Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Yamagishi

Yasuaki Yamagishi 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: 11956159
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with each of which it becomes possible to perform transmission of control information according to an operation form. The reception device receives first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information, and controls processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, on the basis of the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Taketoshi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20240107085
    Abstract: A reception device is provided that comprises processing circuitry configured to extract, from a digital broadcast signal based on an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme, a signaling packet that includes a service table including tuning information and bootstrap information for accessing service signaling information. The processing circuitry is further configured to extract, from the signaling packet during an initial scanning process, the tuning information and the bootstrap information, store the tuning information and the bootstrap information extracted during the initial scanning process, and control a tuning process based on the tuning information stored. The signaling packet is received based on a first protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme and the service signaling information is received based on a second protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Naohisa KITAZATO
  • Publication number: 20240087091
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a server device and a network control method that are configured to reduce traffic of object data constituting a virtual space. A live entertainment broker filters each of first object data that is object data of a first object and second object data that is object data of a second object based on a determined filtering condition, the first object and the second object being to be displayed in a virtual space, and sends the filtered object data to a rendering server. This technology can be applied, for example, to a data processing system that provides a live entertainment service that provides live performances of artists in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Hiroshi KUNO, Kazuhiko TAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240054009
    Abstract: A processing system includes a task management unit that manages a plurality of media processing tasks executed in one or a plurality of servers, in which the task management unit acquires capabilities of a plurality of servers that are possible transition destinations in a case where a media processing task executed in a first server that is one of the plurality of servers is caused to transition to a second server different from the first server, and the capabilities include presence or absence of a persistent storage capable of storing data of the media processing task without depending on an execution state of the media processing task, and location information of the persistent storage. The technology of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a media processing system that performs media processing using a 5G network, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko TAKABAYASHI, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20240022890
    Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Jun KITAHARA, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Naohisa KITAZATO
  • Patent number: 11871087
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiver for efficiently acquiring a component configuring a service, a reception method, a transmitter, and a transmission method. The receiver acquires first signaling data distributed on a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting in an IP transmission system, acquires broadcast signaling data as second signaling data, acquires communication signaling data as the second signaling data when flag information included in the broadcast signaling data indicates that the communication signaling data is provided from a server over the Internet together with the broadcast signaling data, and connects to a stream of a broadcast component or a stream of a communication component thereby to control reproduction of the component on the basis of at least one of the broadcast signaling data and the communication signaling data. The present technology is applicable to TV receivers, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11863807
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device. The disclosure includes processing circuitry in the reception device configured to tune to receive a digital broadcasting stream using an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme, perform a filtering process on packets on the digital broadcasting stream to identify signaling packets that include tuning information and setting information for accessing a description of a particular service, extract, from the identified signaling packets during an initial scanning process, the tuning information, store the tuning information extracted during the initial scanning process in a memory, and after the tuning information is stored, perform a tuning operation for a service and control a tuning process executed by the circuitry based on the tuning information stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Naohisa Kitazato
  • Patent number: 11863369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network control method and a data processing system that enable to efficiently perform transfer processing on a large amount of data. A network connection device sends, to a data processing device prior to original data, event data indicating a change amount at a predetermined time point of sensor data that is the original data generated by a sensor device, and sends the original data to the data processing device on the basis of a request from the data processing device for the original data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a network control method of cloud computing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20230394826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device and method, and a data processing system, capable of reducing application loads in a cloud server by controlling sensor data flowing over a network. A sensor data monitor controls, based on a result of determining a sameness of subjects using DVS data output from DVS sensors that output temporal luminance changes in optical signals as event data, data transfer of image frame data in which the subjects have been shot on a frame basis. The present disclosure can be applied in, for example, an image network system or the like that transmits image frame data shot on a frame basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: YASUAKI YAMAGISHI, HIROSHI KUNO, KAZUHIKO TAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11812358
    Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20230336842
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes: a media reproduction unit that acquires and reproduces video data including a service object, for which a service that processes a request from a user through voice is available; and a controller that adds an additional image for informing the user about the service object to the reproduced video and saves identification information of the video data and information of a start time and an end time of the additional image, as a bookmark that is optionally selected by the user and is provided to a scene with the additional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Yuka KIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11785289
    Abstract: A receiving device is provided. The receiving devices includes circuitry that is configured to execute an application related to a program or a channel, The circuitry is configured to set, based on the application, broadcast reception data from a broadcast as a media source object corresponding to a processing object of media reproduction. The circuitry is configured to obtain, based on the application, broadcast content segment information of broadcast content in the broadcast reception data that is stored in a buffer associated with the media source object. The circuitry is configured to perform, based on the application and the broadcast content segment information of a segment of the broadcast content to be replaced being obtained, replacement or appendance of the broadcast content in the broadcast reception data stored in the buffer with network content in application reception data received via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tatsuya Igarashi, Norifumi Kikkawa, Yoshiharu Dewa, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11770805
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11765442
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes: a media reproduction unit that acquires and reproduces video data including a service object, for which a service that processes a request from a user through voice is available; and a controller that adds an additional image for informing the user about the service object to the reproduced video and saves identification information of the video data and information of a start time and an end time of the additional image, as a bookmark that is optionally selected by the user and is provided to a scene with the additional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yuka Kiyama
  • Patent number: 11758239
    Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including circuitry configured to receive region mapping information that includes at least one target region identifier and, for each of the at least one target region identifier, location information associated with the respective target region identifier. The circuitry is further configured to control filtering such that emergency information for a location associated with the reception apparatus is acquired based on the region mapping information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Taketoshi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20230276105
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes: an AV decoder 41 that acquires and reproduces video data including a service object, for which a service that processes a request from a user through voice is available; and an application execution environment 43 that adds an additional image for informing the user about the service object to the reproduced video. The additional image includes a visual feature unique to each service object such that the service object is uniquely determined by voice recognition in the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20230239245
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network control method and a data processing system for reducing traffic in a network and reducing a processing load of an application that performs data processing. A network connection device determines, on the basis of a manifest, an optimal location for execution of an application that processes sensor data generated by a sensor device, from among the sensor device and a device on a path in a network connected to the sensor device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a network control method of cloud computing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Hiroshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20230216725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network control method and a data processing system that enable to efficiently perform transfer processing on a large amount of data. A network connection device sends, to a data processing device prior to original data, event data indicating a change amount at a predetermined time point of sensor data that is the original data generated by a sensor device, and sends the original data to the data processing device on the basis of a request from the data processing device for the original data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a network control method of cloud computing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 11689776
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes: an AV decoder 41 that acquires and reproduces video data including a service object, for which a service that processes a request from a user through voice is available; and an application execution environment 43 that adds an additional image for informing the user about the service object to the reproduced video. The additional image includes a visual feature unique to each service object such that the service object is uniquely determined by voice recognition in the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20230199237
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a broadcast content production system, a broadcast content production method, and a program that are capable of avoiding occurrence of inconvenience in a broadcast content. The clock accuracy recognition unit recognizes accuracy of a clock of each of a plurality of video sources, and a time difference estimation and correction unit estimates a time difference of a stream from the video source with low accuracy of clock and corrects the time difference. Furthermore, a processing content control unit controls a processing content of production processing of the broadcast content in accordance with the accuracy of the clock of each of the video sources recognized by the clock accuracy recognition unit and with accuracy of time information, of each stream, having being corrected by the time difference estimation and correction unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a broadcast content production system using IP connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: KAZUHIKO TAKABAYASHI, YASUAKI YAMAGISHI