Patents by Inventor Yuya Kondo

Yuya Kondo 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).

  • Patent number: 7957476
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for receiving a packet formed of a signal modulated by OFDM includes the following elements. A band-pass filter extracts an OFDM signal of a desired band. A low-noise amplifier having a gain controlled according to a received-signal intensity amplifies the desired OFDM signal. A frequency converter down-converts the amplified OFDM signal into a baseband signal. An analog-digital converter converts the baseband signal into a digital signal. A first high-pass filter removes a DC offset from the baseband signal corresponding to a predetermined preamble portion of the packet. A frequency-offset estimator estimates a frequency offset from the sample signals constituting the baseband signal from which the DC offset has been removed by the first high-pass filter. A frequency-offset corrector removes the estimated frequency offset from the baseband signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Sanada, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Mamiko Inamori, Kazuyuki Saijo
  • Patent number: 7835433
    Abstract: A receiver apparatus is disclosed. The receiver apparatus includes a plurality of signal receiving devices and a plurality of channel signal outputting devices for sampling signals received by the signal receiving devices at sampling rates switched within a predetermined range or between multiple values and outputting channel signals. The receiver apparatus also includes control devices for controlling the sampling rates in the channel signal outputting devices. The receiver apparatus also includes response estimating devices for estimating responses on the basis of the channel signals output from the channel signal outputting devices. The receiver apparatus also includes evaluating devices for evaluating reception characteristics on the basis of the responses estimated by the response estimating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Sanada, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Mario Tokoro
  • Patent number: 7835423
    Abstract: This application discloses, among other things, a receiving device including channel signal output unit for sampling a received signal at a sampling rate switched one of in a predetermined range and between a plurality of values and outputting a channel signal, control unit for controlling the sampling rate in the channel signal output unit, response estimation unit for estimating a response based on the channel signal output by the channel signal output unit, evaluation unit for evaluating a reception characteristic based on an estimation result of the response by the response estimation unit, and determination unit for determining the sampling rate in the channel signal output unit based on an evaluation of the reception characteristic at a plurality of sampling rates by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Sanada, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100073036
    Abstract: A system and a method for communicating data at a rate exceeding about a gigabit per second is described. The system may include circuitry and a current-sourcing module. The circuitry may include an output couplable to a load. The circuitry may output from the output a low voltage differential signal having a first current that drives the load from a first voltage at a first time to a second voltage at a second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hideki Yokoshima, Yuya Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080256157
    Abstract: An information processing device for processing reception signals converted into digital signals, includes: a first conversion unit for executing sampling rate conversion of each of the digital signals to be computed with each tap coefficient of a K'th-order FIR filter; a filter computing unit for executing computation processing of the K'th order FIR filter on K digital signals each of which have been subjected to sampling rate conversion by the first conversion unit; and a control unit for controlling sampling rate conversion of the digital signals by the first conversion unit, and the computation processing of the K'th order FIR filter by the filter computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Anas bin Muhamad BOSTAMAN, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Yukitoshi Sanada
  • Publication number: 20080240316
    Abstract: A receiver supporting a plurality of radio communication systems having different specifications includes a setting unit, a clock generation circuit, a voltage-current conversion amplifier, a switch, integrators, an AD conversion circuit, and a feedback circuit. The setting unit sets a value suitable for a carrier frequency used in one selected radio communication system. The clock generation circuit generates a first clock having a first frequency and a second clock having a second frequency. The conversion amplifier converts an input voltage signal into a current signal. The switch switches between connection and disconnection modes in accordance with the first clock to output the current signal. Each integrator operates in accordance with the second clock and includes two or more switched capacitor circuits and an operational amplifier. The AD conversion circuit converts a signal supplied from the preceding integrator into digital form. The feedback circuit operates in accordance with the second clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Yukitoshi Sanada
  • Publication number: 20080219328
    Abstract: A receiver apparatus includes a plurality of signal receiving means; a plurality of channel signal outputting means for sampling signals received by the plurality of signal receiving means at sampling rates switched within a predetermined range or between multiple values and outputting channel signals; control means for controlling the sampling rates in the plurality of channel signal outputting means; response estimating means for estimating responses on the basis of the channel signals output from the plurality of channel signal outputting means; evaluating means for evaluating reception characteristics on the basis of the responses estimated by the response estimating means; and determining means for determining the sampling rates in the plurality of channel signal outputting means on the basis of the reception characteristics at the multiple sampling rates evaluated by the evaluating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Sanada, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Mario Tokoro
  • Publication number: 20080089443
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for receiving a packet formed of a signal modulated by OFDM includes the following elements. A band-pass filter extracts an OFDM signal of a desired band. A low-noise amplifier having a gain controlled according to a received-signal intensity amplifies the desired OFDM signal. A frequency converter down-converts the amplified OFDM signal into a baseband signal. An analog-digital converter converts the baseband signal into a digital signal. A first high-pass filter removes a DC offset from the baseband signal corresponding to a predetermined preamble portion of the packet. A frequency-offset estimator estimates a frequency offset from the sample signals constituting the baseband signal from which the DC offset has been removed by the first high-pass filter. A frequency-offset corrector removes the estimated frequency offset from the baseband signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Sanada, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo, Mamiko Inamori, Kazuyuki Saijo
  • Publication number: 20080025440
    Abstract: A receiving device including channel signal output means for sampling a received signal at a sampling rate switched one of in a predetermined range and between a plurality of values and outputting a channel signal, control means for controlling the sampling rate in the channel signal output means, response estimation means for estimating a response based on the channel signal output by the channel signal output means, evaluation means for evaluating a reception characteristic based on an estimation result of the response by the response estimation means, and determination means for determining the sampling rate in the channel signal output means based on an evaluation of the reception characteristic at a plurality of sampling rates by the evaluation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Yukitoshi SANADA, Hideki Yokoshima, Masayoshi Abe, Yuya Kondo