Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Dewa

Yoshiharu Dewa 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: 20200177931
    Abstract: A configuration is realized such that a playback application applied in a receiving device can be determined using a service category identifier recorded in an SLT that can be received in advance. The service category identifier capable of identifying an application applied to a provided service such as a program provided by a transmitting device is transmitted to the receiving device. The receiving device performs a continuation process on an application applied before service transition when the service transition occurs and when applications applied to services before and after the transition are same. The service category identifier is an identifier capable of identifying the service by determining whether to apply a residential playback application or a broadcast playback application for playback of the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Tatsuya Igarashi, Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Patent number: 10674213
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory is configured to store an application program that is to be executed in coordination with audio visual content. The circuitry is configured to receive the audio visual content and acquire trigger information used to control operation of the application program. The circuitry is configured to acquire an application information table including expiration information, and control the operation of the application program according to the trigger information and the application information table. The circuitry is further configured to manage storage of the application program in the memory based on the expiration information included in the application information table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yoshiharu Dewa, Jun Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10652609
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content; a trigger acquisition portion configured to acquire trigger information for operating an application program to be executed in interlocked relation to the AV content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table associating a command for controlling the operation of the application program with a valid time of the command; and a control portion configured such that when the time acquired from the trigger information as indicative of the progress of the AV content satisfies a predetermined condition of validity in reference to the valid time of the command on the basis of the acquired correspondence table, the control portion controls the operation of the application program in accordance with the command being valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yoshiharu Dewa, Mark Eyer
  • Publication number: 20200128302
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a broadcast receiving unit and a controller. The broadcast receiving unit is configured to be capable of receiving a broadcast. The controller is configured to acquire a first application information table by communication, the first application information table storing at least first usage permission information indicating a usage permission range of a resource of the broadcast by an application using the resource, to control an operation of the application, and to acquire a second application information table storing at least second usage permission information indicating the usage permission range of the resource by the application by using the broadcast receiving unit during execution of the application, to control the operation of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun KITAHARA, Naohisa KITAZATO, Yoshiharu DEWA
  • Publication number: 20200099460
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver circuitry configured to receive a digital broadcast signal and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a first application that handles acquisition of content reproduced in non-realtime, the first application acquired on the basis of first signaling data included in the digital broadcast signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to acquire metadata, which includes information for controlling the content acquisition in response to operation of the first application, the metadata included in the digital broadcast signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to control acquisition of the content reproduced in non-realtime by controlling the operation of the first application on the basis of the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa KITAZATO, Yoshiharu DEWA, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Jun KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 10595064
    Abstract: A configuration is realized such that a playback application applied in a receiving device can be determined using a service category identifier recorded in an SLT that can be received in advance. The service category identifier capable of identifying an application applied to a provided service such as a program provided by a transmitting device is transmitted to the receiving device. The receiving device performs a continuation process on an application applied before service transition when the service transition occurs and when applications applied to services before and after the transition are same. The service category identifier is an identifier capable of identifying the service by determining whether to apply a residential playback application or a broadcast playback application for playback of the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Tatsuya Igarashi, Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Publication number: 20200053427
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, and a data processing method that enable to execute a process according to delivery of resource files of an application associated with content. The reception apparatus receives content, acquires resource delivery information regarding delivery of one or a plurality of resource files that are part of an application associated with the content, the resource delivery information transmitted along with the content, and executes a process according to the delivery of the resource files on a basis of the acquired resource delivery information. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a television receiver that can receive digital broadcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki YAMAGISHI, Tatsuya IGARASHI, Yoshiharu DEWA
  • Patent number: 10547912
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a broadcast receiving unit and a controller. The broadcast receiving unit is configured to be capable of receiving a broadcast. The controller is configured to acquire a first application information table by communication, the first application information table storing at least first usage permission information indicating a usage permission range of a resource of the broadcast by an application using the resource, to control an operation of the application, and to acquire a second application information table storing at least second usage permission information indicating the usage permission range of the resource by the application by using the broadcast receiving unit during execution of the application, to control the operation of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Patent number: 10547901
    Abstract: To realize processing for switching a reproduction state from broadcast data to network data and resuming the reproduction of the original broadcast data. A browser (241) acquires, via a network, an XML-AIT having a content equivalent to a broadcast AIT defining a life cycle of a broadcast application while a VoD content is reproduced after being switched from the broadcast application. The browser (241) manages the broadcast application based on the XML-AIT and resumes the reception of the broadcast application after the reproduction of the VoD content is ended. With this structure, processing of separating two transport streams at the same time becomes unnecessary, and one demultiplexer (23) only needs to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Dewa, Naohisa Kitazato, Katsunori Hashimoto, Masahito Mori
  • Patent number: 10516497
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, and a data processing method that permit downloaded reproduction of non-realtime content by reducing load associated with implementing resident applications. The reception apparatus acquires a first application, included in a digital broadcast signal, that handles a download of content reproduced in non-realtime, acquires metadata, included in the digital broadcast signal, that includes information for controlling the content download in response to operation of the first application, and handles the download of the content included in the digital broadcast signal by controlling the operation of the first application on the basis of the metadata. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a TV receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Jun Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10516913
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a receiving device including, a receiver that receives AV content, a detector, an acquirer, a tentative reservation registering part, and a definitive reservation registering part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10511887
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus for receiving data, including: a determination block configured to determine an acquisition source of a file to be acquired by the reception apparatus in a predetermined sequence from among a plurality of storage media in which the file is stored; an acquisition block configured to acquire the file from the acquisition source on the basis of file acquisition information for use in acquiring the file in the plurality of storage media, the file acquisition information being common to the plurality of storage media; and an execution block configured to execute the acquired file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10484751
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus, including: an application data transmission section adapted to transmit data of an application for HbbTV; and an AIT transmission section adapted to transmit an AIT including an application profile which represents one or more additional functions to the application and is configured from a first bit region of high-order n bits and a second bit region of lower-order (16?n) bits which represent presence or absence of functions allocated to bit positions thereof with a bitmap structure and wherein, in the first bit region, values for changing over the functions to be allocated to the bit positions in the second bit region are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Dewa, Naohisa Kitazato
  • Patent number: 10469917
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, and a transmission method enabling more flexible application usage. An application acquisition unit acquires an application that operates together with AV content, and an application control unit controls operation of the application according to a verification result of whether or not the application is trustworthy. Consequently, an application of assured trust may be made to operate, enabling more flexible application usage. The present technology may be applied to a television set, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Publication number: 20190313145
    Abstract: [Object] The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method capable of limiting use of broadcast resources by a predetermined application. [Solving Means] There is provided a reception apparatus including: a control information obtaining unit that obtains first control information for controlling an operation of a first application, the first application being capable of requesting use of a broadcast resource transmitted via a digital broadcasting signal; and an application controller that controls, when the first application requests use of the broadcast resource, the use of the broadcast resource by the first application on the basis of the first control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa KITAZATO, Yoshiharu DEWA
  • Publication number: 20190286684
    Abstract: It is possible to access a presentation control information (HTML document) element contained in a transport media stream from an HTML application side. A first HTML document for displaying a web page is received. In addition, the transport media stream which contains a predetermined number of transport media and a second HTML document as the presentation control information of the transport media is received. A DOM tree of the first HTML document is generated. When a video element that references the transport media stream is present in the first HTML document, the DOM tree that is generated according to the second HTML document contained in the transport media stream is linked beneath a node of the video element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiharu DEWA
  • Publication number: 20190207692
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a transmission device, and a data processing method for easily controlling operation of an application accompanying content. The reception device receives the content and controls activation of the application accompanying the content on the basis of valid period information indicating a period in which the application is valid, thereby to easily control the operation of the application accompanying the content. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver or the like capable of receiving terrestrial broadcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu DEWA, Tatsuya IGARASHI, Yasuaki YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10321183
    Abstract: [Object] The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method capable of limiting use of broadcast resources by a predetermined application. [Solving Means] There is provided a reception apparatus including: a control information obtaining unit that obtains first control information for controlling an operation of a first application, the first application being capable of requesting use of a broadcast resource transmitted via a digital broadcasting signal; and an application controller that controls, when the first application requests use of the broadcast resource, the use of the broadcast resource by the first application on the basis of the first control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa
  • Patent number: 10271110
    Abstract: Transmission of emergency alert information using a broadcasting service in an appropriate manner is achieved. A transmitter 200 (broadcasting station) inserts a wake-up signal as signaling of emergency alert information, describes information including a scale (category), type, occurrence time, and occurrence position of disaster, and version information as a message of emergency alert information, and transmits the message using a packet structure of a physical layer. A simple and inexpensive receiver 300 equipped with only a receiving antenna for broadcasting and a demodulator can receive the message of emergency alert information. An evacuation direction and a map or route to a shelter can be displayed using digital signage or streetlights, and an evacuation route can be instructed using streetlights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Jun Kitahara, Yoshiharu Dewa, Katsunori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10262072
    Abstract: It is possible to access a presentation control information (HTML document) element contained in a transport media stream from an HTML application side. A first HTML document for displaying a web page is received. In addition, the transport media stream which contains a predetermined number of transport media and a second HTML document as the presentation control information of the transport media is received. A DOM tree of the first HTML document is generated. When a video element that references the transport media stream is present in the first HTML document, the DOM tree that is generated according to the second HTML document contained in the transport media stream is linked beneath a node of the video element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Dewa