Patents by Inventor Yoshihito Ishibashi

Yoshihito Ishibashi 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: 10321314
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including: a storage unit configured to store an authentication key generated from a plurality of keys; a communication unit configured to receive authentication key identification information for specifying the authentication key; and an authentication unit configured to perform an authentication process for a transmission source of the authentication key identification information using the authentication key specified from the storage unit based on the authentication key identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10313028
    Abstract: There is provided a human body communication device including a control unit configured to adjust a communication strength on the basis of information relevant to a process using human body communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10255731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus including a storage unit that stores information on electronic tickets; a reading unit that reads the information on electronic tickets stored in the storage unit; a determining unit that determines whether the electronic tickets are in use based on usage information of the electronic tickets included in the information on electronic tickets read by the reading unit; a display order determining unit that determines display order on a screen display of the electronic tickets based on results of the determination made by the determining unit; and a display screen generating unit that generates a display screen showing the electronic tickets according to the display order on the screen display determined by the display order determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20190052371
    Abstract: A communication unit of the disclosure includes a human-body electrode and a space electrode that perform communication through a human body by means of an electric field method, and a first auxiliary conductor section that includes a first end and a second end, the first end causing electrostatic induction corresponding to a transmission signal with respect to the human body, the second end being disposed at a position closer to the human-body electrode than to the space electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Uno, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20190035189
    Abstract: An opening-closing control device of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit that perform communication with an authenticated communication device; an authentication processor that performs authentication processing on the authenticated communication device on a basis of a result of the communication with the authenticated communication device; an opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on a lockable opening-closing unit; an operation detector that detects an operation state of the opening-closing operation unit; and a controller that locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of the authentication processing and a result of detection of the operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Shinichi Fukuda, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20180340786
    Abstract: There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10112501
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a power storage unit including one or a plurality of cells, a first controller for performing control relating to the power storage unit, a first power line for supplying a first power to be output from the power storage unit to a load, a second power line for supplying a second power smaller than the first power to a second controller included in an external device, and a communication line used by the first and second controllers to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ishibashi, Kazuo Nagai, Rui Kamada, Junichi Sawada, Kazuhiro Toma
  • Patent number: 10094677
    Abstract: There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10090935
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a first communication device or a second communication device by using human body communication, with regard to setting information for establishing communication between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a second communication device, and establishes communication with the second communication device based on the setting information. A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a first communication device, and establishes communication with the first communication device based on the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Yoshihito Ishibashi, Yuji Ide, Masahiro Uno, Kazuhisa Funamoto
  • Publication number: 20180248872
    Abstract: A communication apparatus of the disclosure includes: an authentication section that performs personal authentication of a user through BAN (Body Area Network) communication prior to data exchange with a communication peer for predetermined processing; and a communication section that performs the data exchange with the communication peer for the predetermined processing in a case of success of the personal authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Shigeki Teramoto, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10020666
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply control device including a command sending unit configured to deliver a polling command to a bus line, and a battery registration unit configured to give an identifier to a battery device that has responded to the polling command within a predetermined response period. The command sending unit delivers information of the identifier to the bus line for the battery device to which the battery registration unit gives the identifier and delivers, to the bus line, a command for the battery device to which the identifier is given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20180129236
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: HIDEKI NOMA, TOMOYUKI ONO, HIROSHI KAWASHIMA, KAYOKO TANAKA, RYOKI HONJO, SHIGERU TAJIMA, DAISUKE YAMAZAKI, KAZUMI SATO, YOSHIHITO ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20180093580
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a travelable information display unit that displays before a discharge, regarding motor-driven movable bodies of a discharge source and a discharge destination driven by using electric power of batteries, information about places to which the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source can move using electric power of the battery left after the discharge by assuming, when information about a discharge amount discharged from the battery of the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source toward the motor-driven movable body of the discharge destination that receives power supply is input, a case in which the discharge amount is discharged from the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9929570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus, including: a discrimination section configured to discriminate a plurality of battery units which are to share and output electric power required by a load; and a control section configured to carry out discharge control for the battery units in response to a situation of each of batteries which the battery units individually have.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ishibashi, Junichi Sawada, Rui Kamada
  • Publication number: 20180073883
    Abstract: There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9873348
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a travelable information display unit that displays before a discharge, regarding motor-driven movable bodies of a discharge source and a discharge destination driven by using electric power of batteries, information about places to which the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source can move using electric power of the battery left after the discharge by assuming, when information about a discharge amount discharged from the battery of the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source toward the motor-driven movable body of the discharge destination that receives power supply is input, a case in which the discharge amount is discharged from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9846048
    Abstract: There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20170331564
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication device, a communication method, and a communication system, which can reduce the burden of the user, while maintaining convenience of the user at the time of communication establishment. [Solution] A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a first communication device or a second communication device by using human body communication, with regard to setting information for establishing communication between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a second communication device, and establishes communication with the second communication device based on the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI TANAKA, YOSHIHITO ISHIBASHI, YUJI IDE, MASAHIRO UNO, KAZUHISA FUNAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9755440
    Abstract: A charging control device includes a plurality of battery packs including a secondary battery therein, one or two or more power input units configured to input power, a power integration unit configured to integrate the power input by the one or two or more power input units to one power, and a main control unit configured to measure the quantity of power input to the power integration unit and determine the quantity of power supplied from the power integration unit to the battery packs based on the measured quantity of power so as to control simultaneous charging of the plurality of battery packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9705361
    Abstract: A converter which converts first AC power input from an external power system to DC power, a storage device charged with the DC power from the converter, an inverter which converts DC power from the storage device to second AC power, an output AC power generating unit to which the first AC power and the second AC power are input, the unit which generates output AC power, and a controller which obtains external power information indicating a relationship between a power supply and a power demand in the external power system through a network and outputs a control signal to control the output AC power generating unit according to the external power information are provided. The controller controls the output AC power generating unit according to a state of a margin of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ishibashi, Hiroaki Kitano, Shigeru Tajima, Tetsu Natsume