Patents Assigned to Sony Côrporation
  • Publication number: 20210064640
    Abstract: To enable more appropriate assistance for input to an information processing apparatus. Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires text information in the middle of performance of input; and an input-candidate extraction unit that extracts a candidate for the input on the basis of attribute information that is extracted on the basis of the text information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhei TAKI, Hiro IWASE, Shinichi KAWANO, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210068028
    Abstract: An infrastructure equipment comprising circuitry configured to transmit to a user equipment an RRC connection release message including assistance information for cell selection/reselection, the assistance information being based on location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin WEI, Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210064182
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210066384
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image sensor, including: a first photosensitive layer (2) for sensing blue light; a second photosensitive layer (3) for sensing green light; a third photosensitive layer (4) for sensing red light; and a fourth photosensitive layer (5) for sensing infrared light, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photosensitive layer are stacked on each other and each comprise a Perovskite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20210068121
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to: set a first timer used for counting the activation time of a current bandwidth part (BWP) for a user equipment on an unlicensed frequency band; and switch, when the first timer times out, the user equipment onto another BWP on the unlicensed frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Zhenyu XU, Tao CUI, Xiaofeng TAO, Bowen CAI, Jing LIU
  • Publication number: 20210068029
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system transmission and reception point has circuitry configured to receive a status indicator, and to switch between an active state and an inactive state in response to the received status indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE
  • Publication number: 20210067271
    Abstract: An infrastructure equipment that transmits signals representing data via a wireless access interface to a communications device and receives signals representing data via the wireless access interface from the communications device in accordance with a time divided structure in which the wireless access interface is divided into a plurality of repeating time units. The infrastructure equipment provides, in each of a first plurality of the time units, one of a plurality of control channels each configured to schedule one of a plurality of data channels, and provides, in each of a second plurality of time units of the signal transmitted to the communications device, one of the plurality of data channels, the plurality of data channels being formed of one or more bundles of data channels, wherein the infrastructure equipment transmits a bundle status indicator in one or more of the plurality of control channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE
  • Publication number: 20210067974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spectrum management device and method, a wireless network management device and method, and a medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for spectrum management comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control in order to send spectrum supply and demand information to one or more first spectrum management nodes and/or receive the spectrum supply and demand information from the one or more first spectrum management nodes. The spectrum supply and demand information is associated with spectrum supply and demand of the electronic device and/or of a wireless network management node managed by the first spectrum management node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20210066186
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which the generation of a distortion of a signal is suppressed, and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a transistor region in which a field effect transistor is provided; and an interconnection region in which a metal layer electrically connected to the field effect transistor is provided. The interconnection region includes an insulating layer provided between the metal layer and a substrate, and a low-permittivity layer provided in the insulating layer below the metal layer and having a lower permittivity than the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki SAKA
  • Publication number: 20210064893
    Abstract: To improve estimation accuracy of a self-position. Light at a predetermined wavelength is projected. An image of a reflector with a reflectance higher than a predetermined reflectance is taken by receiving reflected light of the projected light reflected by the reflector. Own orientation is estimated on the basis of the taken image of the reflector. As a result, the self-position can be highly accurately estimated on the basis of the reflector even at night. The present disclosure can be applied to an on-board system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Yamamoto, Shinichiro Abe, Masahiko Toyoshi, Shun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210067835
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to a message system. In some implementations, a method includes detecting a selection of a button on a user interface associated with a television platform. The method further includes executing at least one predetermined function associated with the button. The method further includes providing a message on the television platform based on one or more predetermined policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Mahyar Nejat, Scott Szabo
  • Publication number: 20210065404
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to appropriately obtain parallax information. An image processing section performs, according to an imaging target distance, detected upon imaging of an imaging target, to the imaging target reflected in each of viewpoint images captured from a plurality of viewpoints, an image process using the viewpoint images to obtain parallax information in regard to the viewpoint images. The present technology can be applied to such a case that, for example, an image process using multi-viewpoint images is performed to obtain parallax information in regard to the viewpoint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo HAYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210065387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus and a signal processing method, a program, and a moving body that allow improvement of estimation accuracy for a self-position. One of a plurality of wavelengths of light is selected, and the light with the selected wavelength is projected. Reflected light of the projected light is received that is reflected from a reflector corresponding to an object having a reflectance higher than a predetermined reflectance, and the reflector is detected. This prevents interference of light projected by another vehicle, enabling appropriate detection of the reflector and improvement of estimation accuracy for a self-position. The present disclosure is applicable to an in-vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro YAMAMOTO, Shinichiro ABE, Masahiko TOYOSHI, Shun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210064129
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are provided that enable displaying predetermined contents at the user-intended timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA
  • Patent number: 10939252
    Abstract: To make it possible to perform retransmission control in which wireless resources are more efficiently utilized, a wireless communication apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal apparatus; a communication control unit configured to control multicast transmission performed by the wireless communication unit; and a setting unit configured to set a threshold for determining whether or not it is necessary for the communication control unit to perform a retransmission process, on the basis of information about reception of a reception acknowledgment response corresponding to the multicast transmission from the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Sakai, Takeshi Itagaki
  • Patent number: 10939492
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (10) controls changing of a connection of the wireless communication device (10) to an access node (100) of the wire-less communication network between: a relay based connection to the access node (100), and either a direct connection to the access node (100) or another relay based connection to the access node (100). The relay based connection extends via a device-to-device communication link (30) between the wireless communication device (10) and a first further wireless communication device (40). The other relay based connection extends via another device-to-device communication link (30?) between the wireless communication device (10) and a second further wireless communication device (40?). Further, the wireless communication (10) sends an indication to the access node (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Nord, Anders Berggren
  • Patent number: 10939064
    Abstract: To provide an apparatus and method for executing signal conversion processing according to environmental light in a content unit, a scene unit, or a frame unit to generate an output image. Provided is an image display control apparatus including a data processing unit that controls image signals to be output to a display unit, the data processing unit being configured to execute a display control application supporting a content to be displayed on the display unit to generate output image signals. The data processing unit inputs sensor detection signals from a sensor that acquires environmental light information in a periphery of the display unit, and applies the sensor detection signals and generates output image signals by carrying out signal conversion processing in which different signal conversion algorithms are applied to original input image signals of the content in a content unit, a unit of scenes configuring a content, or a frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Patent number: 10937919
    Abstract: A light receiving element (1) according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a semiconductor layer (20) in which a photodiode having a PIN structure is provided in a mesa portion having a pillar shape. The photodiode includes a first conductive layer (21), an optical absorption layer (23), and a second conductive layer (24) having a light incident surface. In the light receiving element (1), the semiconductor layer (20) includes, in the vicinity of an interface between the first conductive layer (21) and the optical absorption layer (23), a constricted portion (26) that is the most constricted of the first conductive layer (21). The interface has an end exposed on an internal surface of the constricted portion (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Masui, Shingo Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10938001
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery including a casing including cells housed therein and a terminal part including a connection terminal connected to an electrode terminal of a connection apparatus, in which in the casing, a functional groove having a predetermined function in which a longitudinal direction coincides with a connection direction of the connection terminal and the electrode terminal is formed, and the functional groove includes a plurality of functional units having different lengths which are continuously formed. Accordingly, since there is no part that divides a functional unit between a plurality of functional units having different lengths, a size of the functional groove in a direction in which the functional units are continuous is a sum of sizes of a plurality of functional units, and thus it is possible to reduce the size of the battery while securing high functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Motoyama, Atsushi Mitani, Atsuhiro Kumagai, Yukio Tsuchiya, Nobutaka Saitoh
  • Patent number: 10938238
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a power reception section configured to receive power transmitted with use of a magnetic field or an electric field; a secondary battery; a charging section configured to perform charging to the secondary battery, based on received power received by the power reception section; a load configured to perform predetermined operation, based on supplied power; and a control section configured to forcibly set a power path on a preceding side of the load to a predetermined state when the load is activated in the charging to the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Akiyoshi, Yoichi Uramoto