Patents by Inventor Lachlan Michael

Lachlan Michael 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: 10225379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method which make it possible to control redundancy of a header in packet communication. A region representing a packet length in a header of a packet is set according to a size of a payload of an input packet. A header of a baseband packet includes a minimum fixed length header including type identification information for identification of a type of the input packet or the stream and information of a packet length of the input packet or the stream stored in a payload of the baseband flame packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Lachlan Michael
  • Publication number: 20190037055
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method which make it possible to control redundancy of a header in packet communication. A region representing a packet length in a header of a packet is set according to a size of a payload of an input packet. A header of a baseband packet includes a minimum fixed length header including type identification information for identification of a type of the input packet or the stream and information of a packet length of the input packet or the stream stored in a payload of the baseband flame packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Lachlan MICHAEL
  • Patent number: 10153866
    Abstract: Processing and transmitting transmission frames. A method for processing a transmission frame, includes receiving a transmission frame including a bootstrap portion, a preamble portion, and a payload portion. The boot strap portion of the received transmission frame is processed, by processing circuitry of a reception apparatus, to extract preamble structure information from one of four bootstrap symbols included in the bootstrap portion. The preamble portion of the transmission frame is decoded, by the processing circuitry, based on the extracted preamble structure information. A first one of the four bootstrap symbols is used for synchronization and a last one of the four bootstrap symbols in the bootstrap portion includes the preamble structure information. Further, the preamble structure information indicates a structure of one or more preamble symbols in the preamble portion that follows the last symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luke Fay, Lachlan Michael, Daniel Schneider, Lothar Stadelmeier, Samuel Atungsiri
  • Publication number: 20180167248
    Abstract: A method for signaling preamble structure parameters. The method includes generating a bootstrap symbol that signals a single 8-bit preamble structure value. The single 8-bit preamble structure value identifies four different preamble structure parameters of a preamble that follows the bootstrap symbol. The method further includes generating a transmission frame including the bootstrap symbol, the preamble, and a data payload, and outputting the transmission frame for transmission via a terrestrial broadcast. The single 8-bit preamble structure value is limited to signaling a subset of different combinations of the four different preamble structure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuken GOTO, Tatsuki AMIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9923745
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 9894016
    Abstract: A data processing device includes a splitter in which an input stream made up of a plurality of packets is split, so as to generate split streams of a plurality of channels, of which the smallest increment is base band frames (BBFs) where the packets of the input stream are placed in consecutive order in a data field of the BBF which is the object of forward error correction (FEC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Satoshi Okada, Muhammad Nabil Sven Loghin
  • Publication number: 20180013518
    Abstract: Processing and transmitting transmission frames. A method for processing a transmission frame, includes receiving a transmission frame including a bootstrap portion, a preamble portion, and a payload portion. The boot strap portion of the received transmission frame is processed, by processing circuitry of a reception apparatus, to extract preamble structure information from one of four bootstrap symbols included in the bootstrap portion. The preamble portion of the transmission frame is decoded, by the processing circuitry, based on the extracted preamble structure information. A first one of the four bootstrap symbols is used for synchronization and a last one of the four bootstrap symbols in the bootstrap portion includes the preamble structure information. Further, the preamble structure information indicates a structure of one or more preamble symbols in the preamble portion that follows the last symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Luke FAY, Lachlan Michael, Daniel Schneider, Lothar Stadelmeier, Samuel Atungsiri
  • Patent number: 9859922
    Abstract: A code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 7/15 is interchanged with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK. In the interchanging, when 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a (#i +1)-th bit from a most significant bit of the 3 bits of code bits is set to a bit b#i, a (#i +1)-th bit from a most significant bit of 3 bits of symbol bits of the one symbol is set to a bit y#i, and a bit b0, a bit b1, and a bit b2 are interchanged with a bit y1, a bit y0, and a bit y2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shinohara, Nabil Sven Loghin Muhammad, Lachlan Michael, Yuichi Hirayama, Makiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9838037
    Abstract: A code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 8/15 is interchanged with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK. When 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of the 3 bits of code bits is set to a bit b#i, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of 3 bits of symbol bits of the one symbol is set to a bit y#i, and a bit b0 is interchanged with a bit y1, a bit b1 is interchanged with a bit y0, and a bit b2 is interchanged with a bit y2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shinohara, Nabil Sven Loghin Muhammad, Lachlan Michael, Yuichi Hirayama, Makiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9806742
    Abstract: In a transmitting device, in interchanging to interchange a code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 7/15 with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK, when 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a bit b0, a bit b1, and a bit b2 are interchanged with a bit y1, a bit y0, and a bit y2, respectively. A position of the interchanged code bit obtained from data transmitted from the transmitting device is returned to an original position. The present technology is applicable to a case of transmitting data using an LDPC code, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shinohara, Nabil Sven Loghin Muhammad, Lachlan Michael, Yuichi Hirayama, Makiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9793925
    Abstract: In a transmitting device, in interchanging to interchange a code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 8/15 with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK, when 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a bit b0, a bit b1, and a bit b2 are interchanged with a bit y1, a bit y0, and a bit y2, respectively. A position of the interchanged code bit obtained from data transmitted from the transmitting device is returned to an original position. The present technology is applicable to a case of transmitting data using an LDPC code, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shinohara, Nabil Sven Loghin Muhammad, Lachlan Michael, Yuichi Hirayama, Makiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9762354
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a part of a frame, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding a part of a transmission frame. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a transmission frame. The transmission frame includes a plurality of parts. A last symbol in a first one of the plurality of parts includes signaling information for decoding a second one of the plurality of parts. The transmitting method further includes transmitting the transmission frame using the processing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luke Fay, Lachlan Michael, Daniel Schneider, Lothar Stadelmeier, Samuel Atungsiri
  • Publication number: 20170238036
    Abstract: A distribution system and reception apparatus, and methods thereof, are provided for broadcasting and receiving a plurality of first services from a plurality of different broadcast providers, which broadcast a plurality of second services over a plurality of different broadcast channels, on a transition broadcast channel that is different from the plurality of different broadcast channels. The system includes at least one receiver and a transmitter. The at least one receiver is configured to receive the plurality of first services from the plurality of different broadcast providers. The transmitter is configured to broadcast the plurality of first services over the transition broadcast channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Luke FAY, Lachlan MICHAEL
  • Publication number: 20170187559
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Patent number: 9590782
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lachlan Michael, Yuken Goto, Tatsuki Amimoto
  • Publication number: 20160373221
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a preamble, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding the preamble. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a bootstrap symbol based on the parameters of the preamble. The bootstrap symbol is prefixed to a frame that includes the preamble using the circuitry. The bootstrap symbol is selected from a plurality of patterns. Further, the plurality of patterns represent at least a subset of predetermined combinations of the parameters of the preamble including an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) size, a guard interval, a frequency domain displacement component of a SPP (Scattered Pilot Pattern) and a L1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuken GOTO, Tatsuki AMIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160218829
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus and transmitting method for signaling parameters of a part of a frame, and a reception apparatus and receiving method for decoding a part of a transmission frame. The transmitting method includes generating, using processing circuitry of a transmission apparatus, a transmission frame. The transmission frame includes a plurality of parts. A last symbol in a first one of the plurality of parts includes signaling information for decoding a second one of the plurality of parts. The transmitting method further includes transmitting the transmission frame using the processing circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Luke FAY, Lachlan MICHAEL, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Lothar STADELMEIER, Samuel ATUNGSIRI
  • Publication number: 20160134304
    Abstract: A code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 8/15 is interchanged with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK. When 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of the 3 bits of code bits is set to a bit b#i, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of 3 bits of symbol bits of the one symbol is set to a bit y#i, and a bit b0 is interchanged with a bit y1, a bit b1 is interchanged with a bit y0, and a bit b2 is interchanged with a bit y2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji SHINOHARA, Nabil Sven Loghin MUHAMMAD, Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuichi HIRAYAMA, Makiko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160079998
    Abstract: A code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 7/15 is interchanged with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK. In the interchanging, when 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of the 3 bits of code bits is set to a bit b#i, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of 3 bits of symbol bits of the one symbol is set to a bit y#i, and a bit b0, a bit b1, and a bit b2 are interchanged with a bit y1, a bit y0, and a bit y2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji SHINOHARA, Nabil Sven Loghin MUHAMMAD, Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuichi HIRAYAMA, Makiko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160072523
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that are able to secure good communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. One symbol is mapped to one of 16 signal points prescribed in 16APSK, with code bits of four bits of an LDPC code having a code length of 16200 bits and a code rate of 7/15 as one symbol. 16 signal points prescribed in 16APSK are four signal points on an inner circle and 12 signal points on an outer circle, and a radius ratio of the inner circle and the outer circle is 5.25. The present technology may be applied to, for example, a case of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nabil Sven Loghin MUHAMMAD, Yuji SHINOHARA, Lachlan MICHAEL, Yuichi HIRAYAMA, Makiko YAMAMOTO