Patents Assigned to Sony Côrporation
  • Patent number: 10949823
    Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus, method, and medium in which the purchase of content is facilitated. When a device to which content data is downloaded and a device for giving an instruction to purchase the content data are different, a purchase form for purchasing the content data is sent to the device giving an instruction to purchase the content data. The user ID and password are input into the purchase form, and the device to which the content data is downloaded, is determined by the user ID. If the device to which the content data is downloaded cannot be specified because the user registers a plurality of devices, a destination determination form specifying the device to which the content data is downloaded, is sent. The content data is then distributed to the device indicated in the destination determination form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Tokita, Tsuyoshi Nakayama, Yoshimasa Tai, Kaori Ando
  • Patent number: 10946278
    Abstract: Generating an alternate reality game (ARG) using an augmented reality (AR) application, including: granting crypto-currency tokens to a player when the ARG is started by the player; enabling the player to find clues, discover objects, and interact with characters by presenting, to the player, a surrounding environment layered into a view of the AR application; determining whether the player has reached a decision point of a branching narrative; and enabling the player to send the crypto-currency tokens from the AR application to an intended destination when the decision point is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaigani Turner, Aaron Goldstein, Jason Leung
  • Publication number: 20210073958
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (100) includes: a variable determination unit (134) that performs, based on a distribution of luminance values of individual pixels included in a predetermined area determined according to information regarding a motion of a user out of first video data recorded in a first dynamic range, determination of a variable to be used to calculate the luminance values of the individual pixels when the first dynamic range is converted into a second dynamic range; and a converter (135) that converts the first video data into second video data displayed in the second dynamic range, based on the variable determined by the variable determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tooru MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210074226
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that allow moving image blur to be more appropriately removed. Moving image blur can be removed by providing a detector detecting a moving image blur video including a video in which moving image blur is easily visible, from videos included in a video content on a basis of a feature amount of the video content. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a signal processing apparatus mounted in a display apparatus such as a liquid crystal display section or a self-luminous display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20210076122
    Abstract: A user operates content more intuitively. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the output control unit controls switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user. Moreover, provided is an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, provision of a plurality of content lists corresponding to a context to a user on the basis of the recognized context, in which the controlling further includes controlling switching of the content lists on the basis of an equipment operation or a gesture by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Tsuguyo GOTO, Yusuke DOYAMA, Ryu AOYAMA, Yoji HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20210074243
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device, an image projection device, a control device, an information processing device, an image projection system, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to suppress a reduction in a subjective image quality. On the basis of each frame image of a moving image, a time during which a projection image of each frame image of the moving image is viewable by a user is controlled. For example, a controller controls the time during which the projection image is viewable by the user, to cause a difference between the moving image and the projection image due to a reduction in a luminance and a difference between the moving image and the projection image, which increases due to an increase in the time during which the projection image is viewable by the user, to be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20210076236
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a communication system for enabling collection of a communication quality measurement value regarding a sidelink. A communication device is provided, which includes a control unit configured to control measurement of communication quality of a sidelink between the communication device and another communication device on the basis of information with which communication quality of wireless communication between the communication device and the another communication device is measurable, thereby enabling collection of the communication quality measurement value regarding a sidelink. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a communication device built in or externally mounted to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryota KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210076024
    Abstract: There is provided a file generation apparatus and a file generation method as well as a reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method by which a file for efficiently storing quality information of a depth-related image at least including a depth image can be generated. A segment file generation unit generates a file in which quality information representative of quality of a depth-related image including at least a depth image is disposed in a form divided for each kind. The present disclosure can be applied to a file generation apparatus of an information processing system or the like by which a segment file and an MPD file of a video content are distributed, for example, in a method that complies with MPEG-DASH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Toshiya HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210076017
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method that perform a false color correction according to image characteristics of a color image in units of image regions are provided. Included therein is an image processor that receives inputs of a color image and a white (W) image photographed by a W array imaging element whose all pixels are placed in a white (W) pixel array and executes an image process that reduces false colors included in the color image. Together with a frequency-corresponding parameter calculation unit that receives an input of the white (W) image and calculates a frequency-corresponding parameter in units of image regions, and a positional deviation-corresponding parameter calculation unit that receives inputs of the white (W) image and the color image and calculates a positional deviation-corresponding parameter of the two input images in units of image regions, the image processor executes a blending process and calculates a corrected pixel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOKOKAWA, Kazunori KAMIO, Masashi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210072398
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an information processing apparatus that enables three-dimensional ranging of medium to long distances at high resolution and high speed. [Solution] An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a recognition processing unit that recognizes a ranging target in space abased on a detection result of a space recognition sensor, and a ranging-parameter setting unit that sets a scanning region for a ranging sensor that performs three-dimensional ranging by scanning space with a laser, so as to include at least a part of the ranging target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210072430
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a production method, and an electronic apparatus that can prevent sensitivity unevenness from generating. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit having a plurality of pixels, a microlens formed by laminating a plurality of lens layers for the every pixel, and a film formed between the lens layers with a uniform film thickness having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the lens layer. The present technology is applicable to an amplification type solid-state imaging device such as a surface irradiation type or rear irradiation type CMOS image sensor, and a charge transfer type solid-state imaging device such as a CCD image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hikaru IWATA
  • Publication number: 20210076305
    Abstract: An infrastructure equipment (eNodeB) is configured to transmit a paging notification which indicates that configuration information which is broadcast in a cell to all communications devices which are configured to operate in accordance with a network controlled function has changed. Communications devices which are configured to perform the network controlled function are provided with an indication that they should receive the configuration information which is broadcast in order to reconfigure the network controlled function. A communications device which is not configured to perform the network controlled function may not recognise the paging notification or at least may detect that it does not need to receive the updated configuration information for the network controlled service. Such communications devices may therefore remain in an idle mode thereby saving power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick Beale, Brian Alexander Martin, Vivek Sharma
  • Publication number: 20210076235
    Abstract: Methods of communicating in a wireless telecommunications system comprising a communications device, a master cell group comprising one or more infrastructure equipment of a first type and a secondary cell group comprising one or more infrastructure equipment of a second type, the communications device being in a coverage area of one of the infrastructure equipment of the first type and a coverage area of at least one of the infrastructure equipment of the second type, wherein the communications device is configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the infrastructure equipment of the first type in accordance with a first communications protocol and to transmit signals to and receive signals from the at least one infrastructure equipment of the second type in accordance with a second communications protocol, the second communications protocol being different to the first communications protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Yuxin WEI, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210072752
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210075445
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission method and a reception device for securing favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits is interleaved in units of 360-bit bit groups 0 to 191. In group-wise deinterleaving, a sequence of the LDPC code after group-wise interleaving is returned to an original sequence. The present technology can be applied, for example, in a case of performing data transmission using an LDPC code, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20210075942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus capable of improving sensitivity while suppressing degradation of color mixture. The solid-state imaging device includes an anti-reflection portion having a moth-eye structure provided on a boundary surface on a light-receiving surface side of a photoelectric conversion region of each pixel arranged two-dimensionally, and an inter-pixel light-blocking portion provided below the boundary surface of the anti-reflection portion to block incident light. In addition, the photoelectric conversion region is a semiconductor region, and the inter-pixel light-blocking portion has a trench structure obtained by digging the semiconductor region in a depth direction at a pixel boundary. The techniques according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device of a rear surface irradiation type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MASUDA, Yuki MIYANAMI, Hideshi ABE, Tomoyuki HIRANO, Masanari YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiki EBIKO, Kazufumi WATANABE, Tomoharu OGITA
  • Publication number: 20210076420
    Abstract: A wireless communication circuit for operating over a wireless local area network (WLAN) in which real time application (RTA) traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist and are distinguished from one another. RTA queues are created to enqueue RTA packets while non-RTA packets are pushed into non-RTA queues. Management frames containing RTA session parameters and RTA queue setting information are exchanged between stations. Channel time is allocated to RTA queues for transmitting packets, during which non-RTA queues are not allowed to access the channel. Stations determine which RTA queues to enqueue an RTA packet into based on RTA queue classification information of its RTA session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liangxiao Xin, Mohamed Abouelseoud, Kazuyuki Sakoda
  • Publication number: 20210076383
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device for transmitting a first amount of data, the method comprising receiving an indication of an allocation of communications resources, the allocated communications resources sufficient for transmitting a second amount of data, the second amount of data greater than or equal to the first amount of the data, selecting from a plurality of permitted TBS values a transport block size, TBS, for the transmission of the first amount of data, based on the first amount, determining communications resources for transmitting the first amount of the data based on the selected TBS and the allocated communications resources, and transmitting the first amount of the data using the determined communications resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE
  • Publication number: 20210076227
    Abstract: A communications device configured to detect one or more beams of signals transmitted by each of a plurality of infrastructure equipment forming a plurality of cells of the wireless communications network, each of the beams being separately identifiable and forming a directional bias with respect to a location of the infrastructure equipment. The communications device is configured to perform measurements for evaluating a quality of the plurality of cells including one or more beams on signals received from each of the detected beams, to determine from the evaluation of each of the cells, and if one or more of the cells satisfies predetermined conditions to perform a process for identifying one or more of the cells which should be used by the communications device for transmitting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Martin Warwick BEALE, Shin Horng WONG, Yuxin WEI, Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA, Chrysovalantis KOSTA
  • Publication number: 20210076313
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus/system/method utilizing directional data transmission over a communication (e.g., mmW) band and propagating discovery assistance request and responses to neighboring stations (e.g., in its BSS or in the surrounding area) toward increasing network efficiency. If these stations support discovery assistance they send a discovery assistance response to the station from which the request was propagated. The STA that sent the propagated discovery assistance request processes all the responses and sends a discovery assistance response, containing information about the discovery assistance campaign, to the STA that requested the discovery assistance request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed Abouelseoud, Kazuyuki Sakoda