Patents Assigned to Saturn Licensing LLC
  • Patent number: 11889163
    Abstract: A receiving device, a receiving method, a transmitting device, and a transmitting method. The receiving device acquires a digital broadcast signal that includes audio-video (AV) content and location information, the location information indicating a source from which application control information for controlling an operation of an application executed in conjunction with a progressing timing of the AV content is obtainable, acquires the application control information from the source indicated by the location information, the application control information including an application ID and a uniform resource locator (URL), obtains, from the URL included in the acquired application control information, control information during a polling period that is defined in accordance with an attribute specified in the acquired application control information, and controls the operation of the application based on the acquired application control information and the obtained control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa, Jun Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11889161
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method that enable presentation of emergency alert information more appropriately. Provided is a receiving device including: a receiving part that receives a broadcast signal; and a processing part that processes the broadcast signal that has been received, in which the receiving part instructs the processing part in a standby state to start on the basis of emergency alert start information included in the broadcast signal that has been received, and in a case of being instructed by the receiving part to start, the processing part controls presentation of emergency alert information on the basis of signaling including the emergency alert information acquired from the broadcast signal that has been received, and receiving setting information related to a receiving setting of the emergency alert information set by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Jun Kitahara
  • 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: 11869449
    Abstract: An image processing device that realizes local dimming control and push-up control of a display device using an artificial intelligence function is provided. The image processing device includes a trained neural network model that estimates a local dimming pattern representing light emitting states of light source units corresponding to a plurality of areas divided from a display area of an image display unit for a target display image, and a control unit that controls the light emitting states of the light source units on the basis of the local dimming pattern estimated by the trained neural network model for the target display image displayed on the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi Hiramatsu, Hiroyuki Tahara
  • 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: 11852931
    Abstract: A display unit of the present disclosure includes: a first plate-like member including a display device; a second plate-like member including a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to control the display device; and one or two or more wiring sections having flexibility, the wiring sections configured to connect the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other, in which a curvature of the second plate-like member is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than a curvature of the first plate-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Seiji Shibahara
  • Patent number: 11846847
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having an excellent light emission performance irrespective of its small thickness. The light-emitting device includes a base having a surface; one or more light sources that are provided on the surface of the base, and each have an optical axis; a reflective lens provided to interpose the light source between the reflective lens and the base; a reflective sheet that is provided to surround the light source along the surface of the base, and includes a first surface that makes a first angle relative to a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the optical axis to allow the first surface to be away also from the base as the first surface is away from the light source; and a light diffusion member provided to interpose the light source, the reflective lens, and the reflective sheet, between the light diffusion member and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kawase, Yohei Takakuwa, Roger Corn
  • Patent number: 11841587
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device that is used for a display that is able to display an image having a wider color gamut. This light emitting device includes: a first light source configured to perform an operation of blinking first emission light including first blue light and first red light; and a second light source configured to perform an operation of blinking second emission light independently of the operation of blinking the first emission light by the first light source. The second emission light includes second red light and green light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 11843458
    Abstract: A control device for use in a broadcast system includes a broadcast controller that controls a broadcast transmitter of the broadcast system that broadcasts broadcast signals in a coverage area for reception by terminals including a broadcast receiver and a broadband receiver, and a broadband controller that controls a broadband server of a broadband system that provides redundancy data to terminals within the coverage area. The broadband controller is configured to control the provision of redundancy data by the broadband server for use by one or more terminals which use the redundancy data together with broadcast signals received via said broadcast system for recovering content received within the broadcast signals and/or provided via the broadband system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Junge Qi, Joerg Robert, Jan Zoellner, Lothar Stadelmeier, Nabil Loghin
  • Patent number: 11824703
    Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus (10) comprises an encoder (11) that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator (12) that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator (12) is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation, the signal-to-noise ratio SNR in dB and the channel characteristics, a non-uniform constellation from a group of constellations comprising one or more of predetermined constellations defined by the constellation position vector u1 . . . v, wherein v=sqrt(M)/2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Lothar Stadelmeier, Jan Zoellner, Nabil Loghin
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11812046
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device that enables content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness from a reproduction device. The display comprises circuitry configured to store display information related to high dynamic range (HDR) video and to transmit to the reproduction device an extended display identification data that includes display information representing a performance of the display device. The display device includes a monitor configured to display an image of the HDR video in accordance with brightness designated by HDR information if the monitor is capable of displaying the designated brightness and to adjust a brightness of the image of the HDR video to a brightness capability of the monitor if the monitor is not capable of displaying the designated brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 11792377
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes an information storage unit in which pieces of information on a transmission method for and/or a gamma correction method for image data in high dynamic range that the information storage unit itself is able to support are stored; and an information transmission unit that transmits the information on the transmission method and/or the information on the gamma correction method that are stored in the information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Yasuhisa Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20230327938
    Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus comprises an encoder that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate, a non-uniform constellation from one or several groups of constellations each comprising one or more constellations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Nabil LOGHIN, Lothar STADELMEIER, Jan ZOELLNER, Yuji SHINOHARA
  • 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: 11774068
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11778275
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program, each of which makes it possible to easily switch a setting regarding playback of content. An information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present technology starts playback of content by using a default value as a setting value of a predetermined setting regarding playback, and controls the playback of the content so that, in a case where a switching operation for switching the predetermined setting is performed, the content is played back by using a setting value selected during previous playback. The present technology is applicable to a smartphone in which various applications can be installed to extend a function thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Sohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11776445
    Abstract: It is intended to make it possible to make a favorable display of, for example, images of low frame-rate content, with a high-luminance and high-contrast television set. On the basis of an image stream having a first frame rate, for each frame, an object having luminance exceeding a luminance threshold value and/or a motion amount exceeding a motion-amount threshold value is detected as a target object. An image stream having a second frame rate larger than the first frame rate is acquired by inserting, between every pair of two consecutive frames in the image stream having the first frame rate, a predetermined number of frames of interpolated images obtained by performing motion compensation for causing the target object to sequentially move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ogura, Hiroaki Eto
  • Patent number: 11768318
    Abstract: A display unit of the disclosure includes a display panel and a light-distribution adjustment sheet. The light-distribution adjustment sheet is provided on the display panel, and includes a protrusion that protrudes toward the display panel. The protrusion includes a first region including a curved surface, and a second region including a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Mitsuhiko Taki, Ichiro Utsumi, Kenichi Nakaki
  • Patent number: 11770595
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that make it possible to detect a watermark more easily. The transmission apparatus includes a generation section and a transmission section. The generation section generates watermark information for detecting a watermark. The transmission section transmits a broadcast signal including the watermark and the watermark information. When the transmission apparatus is provided, it enables the reception apparatus at a receiving end to detect the watermark more easily. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a transmission system including the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Ohno