a control unit. The control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for aborting, when a packet decided to be transmitted from a second network different from a first network to which the own apparatus belongs is detected, reception of the packet. Further, the control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for dealing with carrier sense as an idle state based on a reception strength of the packet decided to be transmitted from the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 10512078
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication apparatus including a radio communication unit that performs radio communication with another radio communication apparatus, and a control unit that controls processing of adding information which can be used for communication by the another radio communication apparatus which is a transmission destination to a frame within such a range that transmission is possible using an assigned radio resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Sakai, Tomoya Yamaura, Kazuyuki Sakoda
  • Patent number: 10506416
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which includes a communication unit that communicates with a connected radio communication device operating as a master unit, and a control unit that, when a prescribed inquiry packet sent from another radio communication device is received by the communication unit, controls the communication unit to send a response packet containing service information indicating a service with which the radio communication device is compatible to said another radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Hideyuki Suzuki, Katsutoshi Itoh, Masahiko Naito, Natsuki Itaya, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Publication number: 20190373605
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme. [Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and receive the second frame transmitted as a response to the first frame. Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to receive a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and transmit the second frame as a response to the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi MORIOKA, Shigeru SUGAYA, Tomoya YAMAURA, Takeshi ITAGAKI
  • Patent number: 10484191
    Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20190349738
    Abstract: A communication apparatus and a communication method by which to perform communication operations in conformity with the Wi-Fi P2P specification. When either a service advertiser function or a service seeker function is to be activated, a WFD R2 device activates both the functions. In particular, the device avoids operating only as a service seeker. Accordingly, the device can discover partner devices as a service seeker, and can be discovered by the partner devices as a service advertiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya YAMAURA
  • Patent number: 10476686
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication device including a wireless communication unit, a communication control unit configured to control a process of detecting a nearby wireless communication device by the wireless communication unit, a connection process to the nearby wireless communication device detected in the detection process, and communication of content data with the nearby wireless communication device connected in the connection process, and a storage unit that stores content data. The communication control unit, on the basis of information received from the nearby wireless communication device in the detection process, determines if one of the content data in the storage unit or content data in the nearby wireless communication device has been updated relative to the other, and controls the connection process performed when the update is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Katsutoshi Itoh, Tomoya Yamaura, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10477268
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes circuitry configured to receive a multiplexed image signal and sound signal from another information processing apparatus using a moving picture experts group (MPEG) 2-transport stream (TS); and perform control to cause reduction of data contained in a packetized elementary stream (PES) payload in a PES packet packed in a transport (TS) packet specified by a packet identifier (PID) specifying sound data transmission described in a program map table (PMT) and to extract a presentation time stamp (PTS) contained in a PES header portion of the PES packet after requesting the another information processing apparatus to reduce a sound data amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya Yamaura
  • Patent number: 10462517
    Abstract: An image that can be easily viewable for a user is provided. An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus including a control unit. The control unit included in this information processing apparatus controls performing displaying an image on the basis of image information transmitted from at least one first information processing apparatus by using radio communication in one area of a display unit for each first information processing apparatus. In addition, the control unit included in this information processing apparatus performs control of performing and determining a display form of the image corresponding to the first information processing apparatus in the display unit on the basis of a positional relation between a user associated with the first information processing apparatus and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Iwami, Tomoya Yamaura, Yasushi Ihara, Sho Amano
  • Patent number: 10448208
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with a first wireless communication apparatus via a first communication system, the information processing apparatus comprising control circuitry configured to: receive information relating to a second communication system discovered by the first wireless communication apparatus, the second communication system being different from the first communication system; and use the information relating to the second communication system to control grouping of a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses each configured to wirelessly communicate with the information processing apparatus using the first communication system, wherein the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses comprises the first wireless communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Mori, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10433289
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme. [Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and receive the second frame transmitted as a response to the first frame. Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to receive a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and transmit the second frame as a response to the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Morioka, Shigeru Sugaya, Tomoya Yamaura, Takeshi Itagaki
  • Patent number: 10390368
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism capable of securing transmission opportunities of a wireless LAN communication device in a situation in which a signal of a format different from a signal of wireless LAN communication is transmitted. [Solution] Provided is a communication device, including: a signal processing unit configured to perform reception determination for a second signal having a different format from a first signal related to communication of a wireless local area network (LAN) standard; a control unit configured to control carrier sense or a communication parameter on a basis of the reception determination for the second signal; and a communication unit configured to perform transmission on a basis of the controlled carrier sense or the controlled communication parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 10372405
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for generating image data is provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving information related to a display orientation of an image on a display unit of an image display device; and an image generation unit for generating image data according to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Tomoya Yamaura, Kenji Fujisaka, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10365874
    Abstract: [Object] To perform appropriate transmission band control. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a controller. Here, the acquisition section acquires user information generated by a user operation when information based on a stream communicated between another information processing apparatus via wireless communication is output from an output section. The controller performs band control of the stream communicated between another information processing apparatus via wireless communication based on the user information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya Kato, Sho Amano, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Patent number: 10362601
    Abstract: To efficiently use radio resources. An information processing device is an information processing device that receives a packet transmitted from another information processing device using wireless communication. The information processing device is an information processing device that includes a control unit. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one packet detection condition is selected to be used from a plurality of packet detection conditions in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one reception operation is selected to be performed from a plurality of reception operations in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10361816
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform a process on a frame so that the frame has redundancy corresponding to first information indicating at least one of a first transmission period or a band used for transmission, or uses a modulation scheme corresponding to the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Sakai, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato, Takeshi Itagaki, Yuichi Morioka
  • Publication number: 20190215841
    Abstract: [Object] To enable an access point device to grasp interference information without using a management device. [Solution] Provided is a communication device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first parameter information regarding an own BSS; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first parameter information to a device belonging to another BSS which interferes with the own BSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: SHIGERU SUGAYA, YUICHI MORIOKA, TOMOYA YAMAURA
  • Patent number: 10349231
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control system that receives monitoring information from a plurality of wireless terminals, the monitoring information indicating reception powers at each of the plurality of wireless terminals in a case that packets transmitted from other of the plurality of wireless terminals are received at each of the plurality of wireless terminals; and determines a representative wireless terminal from the plurality of wireless terminals based on the collected monitoring information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Tomoya Yamaura, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190206366
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an operation acceptance unit configured to accept a user operation related to an image based on image data received from another information processing device using short-range wireless communication when the image is displayed on a display unit, and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that notification information for issuing a notification that the user operation is accepted is output when the user operation is accepted, and control data corresponding to the user operation is transmitted to the other information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIHIKO IKENAGA, YASUSHI KATAYAMA, SHO AMANO, TOMOYA YAMAURA