Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Kamimura

Hidekazu Kamimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9536280
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitting apparatus including an image obtaining unit configured to obtain image data having pixel information including color information and having a first resolution, an image conversion unit configured to delete the color information of at least a portion of pixels of the obtained image data, to rearrange the pixel information of a plurality of pixels, and to convert the image data having the first resolution into image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, and an output unit configured to output, to a transmitter, the image data whose resolution has been converted from the first resolution into the second resolution by the image conversion unit, the transmitter having a maximum resolution of image data which the transmitter is allowed to wirelessly transmit to a receiving apparatus, the maximum resolution being the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kamimura, Haruhiko Yata, Toru Nagara, Futoshi Takeuchi, Kazuyoshi Maezawa
  • Publication number: 20160019675
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitting apparatus including an image obtaining unit configured to obtain image data having pixel information including color information and having a first resolution, an image conversion unit configured to delete the color information of at least a portion of pixels of the obtained image data, to rearrange the pixel information of a plurality of pixels, and to convert the image data having the first resolution into image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, and an output unit configured to output, to a transmitter, the image data whose resolution has been converted from the first resolution into the second resolution by the image conversion unit, the transmitter having a maximum resolution of image data which the transmitter is allowed to wirelessly transmit to a receiving apparatus, the maximum resolution being the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIDEKAZU KAMIMURA, HARUHIKO YATA, TORU NAGARA, FUTOSHI TAKEUCHI, KAZUYOSHI MAEZAWA
  • Patent number: 9136976
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent or reduce the degradation in transmission characteristics caused by fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) to achieve optimized throughput. [Solution] A process for detecting fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) is performed (ST2). Fast fading is detected by, for example, detecting a variable light source whose frequency is twice the frequency of an alternating current power supply. When fast fading is detected, a frame length update process is performed (ST3, ST4). In the case of “subject transmission” in which the subject apparatus is the transmitter of a data frame, the setting of the maximum number of aggregations in frame aggregation (A-MPDU, A-MSDU) is changed to “the recommended maximum number of aggregations”. “The recommended maximum number of aggregations” is set in advance so that the UDP throughput can be maximized under the conditions where fast fading has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shigei, Haruhiko Yata, Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Katsunori Honma, Nobuaki Kawai, Hidekazu Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20120155518
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent or reduce the degradation in transmission characteristics caused by fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) to achieve optimized throughput. [Solution] A process for detecting fast fading (fluorescent lamp interference) is performed (ST2). Fast fading is detected by, for example, detecting a variable light source whose frequency is twice the frequency of an alternating current power supply. When fast fading is detected, a frame length update process is performed (ST3, ST4). In the case of “subject transmission” in which the subject apparatus is the transmitter of a data frame, the setting of the maximum number of aggregations in frame aggregation (A-MPDU, A-MSDU) is changed to “the recommended maximum number of aggregations”. “The recommended maximum number of aggregations” is set in advance so that the UDP throughput can be maximized under the conditions where fast fading has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shigei, Haruhiko Yata, Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Katsunori Honma, Nobuaki Kawai, Hidekazu Kamimura