Sony Group Corporation patent applications on February 13th, 2025
Patent Applications by Sony Group Corporation on February 13th, 2025
Sony Group Corporation: 25 patent applications
Sony Group Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (3), G06V10/88 (2), H04L5/00 (2), G06V10/147 (2), A61M21/00 (1) A61M21/00 (1), G09G3/3258 (1), H04W72/23 (1), H04W72/0457 (1), H04W64/00 (1)
With keywords such as: information, user, device, processing, communication, unit, image, present, basis, and voltage in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Sony Group Corporation
Inventor(s): Renaud DI FRANCESCO of London (GB) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): A61M21/00, G06T11/00
CPC Code(s): A61M21/00
Abstract: the present disclosure provides a method of selecting content for display during a journey to alleviate motion sickness, the method comprising: receiving information indicative of a route for a journey; detecting at least a first portion of the journey having a first predetermined characteristic; identifying a time period corresponding to the first portion of the journey; and selecting one or more items of content having a second predetermined characteristic for display over the time period.
Inventor(s): Katsumi NAGAI of Kanagawa (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): A63F13/52, G06V10/88, G06V20/40
CPC Code(s): A63F13/52
Abstract: provided are a video processing apparatus, a video processing method, and a program capable of specifying an instance corresponding to a certain instance in a plurality of input videos and creating an output video including the instances. the video processing apparatus includes: an information creation unit configured to create video creation information on the basis of a plurality of triggers detected from a plurality of input videos; and a video processing unit configured to determine a material video to be associated with creation of an output video from the plurality of input videos, on the basis of the video creation information.
Inventor(s): ARINOBU UEDA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): B60Q1/26, B60Q1/50, B60Q1/52
CPC Code(s): B60Q1/2611
Abstract: the present technology relates to a lighting control device that enables effective use of a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of the vehicle, a lighting control method, and a vehicle. a lighting control device includes a light control unit that controls a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of a vehicle, on the basis of at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle. the present technology can be applied to a vehicle that has a roof window, for example.
20250052646. PARTICLE SORTING KIT_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): SHINJI TASHIRO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, TATSUMI ITO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G01N1/22
CPC Code(s): G01N1/2205
Abstract: to provide a particle sorting kit provided with a filter that functions even at a small flow rate with a small loss amount of particles.
20250052646. PARTICLE SORTING KIT_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): SHINJI TASHIRO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, TATSUMI ITO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G01N1/22
CPC Code(s): G01N1/2205
Abstract: provided is a particle sorting kit provided with a sample accommodation unit configured to accommodate a sample liquid containing particles, a microchip provided with a sample flow path through which the sample liquid flows and a sorting flow path in which target particles are sorted from the sample liquid, and a filter unit provided with a filter and a tapered portion that decreases a flow path diameter in a flow direction downstream of the filter.
Inventor(s): Wei XU of Nanjing, Jiangsu (CN) for sony group corporation, Yurong QIAN of Nanjing, Jiangsu (CN) for sony group corporation, Tingting FAN of Beijing (CN) for sony group corporation, Chen SUN of Beijing (CN) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G01S5/02, G01S5/00, G01S5/10
CPC Code(s): G01S5/0273
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for positioning. an electronic device used with a base station is disclosed, comprising a processing circuit configured to: cause a first set of intelligent surfaces to reflect a set of first reflected beams to be used for a first beam scanning with a user equipment (ue); cause a second set of intelligent surfaces to reflect a set of second reflected beams to be used for a second beam scanning with the ue, wherein the second set of intelligent surfaces is selected from the first set of intelligent surfaces, and a beam width for the set of second reflected beams is smaller than a beam width for the set of first reflected beams; and determine a position of the ue, based at least in part on a result of the second beam scanning.
Inventor(s): Yasutaka FUKUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation, Masayuki Yokoyama of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, A63F13/211, A63F13/212, A63F13/213, A63F13/812, G02B27/01, G06V20/20, G09G3/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: there is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that obtains first sensor information, which is output by a first sensor and is to be used to calculate positional information of an operator, and second sensor information, which is output by a second sensor and is to be used to calculate the positional information of the operator; and a calculation unit that calculates the positional information of the operator using the second sensor information in a case where the positional information of the operator calculated using the first sensor information is included in a set range set in advance.
Inventor(s): Masahito OTA of Kanagawa (JP) for sony group corporation, Takaaki YOSHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/012
Abstract: a wearable display device includes a change detection unit that detects a change in a wearing state of a display unit, which is worn on a head of a user and emits light for forming a display image to an eyeball of the user, by comparing a detection result of movement of the display unit and a detection result of movement of the head.
Inventor(s): RYOTARO SHIRAI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F21/31
CPC Code(s): G06F21/31
Abstract: an information processing device () according to the present disclosure includes: a reception unit () that receives a request regarding provision of user information that is information collected from a user, the request being for a plurality of pieces of user information collected from a plurality of users; and a verification unit () that verifies consents of the plurality of users by executing a procedure for collectively proving that a consent has been obtained from each user who is a collection source of the plurality of pieces of user information on a blockchain in which a trace indicating that the user has consented in advance to provision of the user information to a third party is registered in a case where the request is received by the reception unit.
Inventor(s): HIROMASA UCHIYAMA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, SHINICHIRO TSUDA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N3/082
CPC Code(s): G06N3/082
Abstract: an object is to improve network delay. a wireless base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a wireless base station capable of communicating with a first communication device and a second communication device, and includes: a splitting unit configured to acquire first profile information corresponding to one or more neural network models, and determine a splitting point for split of multiple layers constituting the neural network model on the basis of the first profile information; and a control unit configured to set, in the first communication device, arithmetic processing of a first neural network model generated by splitting the neural network model at the splitting point, and set, in the second communication device or the wireless base station, arithmetic processing of a second neural network model generated by splitting the neural network model at the splitting point.
Inventor(s): KEISUKE CHIDA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T5/60, G06T5/50, G06T7/00
CPC Code(s): G06T5/60
Abstract: the present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium capable of improving an image quality of an input image of which the degradation process is unknown. an image processing device of the present technology includes a degradation conversion unit that performs degradation processing including mutually different degradation processes on a second image different from an input first image to generate a plurality of degraded images; a comparison unit that compares the first image with each of the plurality of degraded images; and a selection unit that selects, based on a result of comparison by the comparison unit, a parameter to improve the image quality of the first image from among parameters associated with the degradation processes of the plurality of degraded images. the present technology can be applied to, for example, an image processing device that performs super-resolution processing.
Inventor(s): Suguru AOKI of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation, Ryuta SATOH of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/147, H04N25/78
CPC Code(s): G06V10/147
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a conversion part that converts a first recognizer or a first dataset for performing a recognition process based on a first signal read from a first sensor having a first pixel characteristic or a first signal characteristic into a second recognizer or a second dataset for performing a recognition process based on a second pixel characteristic different from the first pixel characteristic or a second signal characteristic different from the first signal characteristic.
Inventor(s): YUMA HIRAI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, DAISUKE INAISHI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, RINNA KANAO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, PREM AJANTH FRANCIS THANGADURAI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, GENKI OKADA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/70, G06Q30/0201, G06V10/776, G06V40/10
CPC Code(s): G06V10/87
Abstract: a user state estimator configured to estimate a degree of interest, a degree of understanding, and the like of a user by performing learning processing using user state information input by a meeting participant user is generated and used. by executing machine learning processing using user state information input to a user terminal by a user participating in a meeting via a communication network, a user state estimator configured to estimate a user state, for example, a degree of interest, a degree of understanding, and a degree of fatigue of a user on the basis of at least one of an image or voice of a meeting participant user is generated. furthermore, the user state is estimated on the basis of an image and voice of a meeting participant user by using the generated user state estimator, and identification information and an icon indicating the estimated user state are output to the user terminal.
Inventor(s): SUGURU AOKI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, RYUTA SATOH of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/88, G06V10/147, G06V10/82
CPC Code(s): G06V10/893
Abstract: an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a conversion part () that converts, based on an output of a first recognizer () that performs a recognition process based on a first signal read from a first sensor, a processing parameter related to a recognition process of a second recognizer () that performs the recognition process based on a second signal read from a second sensor having a characteristic different from a characteristic of the first sensor. the conversion part converts the processing parameter so as to approximate an output of the second recognizer to an output of the first recognizer.
20250054449. DISPLAY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): HARUKI TSUCHIYA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, KEI KIMURA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3258
CPC Code(s): G09G3/3258
Abstract: to suppress a decrease in luminance. a display device includes: a plurality of pixels (); a gradation voltage generation unit (a, b) that generates a gradation voltage; a reference voltage supply wiring () at least partially extending in a pixel region () in which the plurality of pixels () is arranged, the reference voltage supply wiring () supplying a reference voltage to the pixels (); and a lead-out wiring (a, b) electrically connected to the reference voltage supply wiring () at a voltage lead-out position (pv) on the reference voltage supply wiring (), in which the gradation voltage generation unit (a, b) generates the gradation voltage on the basis of the reference voltage supplied from the lead-out wiring (a, b).
Inventor(s): Fredrik RUSEK of Eslöv (SE) for sony group corporation, Jose FLORDELIS of Lund (SE) for sony group corporation, Kun ZHAO of Malmö (SE) for sony group corporation, Erik BENGTSSON of Eslöv (SE) for sony group corporation, Olof ZANDER of Södra Sandby (SE) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B7/04, H04W16/26
CPC Code(s): H04B7/04013
Abstract: examples provide a method of operating a ced is provided, wherein the ced provides reconfigurable filters for incident signals received along one or more input spatial directions on a radio channel and transmitted as outgoing signals into one or more output spatial directions, the method comprising: configuring the ced to apply a first filter of the reconfigurable filters for a duration greater or equal than 20 ms; detecting a first received power during application of the first filter; configuring the ced to apply a second filter of the reconfigurable filters for a duration greater or equal than 20 ms.
Inventor(s): KEN TANAKA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, YUSUKE TANAKA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, KOSUKE AIO of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, SHIGERU SUGAYA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04L27/26
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048
Abstract: a communication device that performs processing for estimating out-of-band leakage power is provided. the communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a control unit that controls a communication operation in the communication unit, transmits a reference signal in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and receives a communication result from a transmission destination of the reference signal. the control unit determines the transmission destination of the reference signal on the basis of results of exchange of capability information with the first terminal and the second terminal, and performs control such that a notification signal for notifying of transmission of the reference signal in advance is transmitted in the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
Inventor(s): MASARU IKEDA of KANAGAWA (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N19/117, H04N19/14, H04N19/169, H04N19/176, H04N19/61, H04N19/80, H04N19/86
CPC Code(s): H04N19/117
Abstract: provided is an image processing device including a decoding section that decodes an encoded stream to generate an image, a line determining section that determines whether to apply a deblocking filter to each of lines perpendicular to a boundary in neighboring blocks neighboring across the boundary in the image generated by the decoding section, and a filtering section that applies the deblocking filter to each line to which the line determining section determines to apply the deblocking filter.
Inventor(s): MAHO HAYASHI of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, TETSUO IKEDA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation, YUYA TAKAYAMA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N23/74, G06F3/01, H04N23/11, H04N23/611
CPC Code(s): H04N23/74
Abstract: the present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that allow a user to comfortably perform an operation in a technology for recognizing a user operation on the basis of sensed spatial information. environmental information for recognizing an environment of an operation space in which a user performs an operation on an image displayed in a vehicle cabin is acquired, recognition of the operation of the user is performed on the basis of first spatial information on the operation space sensed using first light or second spatial information on the operation space sensed using second light having a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the first light, and spatial information to be used for the recognition is determined from among the first spatial information and the second spatial information on the basis of the environmental information.
Inventor(s): MAO KATSUHARA of TOKYO (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04R1/10
CPC Code(s): H04R1/1041
Abstract: the present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable determining whether each unit of a device is worn on a left side or right side of a body of a user. an information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology determines, on the basis of a time difference in pulse waves measured in each of a plurality of units that constitutes a device worn by the user, whether each of the units is worn on the left side or right side of the body of the user. the present technology can be applied to, for example, completely independent earphones.
20250056316. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): Kosuke AIO of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation, Ken TANAKA of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W28/04
CPC Code(s): H04W28/04
Abstract: the present technology relates to a wireless communication device and a method, in which packets can be efficiently relayed with low latency.
20250056316. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): Kosuke AIO of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation, Ken TANAKA of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W28/04
CPC Code(s): H04W28/04
Abstract: the wireless communication device performs direct relay transmission in which a pseudo data frame, in which a packet of a data signal transmitted from a first another wireless communication device is set as another information, is generated, information based on each received packet for which error detection is performed is overwritten on each pseudo data frame to generate a data frame, and the data frame is sequentially output, and performs control to transmit the sequentially output data frames to a second another wireless communication device. the present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
Inventor(s): Basuki PRIYANTO of Lund (SE) for sony group corporation, Yujie ZHANG of Lund (SE) for sony group corporation, Anders BERGGREN of Lund (SE) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L5/00, H04W24/10
CPC Code(s): H04W64/00
Abstract: various examples of the disclosure generally relate to timing error groups and timing error group reports of transmission timing errors, specifically uplink transmission timing errors of uplink positioning reference signals. thereby, high-accuracy positioning of a wireless communication device is enabled.
Inventor(s): Hiroaki TAKANO of Tokyo (JP) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/0457, H04W48/18, H04W72/231
CPC Code(s): H04W72/0457
Abstract: in a communication method, a plurality of bwps is set as one bwp group for a predetermined operation, and communication related to the predetermined operation is performed using the plurality of bwps included in the bwp group.
Inventor(s): Min LIU of Beijing (CN) for sony group corporation, Chen SUN of Beijing (CN) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04L1/1829
CPC Code(s): H04W72/23
Abstract: provided are an electronic apparatus for wireless communication, a method, and a computer readable storage medium. the electronic apparatus comprises: a processing circuit configured to acquire downlink control information from a base station, and to determine, at least on the basis of a first specific field of the downlink control information, whether a feedback mechanism of a hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, wherein if it is determined that the feedback mechanism of the hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, a result of verification performed on a data packet is not fed back to the base station.
20250056590. COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS_simplified_abstract_(sony group corporation)
Inventor(s): Daniel VERENZUELA of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation, Thomas HANDTE of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation, Dana CIOCHINA-KAR of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation, Ken TANAKA of Stuttgart (DE) for sony group corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/512, H04W56/00
CPC Code(s): H04W72/512
Abstract: a first communication device that is configured to communicate with a second communication device comprises circuitry configured to receive a low latency, ll, indication from the second and/or third communication device, which indicates to the first communication device that transmission of a second ll information by the first communication device is allowed; and transmit second ll information to the second communication device during and within the bandwidth of an ongoing transmission of a data unit from the third communication device to the second communication device, wherein the second ll information indicates to the second communication device that the first communication device has ll data to transmit to the second communication device.
Sony Group Corporation patent applications on February 13th, 2025
- Sony Group Corporation
- A61M21/00
- G06T11/00
- CPC A61M21/00
- Sony group corporation
- A63F13/52
- G06V10/88
- G06V20/40
- CPC A63F13/52
- B60Q1/26
- B60Q1/50
- B60Q1/52
- CPC B60Q1/2611
- G01N1/22
- CPC G01N1/2205
- G01S5/02
- G01S5/00
- G01S5/10
- CPC G01S5/0273
- G06F3/01
- A63F13/211
- A63F13/212
- A63F13/213
- A63F13/812
- G02B27/01
- G06V20/20
- G09G3/00
- CPC G06F3/011
- CPC G06F3/012
- G06F21/31
- CPC G06F21/31
- G06N3/082
- CPC G06N3/082
- G06T5/60
- G06T5/50
- G06T7/00
- CPC G06T5/60
- G06V10/147
- H04N25/78
- CPC G06V10/147
- G06V10/70
- G06Q30/0201
- G06V10/776
- G06V40/10
- CPC G06V10/87
- G06V10/82
- CPC G06V10/893
- G09G3/3258
- CPC G09G3/3258
- H04B7/04
- H04W16/26
- CPC H04B7/04013
- H04L5/00
- H04L27/26
- CPC H04L5/0048
- H04N19/117
- H04N19/14
- H04N19/169
- H04N19/176
- H04N19/61
- H04N19/80
- H04N19/86
- CPC H04N19/117
- H04N23/74
- H04N23/11
- H04N23/611
- CPC H04N23/74
- H04R1/10
- CPC H04R1/1041
- H04W28/04
- CPC H04W28/04
- H04W64/00
- H04W24/10
- CPC H04W64/00
- H04W72/0457
- H04W48/18
- H04W72/231
- CPC H04W72/0457
- H04W72/23
- H04L1/1829
- CPC H04W72/23
- H04W72/512
- H04W56/00
- CPC H04W72/512
