Patents by Inventor Toshihide Hayashi

Toshihide Hayashi 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: 20230345081
    Abstract: An information communication terminal device adapted for an IPTV service that delivers program data from one of a plurality of delivery servers via a communication network includes a channel selection unit, a program data acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The channel selection unit selects a channel number according to channel allocation which defines allocation of channels corresponding to broadcasting regions. The program data acquisition unit requests a specific delivery server to deliver program data according to link information associated with the selected channel number and acquires the program data delivered from the specific delivery server in response to the request. The display control unit performs control such that program content is displayed on a screen based on the received program data. In response to a first operation by a user with respect to the screen, the channel selection unit determines a channel number of a first switching destination according to the channel allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: INFOCITY, INC.
    Inventors: Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Toshihide Hayashi, Gota Iwanami
  • Publication number: 20230125877
    Abstract: An information communication terminal device adapted for an IPTV service, which delivers program data from one of a plurality of delivery servers via a communication network, includes: a program selection unit, a program data acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The program selection unit selects a program according to EPG information in which program scheduling is defined by a plurality of channels and a plurality of delivery time slots along a time axis, the program being selected based on the channels and the delivery time slots. The program data acquisition unit requests delivery of program data of the program to a specific delivery server according to link information and a program identification code, both of which are associated with the selected program, and acquires the program data delivered from the specific delivery server in response to the request. The display control unit performs control such that program content is displayed on a screen based on the received program data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: INFOCITY, Inc.
    Inventors: Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Toshihide Hayashi, Gota Iwanami
  • Patent number: 11531188
    Abstract: An imaging optics including, in sequence starting from the object side, of a 1st lens G1 with a negative refractive power, a 2nd lens G2 with a positive refractive power, a 3rd lens G3 with a positive refractive power, and a 4th lens G4, a 5th lens G5, a 6th lens G6, and a 7th lens G7 with a negative refractive power, satisfying the conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TAMRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Koichiro Yokota, Takayuki Noda
  • Publication number: 20200355889
    Abstract: An imaging optics including, in sequence starting from the object side, of a 1st lens G1 with a negative refractive power, a 2nd lens G2 with a positive refractive power, a 3rd lens G3 with a positive refractive power, and a 4th lens G4, a 5th lens G5, a 6th lens G6, and a 7th lens G7 with a negative refractive power, satisfying the conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TAMRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Koichiro Yokota, Takayuki Noda
  • Patent number: 9900653
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 9699403
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20170055029
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 9525908
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20160234459
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9350931
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9311258
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to perform I2C bidirectional communication with an external apparatus using two signal lines included in a transmission path as I2C communication lines, a second communication unit configured to perform bidirectional differential communication with the external apparatus using the two signal lines as high-speed data communication lines, a switching unit configured to select a first communication state in which the first communication unit is connected to the two signal lines or a second communication state in which the second communication unit is connected to the two signal lines, and a controller configured to control operation of the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Gen Ichimura, Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Hideyuki Suzuki, Toshihide Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9277171
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a digital signal transmission/reception unit configured to perform two-way transmission of a digital signal using multiple differential signal lanes prepared at a transmission path with an external device; a transmission path arrangement determining unit configured to determine a transmission path arrangement including the number of use lanes, a use lane number, and a transmission direction by performing communication with the external device using a two-way communication line prepared at the transmission path with the external device; and a transmission path arrangement control unit configured to control the arrangement of the digital signal transmission/reception unit based on the information of the transmission path arrangement determined at the transmission path arrangement determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Gen Ichimura, Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Toshihide Hayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150326919
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 9154831
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 9116286
    Abstract: An internal focus lens includes sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes an anti-vibration lens formed by a negative lens that is moved in an orthogonal direction with respect to an optical axis to correct image blur consequent to optical system vibration, and further includes an aperture stop disposed farther on an image side of the first lens group than the anti-vibration lens. The second lens group is moved along the optical axis to perform focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, TAMRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Naoki Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20150201145
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9038123
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9032471
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8997166
    Abstract: An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20150012961
    Abstract: An external device may recognize, in the case of including a communication unit that executes communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. A disk recorder transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable to a television receiver via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable. The television receiver receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Kitano, Kazumoto Kondo, Toshihide Hayashi, Gen Ichimura