Patents Assigned to SONY CORPORARTION
  • Publication number: 20210166721
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a program capable of improving determination accuracy of a direct sound direction. The signal processing apparatus includes a direction estimation unit that detects a sound section from a sound signal, and estimates a coming direction of a sound contained in the sound section, and a determination unit that determines which of sounds in a plurality of the coming directions is a sound arriving earlier in a case where the plurality of coming directions is obtained for the sound section by the estimation. The present technology is applicable to a signal processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporartion
    Inventors: Shusuke Takahashi, Kazuya Tateishi, Kazuki Ochiai, Akira Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11025808
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to decide, on a basis of object information indicating a state of an object, a plurality of imaging devices that image the objects such that each of all the objects included in a predetermined area imaged by the plurality of imaging devices falls within an angle of view at which the at least two or more imaging devices perform imaging, and control each of the plurality of imaging devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporartion
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ikeda, Seijiro Inaba, Nobuho Ikeda, Hideyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20180352148
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to decide, on a basis of object information indicating a state of an object, a plurality of imaging devices that image the objects such that each of all the objects included in a predetermined area imaged by the plurality of imaging devices falls within an angle of view at which the at least two or more imaging devices perform imaging, and control each of the plurality of imaging devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporartion
    Inventors: HIROSHI IKEDA, SEIJIRO INABA, NOBUHO IKEDA, HIDEYUKI SATO
  • Patent number: 8452122
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an assumed deteriorated image pixel value computing unit configured to calculate a pixel value of an assumed deteriorated image, wherein deterioration of a target image configured of multiple channels is assumed, for each of the channels as an assumed deteriorated image pixel value; a pseudo target image pixel value computing unit configured to calculate, regarding a pixel of interest that is a pixel of the target image corresponding to the assumed deteriorated image, a pixel value estimated for each of the channels as a pseudo target image pixel value for each of the channels based on the pixel values of the pixel of interest, and pixels adjacent thereto; and a restored image creating unit configured to create a restored image restored from the target image based on the calculated assumed deteriorated image pixel value and the calculated pseudo target image pixel value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporartion
    Inventors: Yasunobu Hitomi, Tomoo Mitsunaga
  • Publication number: 20110090404
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images and inserts them into the partitioned video buffer in a predetermined range of buffer addresses. The present invention mixes the partitioned video including the pre-scaled video images with the graphics screen to produce a video display including both a video screen and a graphics screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORARTION, SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ted Dunn, James Amendolagine
  • Publication number: 20090310024
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images and inserts them into the partitioned video buffer in a predetermined range of buffer addresses. The present invention mixes the partitioned video including the pre-scaled video images with the graphics screen to produce a video display including both a video screen and a graphics screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: SONY CORPORARTION, SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ted Dunn, James Amendolagine