Patents by Inventor Satoshi Konya

Satoshi Konya 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: 20230211033
    Abstract: To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11633515
    Abstract: To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Konya, Shuji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220274465
    Abstract: To realize a device and method that outputs scents according to an advertisement. A scent output control unit that executes scent output control and a scent output unit that executes a scent output under control of the scent output control unit are included, and the scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. The scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement detected from an image captured by a vehicle exterior camera that captures the outside of the vehicle or an advertisement output to the information output terminal, and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. Furthermore, an occupant profile is analyzed on the basis of an image of an occupant, and a scent corresponding to the occupant is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: SATOSHI KONYA, SHUJI FUJITA, YUKITO INOUE, CEDRIC DUVERT
  • Publication number: 20220266661
    Abstract: To realize a device and method for controlling a scent to be output on the basis of various types of information acquired by an information acquisition unit. The device includes a scent output control unit that executes a scent output control, and a scent output unit that executes a scent output under the control of the scent output control unit, in which the scent output control unit selects a scent to be output according to input information from the information acquisition unit, and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. The scent output control unit selects information to be used for scent selection from the input information according to a preset mode, and selects a scent to be output according to the selected input information. For example, the control of the scent to be output is executed on the basis of a user utterance or information of an area, a facility, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: CEDRIC DUVERT, SATOSHI KONYA, SHUJI FUJITA, YUKITO INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210353816
    Abstract: To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11110193
    Abstract: To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Konya, Shuji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190282720
    Abstract: To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10181752
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether a control target apparatus drivable with first power supplied from an external power supply and second power supplied from a battery is driven with the second power, on the basis of a supply state of the first power and a transmission signal acquired via a power line from an external communication apparatus connected to the power line through which the first power is transmitted; and a target control unit configured to drive the control target apparatus with the second power when the control target apparatus is determined to be driven with the second power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takemura, Satoshi Konya
  • Publication number: 20160087314
    Abstract: Provided is a battery apparatus including a battery, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device, and a controller configured to control an operation of the battery based on control information pertaining to an operation specification of the battery, the control information being acquired based on a communication performed by the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji ARASHIMA, Satoshi KONYA
  • Publication number: 20150333569
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether a control target apparatus drivable with first power supplied from an external power supply and second power supplied from a battery is driven with the second power, on the basis of a supply state of the first power and a transmission signal acquired via a power line from an external communication apparatus connected to the power line through which the first power is transmitted; and a target control unit configured to drive the control target apparatus with the second power when the control target apparatus is determined to be driven with the second power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takemura, Satoshi Konya
  • Patent number: 9112540
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus including a magnetic sheet that includes an opening, a non-contract power supply coil that is disposed on the magnetic sheet, a high-frequency coupler that includes a coupling electrode, a ground, and a resonance unit configured to increase an amount of current flowing into the coupling electrode, and is configured such that the coupling electrode appears on the magnetic sheet via the opening, and a communication circuit unit that processes a high-frequency signal transmitted to and received from the coupling electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Konya
  • Patent number: 8620209
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a communication system, a communication method, and a program capable of performing relay transfer of a data file swiftly and simply in performing short-distance one-to-one communication are provided. The communication apparatus includes a communication part that performs short-distance one-to-one communication with a communication partner apparatus via electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a relay transfer mode setting part that sets a relay transfer mode in which a data file are relay-transferred from at least one first apparatus to at least one second apparatus, a storage part that holds the data file received from the first apparatus while the relay transfer mode is set, and a transmission control part that transmits the data file held in the storage part to the second apparatus with which communication is established while the relay transfer mode is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Namekawa, Jun Iwasaki, Satoshi Konya, Tomonari Yamagata, Hiroaki Miyachi
  • Patent number: 8619666
    Abstract: A wireless communications system for performing data communications between a data transmission side wireless communications device and a data receiving side wireless communications device. In the system, random back-off access control is performed until a connection is established between the data transmission side wireless communications device and the data receiving side wireless communications device. Then, after the connection is established, asymmetric IFS access control is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Nishiyama, Yasunori Maeshima, Satoshi Konya, Nobuo Namekawa, Tomonari Yamagata, Yuhei Hashimoto, Itaru Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8422947
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication circuit part, a transmission path for signals, a ground, a coupler electrode, and a resonance part. The coupler electrode includes an upper flat part as an electrode, a support, and a connecting portion. The support supports the upper flat part. Thus, the upper flat part faces the ground and is separately placed therefrom at a height only enough to ignore the wavelength of the signal, while having a flexible portion which is elastically deformable in the height direction. On the connecting portion, the other end of the support is connected to the transmission path. The resonance part enlarges a current flowing into the coupler electrode through the transmission path. A micro dipole is a line segment connecting between the center of accumulated electric charge in the coupler electrode and the center of mirror charge accumulated in the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Satoshi Konya
  • Patent number: 8346844
    Abstract: A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission/reception coupler for performing a one-to-one communication at short distance with an apparatus of a communication opponent by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; a plural copy mode setting unit for setting a plural copy mode for transferring a data file to a plurality of apparatuses; a data file selecting unit for selecting a data file to transfer to the plurality of apparatuses; a file transfer processing unit for transferring the data file already selected in the data file selecting unit to an apparatus, which communication is established, when the plural copy mode is set; and a plural copy mode canceling unit for canceling the plural copy mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Namekawa, Jun Iwasaki, Satoshi Konya, Tomonari Yamagata, Hiroaki Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20120326520
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus including a magnetic sheet that includes an opening, a non-contract power supply coil that is disposed on the magnetic sheet, a high-frequency coupler that includes a coupling electrode, a ground, and a resonance unit configured to increase an amount of current flowing into the coupling electrode, and is configured such that the coupling electrode appears on the magnetic sheet via the opening, and a communication circuit unit that processes a high-frequency signal transmitted to and received from the coupling electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi KONYA
  • Patent number: 8299868
    Abstract: A high frequency coupler includes a ground, a first coupling electrode connected via a first resonator unit to an input and output terminal of a communication circuit, and one or more second coupling electrodes connected via a second resonator unit designed utilizing a ground to a ground terminal of the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kato, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Takanori Washiro, Satoshi Konya
  • Publication number: 20110136430
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication circuit part, a transmission path for signals, a ground, a coupler electrode, and a resonance part. The coupler electrode includes an upper flat part as an electrode, a support, and a connecting portion. The support supports the upper flat part. Thus, the upper flat part faces the ground and is separately placed therefrom at a height only enough to ignore the wavelength of the signal, while having a flexible portion which is elastically deformable in the height direction. On the connecting portion, the other end of the support is connected to the transmission path. The resonance part enlarges a current flowing into the coupler electrode through the transmission path. A micro dipole is a line segment connecting between the center of accumulated electric charge in the coupler electrode and the center of mirror charge accumulated in the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Satoshi KONYA
  • Patent number: 7925235
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a transmitter including a transmission circuit unit generating an RF signal for transmitting data and an electrical-field coupling antenna transmitting the RF signal as an electrostatic field or an induction field; a receiver including an electrical-field coupling antenna and a reception circuit unit subjecting an RF signal received by the electrical-field coupling antenna to reception processing; and a surface-wave propagation device including a plurality of linear surface-wave transmission lines for propagating a surface wave radiated from the electrical-field coupling antenna of the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Konya, Takanori Washiro
  • Publication number: 20110006864
    Abstract: A high frequency coupler includes a ground, a first coupling electrode connected via a first resonator unit to an input and output terminal of a communication circuit, and one or more second coupling electrodes connected via a second resonator unit designed utilizing a ground to a ground terminal of the communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KATO, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Takanori Washiro, Satoshi Konya