Patents Assigned to Sony Deutschland GmbH
  • AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR A DISPLAY ON A MOBILE TELEPHONE
    Publication number: 20120105461
    Abstract: A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Mitsuya KISHIDA, Yuji Seo, Jari Mäenpää
  • Method for classifying audio data
    Patent number: 8170702
    Abstract: A method for classifying audio data. For a given piece of audio data a location or position for the given audio data within a mood space is generated and compared to a comparison mood space location. As a result of the comparison, comparison data are generated and provided as a classification result with respect to the given audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kemp, Yin Hay Lam, Marta Tolos Rigueiro
  • Data writing in system with alignment restriction or vector-based systems
    Patent number: 8166274
    Abstract: A method for writing data in a system with alignment restriction, where first destination data generated from first source data located in a storage range starting at a first source position is written in a storage range starting at a non-aligned position. The method includes the steps of extracting second source data from a storage range starting at a second source position preceding the first source position, the second source data including the first source data, generating second destination data from the second source data, the second destination data including the first destination data, writing the second destination data in a storage range starting at an aligned position, where the second source position is set such that the first destination data is written in a storage range starting at the non-aligned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Moesle, Piergiorgio Sartor
  • Method for outputting audio signals and audio decoder
    Patent number: 8160277
    Abstract: Method for outputting an audio signal to an audio output, comprising outputting a first audio signal to said audio output; providing a second audio signal; determining a point in time, wherein at said point in time said first audio signal or a derivative of said first audio signal or a derivative of said second audio signal is essentially equal to zero; switching, at said point in time, said audio output from outputting said first audio signal to outputting said second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Noethlings, Gerd Spalink
  • RANDOM ACCESS BURST TRANSMISSION SCHEME
    Publication number: 20120087308
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting random access bursts, a receiver for receiving acknowledgement information confirming a successful transmission of a random access burst, a decision unit for deciding if acknowledgement information has been received, and a control unit for randomly choosing a time point for an attempt to retransmit said random access burst from an interval if no acknowledgement information has been received after a random access burst had been transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan KORNPROBST
  • Method of forming a composite
    Patent number: 8153192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a composite, to composites and devices produced by said method, and to uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Akira Masutani, Akio Yasuda, Anthony Roberts, Marek Szablewski, David Bloor, Graham Cross
  • Equalizing structure and equalizing method
    Patent number: 8155248
    Abstract: An equalizing structure and method for a wireless communication system receiving device, in which two or more transmit signals transmitted in parallel from one or more transmitters are received in received signal vectors representing two or more received data streams, the signals including information modulated onto carrier signals according to a modulation scheme, all possible transmit signals being represented by candidate constellation values in the signal constellation of the modulation scheme. A processor calculates an estimate for a constellation value of a received signal and determines a number of candidate constellation values in the vicinity of the estimated constellation value in the signal constellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Stirling-Gallacher
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROTECTED AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120078797
    Abstract: A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded content usage rights information and/or usage state information as the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul SZUCS
  • Projector arrangement
    Patent number: 8144188
    Abstract: A projector arrangement includes a first image generation and projection unit and a second image generation and projection unit. A first or two-dimensional projection/display mode and a second stereoscopic or projection/display mode can be realized by the cooperating first and second image generation and projection units. The second image generation and projection unit is configured to receive waste light from the first image generation and projection unit and to base the generation of its respective second image on the waste light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Zoltan Facius, Markus Kamm, Evangelos Zoidis
  • Method for discriminating textures regions and homogeneous or flat regions in an image and methods for estimating noise in an image sequence
    Patent number: 8145005
    Abstract: A method for discriminating textured regions and homogeneous or flat regions in an image. A multi-scale or multi-resolution measurement is performed with respect to the image. Alternatively or additionally, the image is analyzed by using a prior measured noise value and a local variance value in or with respect to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Yalcin Incesu, Piergiorgio Sartor, Altfried Dilly, Oliver Erdler
  • Method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore
    Patent number: 8137569
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore, a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore, and uses of such polymeric membrane are disclosed. The membrane includes apertures of increasing diameter which are aligned with each other to form the tapered pore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Deutschland GmbH, Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Harnack, Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda, James Clarke, Terry Reid
  • Power line communication methods and devices
    Patent number: 8140049
    Abstract: A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schwager, Markus Zumkeller, Gralf Gaedeken, Stephen Tiedemann, Lothar Stadelmeier
  • Method of forming an array of polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells
    Patent number: 8125591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming an array of polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells, to an array formed by such method and to uses of such array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Akira Masutani, Bettina Schueller, Anthony Roberts, Akio Yasuda
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120045996
    Abstract: A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Masahiro UNO, Zhaocheng Wang, Volker Wullich, Kao-Cheng Huang
  • Automatic selection of a background image for a display on a mobile telephone
    Patent number: 8116768
    Abstract: A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mitsuya Kishida, Yuji Seo, Jari Maenpaa
  • METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE BAND EDGE POSITIONS OF THE CONDUCTION BAND AND THE VALENCE BAND OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FOR USE IN PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120034732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor compound having the general formula AxB1-xCy, to a method of optimizing positions of a conduction band and a valence band of a semiconductor material using said semiconductor compound, and to a photoactive device comprising said semiconductor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Michael DUERR, Silvia ROSSELLI, Gabriele NELLES, Akio YASUDA
  • SINGLE CARRIER HIGH RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120008709
    Abstract: A signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences for cyclic prefix, the pseudorandom-noise sequences for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ration estimation and channel equalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Zhaocheng WANG, Masahiro Uno
  • Method for providing protected audio/video content
    Patent number: 8095468
    Abstract: A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded content usage rights information and/or usage state information as the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Szucs
  • Transmission system for OFDM-signals with optimized synchronization
    Patent number: RE43305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus for transmitting OFDM-signals comprising modulation means 4 for modulating said signals onto a plurality of subcarriers using a OFDM-modulation method, transformation means 5 for transforming said modulated signals into the time domain, and transmission means for transmitting said signals, whereby in said modulation means every M-th subcarrier is modulated, wherein M is an integer and M?2. The present invention also relates to a corresponding transmission method for transmitting OFDM-signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: SONY DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Boehnke
  • Transmission of random access bursts with at least one message part
    Patent number: RE43323
    Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Jürgensen, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Paul James, Stefan Kornprobst, John Halton