Patents by Inventor Masakazu Tanikawa
Masakazu Tanikawa 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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Publication number: 20240131438Abstract: Provided are a moving image reception device, a control method, and a program which can reduce a sense of discomfort felt by a user in a situation in which a moving image generated by a moving image transmission device in response to an operation on the moving image reception device is displayed on the moving image reception device. An operation data transmission unit transmits operation data corresponding to an input operation of the user to a cloud server. An image data reception unit receives, from the cloud server, interval data representing a time from reception of the operation data to a start of generation of the frame image based on this operation data in the cloud server. A transmission timing control unit controls a timing of the transmission of the next operation data, on the basis of the interval data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu TANIKAWA
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Patent number: 11943496Abstract: To reduce the possibility of occurrence of problems such as missing frames and an increase in display delay even if a disturbance occurs in a communication path. A reception device includes a reception unit that sequentially receives image information transmitted by a transmission device at a given first interval by wireless communication, a display unit that sequentially displays frame images on the basis of the image information in accordance with a display clock and generates display time information indicating a time corresponding to the update time of the frame image, and a control unit that calculates a second interval indicating an interval at which the frame images are displayed on the basis of plural pieces of the display time information and controls the update cycle of the frame image in accordance with the display clock such that the second interval approximates to the first interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20230086916Abstract: An image data acquirement section of an image processing apparatus acquires data regarding a frame of a moving image generated by a server. A decoding/decompression section repeats a cycle of a decoding/decompression process for each of frames at a rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image. An image processing section repeats a cycle of applying a necessary image process to each of the frames at the rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image. The display control section outputs the data regarding the frame ready for displaying to a display panel at the rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Katsushi Otsuka, Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 11329795Abstract: A required time specification unit specifies time it took for a round-trip communication in half-duplex wireless communication. A bitrate determination unit determines a value corresponding to a size of data generated by a video data generation unit per unit time based on the specified time and a given target time regarding the round-trip communication. The search occurrence estimation unit estimates whether or not a communication path search process with an HMD is occurring. The bitrate determination unit changes the determined value so that magnitude of change in the value corresponds to a result of the estimation.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20220132197Abstract: To reduce the possibility of occurrence of problems such as missing frames and an increase in display delay even if a disturbance occurs in a communication path. A reception device includes a reception unit that sequentially receives image information transmitted by a transmission device at a given first interval by wireless communication, a display unit that sequentially displays frame images on the basis of the image information in accordance with a display clock and generates display time information indicating a time corresponding to the update time of the frame image, and a control unit that calculates a second interval indicating an interval at which the frame images are displayed on the basis of plural pieces of the display time information and controls the update cycle of the frame image in accordance with the display clock such that the second interval approximates to the first interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Enterainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 11245890Abstract: A video data transmission unit transmits data generated by a video data generation unit to an HMD. A sensing data reception unit receives data transmitted from the HMD, the data including size data indicating a size of the data successfully received by the HMD. A required time specification unit specifies time it took for a round-trip communication in half-duplex wireless communication between a relay apparatus and the HMD. A generation control unit controls a size of the data generated by the video data generation unit per unit time based on the specified time, the size indicated in the size data, and a given target time regarding the round-trip communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 11171700Abstract: Provided are a main beam direction determining device, a main beam direction determining method, and a program which are able to shorten a time required to determine a main beam direction. A secondary candidate sector selection unit selects a second number of primary candidates or a third number of primary candidates as a secondary candidate or candidates in accordance with a communication quality of communication by an HMD, the second number being smaller than a first number, the third number being smaller than the second number. A first sector level sweep process performing unit determines one of the secondary candidate or candidates as the main beam direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Issei Chigusa, Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi
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Publication number: 20210058222Abstract: A required time specification unit specifies time it took for a round-trip communication in half-duplex wireless communication. A bitrate determination unit determines a value corresponding to a size of data generated by a video data generation unit per unit time based on the specified time and a given target time regarding the round-trip communication. The search occurrence estimation unit estimates whether or not a communication path search process with an HMD is occurring. The bitrate determination unit changes the determined value so that magnitude of change in the value corresponds to a result of the estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20210058601Abstract: A video data transmission unit transmits data generated by a video data generation unit to an HMD. A sensing data reception unit receives data transmitted from the HMD, the data including size data indicating a size of the data successfully received by the HMD. A required time specification unit specifies time it took for a round-trip communication in half-duplex wireless communication between a relay apparatus and the HMD. A generation control unit controls a size of the data generated by the video data generation unit per unit time based on the specified time, the size indicated in the size data, and a given target time regarding the round-trip communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 10931913Abstract: Provided are a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a control method, a transmission method, and a program that can control a frame image size of each frame image so that the frame image constituting a moving image is transmitted at an appropriate timing. A frame-image reception section receives a first frame image constituting the moving image. A control-data update section performs control so that the frame image size of a second frame image constituting the moving image, which is received after the first frame image, corresponds to a time required to receive the first frame image.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 10855435Abstract: There are provided a communication apparatus, a generated data size controlling method, and a program for bringing a time required for a round-trip half-duplex communication close to a predetermined target time. A video data transmission section transmits data generated by a video data generation section to an HMD. A sensing data reception section receives data transmitted from the HMD. A required time identification section identifies the time required for the round-trip half-duplex communication between a repeating apparatus and the HMD. A generation control section controls a size of the data generated per unit time by the video data generation section on a basis of the identified time, the size of the data exchanged with the HMD in a round-trip communication, and a predetermined target time for the round-trip communication.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20200112354Abstract: Provided are a main beam direction determining device, a main beam direction determining method, and a program which are able to shorten a time required to determine a main beam direction. A secondary candidate sector selection unit selects a second number of primary candidates or a third number of primary candidates as a secondary candidate or candidates in accordance with a communication quality of communication by an HMD, the second number being smaller than a first number, the third number being smaller than the second number. A first sector level sweep process performing unit determines one of the secondary candidate or candidates as the main beam direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Issei Chigusa, Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi
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Publication number: 20200067691Abstract: There are provided a communication apparatus, a generated data size controlling method, and a program for bringing a time required for a round-trip half-duplex communication close to a predetermined target time. A video data transmission section transmits data generated by a video data generation section to an HMD. A sensing data reception section receives data transmitted from the HMD. A required time identification section identifies the time required for the round-trip half-duplex communication between a repeating apparatus and the HMD. A generation control section controls a size of the data generated per unit time by the video data generation section on a basis of the identified time, the size of the data exchanged with the HMD in a round-trip communication, and a predetermined target time for the round-trip communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Publication number: 20190356880Abstract: Provided are a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a control method, a transmission method, and a program that can control a frame image size of each frame image so that the frame image constituting a moving image is transmitted at an appropriate timing. A frame-image reception section receives a first frame image constituting the moving image. A control-data update section performs control so that the frame image size of a second frame image constituting the moving image, which is received after the first frame image, corresponds to a time required to receive the first frame image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
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Patent number: 10402602Abstract: In a reader for an RFID tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi
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Publication number: 20190036408Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that is rotatable around a center axis, a stator that opposes the rotor, and a bracket. The bracket includes a cylindrical portion that accommodates the stator and that extends in an axial direction. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator that covers the stator core, a coil portion, and a terminal portion. The coil portion is formed from a conducting wire wound around the stator core via the insulator. The terminal portion is connected to a substrate, an end portion of the coil portion being bound on the terminal portion. The insulator includes a first protruding portion, at least a part of the first protruding portion protruding towards a radial-direction outer side than the cylindrical portion. Outside the cylindrical portion, the terminal portion is provided at the first protruding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Yusuke IWAI, Ryosuke ISHIDA, Masakazu TANIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180129840Abstract: In a reader for an RFID tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi
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Patent number: 9959436Abstract: In a reader for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi
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Publication number: 20160004894Abstract: In a reader for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Tanikawa, Katsuyoshi Onishi