Patents by Inventor Jun Kitahara
Jun Kitahara 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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Patent number: 12149784Abstract: A receiving device is provided that includes circuitry configured to receive a digital broadcast stream. The circuitry is configured to acquire server information corresponding to a viewing history server that collects viewing history information related to a viewing history of content. The server information is included in the digital broadcast stream. The circuitry is further configured to control transmission of the viewing history information to the viewing history server based on the acquired server information.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Jun Kitahara
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Publication number: 20240371148Abstract: It is possible to identify a position of a target object that is difficult to recognize. A position estimation device includes: an information fusion unit that generates fusion information in which position information of a subject object that is an object corresponding to a subject, visual information of the subject object, and relationship information indicating a relationship with a target object paired with the subject object are fused; and an object position estimation unit that estimates a position of the target object by using an object position estimator learned in advance on the basis of the fusion information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kaori KUMAGAI, Takayuki UMEDA, Masaki KITAHARA, Jun SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20240311989Abstract: A motion abnormality determination unit 62 classifies video data representing a motion of a person into motion clusters and determines whether the motion of the person is abnormal. A procedure classification unit 66 classifies the motion of the person into procedures based on classification results of the motion clusters and a procedure tree. A procedure abnormality determination unit 68 determines whether the procedure including the motion of the person is abnormal based on the classification result of the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro TAKAGI, Kazuya YOKOHARI, Masaki KITAHARA, Jun SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20240296696Abstract: An object detection unit 60 detects appearance features related to an object near the person and an appearance of the person, person region information related to a region representing the person, and object region information related to a region representing the object from video data representing a motion of a person. A motion feature extraction unit 62 extracts a motion feature related to the motion of the person based on the video data and the person region information. A relational feature extraction unit 64 extracts a relational feature indicating a relationship between the object and the person based on the object region information and the person region information. The abnormality determination unit 66 determines whether the motion of the person is abnormal based on the appearance feature, the motion feature, and the relational feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro TAKAGI, Kazuya YOKOHARI, Masaki KITAHARA, Jun SHIMAMURA
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Patent number: 12045325Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a transmission device, and a data processing method that enable a flexible operation of a service using an application that accompanies content. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives content; an acquisition unit that acquires an application in accordance with acquisition source information indicating an acquisition source of the application accompanying the content, the acquisition source information being included in control information transmitted together with the content; and a control unit that instantly starts the acquired application. The present technology can be applied to a television set capable of receiving digital broadcasts, for example.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Tatsuya Igarashi, Kazuhiko Takabayashi, Jun Kitahara
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Publication number: 20240179100Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with each of which it becomes possible to perform transmission of control information according to an operation form. The reception device receives first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information, and controls processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, on the basis of the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Jun KITAHARA, Naohisa KITAZATO, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Taketoshi YAMANE
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Publication number: 20240171828Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method that enable presentation of emergency alert information more appropriately. Provided is a receiving device including: a receiving part that receives a broadcast signal; and a processing part that processes the broadcast signal that has been received, in which the receiving part instructs the processing part in a standby state to start on the basis of emergency alert start information included in the broadcast signal that has been received, and in a case of being instructed by the receiving part to start, the processing part controls presentation of emergency alert information on the basis of signaling including the emergency alert information acquired from the broadcast signal that has been received, and receiving setting information related to a receiving setting of the emergency alert information set by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventor: Jun KITAHARA
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Patent number: 11956159Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with each of which it becomes possible to perform transmission of control information according to an operation form. The reception device receives first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information, and controls processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, on the basis of the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Taketoshi Yamane
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Patent number: 11889163Abstract: A receiving device, a receiving method, a transmitting device, and a transmitting method. The receiving device acquires a digital broadcast signal that includes audio-video (AV) content and location information, the location information indicating a source from which application control information for controlling an operation of an application executed in conjunction with a progressing timing of the AV content is obtainable, acquires the application control information from the source indicated by the location information, the application control information including an application ID and a uniform resource locator (URL), obtains, from the URL included in the acquired application control information, control information during a polling period that is defined in accordance with an attribute specified in the acquired application control information, and controls the operation of the application based on the acquired application control information and the obtained control information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa, Jun Kitahara
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Patent number: 11889161Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method that enable presentation of emergency alert information more appropriately. Provided is a receiving device including: a receiving part that receives a broadcast signal; and a processing part that processes the broadcast signal that has been received, in which the receiving part instructs the processing part in a standby state to start on the basis of emergency alert start information included in the broadcast signal that has been received, and in a case of being instructed by the receiving part to start, the processing part controls presentation of emergency alert information on the basis of signaling including the emergency alert information acquired from the broadcast signal that has been received, and receiving setting information related to a receiving setting of the emergency alert information set by a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Jun Kitahara
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Publication number: 20240022890Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Jun KITAHARA, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Naohisa KITAZATO
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Patent number: 11871087Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiver for efficiently acquiring a component configuring a service, a reception method, a transmitter, and a transmission method. The receiver acquires first signaling data distributed on a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting in an IP transmission system, acquires broadcast signaling data as second signaling data, acquires communication signaling data as the second signaling data when flag information included in the broadcast signaling data indicates that the communication signaling data is provided from a server over the Internet together with the broadcast signaling data, and connects to a stream of a broadcast component or a stream of a communication component thereby to control reproduction of the component on the basis of at least one of the broadcast signaling data and the communication signaling data. The present technology is applicable to TV receivers, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 11812358Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 11770805Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 11758239Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including circuitry configured to receive region mapping information that includes at least one target region identifier and, for each of the at least one target region identifier, location information associated with the respective target region identifier. The circuitry is further configured to control filtering such that emergency information for a location associated with the reception apparatus is acquired based on the region mapping information.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Taketoshi Yamane
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Patent number: 11678022Abstract: A technique capable of allowing a reception side to easily select components is provided. A transport stream in which a first transport packet including predetermined components and a second transport packet including signaling information related to the predetermined components are time-division multiplexed is transmitted via a predetermined transport path. Component selection information is inserted in the second transport packet. The component selection information includes information on a selective layer in which static selection is performed, information on a composite layer in which composition is performed, and information on an adaptive layer in which dynamic switching is performed, and these layers being arranged in that order from top to bottom.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Jun Kitahara
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Publication number: 20230099480Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a transmission device, and a data processing method that enable a flexible operation of a service using an application that accompanies content. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives content; an acquisition unit that acquires an application in accordance with acquisition source information indicating an acquisition source of the application accompanying the content, the acquisition source information being included in control information transmitted together with the content; and a control unit that instantly starts the acquired application. The present technology can be applied to a television set capable of receiving digital broadcasts, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Tatsuya IGARASHI, Kazuhiko TAKABAYASHI, Jun KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20230071040Abstract: A receiving device, a receiving method, a transmitting device, and a transmitting method. The receiving device acquires a digital broadcast signal that includes audio-video (AV) content and location information, the location information indicating a source from which application control information for controlling an operation of an application executed in conjunction with a progressing timing of the AV content is obtainable, acquires the application control information from the source indicated by the location information, the application control information including an application ID and a uniform resource locator (URL), obtains, from the URL included in the acquired application control information, control information during a polling period that is defined in accordance with an attribute specified in the acquired application control information, and controls the operation of the application based on the acquired application control information and the obtained control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Naohisa KITAZATO, Yoshiharu DEWA, Jun KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20230038527Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Naohisa KITAZATO, Jun KITAHARA, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI
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Patent number: 11575717Abstract: A receiving device including a receiver and circuitry is provided. The receiver is configured to receive a digital broadcast signal transmitted using an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission method. The digital broadcast signal includes Layered Coding Transport (LCT) packets. The circuitry is configured to extract one of the LCT packets based on filtering information arranged in a header of the one of the LCT packets transmitted in a first layer that is higher than an IP layer of a protocol of the IP transmission method in the digital broadcast signal, and process first signaling data contained in the one of the LCT packets. The LCT packets are transmitted using a session of the first layer. The filtering information includes compression information indicating compression/no-compression of the first signaling data, and type information indicating a type of the first signaling data.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi