Patents by Inventor Shigeru Sugaya

Shigeru Sugaya 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: 20240305406
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communicating device and a communicating method that can realize communication of higher reliability. A communicating device is provided which includes a control section configured to perform control of transmitting data to another communicating device by using a usable frequency channel, generating a request signal including channel information regarding plural usable frequency channels, the request signal being a signal for requesting an acknowledgment signal used to confirm normal reception of the data, and transmitting the generated request signal to the other communicating device by using the plural frequency channels. The present technology is applicable to wireless LAN systems, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Patent number: 12088413
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control for adding, to request information for requesting a different apparatus for a confirmation response to a plurality of data transmitted to the different apparatus, notification information. The notification information is information regarding at least sequence numbers other than a start sequence number from among sequence numbers corresponding to the plurality of data. Further, the control unit transmits the request information, to which the notification information is added, to the different apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugaya, Eisuke Sakai
  • Patent number: 12082175
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method that enable efficient data retransmission in communication using a plurality of frequency bands. A wireless communication device sets a series of sequence numbers to data to be transmitted to one transmission destination through a plurality of frequency bands, transmits the data through the plurality of frequency bands, and causes reception of receipt acknowledgment information through the frequency band in which the transmission of the data has been completed first among the plurality of frequency bands, the receipt acknowledgment information indicating a receipt acknowledgment regarding the data transmitted through the plurality of frequency bands. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20240284532
    Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus that realizes data sharing and coordinate transmit of shared data. A communication apparatus that operates as an access point includes: a communicating unit configured to transmit and receive wireless signals; and a control unit configured to control communication operations in the communicating unit, the communication operations including a communication operation for sharing data to be simultaneously transmitted to a single communication terminal between adjacent access points and a communication operation for recognizing that sharing of the data has been completed. The control unit is configured to perform control when transmitting the shared data simultaneously with the adjacent access points so as to multiplex the shared data with a transmission stream addressed to another communication apparatus and transmit the shared data as a multi-user multiplexed stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: SHIGERU SUGAYA, KOSUKE AIO, YUSUKE TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12063686
    Abstract: A communication device that determines a backoff time of multiband transmission is provided. A communication device includes: a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a plurality of bands; and a control unit that controls an operation in the communication unit. The control unit sets, for each band, a first random standby time for performing transmission in each of the plurality of bands, sets a second random standby time for performing simultaneous transmission of data in two or more of the plurality of bands, and controls countdown of the second random standby time or the first random standby time of each band on the basis of a comparison between the first random standby time of each band and the second random standby time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Yusuke Tanaka, Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 12063637
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method capable of realizing more reliable communication. Provided is a communication apparatus including a control unit that performs control to use an available frequency channel to transmit a data frame to another communication apparatus, and add, to the data frame, available channel information regarding the frequency channel available for transmitting and receiving a frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless LAN system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20240267788
    Abstract: A communication device is provided that performs highly reliable data communication using a plurality of channels. The communication device includes: a generation unit that generates a transmission frame including an aggregation frame in which a sequence of subframes is multiplexed in a time axis direction and a frequency channel axis direction; and a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the transmission frame. The generation unit generates the aggregation frame aggregated to cause each of the subframes included in the sequence to be stored at least once in each of frequency channels, and arranges in the aggregation frame at least one slot for receiving a continuation request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20240267441
    Abstract: A communication device including: a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including a second association identifier decided by a communication device to which a first association identifier is allocated and receive a second frame including information related to the second association identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20240259793
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method capable of improving low latency and high reliability. The wireless communication device performs retransmission processing with each of a first other wireless communication device and a second other wireless communication device in response to a request signal transmitted from the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device, and performs a setting of relay communication in which encryption processing and decryption processing are skipped. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke AIO, Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20240259902
    Abstract: A communication control device that causes a second communication device to generate a switching response frame indicating a response of connection switching that is to be transmitted to a communication terminal configured to switch a connection destination from a first communication device to the second communication device, on the basis of information regarding a connection between the first communication device and the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi HIRATA, Kosuke AIO, Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20240251277
    Abstract: A station device including: a reception unit configured to receive a signal transmitted from another network other than a BSS to which the own device belongs; an acquisition unit configured to acquire parameter information regarding the signal; and a reporting unit configured to report the parameter information to an access point device that performs interference control in the BSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru SUGAYA, Yuichi MORIOKA, Tomoya YAMAURA
  • Patent number: 12048007
    Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus that achieves a high efficiency in carrier aggregation. A communication apparatus includes a communication section that transmits and receives a radio signal using a first communication band and a second communication band, and a controller that controls an operation of communication performed by the communication section, and the controller performs control such that a signal that includes information regarding a clear channel of the second communication band is transmitted using a channel of the first communication band. Further, the controller performs control such that data is transmitted to a transmission destination of the signal using one of a plurality of the clear channels of the second communication band, the plurality of the clear channels of the second communication band being included in the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Ryuichi Hirata, Shigeru Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20240244642
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus serving as an access point of a wireless LAN. The wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit and a controller. The wireless communication unit receives a signal including information regarding a channel used in an OBSS (Overlap Basic Service Set). The controller determines a frequency band of a channel used in a BSS (Basic Service Set) on the basis of the information regarding the channel used in the OBSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru SUGAYA, Yuichi MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20240237064
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device, a wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method that may increase the opportunities for transmission and reception in communication on a plurality of links. The wireless communication device communicates with a wireless communication terminal on a plurality of links, and transmits, when receiving a transmission request frame for a first frame transmitted from the wireless communication terminal on a first link, transmission_available_time specifying information that specifies a transmission_available_time of the wireless communication terminal on the first link, to the wireless communication terminal. The present technology is applicable to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi HIRATA, Ken TANAKA, Shigeru SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20240237058
    Abstract: A communication device that performs multi-link and multi-user communication is provided. A communication device includes a communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating on a plurality of links, a communication processing unit that performs processing of simultaneously receiving data from a plurality of transmission-side communication devices, and a control unit that performs control to receive data using an optimum link from each of the plurality of transmission-side communication devices. The control unit transmits a trigger request signal for requesting information regarding a transmission opportunity from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices on a link on which a reception opportunity has been acquired, and determines an optimum link for each transmission-side communication device on the basis of a request response signal from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: SHIGERU SUGAYA, YUSUKE TANAKA, KEN TANAKA, RYUICHI HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20240224359
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a vehicle that allow an improvement in data transmission efficiency in the vehicle. The communication device includes a first communication unit configured to perform communication over a first network that interconnects a plurality of zones in a vehicle, and a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication over a second network formed in a first zone that is one of the plurality of zones. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a communication system provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru SUGAYA, Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Ken TANAKA, Kosuke AIO
  • Patent number: 12021627
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communicating device and a communicating method that can realize communication of higher reliability. A communicating device is provided which includes a control section configured to perform control of transmitting data to another communicating device by using a usable frequency channel, generating a request signal including channel information regarding plural usable frequency channels, the request signal being a signal for requesting an acknowledgment signal used to confirm normal reception of the data, and transmitting the generated request signal to the other communicating device by using the plural frequency channels. The present technology is applicable to wireless LAN systems, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20240205898
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device, a wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method capable of improving frequency utilization efficiency. The wireless communication device causes a signal, in which at least a first portion of a preamble and a payload are narrowed in band, to be transmitted. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke TANAKA, Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Shigeru SUGAYA, Ken TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12010470
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a sensor apparatus configured to continuously detect data, determine a state of the data that is detected, transmit the data in accordance with a determination result, and continue to detect the data regardless of the determination result, and a receiving apparatus configured to receive the data transmitted from the sensor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 12010201
    Abstract: A communication device including: a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including a second association identifier decided by a communication device to which a first association identifier is allocated and receive a second frame including information related to the second association identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya