Patents by Inventor John Nicholas Wilson
John Nicholas Wilson 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).
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Data processing apparatus and method for use in an interleaver suitable for multiple operating modes
Patent number: 10965506Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson -
Patent number: 10958365Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method that enable provision of an emergency warning service more suited to actual operation. Provided is a reception apparatus that includes a reception section and a demodulation section. The reception section receives a physical layer frame transported as a broadcast signal. The demodulation section demodulates physical layer signalling acquired from the physical layer frame and monitors whether or not emergency warning information has been transported on a basis of emergency warning notice information acquired as a result of the demodulation. In a case where the emergency warning notice information indicates that the emergency warning information has been transported, the reception apparatus starts up automatically. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a transport system for transporting a physical layer frame compliant with a DVB-T2 standard.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, John Nicholas Wilson
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DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN AN INTERLEAVER SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES
Publication number: 20200153667Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson -
Data processing apparatus and method for use in an interleaver suitable for multiple operating modes
Patent number: 10541844Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson -
Patent number: 10405187Abstract: A receiver receiving data includes: a first receiver configured to receive data in a first frequency band; a second receiver configured to receive second data in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being a subset of the first frequency band; and a data selector configured to select the frequency of operation of the second receiver from within the second frequency band in accordance with information representing the physical geographical location of the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Europe LimitedInventors: David Rowland Williams, Stephen Beck, John Nicholas Wilson, Gholam Hosein Asjadi
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Publication number: 20190238245Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method that enable provision of an emergency warning service more suited to actual operation. Provided is a reception apparatus that includes a reception section and a demodulation section. The reception section receives a physical layer frame transported as a broadcast signal. The demodulation section demodulates physical layer signalling acquired from the physical layer frame and monitors whether or not emergency warning information has been transported on a basis of emergency warning notice information acquired as a result of the demodulation. In a case where the emergency warning notice information indicates that the emergency warning information has been transported, the reception apparatus starts up automatically. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a transport system for transporting a physical layer frame compliant with a DVB-T2 standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR' SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL, John Nicholas WILSON
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Patent number: 10362486Abstract: A method of reducing interference to reception of streams of television content received at a television receiver in which each of the streams of television content are transmitted on one of a plurality of frequency channels in accordance with a channel map which defines on which of the plurality of frequency channels each stream of television content is transmitted and the interference being caused by a base station transmitting data to or receiving data from one or more mobile devices via radio communication signals in a vicinity of the television receiver. The method includes identifying the channel map and adapting a transmission of the radio communication signals between the base station and the one or more of mobile devices in accordance with the identified channel map to reduce interference at the television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: John Christopher Clifton, John Nicholas Wilson
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Patent number: 10333753Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Jean-Luc Peron, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri
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DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN AN INTERLEAVER SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES
Publication number: 20190081833Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson -
Data processing apparatus and method for use in an interleaver suitable for multiple operating modes
Patent number: 10164743Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson -
Publication number: 20180351773Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Jean-Luc PERON, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri
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Patent number: 10044540Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Jean-Luc Peron, Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, John Nicholas Wilson, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri
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Patent number: 10020970Abstract: A data processing apparatus is arranged to map input data symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed OFDM symbols. The predetermined number of sub-carrier signals is determined in accordance with one of a plurality of operating modes and the input data symbols are divided into first sets of input data symbols and second sets of input data symbols.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, John Nicholas Wilson
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Publication number: 20180048504Abstract: A data processing apparatus is arranged to map input data symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed OFDM symbols. The predetermined number of sub-carrier signals is determined in accordance with one of a plurality of operating modes and the input data symbols are divided into first sets of input data symbols and second sets of input data symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC.Inventors: Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, John Nicholas Wilson
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Publication number: 20170374556Abstract: A method of reducing interference to reception of streams of television content received at a television receiver in which each of the streams of television content are transmitted on one of a plurality of frequency channels in accordance with a channel map which defines on which of the plurality of frequency channels each stream of television content is transmitted and the interference being caused by a base station transmitting data to or receiving data from one or more mobile devices via radio communication signals in a vicinity of the television receiver. The method includes identifying the channel map and adapting a transmission of the radio communication signals between the base station and the one or more of mobile devices in accordance with the identified channel map to reduce interference at the television receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: John Christopher CLIFTON, John Nicholas WILSON
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Publication number: 20170331656Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Jean-Luc PERON, Matthew Paul Athol TAYLOR, John Nicholas WILSON, Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI
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Patent number: 9749869Abstract: A method of reducing interference to reception of streams of television content received at a television receiver in which each of the streams of television content are transmitted on one of a plurality of frequency channels in accordance with a channel map which defines on which of the plurality of frequency channels each stream of television content is transmitted and the interference being caused by a base station transmitting data to or receiving data from one or more mobile devices via radio communication signals in a vicinity of the television receiver. The method includes identifying the channel map and adapting a transmission of the radio communication signals between the base station and the one or more of mobile devices in accordance with the identified channel map to reduce interference at the television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: John Christopher Clifton, John Nicholas Wilson
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Patent number: 9722835Abstract: A data processing apparatus is arranged to map input data symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed OFDM symbols. The predetermined number of sub-carrier signals is determined in accordance with one of a plurality of operating modes and the input data symbols are divided into first sets of input data symbols and second sets of input data symbols.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, John Nicholas Wilson
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Patent number: RE46550Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, John Nicholas Wilson
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Patent number: RE48147Abstract: A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Matthew Paul Athol Taylor, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, John Nicholas Wilson