Patents by Inventor Shinobu Hattori

Shinobu Hattori 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: 20200304814
    Abstract: The buffer management methods simplify the complexity of STD buffer management for HEVC and make is easy to implement HEVC in deployed AVC/MPEG-2 networks (as legacy re-multiplexers are able to be used for re-purposing HEVC content). The buffers for base and enhancement layers are also also be managed independently before re-assembly and this simplifies the STD model. Re-assembly is still implemented before decoding an enhanced HEVC video stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: TERUHIKO SUZUKI, ALI TABATABAI, KAZUSHI SATO, SHINOBU HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10764600
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10764594
    Abstract: There is provided an image encoding device and an image encoding method, and an image processing device and an image processing method that enable easier bitstream concatenation. A structure according to the present disclosure includes: a setting unit that sets header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position and information about reference, the information about a position and the information about reference being of the current picture of image data to be processed; and an encoding unit that encodes the image data and generates a bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices or image encoding devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Akihiro Imamura, Ohji Nakagami, Takefumi Nagumo, Yuichi Araki, Yuji Fujimoto, Shinobu Hattori, Masakazu Kouno
  • Patent number: 10728567
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decoding device, a decoding method, an encoding device, and an encoding method, which are capable of enabling a decoding side to accurately recognize a color gamut of an encoding target image. The decoding device includes circuitry configured to receive an encoded stream including encoded data of an image and color primary information indicating a coordinate of at least one color primary of the image. The circuitry extracts the encoded data and the color primary information from the received encoded stream. The circuitry decodes the encoded data to generate the image. Further, the circuitry adjusts a color space of the generated image based on the extracted color primary information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a decoding device of a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Hiroaki Eto, Takumi Tsuru, Kenichi Kanai, Toshiya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20200228749
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20200221106
    Abstract: There is provided an image coding apparatus including: circuitry configured to set a correspondence relationship between resolution information and an enhancement layer, in a case where the number of the layers is greater than the number of multiple candidates for the resolution information on a layer of an image; and code the image and generate a bitstream including information relating to the set correspondence relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ohji NAKAGAMI, Shinobu HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10708608
    Abstract: The buffer management methods simplify the complexity of STD buffer management for HEVC and make is easy to implement HEVC in deployed AVC/MPEG-2 networks (as legacy re-multiplexers are able to be used for re-purposing HEVC content). The buffers for base and enhancement layers are also be managed independently before re-assembly and this simplifies the STD model. Re-assembly is still implemented before decoding an enhanced HEVC video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Tabatabai, Kazushi Sato, Shinobu Hattori, Teruhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10701425
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable recognition of performance required for decoding more accurately. A file of an MP4 file format, in which information for grouping a plurality of partial images which can be independently decoded in a whole image is stored in moov and the encoded partial images are stored in mdat, is generated, and the generated file is stored. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus such as an image encoding apparatus or an image decoding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Shinobu Hattori, Ohji Nakagami
  • Patent number: 10694196
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program which are capable of transferring information about a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a content recorded in a recording medium to a display device. A reproduction device of the present technology includes: a readout unit configured to read out, from a recording medium recording a content, a file of a video stream and a file of reproduction management information used for reproducing the video stream and including monitor information indicating at least one of a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a master monitor used for authoring the video stream; a decoding unit configured to decode the video stream; and an output unit configured to control an output of video data obtained by decoding the video stream and the monitor information included in the reproduction management information to a display device, depending on a performance of the display device to which the content is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10666959
    Abstract: There is provided an image coding apparatus including: circuitry configured to set a correspondence relationship between resolution information and an enhancement layer, in a case where the number of the layers is greater than the number of multiple candidates for the resolution information on a layer of an image; and code the image and generate a bitstream including information relating to the set correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ohji Nakagami, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10638085
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10595034
    Abstract: There is provided a decoding device including circuitry configured to receive coded data and conversion information, the coded data pertaining to an image having luminance in a first dynamic range and the conversion information pertaining to a conversion of dynamic range of the luminance of the image from the first dynamic range into a second dynamic range; and decode the received coded data so as to generate the image, wherein the conversion uses a knee function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Kenichi Kanai, Toshiya Hamada, Takumi Tsuru, Hiroaki Eto
  • Patent number: 10565695
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method to preferably transmit/receive or display high dynamic range images. In an image transmission system implementation, metadata is transmitted, the metadata storing information such as peak luminance, color gamut and optical-electro transfer or other characteristics of high dynamic range (HDR) content. An image receiving apparatus utilizes the metadata to perform dynamic range conversion using the metadata to adapt its display to display the HDR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Eto, Toshiya Hamada, Shinobu Hattori, Kenichi Kanai, Takumi Tsuru, Tomizo Shiraishi, Takehiro Nakatsue
  • Patent number: 10523975
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and information processing method capable of recognizing an acquisition position of voice data on an image. A web server transmits image frame size information indicating image frame size of image data and audio position information indicating acquisition position of voice data. The present disclosure is applicable to an information processing system or other like system including file generation device, web server, and video playback terminal to perform tiled streaming using a manner compliant with moving picture experts group phase-dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Ohji Nakagami, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Minoru Tsuji, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190394473
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program which are capable of transferring information about a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a content recorded in a recording medium to a display device. A reproduction device of the present technology includes: a readout unit configured to read out, from a recording medium recording a content, a file of a video stream and a file of reproduction management information used for reproducing the video stream and including monitor information indicating at least one of a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a master monitor used for authoring the video stream; a decoding unit configured to decode the video stream; and an output unit configured to control an output of video data obtained by decoding the video stream and the monitor information included in the reproduction management information to a display device, depending on a performance of the display device to which the content is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10504484
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include circuitry configured to: receive a first image (201), a second image (202) and first color space information (BT.2020) indicating a first color space of the first image; convert a second color space (BT.709) of the second image to a converted color space (BT.2020) same as the first color space, when the second color space is different from the first color space; and generate a display image (209) including the first image and the second image having the converted color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Shinobu Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190373282
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190364293
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Toshiya HAMADA, Kuniaki TAKAHASHI, Shinobu HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10484704
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10455240
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program which are capable of transferring information about a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a content recorded in a recording medium to a display device. A reproduction device of the present technology includes: a readout unit configured to read out, from a recording medium recording a content, a file of a video stream and a file of reproduction management information used for reproducing the video stream and including monitor information indicating at least one of a color gamut and a dynamic range of luminance of a master monitor used for authoring the video stream; a decoding unit configured to decode the video stream; and an output unit configured to control an output of video data obtained by decoding the video stream and the monitor information included in the reproduction management information to a display device, depending on a performance of the display device to which the content is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Hattori, Kazuo Yamamoto