Patents Assigned to Sony Group Corporation
  • Publication number: 20250119908
    Abstract: A communication device includes a transmission unit that, when priority of uplink data is predetermined priority, preferentially over an operation concerning mobility, transmits a buffer status report linked with the uplink data to a base station and a reception unit that receives, from the base station, an uplink scheduling grant corresponding to the buffer status report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma TAKADA, Naoyuki TOYODA, Masahiko IKEDA, Yoshio KONNO, Yojiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20250119597
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that distributes live data to a first user (terminal device 301), the information processing device performing control related to interaction data from the first user on the basis of information of a delay between the first user that transmits the interaction data with respect to the live data and the information processing device, or a delay between a second user (terminal device 302) that receives the interaction data from the first user with respect to the live data and the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Natsuki ITAYA, Ayumi KOBAYASHI, Mitsuru KATSUMATA
  • Publication number: 20250119359
    Abstract: A transmission device, a reception device, a transmission method, and a reception method are capable of performing signal processing for both an AI/ML model and non AI/ML model. A transmission device includes circuitry configured to process a first bit sequence or symbol sequence with a first signal processing that uses an AI/ML model, generate a second bit sequence or symbol sequence from a result the first signal processing, process the first bit sequence or symbol sequence with a second signal processing that does not use an AI/ML model, generate a third bit sequence or symbol sequence from a result of the second signal processing, and select or determine whether to process the first bit sequence or symbol sequence with the first signal processing or the second signal processing. A first transmitter transmits the second bit sequence or symbol sequence or the third bit sequence or symbol sequence accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20250117951
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that further improve the accuracy of object tracking. A correction unit corrects, based on a tracking result of an object based on 2D tracking using an optical flow and 3D tracking using a depth, errors of the optical flow and the depth, and an update unit updates the tracking result based on the corrected optical flow and depth. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a moving body detection device mounted on an autonomous driving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20250113983
    Abstract: A medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device including an assignable button, and configured to image an operative field during surgery to generate a surgical video signal, and a control device configured to control the medical imaging device, in which the control device includes one or more processors and one or more storage devices storing a program, and the processor executes the program to calculate a plurality of AF evaluation values on the basis of the surgical video signal output from the medical imaging device, calculate focus lens moving positions corresponding to respective AF evaluation values on the basis of the plurality of calculated AF evaluation values, and set at least two of the calculated focus lens moving positions for the assignable button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi ONIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20250119545
    Abstract: Image data encoding apparatus comprises an entropy encoder for selectively encoding data items representing image data to be encoded by a first, context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), encoding system or by a second, bypass, encoding system, so as to generate encoded binarized symbols; the image data representing one or more pictures of a picture sequence, each picture comprising two or more output data units representing respective sub-sections of the picture, each sub-section being decodable and reconstructable independently of other sub-sections in that picture and picture sequence; the entropy encoder being configured to generate an output data stream subject to a constraint defining an upper limit to the number of binarized symbols that may be expressed by any individual output data unit relative to the size in bytes of that output data unit, in which the entropy encoder is configured to apply the constraint to each output data unit, and to provide padding data, for each output data unit which
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian BROWNE
  • Publication number: 20250117636
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and system for privacy protection. Various embodiments about privacy protection are described. In an embodiment, a model training method comprises: acquiring an actual dataset; performing a dataset condensation on the actual dataset by compressing a size of the actual dataset while preserving main feature of actual data in the actual dataset, to remove privacy information; and training a model using a condensed dataset resulting from the dataset condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Lingjuan LYU
  • Publication number: 20250119198
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device may comprise a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: on the basis of a result that candidate beams are previously used to perform beam tracking with respect to another device in communication with the electronic device, estimate a prediction probability that each candidate beam is an optimal beam; and on the basis of the estimated prediction probability, select, from the candidate beams, a measurement beam for beam tracking of next time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ke MA, Fan ZHANG, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20250119906
    Abstract: A method for operating a communications device in a wireless network involves determining when the device has uplink data to send. The device independently decides whether to use a device-based scheduling mode. If this mode is chosen, the device switches from a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP, which has greater bandwidth and includes both control and data resources. The device then sends scheduling information within the control resource, indicating its intent to transmit uplink data, and subsequently sends the uplink data within the data resource according to the scheduling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yassin Aden AWAD, Vivek SHARMA, Yuxin WEI, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12270975
    Abstract: An imaging optical system according to the present disclosure includes: an aperture stop; an image-forming optical system that causes an image to be formed toward an imaging plane of an image sensor; and an optical phase modulator that includes a substance having a birefringence index, and gives two pupil functions to the image-forming optical system. The following conditional expressions are satisfied: 1?(2×L×tan(w)+D)/D<1.4??(1) ?/4*0.75<Re<?/4*1.1??(2), where L: a distance between the aperture stop and the optical phase modulator; D: an aperture diameter (diameter) of the aperture stop; w: a maximum angle of incidence of a principal light ray that enters the aperture stop; ?: a wavelength of light; and Re: phase retardation caused by birefringence of the optical phase modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomichi Kikuchi, Miki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12273689
    Abstract: A method includes determining multiple sound-exposure doses (111) for multiple time intervals of a discretized and rolling sequence (100) of time intervals (101-109). The method also includes determining a cumulative sound-exposure dose based on a combination of the sound-exposure doses (111). The combination comprises a weighted contribution of the sound-exposure dose of at least one earliest time interval of the rolling sequence (100) of time intervals (101-109).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Isberg
  • Patent number: 12273203
    Abstract: A communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links includes a common data processing unit that includes a common storage unit of a cache type storing success/failure of acquisition of packets received on the plurality of links, and that performs common data processing on packets received on individual links, and a control unit that controls transmission of a response signal to the packets received. The control unit generates a common response signal including acquisition success/failure information received on the plurality of links on the basis of acquisition success/failure information held in the common storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Yusuke Tanaka, Ryuichi Hirata
  • Patent number: 12269577
    Abstract: A propeller attaching device includes a coupler that rotates integrally with an output shaft of a motor, a movable body, and a resilient body. The coupler allows attachment/detachment of an attachment portion of the motor by rotation of the propeller in the circumferential direction and restricts the movement of the propeller in an axial direction. The movable body includes a second receiving portion, and is supported by the coupler so as to be movable in the axial direction. The attachment/detachment position is a position where attachment/detachment of the attachment portion to/from the first receiving portion is allowed. The restriction position is positioned in a first direction relative to the attachment/detachment position, the first direction extending from the other end to one end of the output shaft in the axial direction of the output shaft, and restricts the rotation of the propeller in the circumferential direction relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Makii
  • Patent number: 12272711
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion region that converts incident light into electric charge. The imaging device includes a first readout circuit coupled to the photoelectric conversion region at a first location, and a second readout circuit including a portion coupled to the photoelectric conversion region at a second location. The second readout circuit is configured to control the first readout circuit. The first location and the second location are on a same side of the photoelectric conversion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kitano, Koya Tsuchimoto, Kei Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12271005
    Abstract: A rigid-scope optical system includes: an image-formation optical system that causes an image in each of wavelength bands to be formed in a predetermined imaging device, the wavelength bands including a fluorescence wavelength band and a visible light wavelength band; and a color-separation-prism optical system having a dichroic film that separates an optical path of light to be imaged into an optical path of the visible light wavelength band and an optical path of the fluorescence wavelength band, in which the image-formation optical system causes the respective images to be formed in a fluorescence imaging device and a visible light imaging device, the fluorescence imaging device and the visible light imaging device being disposed to cause an amount of misalignment to correspond to a difference between an optical path length of fluorescence and an optical path length of visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naomichi Kikuchi, Satoshi Nagae
  • Patent number: 12270812
    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: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy Matray, Sharat Singh
  • Patent number: 12273868
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: acquire, from a base station, configuration information containing a first candidate beam set for beam failure recovery, the first candidate beam set comprising candidate beams of a serving cell and candidate beams of a non-serving cell; and determine, on the basis of the first candidate beam set and/or a second candidate beam set, an identification candidate beam to be used for beam failure recovery, the second candidate beam set comprising beams which serve as candidate beams of the non-serving cell and are detected by user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Xinli Wang, Ying Zhou, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: D1069824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshioka, Keisuke Saito
  • Patent number: D1069838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yo Nonoyama, Manabu Fujiki, Katsuji Miyazawa, Eiji Shintani
  • Patent number: RE50373
    Abstract: A system provides a mailbox communication register for communication between a host and a mode register. The mode register is to store configuration information, and write of configuration information to the mode register by the host takes less time than a read of the configuration information from the mode register by the host. The communication register is separate from the mode register and provides a location to store the configuration information for a read by the host. In response to a read request by the host, the mode register can copy the configuration information to the communication register and allow the host to read the register based on different timing rules than those that apply to the mode register. Instead of reading directly from a register that has timing variance between read and write, the host can read from a communication register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cox, Bill Nale