Patents by Inventor Ryohei Takahashi

Ryohei Takahashi 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: 10944951
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program as well as a recording medium for enabling at least a bit rate of an image to be reproduced to be converted. A BD-J execution unit sets conversion equation information indicating a conversion equation for converting at least a bit rate of a graphics to be reproduced. A conversion unit converts at least the bit rate of the graphics to be reproduced by use of the conversion equation indicated by the conversion equation information set by the BD-J execution unit. The present disclosure can be applied to a reproducing apparatus and the like for reproducing an optical disc recording therein a stream file of AV stream of main video in a video format different in bit rate or color gamut, a BDJO file, a file of BD-J, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10910017
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproducing device, a reproducing method, an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium, which are capable of reproducing an appropriate HDR video. The reproducing device of the present technology acquires reproduction management information in which a first flag indicating whether or not encoded data of a first HDR video which is mandatory when a video of a luminance range wider than a standard luminance range is included in content is included in the content and a second flag indicating whether or not encoded data of a second HDR video that is likely to be included in the content is included in the content are described. Further, the reproducing device reproduces the encoded data of the first HDR video or the encoded data of the second HDR video on the basis of the details of the first flag and the second flag and performance of a display serving as an output destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Kouichi Uchimura, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10880532
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of displaying graphics with a broader dynamic range of luminance and appropriate brightness. An optical disc records STN_table associating HDR graphics, which are graphics having a second luminance range different from and broader than a first luminance range, with tone_mapping_info including HDR information indicating a luminance characteristic of the HDR graphics and tone_mapping_info, which is tone mapping definition information used when luminance conversion from the HDR graphics to STD graphics which are graphics having the first luminance range is performed, the HDR graphics, and the tone_mapping_info. The present technology is applicable to a recording medium recording graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10846820
    Abstract: There is provided a generation device, an identification information generation method, a reproduction device, and an image generation method capable of easily acquiring a region with a margin and a region with no margin. An identification information generation unit generates margin identification information for identifying that a celestial sphere image includes a region with a margin. A client that uses a margin can easily acquire a region including the margin and a client that does not use a margin can easily acquire a region including no margin. The present technology can be applied to a case in which a celestial sphere image is transmitted from a server and is received and reproduced on a client side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Ohji Nakagami
  • Publication number: 20200342568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and a method capable of more easily providing a higher-quality image while reducing a drop of encoding efficiency. Generated is a file which includes information associated with projection extension as an extension method of a projection system for mapping, on a single plane, a three-dimensional structure image as an image projected on a three-dimensional structure. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, a file generation apparatus, a file transmission apparatus, a distribution apparatus, a file reception apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: RYOHEI TAKAHASHI, MITSUHIRO HIRABAYASHI, NOBUAKI IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200288217
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a file generation apparatus that make it possible to appropriately reproduce a BV content. An image processing apparatus includes a file processor that selects, from a plurality of streams included in a 3D object content, a plurality of the streams to be used for reproduction of the 3D object content on the basis of group information for selection of the stream appropriate for reproduction of the 3D object content, a file including the group information. The present technology is applicable to a client apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Toshiya HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200286283
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a file generation apparatus that make it possible to appropriately reproduce a BV content. An image processing apparatus includes: a file acquisition unit that acquires a file having a management region where information for management of a 3D object content is stored and a data region where a track in which streams included in the 3D object content are stored is stored, group information for selection, from a plurality of the streams included in the 3D object content, of the stream appropriate for reproduction of the 3D object content being stored in the management region; and a file processor that selects a plurality of the streams to be used for reproduction of the 3D object content on the basis of the group information. The present technology is applicable to a client apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Toshiya HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10768380
    Abstract: A ferrule that holds an end part of an optical fiber includes a fiber hole into which the optical fiber is inserted and an upper wall part and a lower wall part that define a hollow adhesive filling part, where the lower wall part faces the upper wall part. The adhesive filling part is filled with an adhesive applied between the optical fiber inserted in the fiber hole and an inner wall surface of the adhesive filling part. The upper wall part has an upper opening through which the adhesive passes into the adhesive filling part, and the lower wall part has a lower opening that ventilates the adhesive filling part to outside of the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakama, Shigeo Takahashi, Hirotaka Asada, Kazuaki Toba, Masanari Yamamoto, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10741211
    Abstract: To enable an HDR image and an HDR image metadata to be stored in an MP4 file, and a reproduction device to reproduce an optimum HDR image based on metadata. In generating the MP4 file that stores HDR image data, the HDR image metadata is recorded in the MP4 file. An HDR image metadata storage box is set to a trak box or a traf box in the MP4 file, and the HDR image metadata is stored. The reproduction device acquires the HDR image metadata stored in the MP4 file, determines whether executing a conversion process of the HDR image read from the MP4 file according to the acquired metadata and display function information of the display unit, and executes an output image generation process according to a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Kouichi Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20200236335
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of displaying graphics with a broader dynamic range of luminance and appropriate brightness. An optical disc records STN_table associating HDR graphics, which are graphics having a second luminance range different from and broader than a first luminance range, with tone_mapping_info including HDR information indicating a luminance characteristic of the HDR graphics and tone_mapping_info, which is tone mapping definition information used when luminance conversion from the HDR graphics to STD graphics which are graphics having the first luminance range is performed, the HDR graphics, and the tone_mapping_info. The present technology is applicable to a recording medium recording graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: KOUICHI UCHIMURA, RYOHEI TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10623711
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium that make it possible to set a dynamic range of an image to be reproduced. A Java setting unit sets a dynamic range of an image to be reproduced. A generation unit generates the image to be reproduced in the dynamic range set by the Java setting unit. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a reproducing device or the like that reproduces an optical disk that records an AV stream of a main video in a standard dynamic range (SDR) and an AV stream of a main video in a high dynamic range (HDR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200110221
    Abstract: [Object] To propose an optical communication connector, an optical communication cable, and an electronic device being novel and improved that have excellent maintenance properties and can prevent parallel light (collimated light) from being directly emitted to the outside of an optical connector during non-optical coupling. [Solution] There is provided an optical communication connector device including: a collimating lens configured to collimate light from an optical transmission path; a refracting section arranged on a leading end side with respect to the collimating lens, and configured to refract and eject light from the optical transmission path ejected from the collimating lens; and a scattering section configured to scatter at least a part of the light ejected from the refracting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUAKI TOBA, MASANARI YAMAMOTO, RYOHEI TAKAHASHI, SATOSHI MUTO, TATSUSHI NASHIDA, SHINPEI HIRANO, NAOFUMI YONEDA
  • Patent number: 10598863
    Abstract: A laser hazard at the time of non-connection can be prevented with a simple structure. A cylindrical connector exterior, and a block that is incorporated in one end side of the connector exterior and in which a light emitting portion or a light incident portion is mounted toward another end side are included. The light emitting portion or the light incident portion is mounted on the block such that an optical axis direction of the light emitting portion or the light incident portion is inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the connector exterior. For example, the connector exterior has a length at which at least a part of light emitted from the light emitting portion can be emitted to an inner side (inner wall) of the connector exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Masanari Yamamoto, Ryohei Takahashi, Hiroshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20200088954
    Abstract: A ferrule that holds an end part of an optical fiber includes a fiber hole into which the optical fiber is inserted and an upper wall part and a lower wall part that define a hollow adhesive filling part, where the lower wall part faces the upper wall part. The adhesive filling part is filled with an adhesive applied between the optical fiber inserted in the fiber hole and an inner wall surface of the adhesive filling part. The upper wall part has an upper opening through which the adhesive passes into the adhesive filling part, and the lower wall part has a lower opening that ventilates the adhesive filling part to outside of the ferrule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakama, Shigeo Takahashi, Hirotaka Asada, Kazuaki Toba, Masanari Yamamoto, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200077070
    Abstract: There is provided a generation device, an identification information generation method, a reproduction device, and an image reproduction method capable of identifying a packing scheme. Stereo packing identification information for identifying a scheme of packing is generated with regard to a plurality of region images of a celestial sphere image packed in a packed frame. In a case in which packing is performed by one of a plurality of packing schemes, stereo packing identification information indicating a packing method can be generated, a projected frame can be generated easily on the basis of the identification information, and the projected frame can be rendered. The present technology can be applied to a case in which a celestial sphere stereoscopic image is transmitted to be reproduced on a reception side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Teruhiko SUZUKI, Ohji NAKAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10572394
    Abstract: A configuration capable of performing reliable source analysis of illegal copy content using content in which a reproduction path is settable is implemented. Content in which an individual segment region including a plurality of pieces of variation data which include different identification information embedded therein and are decryptable using different keys and a common segment region including single data are provided, and variation data is configured with an aligned unit is set. A content reproducing device calculates a reproduction path by applying a device key and selects and reproduces an aligned unit corresponding to the reproduction path on the basis of a variation data identifier recorded in an adaptation field in a plain text region at the head of a plurality of aligned units constituting the variation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200059635
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method, a file generation apparatus and method, and a program that enable a suitable occlusion image to be obtained. The image processing apparatus includes an MPD file processing unit configured to select an occlusion image to be acquired, on the basis of information regarding a viewpoint position of the occlusion image included in an MPD file, from among a plurality of the occlusion images indicated by the MPD file. The present technology can be applied to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Kazuhiko TAKABAYASHI, Toshiya HAMADA, Ryohei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10554944
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a playing apparatus, a playing method, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium that allow playing of appropriate HDR videos. A playing apparatus in an aspect of the present technology has a storage unit that has regions for storing a plurality of units of information indicating the state of the playing apparatus including preference information indicating the type of an HDR video to be preferentially played, out of a first HDR video that is essential in including in a content an HDR video as a video in a wider brightness range than a standard brightness range and a second HDR video that is capable of being included in the content. The playing apparatus acquires encoded data of the HDR video to be preferentially played indicated by the preference information, out of encoded data of the first HDR video and encoded data of the second HDR video, and decodes the acquired encoded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Kouichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 10535369
    Abstract: It is possible to accurately and securely execute conversion from an MPEG-2TS format to an MP4 format. A data converting unit that executes format conversion from an MPEG-2TS format to an MP4 format sorts out TS packets storing video data from MPEG-2TS format data, selects a TS packet having a start code (SC) at the top of a payload on the basis of header information of the sorted out TS packets, and extracts payload configuration data other than the start code (SC) and sets the payload configuration data as configuration data of MP4 format data. The data converting unit determines, on the basis of, for example, a value of a transport priority set in a header of the TS packet, whether or not the TS packet is a TS packet in which a start code (SC) is set in a top region of a payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Kouichi Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20190394445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a program that can signal region information of a full sphere picture in a more variety of projection formats. The region information expresses a region on a spherical surface by signaling a plurality of vertexes on the spherical surface and by connecting the vertexes by shortest distances on the spherical surface. Alternatively, the region information expresses a region on a spherical surface by signaling surface regions in accordance with a number of surfaces, the surface regions being formed by signaling a plurality of vertexes on the spherical surface and by connecting the vertexes by shortest distances on the spherical surface. The present technology is applicable to a distribution system that performs network distribution of the full sphere picture by MPEG-DASH, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei TAKAHASHI, Toshiya HAMADA, Mitsuru KATSUMATA