Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Kawauchi

Hidetoshi Kawauchi 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: 11442176
    Abstract: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enabled device includes an inertial sensor and receiver circuitry to track a position of the GNSS enabled device. The receiver circuitry selects a mode of a GNSS technology based on power available at the GNSS enabled device and a positioning error value associated with the mode of the GNSS technology. The positioning error value associated with the selected mode is less than a specified accuracy threshold. The receiver circuitry calibrates the inertial sensor based on the selected mode of the GNSS technology to track the position of the GNSS enabled device to reduce the overall power consumption at the GNSS enabled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Mohamed Youssef, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Katsumi Takaoka, Kazukuni Takanohashi
  • Publication number: 20210405214
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a reception apparatus, a program, and a reception method that are capable of acquiring altitude information by a method suitable for a wearable device and improving position calculation accuracy. [Solving Means] The reception apparatus according to the present technology includes an altitude information acquisition unit and a positioning calculation unit. The altitude information acquisition unit acquires altitude information externally calculated via proximity wireless communication. The positioning calculation unit performs positioning computation on the basis of a received global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal and the altitude information supplied from the altitude information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: HIDETOSHI KAWAUCHI, TOORU KATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190235088
    Abstract: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enabled device includes an inertial sensor and receiver circuitry to track a position of the GNSS enabled device. The receiver circuitry selects a mode of a GNSS technology based on power available at the GNSS enabled device and a positioning error value associated with the mode of the GNSS technology. The positioning error value associated with the selected mode is less than a specified accuracy threshold. The receiver circuitry calibrates the inertial sensor based on the selected mode of the GNSS technology to track the position of the GNSS enabled device to reduce the overall power consumption at the GNSS enabled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI TANAKA, MOHAMED YOUSSEF, HIDETOSHI KAWAUCHI, KATSUMI TAKAOKA, KAZUKUNI TAKANOHASHI
  • Patent number: 9992851
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus and a method capable of realizing a communication tool of a new mode. An LED emits light according to a light emission pattern identified based on a set of light emission parameters indicating characteristics of light emission. An action control unit controls the light emission pattern of the LED based on a relationship between the self apparatus and a group to which the self apparatus and at least one other information processing apparatus including the LED belong, or a relationship between the other information processing apparatus and the self apparatus belonging to the group. The present technique may be applied to an information processing apparatus used as a communication tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Oka, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Yohei Fukuma, Kazunori Hamada, Kenji Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 9742530
    Abstract: An arrangement for detecting signaling data from bootstrap Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols in the frequency domain, which can provide a more accurate estimate of the signaling data than other arrangements that operate in the time domain. The arrangement includes detecting a cyclic shift of a signature sequence, which has been applied to represent the signaling data, as an average phase change between each of the sub-carriers of the bootstrap OFDM symbol. As a result the signaling data can be more accurately detected or detected at lower signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Tatsuki Amimoto, Yuken Goto
  • Publication number: 20170026152
    Abstract: A receiver for detecting and recovering payload data from a received signal, the receiver comprising: a radio frequency demodulation circuit configured to detect and to recover the received signal, the received signal having been formed and transmitted by a transmitter relative to which the receiver is moving at a speed less than or equal to a predetermined maximum speed, the received signal having been formed and transmitted by the transmitter to carry the payload data as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols in one or more of a plurality of time divided frames, each frame including a preamble including a plurality of bootstrap OFDM symbols, one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols of the preamble carrying a signature sequence, and each of the one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols carrying a signature sequence carrying signalling data represented as a relative cyclic shift of the bootstrap OFDM symbol, wherein the signature sequence carried by each of the one or more of the bootstrap
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Hidetoshi KAWAUCHI, Tatsuki AMIMOTO, Yuken GOTO
  • Patent number: 9396627
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that can realize new forms of communication tools. LEDs emit light in accordance with a light emission pattern specified by a combination of light emission parameters that represent light emission characteristics. A light emission control unit performs control to select a light emission pattern from among two or more preset light emission patterns, based on a change in physical quantity resulting from an action of a user, and cause a light-emitting unit to emit light in accordance with the selected light emission pattern. The present technique can be applied to information processing devices used as communication tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Takeshi Oka, Kazunori Hamada, Kenji Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Yoshihiro Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9306787
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a first correction processing section that performs first correction on a predetermined signal, an adaptive processing section that performs predetermined adaptive processing on the signal that has been subjected to the first correction, and a second correction processing section that performs second correction, which is reverse correction of the first correction, on the signal that has been subjected to the adaptive processing, in accordance with the amount of delay in the adaptive processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamata, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Naoki Yoshimochi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Kazukuni Takanohashi
  • Patent number: 9265007
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, a reception method, and a program capable of reducing interference to an adjacent channel in a case where connected-transmission is performed. A transmission device according to an aspect of the present technique includes a signal generating unit configured to generate a plurality of signals having a predetermined frequency bandwidth, a power adjusting unit configured to adjust power of signals so that the power of a signal transmitted using a frequency band close to an end of a channel is less than the power of the signal transmitted using a frequency band close to a center of the channel, and a transmission unit configured to use the channel to transmit, in a connected manner, the signals of which powers have been adjusted. The present technique can be applied to a transmission device for performing connected-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu Ikeda, Takuya Okamoto, Takashi Yokokawa, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 9258165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including a correlation value computer configured, for a digital signal, transmitted on a frame basis, having a correlation between a first section and a second section occupying predetermined intervals at a start part of each frame, to extract signals in two sections separated by time intervals of the first section and the second section and compute correlation values; a maximum value detector configured to detect a maximum value of the correlation values; a digital signal processor configured to execute processing on the digital signal on the basis of a timing with which a maximum value has been detected by the maximum value detector; and a reset processor configured to reset the processing executed in the digital signal processor every time the maximum value is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 9210017
    Abstract: There is provided a reception device including a reception unit configured to receive an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) signal, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a transmission parameter concerning the OFDM signal contained in the OFDM signal, and a selection unit configured to select a demodulation mode of the OFDM signal in accordance with the acquired transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Hiroyuki Kamata, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150146825
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a first correction processing section that performs first correction on a predetermined signal, an adaptive processing section that performs predetermined adaptive processing on the signal that has been subjected to the first correction, and a second correction processing section that performs second correction, which is reverse correction of the first correction, on the signal that has been subjected to the adaptive processing, in accordance with the amount of delay in the adaptive processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamata, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Naoki Yoshimochi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Kazukuni Takanohashi
  • Patent number: 9020023
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a reception device and a reception method which can improve equalization performance. An equalization processing unit has a time domain equalization unit which equalizes a received signal in a time domain and a frequency domain equalization unit which is provided in parallel to the time domain equalization unit and which equalizes the received signal in a frequency domain, and performs control of switching between the time domain equalization unit and the frequency domain equalization unit. The present technique can be applied to, for example, equalize a signal of data transmitted by way of single carrier transmission or data transmitted by way of multicarrier transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Takaoka, Naoki Yoshimochi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Ryo Hasegawa, Hirofumi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20150085910
    Abstract: There is provided a reception device including a reception unit configured to receive an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) signal, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a transmission parameter concerning the OFDM signal contained in the OFDM signal, and a selection unit configured to select a demodulation mode of the OFDM signal in accordance with the acquired transmission parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi Yokokawa, Hiroyuki Kamata, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Yuken Goto, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8924451
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus, including a first equalization section, a second equalization section, and an arithmetic operation section. The first equalization section is adapted to carry out equalization of a signal which represents data transmitted by a transmission method which uses a single carrier. The second equalization section is adapted to carry out equalization of a signal which represents data transmitted by a transmission method which uses multi carriers. The arithmetic operation section is adapted to carry out arithmetic operation for determining information to be used for the equalization by the first equalization section and arithmetic operation for determining information to be used for the equalization by the second equalization section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshimochi, Katsumi Takaoka, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 8923420
    Abstract: A reception apparatus is disclosed which includes: a detection section configured to detect the presence or absence of spectrum inversion in data transmitted by a multi-carrier transmission system based on whether a known signal can be decoded using that part of the transmitted data which has been transmitted by carriers used for transmitting the known signal; and a correction section configured to correct the data transmitted by the multi-carrier transmission system if the presence of spectrum inversion is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshimochi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Kazukuni Takanohashi
  • Publication number: 20140333211
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus and a method capable of realizing a communication tool of a new mode. An LED emits light according to a light emission pattern identified based on a set of light emission parameters indicating characteristics of light emission. An action control unit controls the light emission pattern of the LED based on a relationship between the self apparatus and a group to which the self apparatus and at least one other information processing apparatus including the LED belong, or a relationship between the other information processing apparatus and the self apparatus belonging to the group. The present technique may be applied to an information processing apparatus used as a communication tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Oka, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Yohei Fukuma, Kazunori Hamada, Kenji Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Publication number: 20140295908
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, a reception method, and a program capable of reducing interference to an adjacent channel in a case where connected-transmission is performed. A transmission device according to an aspect of the present technique includes a signal generating unit configured to generate a plurality of signals having a predetermined frequency bandwidth, a power adjusting unit configured to adjust power of signals so that the power of a signal transmitted using a frequency band close to an end of a channel is less than the power of the signal transmitted using a frequency band close to a center of the channel, and a transmission unit configured to use the channel to transmit, in a connected manner, the signals of which powers have been adjusted. The present technique can be applied to a transmission device for performing connected-transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu Ikeda, Takuya Okamoto, TAkashi Yokokawa, Hidetoshi Kawauchi
  • Publication number: 20140247132
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that can realize new forms of communication tools. LEDs emit light in accordance with a light emission pattern specified by a combination of light emission parameters that represent light emission characteristics. A light emission control unit performs control to select a light emission pattern from among two or more preset light emission patterns, based on a change in physical quantity resulting from an action of a user, and cause a light-emitting unit to emit light in accordance with the selected light emission pattern. The present technique can be applied to information processing devices used as communication tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Takeshi Oka, Kazunori Hamada, Kenji Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Yoshihiro Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 8681850
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a signal processing unit configured to carry out signal processing on a single-carrier signal and a multi-carrier signal by making use of a plurality of common filters shared by the single-carrier signal and the multi-carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Naoki Yoshimochi, Kazukuni Takanohashi