Sony Group Corporation patent applications on April 10th, 2025
Patent Applications by Sony Group Corporation on April 10th, 2025
Sony Group Corporation: 16 patent applications
Sony Group Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of A61B5/00 (2), H04W72/1268 (2), A61B1/045 (1), H04N21/233 (1), H04W24/08 (1) H04W72/1268 (2), A61B1/045 (1), A61B5/4011 (1), B25J9/1612 (1), G01S7/4817 (1)
With keywords such as: device, data, unit, processing, information, sequence, light, image, output, and control in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Sony Group Corporation
Inventor(s): Masatoshi ONIKUBO of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B1/045, A61B1/00, A61B1/04, A61B1/06, G06T7/80
CPC Code(s): A61B1/045
Abstract: a medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device including an assignable button, and configured to image an operative field during surgery to generate a surgical video signal, and a control device configured to control the medical imaging device, in which the control device includes one or more processors and one or more storage devices storing a program, and the processor executes the program to calculate a plurality of af evaluation values on the basis of the surgical video signal output from the medical imaging device, calculate focus lens moving positions corresponding to respective af evaluation values on the basis of the plurality of calculated af evaluation values, and set at least two of the calculated focus lens moving positions for the assignable button.
Inventor(s): YUKITO INOUE of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, SHUJI FUJITA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, KAZUTAKA TAKAKI of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, YUKI HASHIMOTO of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A61B90/00, A61B90/90
CPC Code(s): A61B5/4011
Abstract: a device that is also applicable to an olfactory test is provided. the present technology provides an olfactory test device including: a main body; and a cartridge that holds an odor component, in which the main body includes a cartridge holding unit that holds the cartridge, a detection unit that detects an attachment status of the cartridge with respect to the cartridge holding unit, and an output unit that outputs a detection signal of cartridge attachment in the detection unit. the present technology also provides an olfactory test system including: the olfactory test device; and an information processing device including a processing unit that manages a state of the cartridge on the basis of the detection signal output from the output unit.
Inventor(s): KAZUHITO WAKANA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): B25J9/16, B25J13/02
CPC Code(s): B25J9/1612
Abstract: provided is an operation input device in which a distal end is downsized and a movable range is widened by a cable drive mechanism. the operation input device includes: a handle portion that can be gripped and operated; a shaft that supports the handle portion about a roll axis and a pitch axis at a distal end, and has a longitudinal axis that is a yaw axis orthogonal to the roll axis and the pitch axis; and a cable transmission mechanism that transmits power between the handle portion and a root side of the shaft portion using a cable. the operation input device includes a first motor and a second motor, and further includes a drive unit that generates a driving force for a gripping operation and a rotation operation of the handle portion.
Inventor(s): TOMOKI ONO of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, TSUBASA SUGIYAMA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G01S7/481, G01S17/10, G01S17/933
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4817
Abstract: an object of the present invention is to improve accuracy of distance measurement. a mems device () includes a first mirror () and a second mirror (), a first actuator () and a second actuator (), and a first support section () and a second support section (), in which the second mirror () is configured as a perforated mirror having an opening () at a center, and the first mirror () is disposed at the opening (), the first actuator () is disposed between the first mirror () and the second mirror (), the first support section () connects the first mirror () and the first actuator (), the second support section () connects the second mirror () and the first actuator (), and the second mirror () is connected to the second actuator () via a beam (a, b, a, b, a, b).
Inventor(s): Lingjuan LYU of Beijing CN for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N3/0495
CPC Code(s): G06N3/0495
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and system for privacy protection. various embodiments about privacy protection are described. in an embodiment, a model training method comprises: acquiring an actual dataset; performing a dataset condensation on the actual dataset by compressing a size of the actual dataset while preserving main feature of actual data in the actual dataset, to remove privacy information; and training a model using a condensed dataset resulting from the dataset condensation.
Inventor(s): SHOJI ICHIKI of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, KATSUTOSHI ISHIWATA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T5/80, G06T5/50
CPC Code(s): G06T5/80
Abstract: an image processor of the disclosure includes: an image sensor that captures an image of an underwater measurement target; a first laser light source that emits first laser light underwater; a second laser light source that emits second laser light underwater from a position that differs from the first laser light source; and a correction data generation unit that generates, on the basis of first information acquired by causing the image sensor to capture images of the first and second laser light beams at a first water depth and second information acquired by causing the image sensor to capture images of the first and second laser light beams at a second water depth which is a water depth at which the image sensor captures an image of the measurement target, correction data used to correct distortion in a captured image captured by the image sensor at the second water depth.
Inventor(s): SAYAKA OGAWA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation, KOTA AIZAWA of TOKYO JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A63F13/213, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0012
Abstract: an information processing apparatus that includes a light source that emits light to a user face, a light-receiving element that receives reflection light of light emitted to a user face, and a processor that generates both facial-expression analysis information and bioanalysis information based on the reflection light received by the light-receiving element.
Inventor(s): Toshiyuki SASAKI of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/215, G01S17/89, G06V10/80, G06V10/98
CPC Code(s): G06T7/215
Abstract: there is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that further improve the accuracy of object tracking. a correction unit corrects, based on a tracking result of an object based on 2d tracking using an optical flow and 3d tracking using a depth, errors of the optical flow and the depth, and an update unit updates the tracking result based on the corrected optical flow and depth. the present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a moving body detection device mounted on an autonomous driving vehicle.
Inventor(s): Ke MA of Beijing CN for sony group corporation, Fan ZHANG of Beijing CN for sony group corporation, Zhaocheng WANG of Beijing CN for sony group corporation, Jianfei CAO of Beijing CN for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, H04W24/08
CPC Code(s): H04B7/088
Abstract: provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. the electronic device may comprise a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: on the basis of a result that candidate beams are previously used to perform beam tracking with respect to another device in communication with the electronic device, estimate a prediction probability that each candidate beam is an optimal beam; and on the basis of the estimated prediction probability, select, from the candidate beams, a measurement beam for beam tracking of next time.
Inventor(s): Hiroki MATSUDA of Saitama JP for sony group corporation, Shinichiro TSUDA of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L41/16
CPC Code(s): H04L41/16
Abstract: a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission method, and a reception method are capable of performing signal processing for both an ai/ml model and non ai/ml model. a transmission device includes circuitry configured to process a first bit sequence or symbol sequence with a first signal processing that uses an ai/ml model, generate a second bit sequence or symbol sequence from a result the first signal processing, process the first bit sequence or symbol sequence with a second signal processing that does not use an ai/ml model, generate a third bit sequence or symbol sequence from a result of the second signal processing, and select or determine whether to process the first bit sequence or symbol sequence with the first signal processing or the second signal processing. a first transmitter transmits the second bit sequence or symbol sequence or the third bit sequence or symbol sequence accordingly.
20250119545. IMAGE DATA ENCODING AND DECODING_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): Stephen Mark KEATING of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation, Karl James SHARMAN of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation, Adrian BROWNE of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N19/13, H04N19/146, H04N19/172, H04N19/91
CPC Code(s): H04N19/13
Abstract: image data encoding apparatus comprises an entropy encoder for selectively encoding data items representing image data to be encoded by a first, context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (cabac), encoding system or by a second, bypass, encoding system, so as to generate encoded binarized symbols; the image data representing one or more pictures of a picture sequence, each picture comprising two or more output data units representing respective sub-sections of the picture, each sub-section being decodable and reconstructable independently of other sub-sections in that picture and picture sequence; the entropy encoder being configured to generate an output data stream subject to a constraint defining an upper limit to the number of binarized symbols that may be expressed by any individual output data unit relative to the size in bytes of that output data unit, in which the entropy encoder is configured to apply the constraint to each output data unit, and to provide padding data, for each output data unit which does not meet the constraint, so as to increase the size in bytes of that output data unit in order to meet the constraint.
Inventor(s): Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Natsuki ITAYA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Ayumi KOBAYASHI of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Mitsuru KATSUMATA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N21/233, H04N21/2187, H04N21/24
CPC Code(s): H04N21/233
Abstract: there is provided an information processing device that distributes live data to a first user (terminal device ), the information processing device performing control related to interaction data from the first user on the basis of information of a delay between the first user that transmits the interaction data with respect to the live data and the information processing device, or a delay between a second user (terminal device ) that receives the interaction data from the first user with respect to the live data and the first user.
Inventor(s): Masanori Kasa of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation, Yohei Nakajima of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation, Tomoko Takahashi of Chiba JP for sony group corporation, Junichirou Sakata of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/62
Abstract: an information processing device, a program, and an information processing method are provided, capable of instructing an imaging device to start and end a predetermined operation through an operation via a gui. the information processing device includes: a display control unit configured to control display of a slider on a display unit, the slider being configured such that a display object is movable between predetermined positions; and a process control unit configured to instruct an imaging unit to control photography in a predetermined mode when the process control unit receives an operation of moving the display object.
Inventor(s): Yassin Aden AWAD of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation, Vivek SHARMA of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation, Yuxin WEI of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation, Hideji WAKABAYASHI of Basingstoke GB for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W72/0457, H04W72/51
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: a method for operating a communications device in a wireless network involves determining when the device has uplink data to send. the device independently decides whether to use a device-based scheduling mode. if this mode is chosen, the device switches from a first bandwidth part (bwp) to a second bwp, which has greater bandwidth and includes both control and data resources. the device then sends scheduling information within the control resource, indicating its intent to transmit uplink data, and subsequently sends the uplink data within the data resource according to the scheduling information.
Inventor(s): Takuma TAKADA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Naoyuki TOYODA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Masahiko IKEDA of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Yoshio KONNO of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation, Yojiro SHIMIZU of Tokyo JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W16/28, H04W88/02
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: a communication device includes a transmission unit that, when priority of uplink data is predetermined priority, preferentially over an operation concerning mobility, transmits a buffer status report linked with the uplink data to a base station and a reception unit that receives, from the base station, an uplink scheduling grant corresponding to the buffer status report.
Inventor(s): Yu Kato of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation, Naoya Kasahara of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation, Tomoaki Sawabe of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation, Takashi Yamazaki of Kanagawa JP for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H10K59/80
CPC Code(s): H10K59/80522
Abstract: light emitting devices and display devices with improved aperture ratio and suppressed current leakage between electrodes are disclosed. in one example, a light emitting device includes a substrate, a laminated structure, and an electrode relay portion. the laminated structure includes first through third electrodes and first and second organic layers. the second electrode is a common electrode corresponding to the first and third electrodes. a wall surface portion includes a connecting surface in which a sidewall of the first organic layer, a sidewall of the second electrode, and a sidewall of the second organic layer are connected. a sidewall insulating layer covers at least a part of the wall surface portion, and the electrode relay portion extends from the third electrode toward the substrate, and passes over an outer surface of the wall surface portion via the sidewall insulating layer.
Sony Group Corporation patent applications on April 10th, 2025
- Sony Group Corporation
- A61B1/045
- A61B1/00
- A61B1/04
- A61B1/06
- G06T7/80
- CPC A61B1/045
- Sony group corporation
- A61B5/00
- A61B90/00
- A61B90/90
- CPC A61B5/4011
- B25J9/16
- B25J13/02
- CPC B25J9/1612
- G01S7/481
- G01S17/10
- G01S17/933
- CPC G01S7/4817
- G06N3/0495
- CPC G06N3/0495
- G06T5/80
- G06T5/50
- CPC G06T5/80
- A63F13/213
- G06V40/16
- CPC G06T7/0012
- G06T7/215
- G01S17/89
- G06V10/80
- G06V10/98
- CPC G06T7/215
- H04B7/08
- H04W24/08
- CPC H04B7/088
- H04L41/16
- CPC H04L41/16
- H04N19/13
- H04N19/146
- H04N19/172
- H04N19/91
- CPC H04N19/13
- H04N21/233
- H04N21/2187
- H04N21/24
- CPC H04N21/233
- H04N23/63
- H04N23/667
- CPC H04N23/62
- H04W72/1268
- H04W72/0457
- H04W72/51
- CPC H04W72/1268
- H04W16/28
- H04W88/02
- H10K59/80
- CPC H10K59/80522