Patents by Inventor Stephen Tiedemann

Stephen Tiedemann 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: 20230274758
    Abstract: A method comprising determining at least one audio event based on an audio waveform and determining a deepfake probability for the audio event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Lev MARKHASIN, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Stefan UHLICH, Bi WANG, Wei-Hsiang LIAO, Yuhki MITSUFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230276146
    Abstract: An image processing circuitry configured to: store, based on an obtained command, a first image identifier of first image data or the first image data on a write-once-read-many memory, wherein the first image identifier is generated based on the first image data such that it is unique for the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Lev MARKHASIN, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Stefan UHLICH, Bi WANG
  • Publication number: 20230252808
    Abstract: Abstract: An image processing circuitry configured to: generate, based on obtained image data, a visual content word sequence indicative for a visual content of an image represented by the obtained image data; and generate, based on the generated visual content word sequence, an image signature for the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Lev MARKHASIN, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Stefan UHLICH, Bi WANG
  • Publication number: 20220394463
    Abstract: A first communication device for use in a wireless communication system to communicate with a second communication device comprises circuitry configured to transmit probe signals into multiple directions, receive echo signals in response to the transmitted probe signals, and determine the position of a potentially eavesdropping communication device from the received echo signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Felix FELLHAUER, Maximilian ARNOLD, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Dana CIOCHINA, Thomas HANDTE, Nabil Sven LOGHIN
  • Publication number: 20220329344
    Abstract: A first communication device for use in a wireless communication system to communicate with a second communication device comprises circuitry configured to perform beamforming training with the second communication device to train a plurality of antenna beam combinations of antenna beams used by the first and second communication devices for transmitting and/or receiving signals, select one or more of the trained antenna beam combinations according to a security criterion that is directed to reducing the probability that a third communication device can eavesdrop on the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, and communicate with the second communication device using the selected one or more antenna beam combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Felix FELLHAUER, Maximilian ARNOLD, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Dana CIOCHINA, Thomas HANDTE, Nabil Sven LOGHIN
  • Publication number: 20220284196
    Abstract: A method comprising a deep learning based translation system translating a source sentence from language A to a target sentence in language B, placing constraints on the target sentence in language B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Javier ALONSO GARCIA, Fabien CARDINAUX, Thomas KEMP, Lukas MAUCH, Stefan UHLICH, Stephen TIEDEMANN
  • Patent number: 11336333
    Abstract: An NFC device comprises a function unit configured to execute a function based on related command code, a storage unit configured to store the command code, a communication unit configured to communicate with another NFC device, and a processing unit configured, if an update of the command code shall be made by the another NFC device, to calculate a checksum over at least part of the command code, to compare the calculated checksum with a checksum received from the another NFC device and to authorize the update if the received checksum matches the calculated checksum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen Tiedemann
  • Publication number: 20190258928
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a derived artificial neural network (ANN) from a base ANN comprises initialising a set of parameters of the derived ANN in dependence upon parameters of the base ANN; inferring a set of output data from a set of input data using the base ANN; quantising the set of output data; and training the derived ANN using training data comprising the set of input data and the quantised set of output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich, Kazuki Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20190258931
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a modified artificial neural network (ANN) from a base ANN having an ordered series of two or more successive layers of neurons, each layer passing data signals to the next layer in the ordered series, the neurons of each layer processing the data signals received from the preceding layer according to an activation function and weights for that layer comprises: detecting the data signals for a first position and a second position in the ordered series of layers of neurons; generating the modified ANN from the base ANN by providing an introduced layer of neurons to provide processing between the first position and the second position with respect to the ordered series of layers of neurons of the base ANN; deriving an initial approximation of at least a set of weights for the introduced layer using a least squares approximation from the data signals detected for the first position and a second position; and processing training data using the modified ANN to train the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Kazuki Yoshiyama, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich
  • Publication number: 20190220741
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of training an artificial neural network (ANN) by generating a first learned parameter for use in normalising input data values during a subsequent inference phase of the trained ANN. The method includes, for each of a series of batches of training data values, deriving a batch variance of the batch of training data values and a running variance of all training data values already processed in the training phase; generating an approximation of a current value of the first learned parameter so that a first scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the first learned parameter and the running variance, is constrained to be equal to a power of two; and normalizing the batch of input data values by a second scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the current value of the first learned parameter and the batch variance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Kazuki Yoshiyama, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich
  • Publication number: 20190215033
    Abstract: An NFC device comprises a function unit configured to execute a function based on related command code, a storage unit configured to store the command code, a communication unit configured to communicate with another NFC device, and a processing unit configured, if an update of the command code shall be made by the another NFC device, to calculate a checksum over at least part of the command code, to compare the calculated checksum with a checksum received from the another NFC device and to authorize the update if the received checksum matches the calculated checksum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen TIEDEMANN
  • Patent number: 10298429
    Abstract: A transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication method for transmitting and receiving data modulated on frequency subcarriers of an OFDM communication system. An OFDM burst includes a preamble part and payload data part, whereby the preamble includes a section of pilot symbols mapped onto every n-th frequency subcarrier and signaling data mapped onto the frequency subcarriers between the frequency subcarriers with the pilot symbols. A first channel estimation on the basis of the received pilot symbols is performed, the result of which is used to reconstruct the entire section of the received preamble as a training pattern for an accurate channel estimation, which is used for a channel equalization of the received payload part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Lothar Stadelmeier, Markus Zumkeller, Andreas Schwager, Stephen Tiedemann, Gralf Gaedeken
  • Patent number: 10277283
    Abstract: An NFC device comprises a function unit configured to execute a function based on related command code, a storage unit configured to store the command code, a communication unit configured to communicate with another NFC device, and a processing unit configured, if an update of the command code shall be made by the another NFC device, to calculate a checksum over at least part of the command code, to compare the calculated checksum with a checksum received from the another NFC device and to authorize the update if the received checksum matches the calculated checksum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen Tiedemann
  • Patent number: 10084510
    Abstract: A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schwager, Markus Zumkeller, Gralf Gaedeken, Stephen Tiedemann, Lothar Stadelmeier
  • Publication number: 20180076855
    Abstract: An NFC device comprises a function unit (10) configured to execute a function based on related command code, a storage unit (11) configured to store the command code, a communication unit (12) configured to communicate with another NFC device, and a processing unit (13) configured, if an update of the command code shall be made by the another NFC device, to calculate a checksum over at least part of the command code, to compare the calculated checksum with a checksum received from the another NFC device and to authorize the update if the received checksum matches the calculated checksum
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen TIEDEMANN
  • Patent number: 9843359
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (110) with a NFC (near field communication) unit (114) is switchable between an active mode and a passive mode. A motion sensor unit (112) records a motion of the portable electronic device (110), and outputs a motion signal descriptive for the recorded motion. A processing unit (111) analysis the motion signal to detect a first predefined motion pattern including an acceleration and a deceleration phase. The NFC unit (114) is switched into the active mode upon detection of a first predefined motion pattern descriptive for an NFC touch gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Tiedemann, Frank Dawidowsky, Klaus Roehrle, Meik Buscemi
  • Patent number: 9792616
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating an electronic coupon comprising generating coupon identification data; generating coupon metadata; and generating the electronic coupon based on the coupon identification data and based on the coupon metadata. Further, a coupon holding device is provided including a coupon receiving unit configured to receive a first electronic coupon; a coupon metadata generation unit configured to generate coupon metadata for the first electronic coupon; and a coupon generation unit configured to generate a second electronic coupon based on the first electronic coupon and the coupon metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jurina Wessels, Frank Dawidowsky, Stephen Tiedemann, Klaus Röhrle, Meik Buscemi, Dietmar Schill
  • Publication number: 20170093461
    Abstract: A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas SCHWAGER, Markus ZUMKELLER, Gralf GAEDEKEN, Stephen TIEDEMANN, Lothar STADELMEIER
  • Patent number: 9467237
    Abstract: A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schwager, Markus Zumkeller, Gralf Gaedeken, Stephen Tiedemann, Lothar Stadelmeier
  • Patent number: 9454682
    Abstract: A near field communication reader device is provided including a transmitter to transmit a request to a near field communication tag device; wherein the request is formed according to a predetermined format including an identifier section for carrying a request identifier; a receiver to receive a response from the near field communication tag device; wherein the response is formed based on the request according to the predetermined format including the identifier section for carrying a response identifier; and a processor to generate the request identifier, to compare the request identifier with the response identifier and to accept the response as a valid response if the response identifier is different from the request identifier. A corresponding near field communication tag device, a near field communication system and a near field communication method are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SONY Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Tiedemann