公开(公告)号：US20180323508A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15770417

申请日：2016-11-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Issei Chigusa ,  Katsuyoshi Onishi ,  Kazuo Miura

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

CPC classification number: H01Q3/247 ,  G02B27/0176 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04N5/64 ,  H04W52/0274 ,  Y02D70/00

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 (54) 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 (56) 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：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：US10905788B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US15773750

申请日：2016-07-29

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Yoichi Nishimaki ,  Shinichi Hirata ,  Yuichi Machida ,  Kazuo Miura

IPC: A61L9/12 ,  A63F13/28

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scent-emanating apparatus including a discharging mechanism which permits a scent substance perceivable by a user together with a marker substance for detection to be discharged outwards, and a sensor to detect the marker substance discharged from the discharging mechanism.