Patents by Inventor Kouichi Uchimura

Kouichi Uchimura 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: 20230396831
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus including circuitry configured to generate caption data corresponding to content data and having elements defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML), and output the content data and the generated caption data to a reproducing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi UCHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11736759
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus including circuitry configured to generate caption data corresponding to content data and having elements defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML), and output the content data and the generated caption data to a reproducing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20220392422
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately performing luminance adjustment of HDR videos. The information processing system according to an embodiment of the present technology is a system that transmits, to an output source device of an HDR video, capability information including information indicating display capability of an HDR video when a display mode is set in which luminance adjustment of an HDR video is performed by PQ hard clipping. The present technology can be applied to a TV including a display capable of displaying an HDR video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi UCHIMURA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshiharu DEWA, Yuki FUJIKASHI
  • Patent number: 11483616
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a program, and a recording medium configured to stabilize display upon starting of reproduction of an HDR video stream. The reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology decodes, in a case where a first content including a first HDR video stream to which dynamic metadata including luminance information of a unit of a video frame is added and a second content including a second HDR video stream to which the dynamic metadata is not added and with which static metadata including luminance information of a unit of a content is associated are included in reproducible contents and the second content is to be reproduced, the second HDR video stream, and adds the dynamic metadata to video data obtained by the decoding and outputs resulting data to a display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray Disc player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11395018
    Abstract: To enable MMT format data to be recorded as BDAV format data in a medium, and a list of video-recorded contents to be displayed and reproduced by an application for BDAV. Data to be recorded in a playlist or clip information file defined in a BDAV format is extracted from MMT format data input on a broadcast wave or the like thereby to generate a data file thereof. For example, data applied to display a list of video-recorded contents is extracted from MMT-SI or TLV-SI in the MMT format data and recorded in the playlist or clip information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11375151
    Abstract: A configuration is implemented that converts MMT format data to MPEG-2 TSV format data for recording onto medium, thereby permitting copy control in compliance with the initial copy control information. MMT format data with copy control information set therein is input and converted to MPEG-2 TS format data for re-cording onto information recording medium. The copy control information recorded in the service description table (MH-SDT) stipulated by the MMT format is acquired and, in accordance with predetermined conversion rules, used to generate the copy control information for recording to the program map table (PMT) stipulated by the MPEG-2 TS. For example, the EPN and CCI values to be recorded to the PMT are determined in accordance with the conversion rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220182711
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus including circuitry configured to generate caption data corresponding to content data and having elements defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML), and output the content data and the generated caption data to a reproducing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi UCHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11330226
    Abstract: A configuration capable of recording MMT format data on a medium as BDAV format data and performing copy control according to the original copy control information is achieved. The MMT format data, for which copy control information is set, is input and recorded on an information recording medium as BDAV format data. As record data, (a) a stream file including a packet string in which the MMT format data is stored, and (b) copy control information corresponding to the stream file, in which the copy control information corresponding to the MMT format data is reflected, are generated and recorded as an additional header of a packet included in the stream file or as another file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 11259074
    Abstract: A configuration capable of recording MMT format data in a medium as BDAV or SPAV format data and enabling the MMT format data to be reproduced is realized. MMT format data input via a broadcast wave or the like is input, and record data according to a BDAV format or an SPAV format is generated. A data processing unit generates an MMT format stream file storing the MMT format data as reproduction data and further generates a playlist file storing reproduction control information of the MMT format stream file and a clip information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11259073
    Abstract: A configuration is realized that allows reproduction control on the basis of age at the time of reproduction by recording information regarding age permitted for reproduction corresponding to media recorded content. A clip AV stream file storing content to be reproduced acquired from input data including MPEG-2 TS format data or MMT format data and information regarding age permitted for reproduction corresponding to content acquired from the input data are placed into a playlist file, a clip information file, a usage control information file, or other file and recorded in media. A reproduction apparatus reads the information regarding age permitted for reproduction corresponding to the content to be reproduced from the playlist file or other file and compares the information regarding age permitted for reproduction with user's age information, thus allowing for content reproduction to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 11245941
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, a playback apparatus, a playback method, and a program that are designed to prevent an unnatural change in luminance during random access. The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology generates dynamic metadata including information regarding luminance of a picture, and encodes HDR video data such that the dynamic metadata is added to each picture serving as a random access point. For example, the dynamic metadata can be allowed to be added to the first picture of a GOP, the first picture serving as the random access point during fast-forward playback/rewind playback or cueing playback. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11153548
    Abstract: There is provided a reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a program, and a recording medium that can prevent an unnatural change in luminance in a case where other information is displayed by being superimposed on a video. A reproduction apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology receives a video stream to which dynamic metadata including luminance information of a picture has been added, and in a case where predetermined information is superimposed and displayed on the picture, adds metadata indicated by a flag indicating the metadata used for luminance adjustment while the predetermined information is superimposed and displayed to the picture constituting the received video stream, and outputs the picture to which the metadata has been added to a display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20210289254
    Abstract: A configuration capable of recording MMT format data in a medium as BDAV or SPAV format data and enabling the MMT format data to be reproduced is realized. MMT format data input via a broadcast wave or the like is input, and record data according to a BDAV format or an SPAV format is generated. A data processing unit generates an MMT format stream file storing the MMT format data as reproduction data and further generates a playlist file storing reproduction control information of the MMT format stream file and a clip information file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210289256
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable the content transmitted by using MMT to be sent to an external device via a network. An information processing device according to one aspect of the present technology includes: a content acquisition unit that acquires content transmitted by using MMT; and an extraction unit that extracts information from transmission data based on MMT, the information being to be sent, as property information regarding the content, to an external device to which the content is to be sent via a network. The present technology can be applied to a receiver, such as an STB, that receives the content transmitted by using MMT and uploads the content to an external device via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: KOUICHI UCHIMURA, TOMOAKI IWATA
  • Patent number: 11122252
    Abstract: Depending on the type of an image stored in an information recording medium and display function information about a display device, an image to be displayed is acquired from a recording medium and output to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20210224963
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to perform luminance adjustment on a higher luminance side and a lower luminance side appropriately. The information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present technology adds, to each of pictures for which luminance adjustment is to be performed by a display apparatus, metadata representative of a feature of a luminance and including information representative of a first knee point and information representative of a second knee point on a lower luminance side than the first knee point, and outputs each of the pictures to which the metadata is added to the display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a game machine ready for outputting of HDR video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi UCHIMURA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11070764
    Abstract: The problem of the present disclosure relates to enabling smooth communication of high-image-quality video content between apparatuses. A video communication device including: a communication unit that receives, from one or more video processing devices, device information of each of the one or more video processing devices; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of one or more pieces of device information received by the communication unit, whether or not each of the one or more video processing devices has a high image quality function, the high image quality function being a function that supports any of high image qualities of 4K or more, in which the communication unit transmits video content having the high image quality to a video processing device that has been determined by the determination unit to have the high image quality function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Tomoaki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20210176508
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, a playback apparatus, a playback method, and a program that are designed to prevent an unnatural change in luminance during random access. The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology generates dynamic metadata including information regarding luminance of a picture, and encodes HDR video data such that the dynamic metadata is added to each picture serving as a random access point. For example, the dynamic metadata can be allowed to be added to the first picture of a GOP, the first picture serving as the random access point during fast-forward playback/rewind playback or cueing playback. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi UCHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11006173
    Abstract: A configuration is realized in which a packet delimiter can be discriminated from an MMTP packet string including MMT format data, and a packet can be selectively acquired and reproduced. The MMT format data is input through a broadcast wave or the like, a packet length of an MMT protocol (MMTP) packet including the MMT format data is acquired, and recording data in which an additional header storing the acquired packet length is set before the MMTP packet, is generated, and is recorded in an information recording medium. A reproducing device is capable of discriminating a delimiter of each MMTP packet, according to the packet length of the MMTP packet, read from the additional header, is capable of acquiring reproducing data, for example, image data, from the selected packet, and is capable of decoding and reproducing the acquired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Takeshi Ohno, Shinichi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20210127084
    Abstract: A configuration is implemented that converts MMT format data to MPEG-2 TSV format data for recording onto medium, thereby permitting copy control in compliance with the initial copy control information. MMT format data with copy control information set therein is input and converted to MPEG-2 TS format data for re-cording onto information recording medium. The copy control information recorded in the service description table (MH-SDT) stipulated by the MMT format is acquired and, in accordance with predetermined conversion rules, used to generate the copy control information for recording to the program map table (PMT) stipulated by the MPEG-2 TS. For example, the EPN and CCI values to be recorded to the PMT are determined in accordance with the conversion rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: KOUICHI UCHIMURA, KENJIRO UEDA