Patents Represented by Attorney Rockey, Depke & Lyons
  • Patent number: 7912017
    Abstract: A wireless connection system having at least one host apparatus and at least one client apparatus, wherein: proximity wireless communication is executed when a host apparatus and a client apparatus execute wireless communication with each other on the basis of a predetermined wireless communication standard in which the client apparatus is brought close to the host apparatus; authentication processing is executed for authenticating connection setting information by use of the proximity wireless communication; and if authentication is successful in the authentication processing, execution of the wireless communication is enabled and, if authentication is unsuccessful, execution of the wireless communication is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shozo Horisawa
  • Patent number: 7909469
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image projecting apparatus, including: a one-dimension type light modulating device for modulating a light in accordance with image information; a projection optical system; and a light deflecting device for deflecting an image light in a direction approximately perpendicular to an extension direction of a one-dimensional image light emitted from the one-dimensional light modulating device; wherein the light deflecting device is composed of a first light deflecting device arranged between the projection optical system and the one-dimension type light modulating device, and a second light deflecting device arranged on an emission side of the projection optical system; the second light deflecting device is detachably mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Yutaka Sugawara, Akihiro Kojima, Akira Nakamura, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 7907095
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device for receiving a broadcast wave in each of a first required frequency band and a second required frequency band, the antenna device including: an earphone cable including an audio signal line and a ground line; and an antenna element cable including a coaxial line formed by covering a core line with an insulator and further covering the insulator with an outer covering conductor, and an audio signal line, a leading end of the antenna element cable being connected to the earphone cable via a relay circuit, and a base end of the antenna element cable being connected to a device including a tuner via an antenna switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Yoshitaka Yoshino, Koichi Mukai, Chisato Komori
  • Patent number: 7905649
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including, a visual target, and a backlight adapted to illuminate the visual target from the rear, the backlight including, a plurality of first light sources, second light sources, and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a plurality of projecting portions on a side surface portion thereof upon which the light, produced by the plurality of first and second light sources is incident, the projecting portions being arranged, along the side surface portion and project toward the one side of the given direction, the plurality of first light sources are disposed to be opposed to the tip surfaces of the plurality of projecting portions, and the second light sources are disposed to be opposed to the bottom surfaces of recessed portions formed between the plurality of projecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Bao Yang, Masaru Higuchi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Susumu Kimura
  • Patent number: 7907647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element for converting light of prescribed wavelength emitted from a light source into light of wavelength different from the prescribed wavelength for outputting. A first crystal part (20) and a second crystal part (21) having respective surfaces opposed to each other whose coefficients of linear expansion are different by 5 ppm or more are optically polished so that the surfaces opposed to each other include crystallographic axes. An acrylic adhesive whose glass transition point is 75° C. or lower is applied to the adhesive surface of the first crystal part (20) or the second crystal part (21) to stick the first crystal part (20) and the second crystal part (21) to each other. The adhesive is irradiated with light to cure the adhesive and form an adhesive layer (22) having a refractive index of 1.52 or lower. Then, the first crystal part and the second crystal part stuck to each other are cut into a desired size to form the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kezuka, Hiroto Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7902672
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in a packaged form including a semiconductor includes a semiconductor substrate with an active component disposed thereon and pads disposed on a surface thereof and connected to the active component, a first interconnection disposed on the semiconductor substrate and connected to the pads, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate in covering relation to the first interconnection and having an opening reaching a portion of the first interconnection, and a second interconnection disposed in the opening and on the first insulating layer and connected to the first interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 7903160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data transfer circuit including, a plurality of data transfer lines, a plurality of data outputting sections, a plurality of data holding sections, a data-acquiring-clock supplying section a clock supplying section, and a column scan section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Ken Koseki, Akiko Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Terakago, Kenichi Matsunaga, Yukio Fujita
  • Patent number: 7898000
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 7897969
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array area in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are two-dimensionally arranged; first control means for performing control such that signals of pixels in a desired region of the pixel array area are sequentially read row by row; and second control means for performing control such that, when the signals of the pixels in the desired region are sequentially read row by row by the first control means, pixels in particular regions below and above the desired region are sequentially reset row by row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Muramatsu, Takahiro Abiru, Takaichi Hirata
  • Patent number: 7896454
    Abstract: A remaining-liquid-amount apparatus for displaying an amount of conductive liquid (ink) remaining in a container includes electrode units which are arranged along a direction in which the liquid level falls when the amount of liquid in the container decreases and which conduct current when the electrode units are in contact with the liquid, a voltage source (pulse generator) which applies a voltage to the electrode units, a liquid detector (DFFs) which detects the presence/absence of the liquid at positions of the electrode units on the basis of whether or not the electrode units conduct current when the voltage is applied by the voltage source, and a remaining-liquid-amount display unit (LEDs) which displays, in steps, the amount of liquid remaining in the container on the basis of the detection result of the presence/absence of the liquid at positions of the electrode units obtained by the liquid detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Eguchi, Takumi Namekawa, Kazuyasu Takenaka, Shinichi Horii
  • Patent number: 7893608
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a light emitting unit provided between an anode and a cathode. The light emitting unit has a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescent material as a luminescent material and a photosensitizing layer formed adjacent to the light emitting layer. The photosensitizing layer contains a fluorescent light emitting material as a guest material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kurotaki, Shigeyuki Matsunami, Yasunori Kijima
  • Patent number: 7887964
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell system that has a fuel cell portion including one or more unit cells, a fuel tank for storing fuel used in the unit cells, and a control portion for controlling the fuel cell portion. The number of unit cells is optimized so that a total amount of energy, which is outputted from the fuel cell system as a function of the number of unit cells or of an electrode area, shows a maximum value or a nearly maximum value. Thus, the amount of energy may be maximized or made to be equal to or more than a predetermined value. Accordingly, target devices to be supplied with power from the fuel cell system may be used for a longer time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Uesaka, Takashi Tomita
  • Patent number: 7889407
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a duplicate hologram recording medium includes: a positioning section configured to place the duplication master and the duplicate hologram recording medium at predetermined relative positions; an angle selective plate arranged between the duplication master and the duplicate hologram recording medium, the angle selective plate having an angle selective film whose transmittance changes in accordance with an incidence angle of a light beam; and a duplicating-reference-beam generating and radiating section generating a duplicating reference beam, and radiating the duplicating reference beam at such an incidence angle that the duplicating reference beam is transmitted through a predetermined region of a recording layer of the duplication master and is reflected by the angle selective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kageyasu Sako, Tomiji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7889110
    Abstract: The present invention provides an A/D converter includes: a plurality of comparators for comparing a plurality of respective standard voltages with an analog input value for a magnitude thereof, the comparators being arranged depending on magnitudes of the standard voltages; a logic boundary detector for detecting a logic boundary point where output signals from the comparators change from one level to another level; and a plurality of majority circuits for being supplied with the output signals from the comparators and determining output signals based on a majority vote on the output signals from the comparators, the majority circuits having logic threshold values adjusted for respective input terminals thereof which are supplied with the output signals from the comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Tayu
  • Patent number: 7884407
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etching back the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Patent number: 7882680
    Abstract: An automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine simultaneously fills a plurality of product package templates in parallel with desired pharmaceutical dosing requirements. The templates are subsequently positioned over a temporary storage template having cavities for receiving solid pharmaceutical doses. A collector member is subsequently placed beneath the temporary storage template for receiving the pharmaceuticals which in turn is positioned over a solid pharmaceutical product package having a plurality of cavities which correspond to openings on the templates and wherein each of the templates fills a pharmaceutical package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: MTS Medication Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Siegel, Stuart C. Bagley, Anne M. Bagley, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7884790
    Abstract: A digital driving display device to make gradation display by pulse width modulation includes: a pixel array unit arranging pixels having an electrooptic element and incorporating a memory in a matrix, disposing a scanning line for each row in a pixel arrangement in the matrix, and a signal line for each column; a horizontal driving section inputting display data in a block for each scanning line having a low to a high gradation level subfield for each bit of the data defining gradation levels of the pixels and in a period for weight of the bit, sampling-latching, sequentially transferring, and supplying the data to the signal line; and a vertical driving section selecting and scanning pixels of the pixel array unit in a row and performing scanning while jumping rows to write the data supplied in the block from the horizontal driving section to pixels of the pixel array unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7879513
    Abstract: There is provided a method for correcting a photo mask, which allows the difference between a test mask and a corrected mask with respect to an error of line width depending on coarse/dense pattern to be decreased when the photo masks are corrected by optical proximity effect correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7874066
    Abstract: A device-incorporated substrate and a method of manufacturing a device-incorporated substrate, as well as a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a fine-pitch conductor pattern can be formed on an insulating layer with high precision while securing the dimensional stability of the conductor pattern, are provided. A transfer sheet (61) has a structure that includes two layers, a metal base material (62) and a dissolvee metal layer (64), and a conductor pattern (55) is formed on the dissolvee metal layer (64) through electroplating. Then, after the transfer sheet (61) on which the conductor pattern (55) is formed is adhered onto an insulating base material (51), the transfer sheet (61) is removed through a step of separating the metal base material (62) from the dissolvee metal layer (64), and a step of selectively dissolving and removing the dissolvee metal layer (64) with respect to the conductor pattern (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Asami Hiroshi, Orui Ken, Kusano Hidetoshi, Fumito Hiwatashi
  • Patent number: 7875842
    Abstract: A solid state image pickup element includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels for photoelectric conversion disposed in a matrix shape and a pixel signal read circuit for reading pixel signals in the unit of a plurality of pixels from the pixel unit. The pixel signal read circuit includes a plurality of comparators disposed in correspondence with a pixel column layout for performing comparison judgment between a read signal potential and a reference voltage and outputting a judgment signal and a plurality of counters each for counting a comparison time of a corresponding one of the comparators, an operation being controlled by an output from a corresponding one of the comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kawaguchi, Kenichi Tanaka