Patents by Inventor Yuken Goto

Yuken Goto 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: 11539389
    Abstract: A single channel receiver includes an input terminal that receives an analog input signal, a mixer that down-mixes the analog input signal by use of a phase- and/or frequency-corrected oscillator frequency signal and shifts complex-valued information contained in the analog input signal to the real part (or alternatively to the imaginary part) to obtain an intermediate real-valued analog signal, an analog-to-digital-converter that converts the intermediate analog signal into an intermediate digital signal, a demodulator that demodulates the intermediate digital signal into a digital output signal, a phase tracking loop that detects zero-crossings in the intermediate digital signal to obtain phase error information representing a phase error in the intermediate digital signal, and an oscillator that generates the phase- and/or frequency-corrected oscillator frequency signal by compensating the phase and/or frequency error in the intermediate digital signal by correcting the phase of the oscillator frequency si
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuken Goto, Martin Fritz
  • Publication number: 20210367635
    Abstract: A single channel receiver includes an input terminal that receives an analog input signal, a mixer that down-mixes the analog input signal by use of a phase- and/or frequency-corrected oscillator frequency signal and shifts complex-valued information contained in the analog input signal to the real part (or alternatively to the imaginary part) to obtain an intermediate real-valued analog signal, an analog-to-digital-converter that converts the intermediate analog signal into an intermediate digital signal, a demodulator that demodulates the intermediate digital signal into a digital output signal, a phase tracking loop that detects zero-crossings in the intermediate digital signal to obtain phase error information representing a phase error in the intermediate digital signal, and an oscillator that generates the phase- and/or frequency-corrected oscillator frequency signal by compensating the phase and/or frequency error in the intermediate digital signal by correcting the phase of the oscillator frequency si
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuken GOTO, Martin FRITZ
  • Patent number: 10887144
    Abstract: A method for signaling preamble structure parameters is provided. A bootstrap symbol is generated that indicates a preamble structure value. The preamble structure value indicates one of a plurality of different combinations of the preamble structure parameters of a preamble that follows the bootstrap symbol. The preamble includes a first part and a second part. A transmission frame that includes the bootstrap symbol, the preamble, and a data payload is generated. The transmission frame is output for transmission. Further, one of the preamble structure parameters is a forward error correction mode for the first part of the preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 10855506
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method which can suppress the influence of multipath propagation and the Doppler shift. A data processing apparatus includes a processing unit which performs modulation processing on a physical layer frame including a preamble, which includes a modulation parameter, and one or more subframes, which include data, in which any modulation parameter can be set for each of the subframes, and the subframes are arranged in the physical layer frame collectively by subframe groups which are collections of the subframes with FFT sizes, which are same, when IFFT operation is performed on symbols included in the physical layer frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, data transmission compliant to a broadcast standard such as ATSC 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tatsuki Amimoto, Yuken Goto, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Patent number: 10735232
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method which can enhance multipath propagation resistance. When performing modulation processing on a physical layer frame including a preamble, which includes a modulation parameter, and one or more subframes, which include data, the data processing apparatus can set any modulation parameter for each subframe, and the modulation parameter has a relationship of Tui/Dxi?Tui+1/Dxi+1 in a case where an effective symbol length indicating a length of an effective symbol is Tui and an interval between pilot signals in a frequency direction is Dxi in an i-th (i is an integer equal to or greater than 0) subframe. The present technology can be applied to, for example, data transmission compliant to a broadcast standard such as ATSC 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tatsuki Amimoto, Yuken Goto, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Publication number: 20190268200
    Abstract: A method for signaling preamble structure parameters is provided. A bootstrap symbol is generated that indicates a preamble structure value. The preamble structure value indicates one of a plurality of different combinations of the preamble structure parameters of a preamble that follows the bootstrap symbol. The preamble includes a first part and a second part. A transmission frame that includes the bootstrap symbol, the preamble, and a data payload is generated. The transmission frame is output for transmission. Further, one of the preamble structure parameters is a forward error correction mode for the first part of the preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 10355900
    Abstract: A method for signaling preamble structure parameters. The method includes generating a bootstrap symbol that signals a single 8-bit preamble structure value. The single 8-bit preamble structure value identifies four different preamble structure parameters of a preamble that follows the bootstrap symbol. The method further includes generating a transmission frame including the bootstrap symbol, the preamble, and a data payload, and outputting the transmission frame for transmission via a terrestrial broadcast. The single 8-bit preamble structure value is limited to signaling a subset of different combinations of the four different preamble structure parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Publication number: 20190052494
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method which can enhance multipath propagation resistance. When performing modulation processing on a physical layer frame including a preamble, which includes a modulation parameter, and one or more subframes, which include data, the data processing apparatus can set any modulation parameter for each subframe, and the modulation parameter has a relationship of Tui/Dxi?Tui+1/Dxi+1 in a case where an effective symbol length indicating a length of an effective symbol is Tui and an interval between pilot signals in a frequency direction is Dxi in an i-th (i is an integer equal to or greater than 0) subframe. The present technology can be applied to, for example, data transmission compliant to a broadcast standard such as ATSC 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki AMIMOTO, Yuken GOTO, Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL
  • Publication number: 20190028311
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method which can suppress the influence of multipath propagation and the Doppler shift. A data processing apparatus includes a processing unit which performs modulation processing on a physical layer frame including a preamble, which includes a modulation parameter, and one or more subframes, which include data, in which any modulation parameter can be set for each of the subframes, and the subframes are arranged in the physical layer frame collectively by subframe groups which are collections of the subframes with FFT sizes, which are same, when IFFT operation is performed on symbols included in the physical layer frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, data transmission compliant to a broadcast standard such as ATSC 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki AMIMOTO, Yuken GOTO, Lachian Bruce MICHAEL
  • Publication number: 20180307294
    Abstract: Power consumption by an electronic device carried by a user is to be reduced. The electronic device includes a detection unit, a simplified analysis unit, and a detailed analysis unit. The detection unit detects the presence/absence of movement of the electronic device. A power control unit starts a supply of electric power when there is movement in the electronic device. The simplified analysis unit performs a simplified analysis process while consuming the electric power, the simplified analysis process being a process of analyzing the data obtained from the electronic device. In accordance with an analysis result of the simplified analysis process, the detailed analysis unit performs a detailed analysis process while consuming the electric power, the detailed analysis process being a different process from the simplified analysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuo Kato, Katsumi Takaoka, Hideki Takahashi, Yoshitaka Suga, Kosei Yamashita, Yuken Goto, Hiroyuki Okumura
  • Publication number: 20180203666
    Abstract: A FIFO memory which reads data in response to a read request from a plurality of read units is realized with a simple configuration. When there is a data writing request to a first-in first-out data bolding unit provided with a plurality of entries in each of which data is held, a write pointer control unit writes data in the entry indicated by a write pointer out of a plurality of entries and updates the write pointer. Also, a read pointer control unit reads the data from the entry indicated by a read pointer corresponding to a read unit which requests data reading out of a plurality of read pointers associated with different read units and updates a corresponding read pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Okumura, Kosei Yamashita, Yoshitaka Suga, Hideki Takahashi, Nobuo Kato, Yuken Goto
  • Publication number: 20180167248
    Abstract: A method for signaling preamble structure parameters. The method includes generating a bootstrap symbol that signals a single 8-bit preamble structure value. The single 8-bit preamble structure value identifies four different preamble structure parameters of a preamble that follows the bootstrap symbol. The method further includes generating a transmission frame including the bootstrap symbol, the preamble, and a data payload, and outputting the transmission frame for transmission via a terrestrial broadcast. The single 8-bit preamble structure value is limited to signaling a subset of different combinations of the four different preamble structure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuken GOTO, Tatsuki AMIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9923745
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 9742530
    Abstract: An arrangement for detecting signaling data from bootstrap Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols in the frequency domain, which can provide a more accurate estimate of the signaling data than other arrangements that operate in the time domain. The arrangement includes detecting a cyclic shift of a signature sequence, which has been applied to represent the signaling data, as an average phase change between each of the sub-carriers of the bootstrap OFDM symbol. As a result the signaling data can be more accurately detected or detected at lower signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Tatsuki Amimoto, Yuken Goto
  • Publication number: 20170187559
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 9590782
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Publication number: 20170026152
    Abstract: A receiver for detecting and recovering payload data from a received signal, the receiver comprising: a radio frequency demodulation circuit configured to detect and to recover the received signal, the received signal having been formed and transmitted by a transmitter relative to which the receiver is moving at a speed less than or equal to a predetermined maximum speed, the received signal having been formed and transmitted by the transmitter to carry the payload data as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols in one or more of a plurality of time divided frames, each frame including a preamble including a plurality of bootstrap OFDM symbols, one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols of the preamble carrying a signature sequence, and each of the one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols carrying a signature sequence carrying signalling data represented as a relative cyclic shift of the bootstrap OFDM symbol, wherein the signature sequence carried by each of the one or more of the bootstrap
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Hidetoshi KAWAUCHI, Tatsuki AMIMOTO, Yuken GOTO
  • Publication number: 20160373221
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuken GOTO, Tatsuki AMIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9344126
    Abstract: Disclosed are a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program capable of reliably obtaining predetermined information. In a case where a broadband signal where the same control information is arranged in different frequency bands is received and processed, a frequency where the control information is stably received is detected, and the control information is obtained again using the detected frequency. This frequency detection is performed by detecting a frequency capable of avoiding a no-signal band in a signal array of the broadband signal determined based on the obtained control information and the like. This technology can be applied to a receiving apparatus that receives a signal conforming to a DVB-C2 standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Yuken Goto, Takuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9325554
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi