Patents by Inventor Yosihiro Minami

Yosihiro Minami 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).

  • Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program
    Patent number: 8949640
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device which is capable of suppressing the influence of a digital data process on an analog signal process without completely stopping a digital data processing circuit. A signal, processing device includes an analog signal processing circuit, a digital data processing circuit, a determination section configured to determine an influence of the digital data processing circuit on the analog signal processing circuit, and a control section configured to stop a partial circuit of the digital data processing circuit or lower processing capability thereof in response to a determination result of the determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yosihiro Minami
  • SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140078351
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device which is capable of suppressing the influence of a digital data process on an analog signal process without completely stopping a digital data processing circuit. A signal, processing device includes an analog signal processing circuit, a digital data processing circuit, a determination section configured to determine an influence of the digital data processing circuit on the analog signal processing circuit, and a control section configured to stop a partial circuit of the digital data processing circuit or lower processing capability thereof in response to a determination result of the determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yosihiro Minami
  • Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program
    Patent number: 8621256
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device which is capable of suppressing the influence of a digital data process on an analog signal process without completely stopping a digital data processing circuit. A signal processing device includes an analog signal processing circuit, a digital data processing circuit, a determination section configured to determine an influence of the digital data processing circuit on the analog signal processing circuit, and a control section configured to stop a partial circuit of the digital data processing circuit or lower processing capability thereof in response to a determination result of the determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yosihiro Minami
  • Image converting apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, camera system and image signal processing method
    Patent number: 8081255
    Abstract: An image converting apparatus includes a memory which can store frame information of an image to be played, and an image processing section which can read frame information from the memory and convert the frame rate to a predetermined frame rate in response to a predetermined state and in accordance with the play state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Koshimizu, Yasushi Sato, Takeo Tsumura, Yosihiro Minami
  • SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100169620
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device which is capable of suppressing the influence of a digital data process on an analog signal process without completely stopping a digital data processing circuit. A signal processing device includes an analog signal processing circuit, a digital data processing circuit, a determination section configured to determine an influence of the digital data processing circuit on the analog signal processing circuit, and a control section configured to stop a partial circuit of the digital data processing circuit or lower processing capability thereof in response to a determination result of the determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yosihiro Minami