Patents by Inventor Koji Nagahiro

Koji Nagahiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20240121507
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: KOJI NAGAHIRO, YOSHIHIRO OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11924544
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20230197752
    Abstract: The image sensor includes: a substrate; a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion region that is provided in the substrate; a second pixel including a second photoelectric conversion region that is provided in the substrate so as to be adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion region; a first separation portion provided between the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region in the substrate; and a second separation portion that separates a pixel group including at least the first pixel and the second pixel from a pixel group adjacent thereto, in which there is at least one protruding portion of the first separation portion in at least one photoelectric conversion region of the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region, and a p-type impurity region and an n-type impurity region are stacked on a side surface of the protruding portion. The present technique can be applied to, for example, an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KUBOI, Koji NAGAHIRO
  • Publication number: 20230121943
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: KOJI NAGAHIRO, YOSHIHIRO OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11588965
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20220359584
    Abstract: A photodetector including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections that is provided to a semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion sections each include a first region of a first electrical conduction type that is provided on a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a second region of a second electrical conduction type that is provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface, a third region of a third electrical conduction type that is provided in a region between the first region and the second region of the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode that is electrically coupled to the first region from the first surface side, and a second electrode that is electrically coupled to the second region from the second surface side. The third region absorbs incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro HAMASAKI, Koji NAGAHIRO, Hiroyuki OHRI, Satoe MIYATA, Takahiro MIURA, Hisao YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220278141
    Abstract: A photodetector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections that is provided to a semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion sections each include a first region of a first electrical conduction type that is provided on a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a second region of a second electrical conduction type that is provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface, a third region of a third electrical conduction type that is provided in a region between the first region and the second region of the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode that extends from the second surface in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate, a pixel separation layer having an insulation property, and a second electrode that is electrically coupled to the second region from the second surface side. The third region absorbs incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro HAMASAKI, Hiroyuki TAKASHINO, Koji NAGAHIRO, Hiroyuki OHRI, Satoe MIYATA, Takahiro MIURA, Hisao YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210400184
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20210375963
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image sensor and an electronic device that can increase a charge storage capacity. The image sensor includes: a substrate; a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion region; a second pixel including a second photoelectric conversion region, adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion region; a first separation portion between the first and second photoelectric conversion regions; and a second separation portion that separates a pixel group including at least the first pixel and the second pixel from an adjacent pixel group, in which there is at least one protruding portion of the first separation portion in at least one of the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region, and a p-type impurity region and an n-type impurity region are stacked on a side surface of the protruding portion. The present technique can be applied to, for example, an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KUBOI, Koji NAGAHIRO
  • Patent number: 11140307
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10976900
    Abstract: The display unit 12 displays an item-selection-screen, on which selectable items are two-dimensionally-arranged. The operation input unit 13 receives a user's operation. The controller unit 15 selects, every time an operation input unit receives an item-change-operation, items two-dimensionally-arranged on an item-selection-screen in order in a predetermined selection-direction, selects an item at an end in the selection-direction, and then selects adjacent-items in order in the selection-direction from an item at an end in a direction opposite to the selection-direction, the adjacent-items being adjacent at a predetermined side of the selection-direction. Since the items are two-dimensionally-arranged on the item-selection-screen, a user may easily understand the selectable items. Further, only by executing the item-change-operation again and again, it is possible to easily select a desired item. It is possible to execute setting or the like of the desired item efficiently and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Nagahiro
  • Publication number: 20200329190
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: KOJI NAGAHIRO, YOSHIHIRO OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200264744
    Abstract: The display unit 12 displays an item-selection-screen, on which selectable items are two-dimensionally-arranged. The operation input unit 13 receives a user's operation. The controller unit 15 selects, every time an operation input unit receives an item-change-operation, items two-dimensionally-arranged on an item-selection-screen in order in a predetermined selection-direction, selects an item at an end in the selection-direction, and then selects adjacent-items in order in the selection-direction from an item at an end in a direction opposite to the selection-direction, the adjacent-items being adjacent at a predetermined side of the selection-direction. Since the items are two-dimensionally-arranged on the item-selection-screen, a user may easily understand the selectable items. Further, only by executing the item-change-operation again and again, it is possible to easily select a desired item. It is possible to execute setting or the like of the desired item efficiently and easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: KOJI NAGAHIRO
  • Patent number: 10721385
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10483306
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a photoelectric conversion region inside a semiconductor layer. The photoelectric conversion region includes a region in which a depletion region is to be formed by voltage application to the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first main surface and a second main surface. The depletion region converts light into a photoelectron, in which the light enters from side on which the first main surface is disposed. The photoelectric conversion element further includes an isoelectronic trap region in the region in which the depletion region is to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Yamakawa, Jun Komachi, Koji Nagahiro
  • Patent number: 10448446
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (e.g., smart phone), a first external device (e.g., first camera), and a second external device (e.g., second camera), may establish respective wireless communication connections in one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode. In the first communication mode, the information processing apparatus may act as a client device. In the second communication mode, the information processing apparatus may act as a master device. When there is an active communications connection between the information processing apparatus and the first external device in the first communication mode, the information processing apparatus switches from the first communication mode to the second communication mode based on a communications connection being initiated between the second external device and the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Nagahiro
  • Publication number: 20190074312
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a photoelectric conversion region inside a semiconductor layer. The photoelectric conversion region includes a region in which a depletion region is to be formed by voltage application to the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first main surface and a second main surface. The depletion region converts light into a photoelectron, in which the light enters from side on which the first main surface is disposed. The photoelectric conversion element further includes an isoelectronic trap region in the region in which the depletion region is to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAKAWA, Jun KOMACHI, Koji NAGAHIRO
  • Publication number: 20180359406
    Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: KOJI NAGAHIRO, YOSHIHIRO OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10120636
    Abstract: A display control device includes a control device to control display of a first object on a first display screen and a second object on a second display screen. The second object on the second display screen corresponds to the first object on the first display screen, and is at a different level in a hierarchy from the first object on the first display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Nagahiro
  • Publication number: 20170273131
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (e.g., smart phone), a first external device (e.g., first camera), and a second external device (e.g., second camera), may establish respective wireless communication connections in one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode. In the first communication mode, the information processing apparatus may act as a client device. In the second communication mode, the information processing apparatus may act as a master device. When there is an active communications connection between the information processing apparatus and the first external device in the first communication mode, the information processing apparatus switches from the first communication mode to the second communication mode based on a communications connection being initiated between the second external device and the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Koji Nagahiro