Patents by Inventor Sonfun Lee

Sonfun Lee 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: 11791934
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device, including: a transmission and reception unit that transmits and receives a signal with an other communication device; an error detection unit that detects an occurrence of an error by having the transmission and reception unit receive a preamble specifying a type of data to be transmitted next, and comparing a bit sequence of a signal received following the preamble to a bit sequence that should be transmitted for the type specified for transmission by the preamble; and a conflict avoidance unit that, if the occurrence of an error is detected by the error detection unit, instructs the transmission and reception unit to transmit a clock corresponding to a certain number of bits following the preamble, and then transmit an abort signal giving an instruction to terminate communication partway through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Patent number: 10892852
    Abstract: A master includes a transmission and receiving unit that transmits and receives signals to and from a slave, and the transmission and receiving unit receives read data read out from the slave, and typically drives the second bit of a preamble transmitted/received subsequent to the read data. The master can notify the slave that communication is or is not interrupted at some midpoint, on the basis of the second bit of the preamble. The present technology can be applied to a bus IF that communicates pursuant to, for example, the specification of I3C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Patent number: 10824582
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus, including: a transmission/reception unit that transmits/receives a signal to/from a different communication apparatus; and a recovery signal transmission instruction unit that instructs the transmission/reception unit to transmit a recovery signal for recovering communication with the different communication apparatus that is out of working order, the recovery signal including at least a first command, the first command prescribing that no processing is to be executed in the different communication apparatus that is in working order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Patent number: 10740268
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Patent number: 10740172
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus, including: a transmission/reception unit that transmits/receives a signal to/from a different apparatus; a confirmation signal detection unit that detects one of a reception confirmation signal and a non-reception confirmation signal, the reception confirmation signal and the non-reception confirmation signal being transmitted from the different apparatus that has received the signal transmitted from the transmission/reception unit; and a conflict avoiding unit that instructs the transmission/reception unit to transmit an abort signal for instructing to interrupt communication after ignoring a predetermined number of bits following the non-reception confirmation signal when the confirmation signal detection unit has detected the non-reception confirmation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Patent number: 10721022
    Abstract: A master includes a transmission/reception unit which transmits/receives a signal to/from a slave, and an error detection unit which detects error occurrence by performing parity check to data received by the transmission/reception unit. Then, the error detection unit performs error detection assuming one bit of 2-bit parity included in the data received by the transmission/reception unit as even parity, and the other bit as odd parity. The present technology can be applied to a bus IF which performs communication in compliance with, for example, an I3C standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20200034322
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Publication number: 20190354503
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus, including: a transmission/reception unit that transmits/receives a signal to/from a different communication apparatus; and a recovery signal transmission instruction unit that instructs the transmission/reception unit to transmit a recovery signal for recovering communication with the different communication apparatus that is out of working order, the recovery signal including at least a first command, the first command prescribing that no processing is to be executed in the different communication apparatus that is in working order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo TAKAHASHI, Sonfun LEE, Naohiro KOSHISAKA
  • Patent number: 10372641
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Publication number: 20190213070
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus, including: a transmission/reception unit that transmits/receives a signal to/from a different apparatus; a confirmation signal detection unit that detects one of a reception confirmation signal and a non-reception confirmation signal, the reception confirmation signal and the non-reception confirmation signal being transmitted from the different apparatus that has received the signal transmitted from the transmission/reception unit; and a conflict avoiding unit that instructs the transmission/reception unit to transmit an abort signal for instructing to interrupt communication after ignoring a predetermined number of bits following the non-reception confirmation signal when the confirmation signal detection unit has detected the non-reception confirmation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190215100
    Abstract: A master includes a transmission/reception unit which transmits/receives a signal to/from a slave, and an error detection unit which detects error occurrence by performing parity check to data received by the transmission/reception unit. Then, the error detection unit performs error detection assuming one bit of 2-bit parity included in the data received by the transmission/reception unit as even parity, and the other bit as odd parity. The present technology can be applied to a bus IF which performs communication in compliance with, for example, an I3C standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190146939
    Abstract: When communication with a slave becomes unavailable, a master instructs the slave to release a drive state for a data signal line, by having a transmission/reception unit perform particular driving of a clock signal line. The slave releases the drive state for the data signal line when a counter detects the particular driving of the clock signal line. The present technology can be applied to a bus IF that performs communication compatible with I3C standard, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sonfun Lee, Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190123858
    Abstract: A master includes a transmission and receiving unit that transmits and receives signals to and from a slave, and the transmission and receiving unit receives read data read out from the slave, and typically drives the second bit of a preamble transmitted/received subsequent to the read data. The master can notify the slave that communication is or is not interrupted at some midpoint, on the basis of the second bit of the preamble. The present technology can be applied to a bus IF that communicates pursuant to, for example, the specification of I3C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190097757
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device, including: a transmission and reception unit that transmits and receives a signal with an other communication device; an error detection unit that detects an occurrence of an error by having the transmission and reception unit receive a preamble specifying a type of data to be transmitted next, and comparing a bit sequence of a signal received following the preamble to a bit sequence that should be transmitted for the type specified for transmission by the preamble; and a conflict avoidance unit that, if the occurrence of an error is detected by the error detection unit, instructs the transmission and reception unit to transmit a clock corresponding to a certain number of bits following the preamble, and then transmit an abort signal giving an instruction to terminate communication partway through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Sonfun Lee, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190050357
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Patent number: 10140230
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180322084
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a communication method, a program, and a communication system are disclosed. A master has a sending block for sending data to a slave at two bytes per word and a confirmation block for confirming the data to be sent to the slave that includes notification information for recognizing presence or absence of a word having invalid data. The slave has a receiving block for receiving the data sent from the master on a word basis and a recognition block for, if the received word is recognized to have invalid data according to the notification information, avoiding the execution of the processing based on that invalid data. For example, on the basis of a result of the confirmation of the notification information, the invalid data included in the word recognized to have invalid data is masked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sonfun Lee, Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20180150425
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Patent number: 9916271
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170286341
    Abstract: Communication systems and communication control methods are disclosed. In one example, a slave device belonging to a group of devices to which arbitration is applicable sequentially transmits a start bit and a first address including a first bit having a value different from a corresponding first bit of predetermined pattern data. A master device sequentially transmits the start bit and the predetermined pattern data. The master device arbitrates the master device and the first slave device based on the value of the first bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Naohiro Koshisaka, Sonfun Lee