Patents Assigned to Sony Corporation America
  • Ultra bright dimeric or polymeric dyes with spacing linker groups
    Patent number: 10866244
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1, L2, L3, L4, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Sharat Singh
  • Ultra bright dimeric or polymeric dyes
    Patent number: 10865310
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1, L2, L3, L4, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Sony Corporation of America, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Sharat Singh
  • Proximity based and data exchange and user authentication between smart wearable devices
    Patent number: 10571999
    Abstract: A system and method including a disposable wearable device that provides enhanced capabilities to a non-wearable device for a limited period of time by sensing proximity and securely exchanging permissions with the non-wearable device. In one embodiment, the wearable device is capable of sensing one or more bio-signals that are provided to the non-wearable, tactile feedback, or the like. The wearable device may be disposable and may also provide additional tactile feedback for the extended feature (e.g. game feedback, etc). In another embodiment, the wearable device is capable of sensing one or more bio-signals that are provided to the non-wearable, tactile feedback, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nobuo Tanaka, Vladimir Elgort, Jacelyn Danielson, Anton Kalachev, John Wong, Behram DaCosta, Udupi Ramanath Bhat, Ludovic Copere, Masaki Kataoka
  • Smart wearable devices and methods for automatically configuring capabilities with biology and environment capture sensors
    Patent number: 10528121
    Abstract: A smart wearable device with sensors that can acquire biological input about the user as well as environmental data is presented. Theses sensors can acquire sensor input which causes the smart wearable device to identify a required task to perform. If the smart wearable device determines that the task can only be performed properly by acquiring new capabilities, the smart wearable device can automatically acquire the necessary capabilities from various data sources and configure itself to perform the task properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nobuo Tanaka, Vladimir Elgort, Jacelyn Danielson, Anton Kalachev, John Wong, Behram DaCosta, Udupi Ramanath Bhat, Ludovic Copere, Masaki Kataoka
  • Microparticle sorting apparatus and delay time determination method
    Patent number: 10466158
    Abstract: A microparticle sorting apparatus includes a detection unit which detects microparticles flowing through a flow path; an imaging device which images a droplet containing the microparticles which is discharged from an orifice provided on an edge portion of the flow path; a charge unit which applies a charge to the droplets; and a control unit which determines a delay time as from a time that the microparticles are detected by the detection unit to the time at which the sum of intensity of an image region imaged by the imaging device reaches a maximum, making it possible for the charge unit to apply a charge to the microparticles once the delay time has lapsed after the microparticles are detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Fumitaka Otsuka, Michael Zordan, Akiko Tsuji, Yuya Suzuki, Masashi Kimoto
  • Water soluble fluorescent or colored dyes and methods for their use
    Patent number: 10435563
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, M1, M2, A, q, w and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Hesham Sherif, C. Frederick Battrell
  • IONIC POLYMERS COMPRISING FLUORESCENT OR COLORED REPORTER GROUPS
    Publication number: 20190300716
    Abstract: Polymers comprising first and second fluorescent or colored moieties on the polymer backbone and two or more charged moieties on the polymer backbone between the first and second colored or fluorescent moieties are provided. The polymers are useful as fluorescent or colored dyes. Methods associated with preparation and use of such polymers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Sharat Singh, Michael VanBrunt
  • Optical medium having a linear track
    Patent number: 10395686
    Abstract: Various devices and systems may benefit from enhanced reading of optical media. For example, certain computer systems may benefit from array reading of optical media. An apparatus may include, for example, an array of optical sensors. The array of optical sensors may be configured to read a plurality of parallel linear strips of data from an optical medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Nikolai Gallo
  • Storage library system
    Patent number: 10395688
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to storage systems. In one implementation, a system includes a plurality of storage libraries that store a plurality of removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of head units for reading and writing to one or more of the removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of robots that transfer one or more of the removable media units between one or more of the storage libraries and one or more of the head units. The system also includes enabling one or more of the robots to recover a set of data from two or more of the removable media units if a failure occurs in association with at least one of the other removable media units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Giovanni Coglitore, Ando Hideki, Horst Schellong
  • Providing highlights of an event recording
    Patent number: 10375456
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to providing highlights of an event recording. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a client device, a video stream associated with an event. The method further includes receiving, at the client device, one or more tag commands from a user. The method further includes generating one or more tags based on the one or more tag commands, where each tag of the one or more tags tags a portion of the video stream. The method further includes tagging one or more portions of the video stream based on the one or more tags. The method further includes storing a copy of the video stream and the one or more tags on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Austin Noronha, Udupi Ramanath Bhat
  • Systems, apparatus, and methods for social graph based recommendation
    Patent number: 10346480
    Abstract: Social graph based information recommendation engines, devices, systems and methods are described where information of interest can be retrieved and provided to a user based on sensor input and profile or preference information about the user or about a person other than the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vladimir Elgort, Nobuo Tanaka, Kentaro Nakamura, Loren McRoss
  • Smart wearable devices and methods with attention level and workload sensing
    Patent number: 10234936
    Abstract: A wearable sensor device, system and method are provided for monitoring the attention, workload or other physical status of the wearer of the wearable sensor device. At least one biometric index value is formulated for a characteristic status from the processed sensor data of the sensors of the device and the biometric index value may also incorporate prior test data and questionnaire response information in the calculated value. The system may include any number of wearable devices that have sensors, a processor and a communications link as well as a remote computer and a non-wearable device with an interface. The status of the wearer of a wearable sensor device can be monitored with the simple display of the biometric index value as well as the data from the individual sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nobuo Tanaka, Vladimir Elgort, Jacelyn Danielson, Anton Kalachev, John Wong, Behram DaCosta, Udupi Ramanath Bhat, Ludovic Copere, Masaki Kataoka
  • Smart wearable devices and methods for customized haptic feedback
    Patent number: 10191537
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing customized haptic feedback for a wearable device with sensors, a processor, memory, haptic outputs and optional communications module. Sensor information is used to provide the context for customizing the haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nobuo Tanaka, Vladimir Elgort, Jacelyn Danielson, Anton Kalachev, John Wong, Behram DaCosta, Udupi Ramanath Bhat, Ludovic Copere, Masaki Kataoka
  • Smart wearable devices and methods with power consumption and network load optimization
    Patent number: 10114453
    Abstract: Networked smart wearable devices and methods for dynamic power management of multiple wearable devices and the optimization of the network sensor data load through network control of the sensors in each wearable device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nobuo Tanaka, Vladimir Elgort, Jacelyn Danielson, Anton Kalachev, John Wong, Behram DaCosta, Udupi Ramanath Bhat, Ludovic Copere, Masaki Kataoka
  • PROVIDING HIGHLIGHTS OF AN EVENT RECORDING
    Publication number: 20180302694
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to providing highlights of an event recording. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a client device, a video stream associated with an event. The method further includes receiving, at the client device, one or more tag commands from a user. The method further includes generating one or more tags based on the one or more tag commands, where each tag of the one or more tags tags a portion of the video stream. The method further includes tagging one or more portions of the video stream based on the one or more tags. The method further includes storing a copy of the video stream and the one or more tags on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Austin Noronha, Udupi Ramanath Bhat
  • PROVIDING SMART TAGS
    Publication number: 20180302691
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to providing smart tags. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a server, a video stream from a video camera. The method further includes receiving, at the server, a plurality of tags from a plurality of client devices, where each tag of the plurality of tags tags a portion of the video stream. The method further includes tagging the video stream based on the plurality of tags. The method further includes grouping the plurality of tags into a plurality of tag groups, where each tag group includes one or more tags received from a particular client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Austin Noronha, Udupi Ramanath Bhat
  • Water soluble fluorescent or colored dyes and methods for their use
    Patent number: 10036754
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R2e, R2f, R2g, R2h, R2i, R2j, R2k, R2l, R2m, R2n, R2o, R2p, R2q, R2r and R2s are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Hesham Sherif
  • Compensation of motion-related error in a stream of moving micro-entities
    Patent number: 9897530
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting, characterizing, and compensating motion-related error of moving micro-entities are described. Motion-related error may occur in streams of moving micro-entities, and may represent a deviation in and expected arrival time or an uncertainty in position of a micro-entity within the stream. Motion-related error of micro-entities is observed in a flow cytometer, e.g., as pulse jitter, and is found to have a functional dependence on a parameter of the system. The pulse jitter can be compensated, according to one embodiment, by adjusting data acquisition observation windows. For the flow cytometer, a reduction of pulse jitter can improve measurement accuracy, resolution of doublets, system throughput, and enable an increase in an interrogation region for probing the micro-entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
    Inventors: Gary Durack, Stephen D. Fleischer, Jeremy Hatcher, David Roberts, Michael Zordan
  • Ultra bright dimeric or polymeric dyes with spacing linker groups
    Patent number: 9851359
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1, L2, L3, L4, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Sharat Singh
  • Water soluble fluorescent or colored dyes and methods for their use
    Patent number: 9765220
    Abstract: Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, M1, M2, A, q, w and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Hesham Sherif, C. Frederick Battrell