Patents by Inventor Natsuki Itaya

Natsuki Itaya 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: 20250119597
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that distributes live data to a first user (terminal device 301), the information processing device performing control related to interaction data from the first user on the basis of information of a delay between the first user that transmits the interaction data with respect to the live data and the information processing device, or a delay between a second user (terminal device 302) that receives the interaction data from the first user with respect to the live data and the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Natsuki ITAYA, Ayumi KOBAYASHI, Mitsuru KATSUMATA
  • Publication number: 20240357425
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes a control unit (130). The control unit (130) requests a cellular communication system (30) to activate a communication line used by a plurality of terminal devices (40) that are service providing targets. The control unit (130) assigns the plurality of terminal devices (40) to at least one group according to a service provided. When the service is started to be provided to the plurality of terminal devices (40) corresponding to the one group, the control unit (130) determines a resource to be allocated to the plurality of terminal devices (40) corresponding to the one group. The control unit (130) requests the cellular communication system (30) to secure the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: AYUMI KOBAYASHI, NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, MITSURU KATSUMATA, KENTA ABE
  • Patent number: 11140549
    Abstract: To keep safety of a network and to facilitate connection to the network. An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is directed for receiving a connection authentication request from a new device other than a plurality of devices configuring a network in which the plurality of devices make wireless communication on a one-to-one basis to be mutually connected. Further, the control unit is directed for transferring the connection authentication request to the plurality of devices in a case of receiving the connection authentication request, and for performing control to permit the new device to connect to the network on the basis of the responses to the connection authentication request from the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Erika Saito, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10993276
    Abstract: There is provided a radio communication device including a reception unit which receives information indicating a connection state or a communication capability of another radio communication device which the radio communication device attempts to connect to, and a selection unit which selects, depending on the information received by the reception unit, which communication is to be performed from among first communication in which a direct connection to such other radio communication device is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, second communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via a base station is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, and third communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via the base station is established and indirect communication with such other radio communication device via the base station is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Naito, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki, Erika Saito, Tomoya Yamaura, Natsuki Itaya
  • Patent number: 10749617
    Abstract: A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10742538
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus in a mesh network, includes circuitry that, when the information processing apparatus is allocated as a root node for multicast transmission, transmits path request for multicast to other information processing apparatuses in the mesh network. The circuitry also determines a path for multicast based on responses received from the other information processing apparatuses, and performs multicast transmission of data via the determined path for multicast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda, Natsuki Itaya, Erika Saito
  • Patent number: 10608731
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes circuitry that stores first function information indicating at least a function of the information processing device; receives second function information indicating at least a function of another information processing device, and second positional information indicating a second positional of the another information processing device; determines a function to be performed from among the function of the information processing device and the function of the another information processing device, based on the first function information, the second function information, and the second positional information; performs the determined function in a case that the determined function is a function of the information processing device; and transmits a request to perform the determined function in a case that the determined function is a function of the another information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Natsuki Itaya, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190379466
    Abstract: A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: ERIKA SAITO, NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KENZOH NISHIKAWA, CHIHIRO FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10506416
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which includes a communication unit that communicates with a connected radio communication device operating as a master unit, and a control unit that, when a prescribed inquiry packet sent from another radio communication device is received by the communication unit, controls the communication unit to send a response packet containing service information indicating a service with which the radio communication device is compatible to said another radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Hideyuki Suzuki, Katsutoshi Itoh, Masahiko Naito, Natsuki Itaya, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Patent number: 10425174
    Abstract: A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10383134
    Abstract: Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Nobuhiko Watanabe, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masayuki Takada, Shuhei Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20190149222
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes circuitry that stores first function information indicating at least a function of the information processing device; receives second function information indicating at least a function of another information processing device, and second positional information indicating a second positional of the another information processing device; determines a function to be performed from among the function of the information processing device and the function of the another information processing device, based on the first function information, the second function information, and the second positional information; performs the determined function in a case that the determined function is a function of the information processing device; and transmits a request to perform the determined function in a case that the determined function is a function of the another information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: ERIKA SAITO, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, NATSUKI ITAYA, KENZOH NISHIKAWA, CHIHIRO FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20190123838
    Abstract: A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: ERIKA SAITO, NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, KENZOH NISHIKAWA, CHIHIRO FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10218429
    Abstract: An information processing device that includes circuitry that: receives a signal from a first device; measures a signal strength of the signal received from the first device; determines whether the signal strength is less than a threshold; and in a case that the signal strength is determined to be less than the predetermined threshold, transmits to an second device an instruction signal such that, in response to the instruction signal, the second device moves to a position to relay the signal from the first device to the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Natsuki Itaya, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10205543
    Abstract: A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Chihiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20180367993
    Abstract: To keep safety of a network and to facilitate connection to the network. An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is directed for receiving a connection authentication request from a new device other than a plurality of devices configuring a network in which the plurality of devices make wireless communication on a one-to-one basis to be mutually connected. Further, the control unit is directed for transferring the connection authentication request to the plurality of devices in a case of receiving the connection authentication request, and for performing control to permit the new device to connect to the network on the basis of the responses to the connection authentication request from the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, ERIKA SAITO, KENZOH NISHIKAWA, CHIHIRO FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180279323
    Abstract: Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki ITAYA, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Nobuhiko Watanabe, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masayuki Takada, Shuhei Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20180192465
    Abstract: There is provided a radio communication device including a reception unit which receives information indicating a connection state or a communication capability of another radio communication device which the radio communication device attempts to connect to, and a selection unit which selects, depending on the information received by the reception unit, which communication is to be performed from among first communication in which a direct connection to such other radio communication device is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, second communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via a base station is established and direct communication with each other radio communication device is performed, and third communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via the base station is established and indirect communication with such other radio communication device via the base station is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko NAITO, Katsutoshi ITOH, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Erika SAITO, Tomoya YAMAURA, Natsuki ITAYA
  • Patent number: 10015806
    Abstract: Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki Itaya, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Nobuhiko Watanabe, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masayuki Takada, Shuhei Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9986579
    Abstract: In order to perform an appropriate data transmission control, an information processing apparatus performs data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performs real time image transmission with another information processing apparatus in accordance with a Wi-Fi certified miracast specification. Also, the information processing apparatus includes a control unit. This control unit executes a control to transmit a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast to the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Amano, Hideki Iwami, Osamu Yoshimura, Natsuki Itaya