Patents by Inventor Toshihisa Hyakudai

Toshihisa Hyakudai 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: 20210306445
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, method and program that accommodate diverse usage are disclosed. In one example, a packet header is generated according to a CSI-2 standard. The packet header includes setting information of conditions set for data to be transmitted in a packet is placed. An extended header is also generated, into which the setting information is to be placed separately from the packet header. Then, into an unused region defined as a region that is not used in the existing CSI-2 standard with respect to a data type that is the setting information indicative of a type of the data to be transmitted in the packet, extension mode setting information indicative of whether or not an extension mode using the extended header is used is placed. The disclosed technology can be applied, for example, in a mobile device or in an in-vehicle camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20210297385
    Abstract: [Object] Effectively perform data communication [Solving Means] A communication device includes: a LINK that generates a first output signal on a basis of a first external signal from a first external device, outputs the first output signal to a second external device, generates a second output signal on a basis of a second external signal from the second external device, and outputs the second output signal to the first external device, in which each of the first output signal and the second external signal includes command information indicating content of a command transmitted from the first external device, final-destination-device-identification-information for identifying a final destination device of data transmitted from the first external device, internal address information indicating an internal address of the final destination device, data length information indicating a length of the data transmitted from the first external device, and data-end-position-information indicating an end position of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirama, Junya Yamada, Hiroo Takahashi, Toshihisa Hyakudai
  • Publication number: 20210297386
    Abstract: [Object] Effectively perform data communication [Solving Means] A communication device includes: a LINK that generates a first output signal on a basis of a first external signal from a first external device, outputs the first output signal to a second external device, generates a second output signal on a basis of a second external signal from the second external device, and outputs the second output signal to the first external device, in which each of the first output signal and the second external signal includes command information indicating content of a command transmitted from the first external device, final-destination-device-identification-information for identifying a final destination device of data transmitted from the first external device, internal address information indicating an internal address of the final destination device, data length information indicating a length of the data transmitted from the first external device, and data-end-position-information indicating an end position of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirama, Junya Yamada, Hiroo Takahashi, Toshihisa Hyakudai
  • Publication number: 20210288781
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a communication unit that performs signal transmission to and from a communication partner apparatus; and a communication control unit that changes a signal ratio in a first direction to the communication partner apparatus and a signal ratio in a second direction from the communication partner apparatus in accordance with a signal transmission state with the communication partner apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Hiroo Takahashi, Junya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210286753
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a communication device and a communication system that each enable transmission of a command and data of I3C in a protocol different from the I3C. [Solution] A communication device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes: an I3C device section that generates a command and data of I3C; and a communication device section that transmits the command and data of the I3C to another communication device via a bus by using a payload in a protocol different from the I3C. [Selected Drawing] FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Hiroo Takahashi, Takayuki Hirama
  • Patent number: 10985949
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology capable of supporting reverse connection in which the front and back of a connector are reversed while expansion of circuit scale is suppressed. A reception control device is provided including a polarity detection unit that detects, as a polarity determination result signal, at least one of a polarity of a first reception signal received by a first reception unit or a polarity of a polarity inversion result of a second reception signal received by a second reception unit and a reception control unit that controls output destinations of a third reception signal received after the first reception signal by the first reception unit and a fourth reception signal received after the second reception signal by the second reception unit, on the basis of the polarity determination result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Mori, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10942885
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a communicating apparatus, a communication method, a program, and a communication system that each enable execution of more reliable communication. A communicating apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving part that executes transmission and reception of signals with at least one or more other communicating apparatuses through a data signal line and a clock signal line, and an error avoiding part that, in a state where a communication system configured to be able to execute communication through a bus already operates, executes a process of avoiding occurrence of any error occurring when a communicating apparatus is additionally connected to the communication system. This technique is applicable to, for example, a bus IF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Patent number: 10931072
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology capable of improving reliability in light transmission and convenience at the time of connecting a transmission device to a cable with a simple circuit configuration. A transmitting device is provided which includes a connector receptacle unit connected to an optical-electrical composite cable, in which the connector receptacle unit includes a first electrode group, a second electrode group provided at a position rotated from the first electrode group by 180 degrees about a center of a main body of the connector receptacle unit as a reference, a first connection unit group for transmitting optical signals, and a second connection unit group for transmitting optical signals provided at a position rotated from the first connection unit group for transmitting optical signals by 180 degrees about the center of the main body of the connector receptacle unit as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Atsushi Mori, Naoto Nagaki, Manabu Sakai, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10855379
    Abstract: A communication device includes a transmitter configured to generate a data signal, and a controller configured to stop an operation of the transmitter in response to an optical transmission stop instruction. The optical transmission stop instruction preferably has a predetermined bit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Masanari Yamamoto, Takeshi Ogura, Tsugita Komatsu, Hiroshi Morita, Gen Ichimura
  • Patent number: 10791349
    Abstract: Provided is a frame generation apparatus including an image division section that divides a video signal into high-order bits and low-order bits for each pixel element, a frame generation section that generates a first frame including the high-order bits and a second frame including the low-order bits and a transmission operation control section that causes an operation of a transmission section of transmitting the second frame to a receiver to stop in a case where information regarding the receiver is prescribed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Kazuaki Toba
  • Patent number: 10700898
    Abstract: Communication devices, communication systems and communication methods that implement transmission lane information are disclosed. In one example, circuitry is configured to receive transmission lane information from each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the received transmission lane information, wherein the transmission lane information identifies a plurality of transmission lanes of a device that transmitted the transmission lane information. The physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes and the plurality of reception lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihisa Hyakudai
  • Patent number: 10674132
    Abstract: A frame generation apparatus including an image division section configured to, in a case where a horizontal-direction pixel number in a video signal is set to integers of 0 to N?1 and a vertical-direction line number in the video signal is set to integers of 0 to M?1, perform an operation of dividing a pixel group included in a line of which the vertical-direction line number is 2m and a pixel group included in a line of which the vertical-direction line number is (2m+1) on a basis of color format information of the video signal, for all integers m satisfying 0?m?(M/2)?1, and thereby obtain a plurality of divided signals, and a frame generation section configured to generate a plurality of frames individually including the plurality of divided signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Kazuaki Toba
  • Patent number: 10666361
    Abstract: Provided is a sending control apparatus including a transmission path determination section that determines, from a plurality of transmission paths connected to different sending sections, respectively, one or more sending transmission paths that transmits one or a plurality of transmission object signals, respectively, obtained from sending data, on a basis of the number of sending transmission paths and prescribed information and a sending control section that controls the sending section connected to the sending transmission path so that the transmission object signal is sent via the sending transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Toshiyuki Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 10616012
    Abstract: A transmitting device of the disclosure includes a plurality of transmitters each of which includes a scrambler that performs a scrambling process on transmission data by using random data generated on the basis of an initial value and that transmits the transmission data on which the scrambling process has been performed. An initial value of a first scrambler in a first transmitter is different from an initial value of a second scrambler in a second transmitter, and the first transmitter and the second transmitter belongs to the plurality of transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Takashi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20200012612
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a communicating apparatus, a communication method, a program, and a communication system that each enable execution of more reliable communication. A communicating apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving part that executes transmission and reception of signals with at least one or more other communicating apparatuses through a data signal line and a clock signal line, and an error avoiding part that, in a state where a communication system configured to be able to execute communication through a bus already operates, executes a process of avoiding occurrence of any error occurring when a communicating apparatus is additionally connected to the communication system. This technique is applicable to, for example, a bus IF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Naohiro Koshisaka
  • Publication number: 20190356096
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology capable of improving reliability in light transmission and convenience at the time of connecting a transmission device to a cable with a simple circuit configuration. A transmitting device is provided which includes a connector receptacle unit connected to an optical-electrical composite cable, in which the connector receptacle unit includes a first electrode group, a second electrode group provided at a position rotated from the first electrode group by 180 degrees about a center of a main body of the connector receptacle unit as a reference, a first connection unit group for transmitting optical signals, and a second connection unit group for transmitting optical signals provided at a position rotated from the first connection unit group for transmitting optical signals by 180 degrees about the center of the main body of the connector receptacle unit as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA HYAKUDAI, ATSUSHI MORI, NAOTO NAGAKI, MANABU SAKAI, HIROSHI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190342125
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology capable of supporting reverse connection in which the front and back of a connector are reversed while expansion of circuit scale is suppressed. A reception control device is provided including: a polarity detection unit that detects, as a polarity determination result signal, at least one of a polarity of a first reception signal received by a first reception unit or a polarity of a polarity inversion result of a second reception signal received by a second reception unit; and a reception control unit that controls output destinations of a third reception signal received after the first reception signal by the first reception unit and a fourth reception signal received after the second reception signal by the second reception unit, on the basis of the polarity determination result signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: ATSUSHI MORI, TOSHIHISA HYAKUDAI, HIROSHI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190342609
    Abstract: It is desired that a technology is provided that can further suppress disturbance of a video displayed on a reception side even if a transmittance state of a lane in which a part or whole of a video signal is transmitted among the plurality of lanes is deteriorated. Provided is a transmission control apparatus including: a first transmittance frame generation unit that generates a first transmittance frame transmitted via a first lane on the basis of a first divided signal obtained through division of a video signal; an insertion unit that inserts restoration data based on at least a part of the first divided signal into a second divided signal obtained through division of the video signal; and a second transmittance frame generation unit that generates a second transmittance frame transmitted via a second lane that is different from the first lane on the basis of the second divided signal into which the restoration data has been inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: ATSUSHI MORI, TOSHIHISA HYAKUDAI
  • Patent number: 10452120
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication device, an information processing device, and a communication method. [Solution] A communication device including: a detector configured to detect an optical signal and convert the optical signal to an electric signal; a data processing unit configured to process the electric signal converted by the detector to acquire data; and a controller configured to control an operating state including a standby state in which the data processing unit is deactivated to reduce power consumption and an active state in which the data processing unit is capable of executing acquisition of the data on a basis of the optical signal detected by the detector, in which the detector detects the optical signal in the standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Takahashi, Kazuaki Toba, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 10389436
    Abstract: There are provided a communication device, a communication system, and a communication method. A communication device includes a first receiver configured to receive a data signal and generate a level control signal based on an initial level of the data signal and on an error rate of the data signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the level control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hyakudai, Masanari Yamamoto