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).
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Publication number: 20230211033Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
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Patent number: 11633515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Konya, Shuji Fujita
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Publication number: 20220274465Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: SATOSHI KONYA, SHUJI FUJITA, YUKITO INOUE, CEDRIC DUVERT
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Publication number: 20220266661Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: CEDRIC DUVERT, SATOSHI KONYA, SHUJI FUJITA, YUKITO INOUE
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Publication number: 20210353816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
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Patent number: 11110193Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Konya, Shuji Fujita
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Publication number: 20190282720Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi KONYA, Shuji FUJITA
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Patent number: 10181752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Takemura, Satoshi Konya
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Publication number: 20160087314Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji ARASHIMA, Satoshi KONYA
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Publication number: 20150333569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Takemura, Satoshi Konya
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Patent number: 9112540Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Satoshi Konya
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Patent number: 8620209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuo Namekawa, Jun Iwasaki, Satoshi Konya, Tomonari Yamagata, Hiroaki Miyachi
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Patent number: 8619666Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fumihiro Nishiyama, Yasunori Maeshima, Satoshi Konya, Nobuo Namekawa, Tomonari Yamagata, Yuhei Hashimoto, Itaru Maekawa
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Patent number: 8422947Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventor: Satoshi Konya
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Patent number: 8346844Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuo Namekawa, Jun Iwasaki, Satoshi Konya, Tomonari Yamagata, Hiroaki Miyachi
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Publication number: 20120326520Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Satoshi KONYA
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Patent number: 8299868Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Kato, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Takanori Washiro, Satoshi Konya
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Publication number: 20110136430Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventor: Satoshi KONYA
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Patent number: 7925235Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Konya, Takanori Washiro
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Publication number: 20110006864Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro KATO, Kenzoh Nishikawa, Takanori Washiro, Satoshi Konya