公开(公告)号：US20230035304A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17965097

申请日：2022-10-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Yoshio Miyazaki

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04W72/02 ,  G06V20/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: continuously acquiring information of an environment in which at least one of a communication device and a communication partner for the communication device is placed; and upon the acquisition of each information, determining from among a plurality of communication standards of frequency bands of radio waves, and based on the acquired information, the communication standard to be used for communication between the communication device and the communication partner, where the communication partner outputs video and audio signals to the communication device, continuously acquiring includes continuously acquiring the information at a predetermined frame rate, and the communication device includes at least one camera.

公开(公告)号：US10546556B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US15776325

申请日：2016-12-06

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Yoshio Miyazaki ,  Katsuyoshi Onishi

IPC: H04W40/02 ,  G09G5/12 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: There are provided a communication path specifying device, a head mounted display, a communication path specifying method, and a program each capable of reducing a time required for specifying a communication path having high communication quality. An image acquiring unit (72) acquires an image of an environment where at least either a communication device or a communication partner of the communication device is disposed. A communication path specifying unit (74) specifies a communication path for communication between the communication device and the communication partner on the basis of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit (72), the communication path passing through reflection on a reflection surface.

公开(公告)号：US10402602B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15854228

申请日：2017-12-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. ,  Sony Corporation

Inventor： Masakazu Tanikawa ,  Katsuyoshi Onishi

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06K19/077 ,  G06K19/07 ,  H04B1/59 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  A63F13/65

Abstract: In a reader for an RFID tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.

公开(公告)号：US20180255349A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15754789

申请日：2016-10-04

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Yoshio Miyazaki

IPC: H04N21/4363 ,  H04N19/42 ,  A63F13/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W48/16

CPC classification number: H04N21/43637 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/30 ,  A63F13/327 ,  A63F13/358 ,  G02B27/017 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04N19/42 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Provided are a communication system, a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, a communication system control method, and a program that permit selection of an appropriate communication path in accordance with the amount of time until data generated by the transmission apparatus is rendered available for use by the reception apparatus. A first transmission section sends encoded data to a first reception section. A second transmission section sends encoded data to a second reception section. The first transmission section has a higher maximum possible transmission rate than the second transmission section. A pre-transmission process execution section encodes data at a higher compression ratio at the time of transmission by the second transmission section than the compression ratio at the time of transmission by the first transmission section. A transmission control section controls which data, the data received by the first reception section or the data received by the second reception section, is used by an HMD based on the amount of time from generation of data to when the data is rendered available for use by the HMD.

公开(公告)号：US11528706B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US17224470

申请日：2021-04-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Yoshio Miyazaki

IPC: H04W72/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06V20/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for continuously acquiring information of an environment in which at least one of a communication device and a communication partner for the communication device is placed; and upon the acquisition of each information, determining from among a plurality of communication standards of frequency bands of radio waves, and based on the acquired information, the communication standard to be used for communication between the communication device and the communication partner, where the communication partner is located physically away from an entertainment device which generates video and audio.

公开(公告)号：US10998626B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15770417

申请日：2016-11-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Issei Chigusa ,  Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Kazuo Miura

IPC: H01Q3/02 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H04N5/64 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H04W52/02 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: There are provided an antenna control apparatus, a head-mounted display, an antenna control method, and a program that are capable of suppressing power consumption of the head-mounted display including a plurality of antennas. A selection unit selects, as an antenna to be driven, a portion of the plurality of antennas in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display including the plurality of antennas. An antenna control unit controls only the antenna to be driven to be driven and an antenna other than the antenna to be driven to be stopped.

公开(公告)号：US20180287679A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15763632

申请日：2016-11-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Issei Chigusa ,  Kazuo Miura ,  Tatsuto Suetomi

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08

Abstract: There are provided a main beam direction determining device, a main beam direction determining method, and a program each of which is capable of shortening a time required for determination of a main beam direction of a head-mounted display. A secondary candidate sector selecting portion selects a part of a plurality of primary candidates as secondary candidates in response to a posture of an HMD. A sector level sweep processing executing portion determines a main beam direction of the HMD based on communication qualities when communications by the respective secondary candidates are performed from the secondary candidates.

公开(公告)号：US20180129840A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15854228

申请日：2017-12-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Masakazu Tanikawa ,  Katsuyoshi Onishi

IPC: G06K7/10

CPC classification number: G06K7/10356 ,  A63F13/65 ,  G06K7/10128 ,  G06K7/10227 ,  G06K19/0724 ,  G06K19/07773 ,  H04B1/59 ,  H04B5/0062 ,  H04B7/0602 ,  H04B7/061 ,  H04B7/0802 ,  H04B7/0822

Abstract: In a reader for an RFID tag for near-field wireless communication, an antenna selection switch includes a plurality of antennae arranged with an extent within a predetermined range for transmitting and receiving data to and from an RFID tag, and selects one antenna to be used for transmission and reception of data from among the plurality of antennae. A detection part acquires, when a carrier wave transmitted from the RFID tag is received by any of the plurality of antennae, information indicative of an antenna selected by the antenna selection switch under the control of an antenna changeover controlling part.