Patents by Inventor Michito Ishii

Michito Ishii 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: 20240094327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that obtain a more accurate distance. A first angle detection section detects a first reception angle of a signal in a first apparatus that is received from a transmitter. A second angle detection section detects a second reception angle of the signal in a second apparatus. A distance calculation section calculates distance information regarding a distance to the transmitter according to the first reception angle, the second reception angle, and the inter-apparatus distance between the first apparatus and the second apparatus. The technology according to the present disclosure is applicable, for example, to TWS based on the use of BLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: MICHITO ISHII, RYOTARO ONUKI
  • Publication number: 20230048782
    Abstract: To accurately achieve synchronization between a master and a slave that perform wireless communication. A synchronization device that synchronizes time-series data between a master and a slave by wireless communication, the master including a packet transmission unit that transmits a plurality of packets at a predetermined interval, and the slave including a synchronization unit that synchronizes time-series data transmitted by the master and time-series data received by the slave on the basis of the interval between the plurality of packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: MASATO KONDOU, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA KONDO, MICHITO ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210243707
    Abstract: Plural communication apparatuses connected via communication are synchronized while flexibly coping with a change in the communication state. A clock time management section manages a clock time. A clock time measurement section measures a clock time of another clock time management section of another apparatus and a clock time of the clock time management section of this apparatus for every predetermined processing, in the course of communication with the other apparatus having the other clock time management section. A clock time difference generation section generates a clock time difference between the clock time of the other clock time management section and the clock time of the clock time management section on the basis of the measured clock times. A clock time correction instruction section instructs the other apparatus to correct the clock time of the other clock time management section on the basis of the generated clock time difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Michito Ishii
  • Patent number: 10887644
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, data processing method, and a program which make it possible to smoothly switch the output of data in a case where data transmitted via different transmission paths is received to be output. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of data separately transmitted via different transmission paths and given time stamps corresponding to each other; an output control unit that selects data to be output from among the plurality of pieces of data and controls a timing of outputting the selected data on the basis of the time stamp of a piece of data having a latest time stamp among the plurality of pieces of data; and an accumulation unit that accumulates at least the plurality of pieces of data given the time stamps later than the time stamp of the data that has been output from among the received plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Patent number: 10750233
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, and a program capable of avoiding a buffer overflow at the time of reproduction. Each packet is separated from a packet string, and information indicating an arrival timing of each packet is output. The packet is divided into divided packets having a size which does not cause a buffer overflow, and a packet arrival time of each divided packet is embedded in a header of the divided packet. The present technology is applied to the recording apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Patent number: 10594437
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus and a method therefor which are capable of decreasing a processing load and efficiently improving reproduction quality. A packet accumulating unit stores packets and packet type, and another packet information. A statistics information accumulating unit accumulates statistics information (e.g., an error ratio, performance (processing condition) of the receiving apparatus, a condition of a stream, and a condition of a buffer). A packet-correcting-method selecting unit selects a packet correcting method from a packet correction table generated in accordance with the packet information and packet identification/statistics information from the statistics information accumulating unit, and supplies a packet to be corrected to a packet correcting unit in a case where the packet in process is determined to be a target of correction. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system that transmits and receives data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20200044774
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, and a data processing method that can prevent useless discard of packets. The reception apparatus performs an error detection process by using an error detection code included in a header of a transport packet. The plurality of transport packets are provided in a payload of a baseband packet that has gone through demodulation. The transport packets include the header and a payload. The header includes the error detection code. The payload has an IP packet provided therein, and the IP packet includes a UDP packet. The present technology is applicable, for example, to data transport compliant with a broadcasting standard such as ATSC 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michito ISHII, Lachlan Bruce MICHAEL, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10531136
    Abstract: A device, method, and program for data stream reproduction are disclosed. In one example, a transmission device includes a multiplexer that generates a data stream by multiplexing a data packet and a control information packet separately from each other, the data packet being a packet including reproduction data as the current data to be reproduced, the control information packet being a packet including control information to be used in reproducing the reproduction data. The multiplexer multiplexes a first packet in a position behind the position located a predetermined first number of packets before a second packet among multiplexing-enabled positions in which the control information packet can be multiplexed in the data stream, the first packet being the control information packet including the control information corresponding to a predetermined processing unit of the reproduction data, the second packet being the data packet including the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20190245947
    Abstract: [Object] To ease complexity for users in protocol selection. [Solution] A communication device including: a receiving unit that receives two or more pieces of protocol information, each of which indicates a protocol, from another communication device; a selecting unit that selects a protocol on the basis of priority set for protocol selection from protocols common to two or more protocols usable by the communication device and two or more protocols indicated by the two or more pieces of protocol information; and a communication control unit that controls communication with the other communication device according to the protocol selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: MICHITO ISHII
  • Patent number: 10178040
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a receiving device, a data processing method, and a program capable of suppressing degradation in quality in a case of reproducing data. In one example, a packet selection units selects one service stream from a multiplexed stream obtained by multiplexing a plurality of service streams. An insertion unit inserts null packets with time information, in which predetermined time information has been given to payloads, to spaces that become empty when the packet selection unit generates the one service stream. Thereafter, in the streams which have been demultiplexed after being multiplexed, the timing to output the null packets is adjusted with reference to the time information inserted in-to the null packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Michito Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180248653
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus and a method therefor which are capable of decreasing a processing load and efficiently improving reproduction quality. A packet accumulating unit stores packets and packet type, and another packet information. A statistics information accumulating unit accumulates statistics information (e.g., an error ratio, performance (processing condition) of the receiving apparatus, a condition of a stream, and a condition of a buffer). A packet-correcting-method selecting unit selects a packet correcting method from a packet correction table generated in accordance with the packet information and packet identification/statistics information from the statistics information accumulating unit, and supplies a packet to be corrected to a packet correcting unit in a case where the packet in process is determined to be a target of correction. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system that transmits and receives data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO ISHIGAYA, SHINJI NEGISHI, MICHITO ISHII, TAKEHITO WATANABE, YASUYUKI CHAKI, NORIAKI OOISHI
  • Publication number: 20180242035
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, data processing method, and a program which make it possible to smoothly switch the output of data in a case where data transmitted via different transmission paths is received to be output. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of data separately transmitted via different transmission paths and given time stamps corresponding to each other; an output control unit that selects data to be output from among the plurality of pieces of data and controls a timing of outputting the selected data on the basis of the time stamp of a piece of data having a latest time stamp among the plurality of pieces of data; and an accumulation unit that accumulates at least the plurality of pieces of data given the time stamps later than the time stamp of the data that has been output from among the received plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Yasuyuki Chaki, Noriaki Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20180220182
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, and a program capable of avoiding a buffer overflow at the time of reproduction. Each packet is separated from a packet string, and information indicating an arrival timing of each packet is output. The packet is divided into divided packets having a size which does not cause a buffer overflow, and a packet arrival time of each divided packet is embedded in a header of the divided packet. The present technology is applied to the recording apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Michito Ishii, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20180139474
    Abstract: A device, method, and program for data stream reproduction are disclosed. In one example, a transmission device includes a multiplexer that generates a data stream by multiplexing a data packet and a control information packet separately from each other, the data packet being a packet including reproduction data as the current data to be reproduced, the control information packet being a packet including control information to be used in reproducing the reproduction data. The multiplexer multiplexes a first packet in a position behind the position located a predetermined first number of packets before a second packet among multiplexing-enabled positions in which the control information packet can be multiplexed in the data stream, the first packet being the control information packet including the control information corresponding to a predetermined processing unit of the reproduction data, the second packet being the data packet including the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Negishi, Kazuhiro Ishigaya, Michito Ishii, Takehito Watanabe, Noriaki Ooishi, Yasuyuki Chaki
  • Publication number: 20170201463
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a receiving device, a data processing method, and a program capable of suppressing degradation in quality in a case of reproducing data. Packet selection units select, from a multiplexed stream obtained by multiplexing a plurality of service streams, packets configuring respective service streams and generate one service stream. Insertion units insert null packets with time information, in which predetermined time information has been given to payloads, to spaces which have become empty when a predetermined number of the packet selection units generate the one service stream. Thereafter, in the streams which have been demultiplexed after being multiplexed, the timing to output the null packets with time information is adjusted with reference to the time information given to the null packets with time information. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a receiving device that can receive a plurality of streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Michito Ishii
  • Patent number: 8149339
    Abstract: In switching a channel or in switching an external input, a reduction in a psychological strain on a user is offered. An image generating unit 22 generates image data indicating a lapse of time on the basis of time information received from a control unit 30 and supplies it to a combining unit 21. The combining unit 21 combines image data stored in a storage unit 25 and the image data indicating the time information from the image generating unit 22 to generate video data and supplies the video data to a video switching unit 16. The video switching unit 16 selects video data from a video decoder 14, the video data from the combining unit 21, or video data from a determination unit 24 on the basis of the control of the control unit 30 and outputs it to the display unit 18. For example, when a user switches a channel by operating an operating unit 31, muting is performed, the video data from the combining unit 21 is selected, and video indicating a lapse of time is displayed on the display unit 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michito Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100128183
    Abstract: In switching a channel or in switching an external input, a reduction in a psychological strain on a user is offered. An image generating unit 22 generates image data indicating a lapse of time on the basis of time information received from a control unit 30 and supplies it to a combining unit 21. The combining unit 21 combines image data stored in a storage unit 25 and the image data indicating the time information from the image generating unit 22 to generate video data and supplies the video data to a video switching unit 16. The video switching unit 16 selects video data from a video decoder 14, the video data from the combining unit 21, or video data from a determination unit 24 on the basis of the control of the control unit 30 and outputs it to the display unit 18. For example, when a user switches a channel by operating an operating unit 31, muting is performed, the video data from the combining unit 21 is selected, and video indicating a lapse of time is displayed on the display unit 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michito Ishii
  • Patent number: 7003496
    Abstract: A transmitting system is provided in which a data once downloaded in a memory means of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted from the memory means of the terminal apparatus, and a fee for a next new data purchased by the terminal apparatus from the information service center is discounted or not charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Junichi Nakamura, Shuichi Ootsu
  • Patent number: 6477506
    Abstract: A transmitting system in which a data once downloaded in a memory of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted from the memory of the terminal apparatus, and a fee for a next new data purchased by the terminal apparatus from the information service center is discounted or not charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Junichi Nakamura, Shuichi Ootsu
  • Publication number: 20020103670
    Abstract: A transmitting system is provided in which a data once downloaded in a memory means of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted from the memory means of the terminal apparatus, and a fee for a next new data purchased by the terminal apparatus from the information service center is discounted or not charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michito Ishii, Junichi Nakamura, Shuichi Ootsu