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Sony patent applications published on 02 February 2012

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:29:23 +0000

54 US patent applications published on 02 February 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	20120030773	MANAGING DEVICE CONNECTIVITY AND NETWORK BASED SERVICES
2	20120030710	TV WITH LANDLINE INTEGRATED INTO TV’S USER INTERFACE
3	20120030701	CONTROL OF IPTV USING SECOND DEVICE
4	20120030480	BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
5	20120030479	STORAGE APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND STORAGE SYSTEM
6	20120030254	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
7	20120030253	DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
8	20120028796	NICOTINE ADSORBENT, QUINOLINE ADSORBENT, BENZOPYRENE ADSORBENT, TOLUIDINE ADSORBENT, AND CARCINOGEN ADSORBENT
9	20120028625	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE NOTIFICATION BASED ON SENSORY DETECTION
10	20120028588	Communication Apparatus and Communication Method, Computer Program, and Communication System
11	20120028129	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
12	20120027980	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM
13	20120027979	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM
14	20120027398	LENS MODULE AND CAMERA
15	20120027396	ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONNECTION DETECTION METHOD AND CONNECTION DETECTION SYSTEM
16	20120027377	PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PROGRAM CONTENT TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM
17	20120027376	REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
18	20120027263	HAND GESTURE DETECTION
19	20120027254	Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method for Drawing Image that Reacts to Input Information
20	20120027252	HAND GESTURE DETECTION
21	20120027224	Acoustic System for Slide-Type Mobile Device
22	20120026822	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME
23	20120026811	Integrated semiconductor device
24	20120026777	Variable-resistance memory device
25	20120026662	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
26	20120026658	DISPLAY DEVICE
27	20120026595	LENS FORMING METHOD, LENS, AND CAMERA MODULE
28	20120026591	OPTICAL ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ANTI-REFLECTIVE OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND MASTER
29	20120026583	STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
30	20120026568	LIQUID DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
31	20120026440	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
32	20120026417	IMAGING DEVICE
33	20120026370	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
34	20120026345	MECHANICAL NOISE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS, MECHANICAL NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGING APPARATUS
35	20120026334	IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD
36	20120026287	RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURE
37	20120026211	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
38	20120026210	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
39	20120026201	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
40	20120026191	METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTATION INFORMATION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
41	20120026158	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
42	20120026129	COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
43	20120026110	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
44	20120026095	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
45	20120026089	Center Device
46	20120025803	GEOMETRY SENSOR AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE
47	20120025760	FEED SYSTEM, FEED APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
48	20120025626	WIRELESS FEEDING SYSTEM
49	20120025391	Semiconductor device and multilayer semiconductor device
50	20120025175	DIODE BASED ON ORGANIC MATERIAL
51	20120025173	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FORMING MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM
52	20120025061	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
53	20120025059	Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing the same, and imaging apparatus
54	20120024587	RADIATION AMOUNT REDUCING DEVICE

Sony patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:40:25 +0000

79 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	D653,277	Camera
2	D653,243	Earphone
3	D653,242	Earphone
4	D653,231	Mobile phone
5	8,108,934	Information processing apparatus and method, and a program
6	8,108,898	Content and application download based on a home network system configuration profile
7	8,108,886	Receiving apparatus and receiving method, broadcasting apparatus and broadcasting method, information processing apparatus and information processing method, bidirectional communication system and bidirectional communication method, and providing medium
8	8,108,861	Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program for scheduling a recording of an event
9	8,108,789	Information processing device, user interface method, and information storage medium
10	8,108,688	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
11	8,108,674	Transmitting/receiving system and method, transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, and program used therewith
12	8,108,572	Communication system and its method and communication apparatus and its method
13	8,108,509	Altering network transmitted content data based upon user specified characteristics
14	8,108,493	Remote access management
15	8,108,489	Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium
16	8,108,462	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium for storing the program
17	8,108,319	System and method for controlling access to computer readable content using downloadable authentication
18	8,108,310	Recording apparatus and method, and communication device and method
19	8,108,305	Data sending/receiving method and apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data sending apparatus
20	8,108,211	Method of and apparatus for analyzing noise in a signal processing system
21	8,108,021	Communications structures including antennas with filters between antenna elements and ground sheets
22	8,108,016	Portable communication device having a dual sliding flip hinge assembly
23	8,108,014	Portable communication device including a spring lift assembly
24	8,108,005	Method and apparatus for displaying an image of a device based on radio waves
25	8,107,907	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
26	8,107,796	Data processing device, data processing method, program, program recording medium, data recording medium, and data structure
27	8,107,787	Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method
28	8,107,771	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
29	8,107,755	Information processing apparatus and method
30	8,107,748	Adaptive motion search range
31	8,107,706	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and electronic apparatus
32	8,107,689	Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information
33	8,107,682	Motion capture using primary and secondary markers
34	8,107,637	Signal processing device and signal processing method
35	8,107,632	Digital signal processing apparatus, method thereof and headphone apparatus
36	8,107,617	Audio processor
37	8,107,529	Coding device, coding method, program of coding method, and recording medium recorded with program of coding method
38	8,107,528	Picture processing apparatus, picture processing method, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and program
39	8,107,519	Equalizer, equalization method, program and receiving device
40	8,107,478	Wireless communication device, communication system, communication control method, and program
41	8,107,444	Arrangement and method for channel mapping in a wireless communication system
42	8,107,384	Information communication system, transmitting apparatus, transmitting method, and computer program
43	8,107,347	Optical disk apparatus, optical pickup, preformatted signal generation method and program
44	8,107,342	Laser driving device, optical unit, and light device which can change the setting information for a sampling pulse
45	8,107,331	Optical disk apparatus, position control method, and optical pickup
46	8,107,327	Interactive playlist media device
47	8,107,229	Portable communication device having a printed circuit board slider hinge assembly
48	8,107,209	Protection circuit
49	8,107,163	Projection optical system and projection image display apparatus
50	8,107,145	Reproducing device and reproducing method
51	8,107,133	Image production apparatus
52	8,107,077	Terahertz spectroscopic apparatus
53	8,107,036	Backlight device, liquid crystal display apparatus, and light deflecting sheet
54	8,106,997	Image pickup apparatus
55	8,106,994	Image pickup apparatus having a microlens array
56	8,106,991	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
57	8,106,986	Image sensor, data output method, image pickup device, and camera
58	8,106,983	Solid-state imaging device and camera
59	8,106,957	Image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method
60	8,106,952	Imaging device unit and imaging apparatus
61	8,106,939	Image processing method, image processing device and image display apparatus employing the image processing device
62	8,106,932	Image formation apparatus and method for forming image
63	8,106,929	Peak intensity level control device, self light-emitting display device, electronic device, peak intensity level control method, and computer program
64	8,106,911	Mobile motion capture cameras
65	8,106,859	Light emitting device, area light source apparatus and image display apparatus
66	8,106,806	AD converter
67	8,106,749	Touchless control of a control device
68	8,106,743	Electronic apparatus, remote controller and remote control system
69	8,106,733	Switch and recording medium
70	8,106,684	High-speed low-voltage differential signaling system
71	8,106,447	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
72	8,106,410	Method of manufacturing display device and display device
73	8,106,284	Playback apparatus and display method
74	8,105,750	Optical recording medium and method of manufacturing the same
75	8,105,462	Transfer method of adhesive film
76	8,105,169	Portable electronic device
77	8,105,163	Control device and control method
78	8,105,117	Spring connector and terminal device
79	8,104,910	Light emitting device, surface light source device, and image display device

Sony patent applications published on 26 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:58:01 +0000

42 US patent applications published on 26 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	20120023532	SERVING FROM A THIRD PARTY SERVER TO A CONTROL DEVICE A WEB PAGE USEFUL FOR CONTROLLING AN IPTV CLIENT WITH NON-PUBLIC ADDRESS
2	20120023490	METHOD FOR REPLACING AN ILLEGITIMATE COPY OF A SOFTWARE PROGRAM WITH A LEGITIMATE COPY AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM
3	20120023450	USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE METHOD
4	20120023444	INTERNET TV CONTENT SHARING AND REVENUE GENERATION USING BUDDY LISTS AND SHORT MESSAGES
5	20120023333	INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
6	20120023267	REPEATER DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
7	20120023204	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
8	20120023159	COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
9	20120021296	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE
10	20120021280	COMPOSITE ELECTRODE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
11	20120020646	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
12	20120020645	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
13	20120020640	DATA STRUCTURE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYING DEVICE AND PLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
14	20120020550	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
15	20120020495	AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
16	20120020420	COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
17	20120020388	Reception apparatus, reception method, program, and reception system
18	20120020342	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
19	20120020141	Variable-resistance memory device and its driving method
20	20120020118	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS
21	20120020046	COUPLING MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME
22	20120019824	FINE PARTICLE DETECTOR AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS
23	20120019736	IMAGING DEVICE
24	20120019731	TUNER MODULE AND RECEIVING DEVICE
25	20120019725	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
26	20120019716	CARRIAGE OF CLOSED DATA THROUGH DIGITAL INTERFACE USING PACKETS
27	20120019698	SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM
28	20120019697	Solid-state imaging device and camera system
29	20120019690	ACTIVE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPECKLE NOISE REDUCTION
30	20120019680	IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROLLING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD
31	20120019667	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTIVE NOISE MEASUREMENT OF A VIDEO SIGNAL
32	20120019632	DISPLAY DEVICE, SHUTTER DEVICE, SHUTTER CONTROL CIRCUIT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHUTTERS, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
33	20120019629	IMAGE RECEIVER
34	20120019557	DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION
35	20120019534	IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY
36	20120019406	RADAR TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD
37	20120018724	Semiconductor device and stacked semiconductor apparatus
38	20120018650	FINE PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE
39	20120018637	SWITCHING APPARATUS, SWITCHING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
40	20120018617	Semiconductor device, solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, method for manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
41	20120017788	PLATE CYLINDER, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING PLATE CYLINDER
42	20120017702	CONTACT-PRESSURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND INPUT APPARATUS

Sony patents granted on 24 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:29:30 +0000

69 US patents granted on 24 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	8,104,066	User identification and prioritization using Bluetooth
2	8,104,064	Bi-directional remote control unit and method of using the same
3	8,104,062	Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium
4	8,104,060	Information transmitting method and television broadcast receiver
5	8,103,969	Automatic generation of TV history list that stacks TV channels and other objects
6	8,103,963	Graphical user interface, display control device, display method, and program
7	8,103,945	Decoding method and decoding apparatus as well as program
8	8,103,886	Dedicated power supply apparatus, terminal, power supply system, and power supply method
9	8,103,848	Memory control device and information processing apparatus
10	8,103,839	Content data communication system, content data recording/reproducing device, data communication method and program
11	8,103,771	Distributing processing apparatus, method, and system
12	8,103,699	Contents reordering in a contents reproduction apparatus
13	8,103,562	System and method for processor cycle accounting and valuation
14	8,103,450	Navigation apparatus and navigation processing method
15	8,103,149	Playback system, apparatus, and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program therefor
16	8,103,126	Information presentation apparatus, information presentation method, imaging apparatus, and computer program
17	8,103,124	Registration apparatus, registration method and program
18	8,103,115	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
19	8,103,114	Image processing apparatus, method, storage medium, and program
20	8,103,106	Image processing method, image processing method program, recording medium recording image processing method program, and image processing apparatus
21	8,103,069	Registration apparatus, verification apparatus, registration method, verification method and program
22	8,103,062	Video processing apparatus
23	8,103,060	Feature point reduction for blood vessel biometric system
24	8,103,004	Method, apparatus and system for use in distributed and parallel decryption
25	8,103,000	Slice mask and moat pattern partial encryption
26	8,102,913	DCT/Q/IQ/IDCT bypass algorithm in MPEG to AVC/H.264 transcoding
27	8,102,895	Radio transmission apparatus, radio reception apparatus, transceiver, and radio communication method
28	8,102,890	Semiconductor light emitting device
29	8,102,829	Wireless transmission device, wireless transmission method, wireless communication system, and program
30	8,102,810	Adaptively selecting signal constellations for multi-carrier edge
31	8,102,749	Object lens, optical pickup, and optical disc device
32	8,102,746	Method of recording data, method of manufacturing read-only optical disc, and read-only optical disc
33	8,102,744	Recording medium playback device and recording medium playback method
34	8,102,743	PLL circuit, recording apparatus, and clock-signal generating method
35	8,102,742	Optical information recording medium, optical information recordng apparatus, and optical information recording method
36	8,102,739	Optical disk playback apparatus and optical disk recording/playback apparatus
37	8,102,716	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for performing verify write operation on the same
38	8,102,609	Lens barrel and image pickup unit
39	8,102,498	Liquid crystal display device
40	8,102,485	Electro-optical device including prismatic condensing layers
41	8,102,473	Image correction circuit, image correction method and image display
42	8,102,467	Camera module and imaging device
43	8,102,459	Image pickup apparatus
44	8,102,458	Tilt direction detector for orienting display information
45	8,102,449	Image pickup circuit having circuit blocks with counters
46	8,102,436	Image-capturing apparatus and method, recording apparatus and method, and reproducing apparatus and method
47	8,102,434	Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program
48	8,102,433	Displaying availability of auto-focus areas in an image-capturing apparatus
49	8,102,409	Printer device
50	8,102,405	TV screen text capture
51	8,102,395	Display apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method, imaging apparatus, and program
52	8,102,388	Method of driving organic electroluminescence display apparatus
53	8,102,346	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus including the same
54	8,102,336	Display apparatus and method for making the same
55	8,102,333	Display device securing mechanism and display system that rotates display devices around a rotational axis
56	8,101,999	SOI substrate and method for producing the same, solid-state image pickup device and method for producing the same, and image pickup apparatus
57	8,101,982	Memory device which comprises a multi-layer capacitor
58	8,101,912	Image-taking apparatus and method thereof
59	8,101,901	Method and apparatus for acquiring physical information, method for manufacturing semiconductor device including array of a plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity distribution, light-receiving device and manufacturing method therefor, and solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method therefor
60	8,101,869	Mounting structure, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
61	8,101,845	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
62	8,101,457	Mounting method, mounted structure, manufacturing method for electronic equipment, electronic equipment, manufacturing method for light-emitting diode display, and light-emitting diode display
63	8,101,432	Method of repairing an image display unit
64	8,101,311	Fuel cell and electronic apparatus with the same mounted thereon
65	8,101,296	Battery having a charge voltage between 4.25 V and 6.00 V
66	8,100,589	Optical module and optical waveguide
67	8,100,519	Liquid discharging head, liquid discharging apparatus, and bubble removing method for the liquid discharging apparatus
68	8,100,485	Rotating door mechanism and electronic appliance
69	8,100,011	Piezoelectric device, oscillation type gyro sensor, electronic device, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric device

Sony patent applications published on 19 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:42:02 +0000

33 US patent applications published on 19 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	20120017283	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
2	20120017236	SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE
3	20120017162	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
4	20120017137	DISC RECORDING MEDIUM, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND DISK MANUFACTURING METHOD
5	20120017064	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
6	20120016958	Streaming System and Streaming Method
7	20120016675	BROADCAST SYSTEM USING TEXT TO SPEECH CONVERSION
8	20120016616	FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS
9	20120016230	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD
10	20120015232	SEPARATOR AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
11	20120015133	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM
12	20120014677	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM
13	20120014676	Informatiion Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Recording Medium
14	20120014660	PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM
15	20120014614	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
16	20120014608	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING
17	20120014587	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
18	20120014558	POSITION-DEPENDENT GAMING, 3-D CONTROLLER, AND HANDHELD AS A REMOTE
19	20120014452	MULTI-PARAMETER MOTION FOR EFFICIENT PREDICTION IN VIDEO COMPRESSION
20	20120014443	DIFFERENTIAL CODING OF INTRA DIRECTIONS (DCIC)
21	20120014442	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
22	20120014239	OPTICAL DISK DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
23	20120013770	OVERLAY VIDEO CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE
24	20120013649	Driving method of image display device
25	20120013641	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
26	20120013637	AUTOMATIC COLOR ADJUSTMENT OF A TEMPLATE DESIGN
27	20120013590	Organic electroluminescent display device, method of manufacturing organic electroluminescent display device, and electronic apparatus
28	20120013519	MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) MULTI-BAND ANTENNAS WITH A CONDUCTIVE NEUTRALIZATION LINE FOR SIGNAL DECOUPLING
29	20120013446	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
30	20120013198	POWER RELAYING APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER RELAYING APPARATUS
31	20120012825	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
32	20120012823	COLOR IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
33	20120011932	INPUT APPARATUS

Sony patents granted on 17 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:30:55 +0000

66 US patents granted on 17 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	RE43,111	Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus
2	D652,414	Computer
3	8,099,772	Information terminal apparatus, information processing apparatus and information communication system
4	8,099,752	Non-real time services
5	8,099,612	Information processing apparatus
6	8,099,606	Data storage apparatus, data providing system and data providing method
7	8,099,589	System and method for rapid boot of secondary operating system
8	8,099,531	Information processing method and computer program comprising network card wherein a plurality of processors switches use of network card related to setting of resource flag
9	8,099,519	Content providing device, data processing method, and computer program
10	8,099,460	Information processing device and method, recording medium, and program
11	8,099,455	Notifying remote devices of available content
12	8,099,108	Mobile terminals including display screens capable of displaying maps and map display methods for mobile terminals
13	8,099,053	Communication apparatus and communication system
14	8,099,049	Communication method, communication device, and computer program
15	8,098,982	Image shake correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus
16	8,098,979	Reproduction apparatus having protection flags and code number
17	8,098,977	Signal reproducing apparatus and signal reproducing method
18	8,098,975	Video recording apparatus and method, video transmission method, program for video recording method, and storage medium having stored program for video recording method
19	8,098,947	Method and apparatus for processing image data by rearranging wavelet transform data
20	8,098,944	Image processing apparatus, method, storage medium, and program
21	8,098,881	Advertisement insertion systems and methods for digital cameras based on object recognition
22	8,098,877	Vibration speaker and a portable electronic device comprising the vibration speaker
23	8,098,856	Wireless communications devices with three dimensional audio systems
24	8,098,843	Sound source direction detecting apparatus, sound source direction detecting method, and sound source direction detecting camera
25	8,098,827	Data processing system, data processing method, and program providing medium
26	8,098,775	Data processing apparatus, data processing method and program
27	8,098,754	Midamble allocations for MIMO transmissions
28	8,098,738	Predictive encoding and data decoding control to decode fewest possible pictures
29	8,098,732	System for and method of transcoding video sequences from a first format to a second format
30	8,098,703	Laser diode and method of manufacturing the same
31	8,098,636	Radio transmission apparatus and radio transmission method
32	8,098,560	Light spot position control apparatus and light spot position control method
33	8,098,552	Information processing device and method and program
34	8,098,388	Content transmission device, content transmission method, and computer program used therewith
35	8,098,357	Liquid crystal display panel
36	8,098,336	System and method for using partial interpolation to undertake 3D gamma adjustment of microdisplay having dynamic iris control
37	8,098,335	Nonlinear processing device and image display apparatus
38	8,098,329	Image determination apparatus, image determination method, and program, and image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
39	8,098,328	Image signal processing apparatus, image display and image display method
40	8,098,326	Electronic device and accessory device
41	8,098,324	Imaging device, GPS control method, and computer program
42	8,098,322	Image pickup device and image pickup apparatus
43	8,098,321	Image pickup element for performing focus detection based on phase-difference detecting and image pickup device having such image pickup element
44	8,098,319	Portable electronic device having high-resolution camera with tunable sensor auto focus
45	8,098,315	Solid state imaging apparatus, solid state imaging device driving method and camera
46	8,098,311	Solid-state imaging device, signal processing method of solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
47	8,098,309	Solid-state imaging apparatus and camera using the same
48	8,098,301	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
49	8,098,297	Pre- and post-shutter signal image capture and sort for digital camera
50	8,098,293	Image extraction device, image extraction method, image processing device, image processing method, and imaging device
51	8,098,291	Image pickup apparatus, control method, and control program, and data processing apparatus, method, and program for recording a moving image and a still image
52	8,098,268	Thermal head and printing device
53	8,098,259	Image display device
54	8,098,241	Display device, electronic device, and method of driving display device
55	8,098,053	Charger for lithium ion secondary battery, and method of charging the same
56	8,098,052	Battery charger
57	8,097,928	Solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus
58	8,097,914	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
59	8,097,488	Method for forming pattern, method for manufacturing semiconductor apparatus, and method for manufacturing display
60	8,097,486	Method for producing a solid-state imaging element
61	8,097,365	Electrode current collector and method for inspecting the same, electrode for battery and method for producing the same, and secondary battery and method for producing the same
62	8,097,189	Method for manufacturing optical disc master and method for manufacturing optical disc
63	8,096,863	Emotion-based game character manipulation
64	8,096,669	Surface light source device and image display apparatus
65	8,096,421	Micro-fluidic chip, micro-particle sorting device and flow controlling method
66	8,096,181	Inertial sensor

Sony patent applications published on 12 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:05:16 +0000

82 US patent applications published on 12 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	20120011473	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
2	20120011472	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
3	20120011464	DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
4	20120011330	MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM THEREFOR
5	20120011197	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
6	20120011069	LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM
7	20120010834	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
8	20120010822	FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY COMPENSATION METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATION DEVICE
9	20120010778	POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD
10	20120010097	MICROCHANNEL, AND NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION MICROCHIP, COLUMN, SYSTEM AND METHOD
11	20120009981	PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY
12	20120009973	Module Connection in a Printed Wiring Board
13	20120009870	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
14	20120009869	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD
15	20120009753	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
16	20120009711	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FORMING UNDERLYING LAYER
17	20120009704	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser and method of manufacturing thereof
18	20120009486	ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY
19	20120009474	POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL
20	20120008921	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
21	20120008920	RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING/PRODUCING APPARATUS
22	20120008910	REPRODUCTION UNIT, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
23	20120008875	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MNEMONIC CONTACT IMAGE ASSOCIATION
24	20120008870	IMAGE COMPRESSION UTILIZING RING-TREE ENTROPY CODING AND DIRECTIONAL TRANSFORMS
25	20120008822	MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE RECORDING MEDIUM AND AUTHENTICITY JUDGMENT METHOD
26	20120008818	SPEAKER DEVICE
27	20120008803	AUDIO PROCESSING WITH TIME ADVANCED INSERTED PAYLOAD SIGNAL
28	20120008712	MIDAMBLE ALLOCATIONS FOR MIMO TRANSMISSIONS
29	20120008709	SINGLE CARRIER HIGH RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM
30	20120008657	Laser diode
31	20120008655	HEAT SINK, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE
32	20120008644	DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PACKET SIZE AND REDUNDANCY
33	20120008562	WIRELESS INTELLIGENT SWITCH ENGINE
34	20120008487	OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD
35	20120008486	RECORDING DEVICE AND APC CORRECTION METHOD
36	20120008484	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCTION METHOD
37	20120008480	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
38	20120008479	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
39	20120008473	PLAYBACK METHOD FOR OPTICAL DISC, PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISC, NON-TRANSISTORY COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
40	20120008471	RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCTION METHOD
41	20120008370	MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE
42	20120008369	MEMORY ELEMENT AND DRIVE METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND MEMORY DEVICE
43	20120008328	LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
44	20120008317	DISPLAY APPARATUS
45	20120008288	Module and portable terminal
46	20120008263	ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE
47	20120008262	DISPLAY APPARATUS
48	20120008206	OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZER WITH OPTICAL LAYER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
49	20120008204	DISPLAY APPARATUS
50	20120008073	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL
51	20120008057	Lens array unit and image display device
52	20120008050	VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD
53	20120008033	SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM
54	20120008032	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS
55	20120008027	Solid-state imaging device and camera system
56	20120008026	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
57	20120008025	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
58	20120008024	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS
59	20120008022	Solid-state imaging device and camera system
60	20120008013	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
61	20120008008	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, IMAGING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
62	20120007989	IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS
63	20120007988	IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY-IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
64	20120007977	MICROSCOPE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IN-FOCUS POSITION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MICROSCOPE IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
65	20120007973	IMAGING DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM
66	20120007964	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
67	20120007962	IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM
68	20120007946	HOLOGRAM REPRODUCTION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD
69	20120007893	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
70	20120007892	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
71	20120007828	Detection device and display apparatus
72	20120007818	OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY SWITCHING DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANELS AND PROGRAM
73	20120007793	SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND SELECTING NAMES
74	20120007694	ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH REDUCING DEVICE, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH REDUCING METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
75	20120007549	WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE AND WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM
76	20120007548	BATTERY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
77	20120007439	POWER FEEDING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM
78	20120007275	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RETARDATION FILM
79	20120007108	LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
80	20120007060	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
81	20120006682	NUCLEIC ACID CONCENTRATION RECOVERY CARTRIDGE, NUCLEIC ACID CONCENTRATION RECOVERY METHOD, AND FABRICATION PROCESS OF CARTRIDGE
82	20120005880	COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS, COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Sony patents granted on 10 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:51:22 +0000

74 US patents granted on 10 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	D652,067	Digital camera
2	8,095,955	Methods and systems for improving network response during channel change
3	8,095,948	System and method for billing for interactive television
4	8,095,891	Smart menu apparatus
5	8,095,864	Electronic apparatus, page display method, program, and storage medium
6	8,095,790	Information processing apparatus and method, and computer program
7	8,095,784	Computer system and method for activating basic program therein
8	8,095,749	Application pre-launch to reduce user interface latency
9	8,095,718	Bridge, information processor, and access control method
10	8,095,664	Method, apparatus, and computer program for processing information
11	8,095,646	Content ancillary to sensory work playback
12	8,095,578	Data processing system and method therefor
13	8,095,555	Information processing apparatus and method and information system
14	8,095,527	Reproducing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
15	8,095,493	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program
16	8,095,468	Method for providing protected audio/video content
17	8,095,406	Content display method, a content display apparatus, and a recording medium on which a content display program is recorded
18	8,095,178	Wireless intelligent switch engine
19	8,095,150	Method and apparatus for conveying location of lost or motionless mobile communication devices
20	8,095,148	Position information processing method, position information processing system, position information processing apparatus, communication apparatus and program
21	8,095,147	Multi-device location monitoring system
22	8,095,081	Device and method for hands-free push-to-talk functionality
23	8,095,073	Method and apparatus for improved mobile station and hearing aid compatibility
24	8,095,072	System and method for managing wireless connections in computer
25	8,094,996	Recording apparatus, recording method, recording program, image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and image pickup program
26	8,094,992	Information recording device and method, program storage medium, and program
27	8,094,891	Generating music playlist based on facial expression
28	8,094,853	Speaker system and fitting device
29	8,094,852	Headset
30	8,094,843	Low-profile piezoelectric speaker assembly
31	8,094,835	Signal processing apparatus
32	8,094,822	Broadcast encryption key distribution system
33	8,094,807	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, methods, program and recording medium
34	8,094,714	Speculative start point selection for motion estimation iterative search
35	8,094,693	Laser control method and laser control circuit
36	8,094,678	Method of and apparatus for providing reserved bandwidth to ethernet devices over switched ethernet including a home network wall plate having a combined IEEE 1394 and ethernet modified HUB
37	8,094,588	Information transmission method, information transmission apparatus, information recording or reproducing method, information recording or reproducing apparatus and recording medium
38	8,094,548	Transmission format, communication control apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
39	8,094,525	Information recording method and information recording apparatus
40	8,094,491	Semiconductor device
41	8,094,385	Image pickup lens and image pickup apparatus
42	8,094,283	Liquid crystal display
43	8,094,267	Liquid crystal display device, methods for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
44	8,094,261	Display unit and processing system each having a wiring board in substantially the same plane as a liquid crystal module
45	8,094,253	Display device, driving method of display device, and driving method of display element
46	8,094,252	Display apparatus and method for driving the same
47	8,094,230	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
48	8,094,213	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program in which an original image is modified with respect to a desired reference point set on a screen
49	8,094,210	Image synthesis apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image synthesis method, and program
50	8,094,204	Image movement based device control method, program, and apparatus
51	8,094,197	Image recording system having a conversion apparatus
52	8,094,146	Driving method for pixel circuit and display apparatus
53	8,094,145	Driving method for organic electroluminescence light emitting section
54	8,094,099	Display apparatus and driving method for display apparatus
55	8,094,046	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method
56	8,094,037	Method and apparatus for identifying an electronic appliance
57	8,093,934	Timing adjustment circuit, solid-state image pickup element, and camera system
58	8,093,867	Charging apparatus and charging method
59	8,093,801	Display device having parabolic light reflecting portions for enhanced extraction of light
60	8,093,720	Device, method of manufacturing device, board, method of manufacturing board, mounting structure, mounting method, LED display, LED backlight and electronic device
61	8,093,708	Semiconductor package having non-uniform contact arrangement
62	8,093,635	Solid-state imaging element
63	8,093,623	Semiconductor integrated circuit
64	8,093,181	Thermal transfer member, thermal transfer member set, and recording method
65	8,093,109	Method for forming semiconductor thin film and method for manufacturing electronic device
66	8,093,093	Semiconductor imaging instrument and manufacturing method thereof, and camera and manufacturing method thereof
67	8,093,029	Bilirubin oxidase mutant having thermal stability
68	8,092,960	Exposing mask and production method therefor and exposing method
69	8,092,937	Battery pack
70	8,092,899	Method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface
71	8,092,725	Apparatus and method for forming optical element
72	8,092,636	Anisotropic conductive adhesive
73	8,092,101	Imaging apparatus with rotatable lens barrel
74	8,092,060	Cradle

Sony patent applications published on 05 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:43:33 +0000

64 US patent applications published on 05 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	20120005630	Highly Responsive Screen Output Device, Screen Output System, and Screen Output Method
2	20120005497	Terminal apparatus updating method, data writing apparatus, and terminal apparatus
3	20120005441	COPYING APPARATUS, COPYING METHOD, MEMORY MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM
4	20120005337	REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
5	20120005265	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM
6	20120005139	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
7	20120005032	PAY-PER-RESTORE FOR DATA BACKUP RESTORATION
8	20120005027	Image Content and Advertisement Data Providing Method, System, and Apparatus
9	20120004856	SPECTRAL DATA ANALYZER, BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION SYSTEM, AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD
10	20120004575	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING CONTENT VIEWED ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
11	20120003937	BLUETOOTH DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYING METHOD USING THE SAME
12	20120003065	CONVEYING DEVICE, CONVEYING METHOD AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
13	20120002883	PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
14	20120002864	IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
15	20120002849	IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
16	20120002828	AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
17	20120002739	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
18	20120002696	ALIGNMENT METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND LIGHT OUTPUT DEVICE
19	20120002695	METHOD OF DRIVING A LASER DIODE
20	20120002690	METHOD OF DRIVING A LASER DIODE
21	20120002645	RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD
22	20120002528	VARIABLE DELAY CIRCUIT, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND DELAY AMOUNT CALIBRATION METHOD
23	20120002522	CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
24	20120002519	DISK-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL SPOT POSITION CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SPOT POSITION CONTROL METHOD
25	20120002518	PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM
26	20120002466	STORAGE APPARATUS
27	20120002282	OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZER WITH OPTICAL LAYER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
28	20120002281	PHASE DIFFERENCE ELEMENT AND DISPLAY UNIT
29	20120002277	SLIDE GLASS STORAGE DEVICE, CONVEYING DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
30	20120002276	STAGE SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE
31	20120002275	OPTICAL ELEMENT SWITCHING APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
32	20120002271	SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER
33	20120002257	HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, HOLOGRAM REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND HOLOGRAM REPRODUCTION METHOD
34	20120002113	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
35	20120002112	TAIL THE MOTION METHOD OF GENERATING SIMULATED STROBE MOTION VIDEOS AND PICTURES USING IMAGE CLONING
36	20120002106	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM
37	20120002099	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
38	20120002088	PHYSICAL QUANTITY DISTRIBUTION DETECTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIT COMPONENTS WITH SENSITIVITY TO A PHYSICAL QUANTITY CHANGE OF LIGHT
39	20120002075	IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
40	20120002072	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM
41	20120002069	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, IMAGING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
42	20120002067	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
43	20120002043	OBSERVATION APPARATUS
44	20120002034	MICROSCOPE AND AREA DETERMINATION METHOD
45	20120002033	MICROSCOPE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
46	20120002032	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STAGE-UNDULATION CORRECTING METHOD, PROGRAM THEREFOR
47	20120002023	SPATIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
48	20120001956	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT
49	20120001951	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
50	20120001948	Display device, pixel circuit and display drive method thereof
51	20120001867	CAPACITANCE SENSOR AND INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS
52	20120001759	USING IPTV AS HEALTH MONITOR
53	20120001733	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
54	20120001720	PROTECTIVE DEVICE
55	20120001290	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
56	20120001281	MAGNETIC STORAGE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY
57	20120001183	Method of producing display device, display device, method of producing thin-film transistor substrate, and thin-film transistor substrate
58	20120001167	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE
59	20120001090	MINUTE PARTICLE ANALYZING DEVICE AND METHOD
60	20120001072	PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
61	20120001057	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
62	20120001048	STAND DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
63	20120000788	ELECTROLYTIC METHOD OF FUEL
64	20120000382	METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL THIN FILM

Sony patents granted on 03 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:44:39 +0000

56 US patents granted on 03 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	D651,581	Controller
2	8,091,027	Content playback apparatus, content playback method and storage medium
3	8,090,781	Communication terminal, and destination-address right/wrong determining method and program thereof
4	8,090,780	Device, time, and location based notification content transfer and presentment system and method
5	8,090,771	Log collecting/analyzing system with separated functions of collecting log information and analyzing the same
6	8,090,764	Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, storage medium, and package medium
7	8,090,421	Bi-stable sliding assembly
8	8,090,415	Intelligent battery warning system
9	8,090,360	Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files
10	8,090,333	Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program
11	8,090,240	Moving picture data edition device and moving picture data edition method
12	8,090,214	Method for automatic detection and correction of halo artifacts in images
13	8,090,201	Image-based code
14	8,090,200	Redundancy elimination in a content-adaptive video preview system
15	8,090,140	Speaker and method of outputting acoustic sound
16	8,090,115	Transmitting/receiving system, transmitting device, and device including speaker
17	8,090,102	Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program
18	8,090,053	Midamble allocations for MIMO transmissions
19	8,090,050	Radio communication system, receiver, receiving method, transmitter, transmitting method, and device for and method of calculating delay times for multi-carrier transmission
20	8,090,022	Video coding system
21	8,089,858	Frame and signalling pattern structure for multi-carrier systems
22	8,089,843	Recording drive waveform adjusting method for manufacturing master disc, master disc manufacturing method, master disc manufacturing apparatus, and master disc
23	8,089,838	Optical disc apparatus and tracking control method
24	8,089,802	Memory device and memory
25	8,089,776	Side switch for a contact exposed on an edge of a circuit board and method
26	8,089,716	Magnetic tape, magnetic tape apparatus, servo pattern recording apparatus, magnetic tape producing method, and magnetic tape recording method
27	8,089,702	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
28	8,089,699	Optical element
29	8,089,694	Optical device stabilizer
30	8,089,569	Phase difference element and display device
31	8,089,560	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program
32	8,089,558	Gamut error notifying device
33	8,089,541	Solid-state image-pickup device, method for driving solid-state image-pickup device, and image-pickup apparatus
34	8,089,533	Fixed pattern noise removal circuit, fixed pattern noise removal method, program, and image pickup apparatus
35	8,089,530	Solid-state image pickup apparatus, drive method for the solid-state image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus
36	8,089,528	Color signal processing circuit, image pickup apparatus, and color signal processing method
37	8,089,521	Imaging device, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium
38	8,089,513	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system
39	8,089,497	Display device and driving method thereof
40	8,089,476	Liquid crystal device
41	8,089,443	Liquid crystal display device and driving method of liquid crystal display device using N-time speed driving technique
42	8,089,430	Self-luminous display panel driving method, self-luminous display panel and electronic apparatus
43	8,089,429	Display apparatus and drive method therefor, and electronic equipment
44	8,089,317	Phase-locked loop circuit, recording-and-reproducing apparatus, and electronic apparatus
45	8,089,310	Charge domain filter circuit
46	8,089,245	Noncontact charging device with temperature detection
47	8,089,176	Communication system and communication apparatus
48	8,089,107	Three-dimensional integrated device
49	8,089,071	Thin film semiconductor device having crystal grain boundaries cyclically traversing a channel part and method for manufacturing same
50	8,088,693	Substrate treatment method
51	8,088,639	Solid-state image pickup device
52	8,088,513	Anode and battery
53	8,087,967	Image display device and its manufacturing method with particular light-heat-curing resin composition
54	8,087,953	Surface mount device jumper and surface mount device jumper assembly
55	8,087,742	Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid
56	8,087,741	Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid

Sony patent applications published on 29 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:13:49 +0000

73 US patent applications published on 29 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	20110321097	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INTUITIVE BROWSING OF CONTENT
2	20110321094	IPTV EPG LINKING BROADCAST CHANNELS TO INTERNET SOURCES OF SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
3	20110321047	APPLICATION PRE-LAUNCH TO REDUCE USER INTERFACE LATENCY
4	20110320837	POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS
5	20110320812	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
6	20110320811	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
7	20110320810	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
8	20110320752	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
9	20110320579	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
10	20110320557	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
11	20110320548	USER-BASED SEMANTIC METADATA FOR TEXT MESSAGES
12	20110320263	ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS MEASURING APPARATUS, ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS MEASURING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING APPARATUS
13	20110320059	INTERNET/INTRANET-CONNECTED APPARATUS
14	20110319725	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
15	20110319161	Methods and apparatuses for displaying interactive content through a device
16	20110319137	PORTABLE DEVICE
17	20110319094	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
18	20110318652	SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
19	20110318614	ELECTROLYTE, BATTERY USING SAME, AND METHOD OF USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROLYTE
20	20110317987	IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
21	20110317986	RECEPTION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE
22	20110317983	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
23	20110317980	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
24	20110317937	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
25	20110317924	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
26	20110317921	INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
27	20110317911	COLOR ROLLING DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE
28	20110317891	IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVISION METHOD, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
29	20110317874	Information Processing Device And Information Processing Method
30	20110317839	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
31	20110317790	RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM
32	20110317784	DIVISION OF BIT STREAMS TO PRODUCE SPATIAL PATHS FOR MULTICARRIER TRANSMISSION
33	20110317765	Encoding apparatus, electronic device, imaging apparatus, and imaging system
34	20110317756	Coding device, imaging device, coding transmission system, and coding method
35	20110317705	TRAVERSAL OF SYMMETRIC NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATOR FOR MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS CONNECTIONS
36	20110317697	BROADCAST MESSAGING IN PEER TO PEER OVERLAY NETWORK
37	20110317599	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD
38	20110317533	RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND LASER DRIVING PULSE ADJUSTING METHOD
39	20110317530	PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM
40	20110317464	PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS
41	20110317320	CONTROLLER, CONTROLLING METHOD, AND SOLAR CELL
42	20110317261	Light source device and stereoscopic display apparatus
43	20110317259	MICROSCOPE AND FOCUSING METHOD
44	20110317233	OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY UNIT
45	20110317104	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
46	20110317060	IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
47	20110317058	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
48	20110317056	IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE
49	20110317028	Image processing apparatus, image taking apparatus, image processing method and image processing program
50	20110317027	Image processing apparatus, image taking apparatus, image processing method and image processing program
51	20110316998	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
52	20110316991	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE
53	20110316990	VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
54	20110316987	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE
55	20110316985	Display device and control method of display device
56	20110316897	DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
57	20110316881	Display device
58	20110316869	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
59	20110316836	Display device and display driving method therefor
60	20110316819	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
61	20110316770	Operation Device
62	20110316671	CONTENT TRANSFER SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
63	20110316476	NON-CONTACT CHARGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
64	20110316349	ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT DEVICE
65	20110316108	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PACKAGE STRUCTURE THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE
66	20110316103	STORAGE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE ELEMENT, AND MEMORY
67	20110316102	STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE DEVICE
68	20110316007	DISPLAY DEVICE
69	20110315963	ORGANIC EL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
70	20110315857	SOLAR CELL SYSTEM
71	20110315851	FOCUS INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE AND FOCUS INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD
72	20110315548	BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION ELECTRODE AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION APPARATUS
73	20110315213	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Sony patents granted on 27 December 2011

Administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:21:47 +0000

64 US patents granted on 27 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	RE43,043	Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus
2	D651,231	Accessory for a camera
3	D651,191	Mobile phone
4	D651,190	Mobile phone
5	D651,188	Mobile phone
6	8,087,043	Extensible downloadable content advisory system
7	8,086,966	Electronic apparatus and method of initializing setting items thereof
8	8,086,934	Decoding apparatus and decoding method
9	8,086,880	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
10	8,086,712	Name changing method, information processing apparatus and network system
11	8,086,679	Information processing unit, content providing server, communication relay server, information processing method, content providing method and communication relay method
12	8,086,613	Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and reproducing program
13	8,086,589	Searching system, searching unit, searching method, displaying method for search results, terminal unit, inputting unit, and record medium
14	8,086,587	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
15	8,086,335	Playback apparatus, playback method, and recording medium
16	8,086,333	Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and reproducing program
17	8,086,268	Mobile communication terminal and method of controlling transmission characteristic thereof
18	8,086,220	Wireless communication device having short-distance wireless communications
19	8,086,214	Electric field communication apparatus, electric field communication system, and method of controlling electric field communication apparatus
20	8,086,176	Information processing apparatus, method, and program for performing near field communication with an external device
21	8,086,098	Imaging apparatus
22	8,086,096	Shake correction device and imaging apparatus
23	8,086,087	Information processing device and method, program, and recording medium
24	8,086,086	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
25	8,086,075	Motion adaptive image processing
26	8,086,072	System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode
27	8,085,996	Image processing apparatus, image display apparatus, imaging apparatus, method for image processing therefor, and program
28	8,085,986	Image processing apparatus and method for processing images more naturally and sharply
29	8,085,953	Audio-signal time-axis expansion/compression method and device
30	8,085,864	Midamble allocations for MIMO transmissions
31	8,085,848	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
32	8,085,827	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser and method of manufacturing the same
33	8,085,784	Data transmitting apparatus and data transmitting method
34	8,085,744	Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and compute program
35	8,085,708	Methods, systems, and devices for establishing a registrationless data communication connection between electronic devices
36	8,085,691	Wireless communication system, wireless communication control apparatus and wireless communication control method, and computer program
37	8,085,663	Data processing apparatus and data processing method
38	8,085,657	Flow control in a cellular communication system
39	8,085,641	Reproduced signal evaluation method and write adjustment method
40	8,085,637	Tracking error signal detection apparatus and optical disc apparatus
41	8,085,632	Recording apparatus
42	8,085,627	Lens position control method, lens position control apparatus, cutting method, and cutting apparatus
43	8,085,348	Image output method to displays with different aspect ratios
44	8,085,343	Image capture apparatus
45	8,085,339	Method and apparatus for optimizing capture device settings through depth information
46	8,085,335	Image pickup apparatus with a fixed aperture stop having an aperture with different, repetitive first and second wave patterns
47	8,085,329	Solid-state imaging device, driving control method, and imaging apparatus
48	8,085,317	Information process apparatus and method, program record medium, and program
49	8,085,313	Method, apparatus, and program for processing an image
50	8,085,300	Surveillance camera system, remote-controlled monitoring device, control method, and their control program
51	8,085,258	Organic electroluminescence display apparatus, driving circuit for driving organic electroluminescence light emitting portion, and driving method for organic electroluminescence light emitting portion
52	8,085,251	Display-and-image-pickup apparatus, object detection program and method of detecting an object
53	8,085,240	Display apparatus having a detection signal line used to transmit driving voltage signals to a digital driver
54	8,085,238	Backlight, display apparatus and light source controlling method
55	8,085,169	Apparatus and method for map display and imaging apparatus at a plurality of display resolutions
56	8,085,127	Remote controlling apparatus and remote controlling method
57	8,084,968	Use of an accelerometer to control vibrator performance
58	8,084,837	Solid-state image pickup device
59	8,084,707	Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, fabrication method for thin film semiconductor device and fabrication method for display apparatus
60	8,084,693	Component with bonding adhesive
61	8,084,286	Solid-state imaging device, camera and method of producing the solid-state imaging device
62	8,083,812	Solid-electrolyte battery and manufacturing method therefor
63	8,083,645	Information exchanging device
64	8,083,195	Cradle device and electronic equipment support device

Sony patent applications published on 22 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:49:49 +0000

56 US patent applications published on 22 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	20110314560	SHARING AND LENDING OF DIGITAL CONTENT
2	20110314357	Phase synchronization apparatus, phase synchronization method and phase synchronization program
3	20110313956	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
4	20110313886	SALES SYSTEM AND SALES MANAGEMENT METHOD
5	20110313838	INTERNET STRAWMAN AND USER INTERFACE THEREFOR
6	20110313554	System and method for request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment in the home environment
7	20110313310	MUSCLE-ACTIVITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
8	20110313110	FLAME RETARDANT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, RESIN COMPOSITION OF MATTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
9	20110312391	MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD OF PROTECTING BATTERY, AND BATTERY PROTECTION PROGRAM
10	20110312296	Prioritization of Emergency SMS Messages
11	20110312272	REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
12	20110312125	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
13	20110312036	MICROCHIP FOR ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC-ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC-ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD
14	20110311886	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CELL
15	20110311885	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
16	20110311879	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
17	20110311864	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
18	20110311860	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE
19	20110311232	Optical receiver and optical transmission system
20	20110311200	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
21	20110311091	ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE
22	20110311090	ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE
23	20110311089	ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD
24	20110311088	ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC CONVERSION DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD
25	20110310990	POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, OFDM MODULATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND DISTORTION REDUCTION METHOD FOR POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS
26	20110310972	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DECODED DIGITAL VIDEO IMAGE DATA
27	20110310943	POWERLINE COMMUNICATOR (PLC) MODEM EMPLOYING AN ANALOG MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER
28	20110310723	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
29	20110310705	DIGITAL CLOCK WITH INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND MULTIPLE RESTING ORIENTATIONS
30	20110310663	METHOD FOR DRIVING STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE DEVICE
31	20110310582	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
32	20110310489	CONDUCTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, TOUCH PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
33	20110310487	OPTICAL BODY, WALL MEMBER, FITTING, AND SOLAR SHADING DEVICE
34	20110310480	STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OBSERVATION OPTICAL-ELEMENT, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OBSERVATION GLASSES, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM
35	20110310473	OPTICAL BODY, WALL MEMBER, FITTING, SOLAR SHADING DEVICE, AND BUILDING
36	20110310465	ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE, DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
37	20110310363	ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
38	20110310362	ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
39	20110310320	LENS ARRAY ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
40	20110310298	METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL A NON-GESTURE CONTROLLED DEVICE USING GESTURE INTERACTIONS WITH A GESTURE CONTROLLED DEVICE
41	20110310282	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
42	20110310265	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM
43	20110310261	PRE- AND POST-SHUTTER SIGNAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND SORT FOR DIGITAL CAMERA
44	20110310123	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD AND PROGRAM
45	20110310069	DISPLAY DEVICE
46	20110310028	Active Acoustic Touch Location for Electronic Devices
47	20110310009	POINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD
48	20110309986	MULTI-BAND ANTENNAS USING MULTIPLE PARASITIC COUPLING ELEMENTS AND WIRELESS DEVICES USING THE SAME
49	20110309964	Network remote control
50	20110309963	SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION TYPE A/D CONVERTER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION TYPE A/D CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
51	20110309946	ADAPTIVE MEDIA OBJECT REPRODUCTION BASED ON SOCIAL CONTEXT
52	20110309893	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IN-MILLIMETER-WAVE DIELECTRIC TRANSMISSION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IN-MILLIMETER-WAVE DIELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
53	20110309876	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE
54	20110309787	TERMINAL DEVICE AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD
55	20110309451	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
56	20110309409	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

Sony patents granted on 20 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:55:17 +0000

57 US patents granted on 20 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	8,082,559	Moveable in-vehicle apparatus operable by multiple users
2	8,082,522	Electronic apparatus
3	8,082,502	Display control apparatus, recording media, display control method, and display control program
4	8,082,385	Systematic memory shift for pre-segmented memory
5	8,082,374	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method of processing information, and computer program
6	8,082,366	Transmitter-receiver system, information processing apparatus, information processing method and program
7	8,082,259	Information processing apparatus for extracting objects
8	8,082,256	User terminal and content searching and presentation method
9	8,082,216	Information processing apparatus, method and program having a historical user functionality adjustment
10	8,082,121	Information processing device, information processing method, and information storage medium
11	8,082,098	Information supplying system, apparatus mounted in vehicle, information supplying server, program, and information processing method
12	8,082,069	Information processing apparatus and method of controlling cooling fan
13	8,081,934	Configurable frequency band elimination for powerline network
14	8,081,866	Selected playback apparatus, selected playback method, and program
15	8,081,864	Captured image recording apparatus, captured image recording method, captured image reproducing apparatus, captured image reproducing method, and captured image recording/reproducing system
16	8,081,782	Acoustic-electric transducer, electronic device, method, and computer program product
17	8,081,773	Audio signal processing apparatus, audio signal processing method and imaging apparatus
18	8,081,669	Method of driving laser diode device and laser diode equipment
19	8,081,455	Cooling device and method for acoustic apparatus
20	8,081,454	Gas ejector, electronic device, and gas-ejecting method
21	8,081,439	Electronic device
22	8,081,438	Electronic device
23	8,081,389	Electro-wetting device and a method of manufacturing the same
24	8,081,385	Antiglare film, method for manufacturing antiglare film, polarizer, and display device
25	8,081,345	Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting method, and programs
26	8,081,274	Liquid crystal device having a first polarizing element deviated up to a range of plus or minus 1 degree relative to a Y axis of a second polarizing element
27	8,081,264	Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
28	8,081,255	Image converting apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, camera system and image signal processing method
29	8,081,251	Imaging device and imaging system
30	8,081,248	Solid-state image pickup device and camera system
31	8,081,239	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
32	8,081,238	Image capturing apparatus to record a scene of an object included in a captured image, control method therefor, and program therefor
33	8,081,237	Data recording apparatus and method for protecting hard disk drive and computer program
34	8,081,233	Imaging device and imaging method
35	8,081,225	Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
36	8,081,223	Imaging apparatus
37	8,081,217	Image pickup apparatus for use with a construction table
38	8,081,194	Method for enhancing colour resolution and device exploiting the method
39	8,081,178	Electro-optical device, driving circuit, and electronic apparatus
40	8,081,153	Liquid crystal display device and video display device
41	8,081,066	Damage-resistant vibrator assemblies and wireless communications devices incorporating same
42	8,081,049	Band-pass filter device, method of manufacturing same, television tuner, and television receiver
43	8,081,027	Reception device, control method, and program
44	8,080,939	Reflection plate, light-emitting device and method of manufacturing reflection plate
45	8,080,936	Display device with improved moisture prevention
46	8,080,830	Semiconductor device and method of driving the same
47	8,080,734	Shielded cable
48	8,080,434	Nondestructive testing method for oxide semiconductor layer and method for making oxide semiconductor layer
49	8,080,408	Bioassay substrate and bioassay method
50	8,080,332	Battery pack including cylindrical cells arranged in two rows and two layers
51	8,080,331	Battery pack including eight cylindrical cells in series-parallel configuration
52	8,080,306	Exterior member, method of manufacturing exterior member, and electronic equipment casing
53	8,079,962	Method and apparatus for reproducing content data
54	8,079,764	Light quantity adjusting device, lens barrel, image pickup device, and method of controlling the image pickup device
55	8,079,720	Mirror drive apparatus and imaging apparatus
56	8,079,516	Method for tracking a sales channel of a merchandise item
57	8,079,305	Stamp for soft lithography, in particular micro contact printing and a method of preparing the same

Sony patent applications published on 15 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:33:34 +0000

59 US patent applications published on 15 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	20110307934	CONTENT LIST TAILORING FOR CAPABILITY OF IPTV DEVICE
2	20110307923	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
3	20110307853	METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE
4	20110307732	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD
5	20110307726	REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND REMOTE CONTROLLER
6	20110307610	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
7	20110307583	Information Processing Device
8	20110307582	Information Processing Device
9	20110307508	CONTENT ALERT UPON AVAILABILITY FOR INTERNET-ENABLED TV
10	20110307453	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
11	20110307393	DISTRIBUTED CUSTOMER SUPPORT CREDITS
12	20110307339	ADVERTISEMENT ROTATION
13	20110307315	Mobile communication terminal, data processing method for mobile communication terminal and settlement terminal
14	20110306895	BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM
15	20110306712	AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT OF THE SAME
16	20110306424	Attachment for Game Controller and Controller Assembly
17	20110306419	INFORMATION PROCESSOR, DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
18	20110306296	COMMUNICATION DEVICE
19	20110306086	CELL SEPARATING METHOD
20	20110305565	AXIAL FAN APPARATUS, HOUSING, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
21	20110305429	REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM AND DATA STRUCTURE
22	20110305384	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
23	20110305358	HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION APPARATUS, HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD, AND SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS
24	20110305349	REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION METHOD
25	20110305342	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
26	20110305336	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
27	20110305335	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
28	20110305281	RECEIVER, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
29	20110305276	ITERATIVE COMPUTATION OF ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION FILTER
30	20110305129	RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
31	20110305128	RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
32	20110305127	RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD
33	20110305124	INFORMATION ERASING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ERASING METHOD
34	20110305123	OPTICAL PICKUP CONTROL CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE DEVICE
35	20110305122	RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD
36	20110305077	MEMORY DEVICE
37	20110305068	RESISTANCE RANDOM ACCESS CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE
38	20110304936	DATA DEMODULATING DEVICE, DATA DEMODULATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
39	20110304910	POLARIZATION CONVERSION DEVICE, POLARIZATION CONVERSION METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
40	20110304807	LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
41	20110304755	Solid-state image pickup element and camera system
42	20110304719	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
43	20110304716	Optical device for stereoscopic display and stereoscopic display apparatus
44	20110304621	IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
45	20110304614	STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
46	20110304613	AUTOSPECTROSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE
47	20110304612	Parallax system, parallax image panel, device having the parallax image panel, parallax display method and non-transitory computer readable medium
48	20110304574	HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH TOUCHSCREEN AND DIGITAL TACTILE PIXELS
49	20110304567	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
50	20110304436	COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
51	20110304399	Driver amplifier circuit and communication system
52	20110304310	Multivibrator circuit and voltage converting circuit
53	20110304250	Biaxial hinge mechanism and electronic apparatus
54	20110304040	SAMPLE LIQUID SUPPLY CONTAINER, SAMPLE LIQUID SUPPLY CONTAINER SET, AND MICROCHIP SET
55	20110304000	SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
56	20110303903	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE
57	20110303887	MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
58	20110303832	Spatial Detection on an Electronic Device Using Optical Coding
59	20110303515	ELECTROSTATICALLY ACTUATED MICRO-MECHANICAL SWITCHING DEVICE

Sony patents granted on 13 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:06:45 +0000

72 US patents granted on 13 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	RE43,021	Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus
2	8,079,088	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
3	8,079,078	Encryption apparatus, program for use therewith, and method for use therewith
4	8,079,055	User managed internet links from TV
5	8,079,029	Content acquisition method, content acquisition device, and content acquisition program
6	8,079,028	Information processing device and method, recording medium and program
7	8,078,936	Encoding method, encoding apparatus, and program
8	8,078,896	Adaptive power saving
9	8,078,766	Apparatus and method of displaying image
10	8,078,746	Mobile terminal, contents delivery system, and contents reproduction program
11	8,078,695	Media on demand using an intermediary device to output media from a remote computing device
12	8,078,654	Method and apparatus for displaying image data acquired based on a string of characters
13	8,078,635	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program
14	8,078,472	Voice-activated remote control service
15	8,078,468	Speech recognition for identifying advertisements and/or web pages
16	8,078,132	Selectively skipping listen windows in power saving mode in multi-mode radio handsets
17	8,078,127	Reception device, reception method and program
18	8,078,112	Decentralized wireless communication system, apparatus, and associated methodology
19	8,078,048	Imaging device and video recording/reproducing system
20	8,078,036	Custom content compilation using digital chapter marks
21	8,078,032	Method and apparatus for information processing, and medium for storing information
22	8,078,003	Biometric image processing apparatus, biometric image acquisition method, and biometric authentication program
23	8,077,978	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
24	8,077,964	Two dimensional/three dimensional digital information acquisition and display device
25	8,077,932	Face recognition apparatus, face recognition method, gabor filter application apparatus, and computer program
26	8,077,915	Obtaining information by tracking a user
27	8,077,882	Audio reproducing apparatus
28	8,077,876	Delivery system, transmission apparatus, and delivery method
29	8,077,804	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus and transmitting/receiving system for digital data
30	8,077,769	Method of reducing computations in transform and scaling processes in a digital video encoder using a threshold-based approach
31	8,077,752	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser
32	8,077,702	Caller information provision
33	8,077,696	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
34	8,077,645	Wireless communication terminal, semiconductor device, data communication method, and wireless communication system
35	8,077,582	Optical pickup, optical information recording method, and optical disc apparatus
36	8,077,567	Recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method
37	8,077,563	Beam applying method, optical recording medium, and recording and reproducing apparatus
38	8,077,497	Resistive memory device and operating method thereof
39	8,077,313	Optical measuring device, optical measuring apparatus and fine particle measuring apparatus using optical measuring device
40	8,077,281	Liquid crystal device
41	8,077,263	Decoding multiple remote control code sets
42	8,077,258	Image display apparatus, signal processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product
43	8,077,249	Imaging apparatus, imaging method and program
44	8,077,243	Video output device and OSD forced display method of video output device
45	8,077,229	Image parameter correction for picked-up image and simulated image
46	8,077,224	Imaging apparatus and imaging mode control method
47	8,077,214	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, program and recording medium
48	8,077,213	Methods for capturing a sequence of images and related devices
49	8,077,209	Imaging preventing apparatus and imaging preventing method
50	8,077,206	Image pickup apparatus, communication control method, and program
51	8,077,205	Adaptive prediction of calibration parameters for color imaging devices
52	8,077,172	Method and apparatus for processing an image, image display system, storage medium, and program
53	8,077,136	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
54	8,077,124	Image display device and method of driving the same
55	8,077,066	.DELTA..SIGMA. modulator
56	8,076,982	Voltage-controlled variable frequency oscillation circuit and signal processing circuit
57	8,076,846	Metal oxide nanoparticles, production method thereof, light-emitting element assembly, and optical material
58	8,076,832	Electron emitter structure and associated method of producing field emission displays
59	8,076,822	Piezoelectric element drive device, electronic apparatus, and method for controlling piezoelectric element drive frequency
60	8,076,697	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving same, and camera apparatus
61	8,076,583	Light-transmitting electric conductor, method of manufacturing the same, destaticizing sheet, and electronic device
62	8,076,567	Music piece reproducing apparatus and music piece reproducing method
63	8,076,566	Beat extraction device and beat extraction method
64	8,076,437	Encapsulant material for optical component and light-emitting device
65	8,076,172	Method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing electronic apparatus
66	8,076,035	Fuel cell with sequential enzymatic reactions
67	8,075,975	Optical recording medium and method for manufacturing the same
68	8,075,151	Surface light source device and image display device
69	8,075,150	Backlight unit and display device
70	8,075,148	Illumination apparatus, color conversion device, and display apparatus
71	8,075,125	Liquid spraying cartridge containing a recording liquid having a pH of over 4 and under 6
72	8,075,124	Liquid cartridge containing a recording liquid having a pH of over 4 and under 6

Sony patent applications published on 08 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:24:59 +0000

76 US patent applications published on 08 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	20110302662	CONTENT PROTECTION SYSTEM
2	20110302609	ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION
3	20110302603	CONTENT OUTPUT SYSTEM, CONTENT OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND OUTPUT DEVICE
4	20110302591	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR A COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR BROADBAND NETWORKS
5	20110302587	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
6	20110302574	UPDATE MANAGEMENT SERVER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, UPDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOR
7	20110302543	PATTERN DESIGNING METHOD, PATTERN DESIGNING PROGRAM AND PATTERN DESIGNING APPARATUS
8	20110302534	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
9	20110302531	INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
10	20110302529	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM
11	20110302403	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING PLURAL SOFTWARE PROFILES
12	20110302379	MEMORY DEVICE
13	20110302335	ON-VEHICLE DEVICE
14	20110302269	FLEXIBLE DATA STRUCTURES AND PROTOCOLS
15	20110302184	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE ACCESS OF PERSONAL MUSIC
16	20110302115	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
17	20110302104	INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
18	20110302042	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
19	20110302005	FRAMEWORK FOR PROMOTIONS
20	20110301730	METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROCESSED AUDIO SIGNAL AND A HANDHELD DEVICE
21	20110301727	INTERNET-SOURCED BEDTIME AUDIO
22	20110301722	CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
23	20110300939	INPUT FOR COMPUTER DEVICE USING PATTERN-BASED COMPUTER VISION
24	20110300938	CAPACITIVE INPUT FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM
25	20110300468	FUEL CELL DEVICE
26	20110300444	ANODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM
27	20110300415	BATTERY SYSTEM
28	20110300324	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
29	20110299857	TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
30	20110299837	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
31	20110299792	IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
32	20110299731	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
33	20110299697	AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTROL AND USAGE METHOD FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND MOBILE PHONE TERMINAL WITH STORAGE DEVICE
34	20110299683	DESCRAMBLER
35	20110299621	Signal transmission system, signal processing device, reference signal transmitting device, reference signal receiving device, electronic device, and signal transmission method
36	20110299597	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USING MOTION ESTIMATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
37	20110299556	MULTI-CARRIER SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND MULTI-CARRIER SIGNAL RECEIVER
38	20110299512	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MODE SWITCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
39	20110299461	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD
40	20110299398	Transmission control apparatus and transmission control method
41	20110299171	LIQUID OPTICAL ELEMENT ARRAY AND DISPLAY
42	20110299159	SHUTTER EYEGLASSES
43	20110299017	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MANUFACTURING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
44	20110298997	SHUTTER EYEGLASSES
45	20110298991	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
46	20110298989	RECEIVING APPARATUS
47	20110298980	RESIZING TV GRAPHIC ELEMENTS AND REORIENTING GRAPHICS PLANE FOR USER POSITION
48	20110298955	Clock multiplying circuit, solid-state imaging device, and phase-shift circuit
49	20110298954	Solid-state image pickup element, method of driving the same, and camera system
50	20110298953	Image display apparatus, electronic apparatus, image display system, image acquisition method and program
51	20110298951	IMAGING APPARATUS
52	20110298937	IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
53	20110298936	IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
54	20110298909	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
55	20110298888	IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD
56	20110298831	CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, HANDHELD APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
57	20110298829	Selecting View Orientation in Portable Device via Image Analysis
58	20110298826	TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND APPLICATION COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
59	20110298824	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VIRTUAL INTERACTION
60	20110298818	DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME
61	20110298791	INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY IMAGE CONTROL METHOD
62	20110298790	IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
63	20110298732	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD METHOD
64	20110298700	OPERATION TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT SYSTEM
65	20110298699	INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT METHOD, AND SENSOR SHEET
66	20110298574	Contactless communication medium, antenna pattern arrangement medium, communication apparatus, and communication method
67	20110298452	MAGNETIC INPUT FOR COMPUTER DEVICE
68	20110298078	METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
69	20110298024	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
70	20110298022	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
71	20110297938	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
72	20110297932	Semiconductor device and integrated semiconductor device
73	20110297920	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR,METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
74	20110297236	DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
75	20110297210	FASTENING BASE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER
76	20110296914	ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN ANGULAR VELOCITY

Sony patents granted on 06 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:05:19 +0000

73 US patents granted on 06 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	D649,960	Microphone
2	D649,955	Portable recorder
3	8,074,290	System, apparatus, method and computer program for transferring content
4	8,074,254	Recording device, playback device, recording method and playback method
5	8,074,252	Communication system, data processing device, data processing method, data providing device, data providing method, and program
6	8,074,242	System and method for information supply and apparatuses therefor
7	8,074,236	Disk drive device and electronic apparatus
8	8,074,174	GUI application development supporting apparatus, method, and computer program
9	8,074,163	Information processing method and apparatus
10	8,074,156	Decoding method and decoding apparatus
11	8,073,987	PCI express card type peripheral apparatus and host apparatus for accessing parts of protocol ID information stored in storage unit one part after another
12	8,073,898	Display device, display method, and display control program
13	8,073,885	Recording apparatus, file descriptor generation method, and program
14	8,073,676	Method and apparatus for emulation enhancement
15	8,073,649	Portable electronic apparatus, operation control method, operation control program, signal generation apparatus and signal generation method
16	8,073,502	Hinged portable radio communication equipment with a double action hinge
17	8,073,491	Communication system and method
18	8,073,390	Synchronizing satellite positioning system information to features of short-range, ad hoc wireless network protocols
19	8,073,382	Communication device, communicate method for communication device, and communication program for communication device
20	8,073,314	Recording device for recording broadcasted information
21	8,073,313	Moving picture data processing apparatus, stream generating apparatus, imaging apparatus, and moving picture data processing method
22	8,073,296	Optical device, and virtual image display device
23	8,073,274	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program
24	8,073,265	Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus
25	8,073,260	Image processing apparatus and method, and program
26	8,073,200	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
27	8,073,157	Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization
28	8,073,145	Method and apparatus for separating sound-source signal and method and device for detecting pitch
29	8,073,143	Information processing device and method
30	8,073,140	Encryption/decryption device, encryption/decryption method, and computer program
31	8,073,138	Information input device, and electronic apparatus using same
32	8,073,137	Audio headset
33	8,073,066	Signal receiving apparatus, signal receiving method and program
34	8,073,060	Video synchronization
35	8,073,058	Memory device and device and method for detecting motion vector
36	8,072,961	Communication system, a communication method, and a communication apparatus with request to send features
37	8,072,930	Communication unit, system and method for saving power therein
38	8,072,905	Intelligent interaction between devices in a local network
39	8,072,871	Short-pulse light-source device, laser driving method, optical pickup, and optical disc apparatus
40	8,072,855	Optical recording/reproducing apparatus and optical recording/reproducing method
41	8,072,789	Resistance-change memory device
42	8,072,741	Mobile device shutter door
43	8,072,660	Hologram recording apparatus and hologram reconstruction apparatus
44	8,072,569	Fringe field switching liquid crystal display panel
45	8,072,564	Liquid crystal device having a band-shaped retardation film extending outwardly to a parting area outside of a dummy pixel area
46	8,072,529	Solid-state imaging device and signal processing circuit
47	8,072,528	Solid state imaging device and camera system
48	8,072,522	Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus
49	8,072,521	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
50	8,072,518	Solid-state imaging device, driving control method thereof, and imaging apparatus
51	8,072,502	Multi-mega pixel resolution with small sensor
52	8,072,499	Image capture device and method
53	8,072,498	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program
54	8,072,491	Information processing system and method, information processing apparatus, image-capturing device and method, recording medium, and program
55	8,072,470	System and method for providing a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment
56	8,072,432	Image sense tags for digital images
57	8,072,415	Control signal input system and control signal input method
58	8,072,413	Display device, display control method and electronic equipment
59	8,072,412	Backlight, backlight drive apparatus, display apparatus
60	8,072,399	Display device, method of driving same, and electonic device
61	8,072,397	Display apparatus and electronic apparatus
62	8,072,304	Noncontact power-transmission coil, portable terminal and terminal charging device, planar coil magnetic layer formation device, and magnetic layer formation method
63	8,072,148	Fluorescent lamp driving device and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same
64	8,072,139	Light emitting element module and method for sealing light emitting element
65	8,072,135	Organic EL device and display
66	8,072,015	Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof
67	8,071,985	Display device and method of manufacturing the same
68	8,071,965	Projection optical system and projection-type image display apparatus
69	8,071,929	Automatic focus control unit, electronic device and automatic focus control method
70	8,071,256	Electrochemical energy generating apparatus and method for driving the apparatus
71	8,071,236	Laminated packaging material, and battery using the material
72	8,070,603	Network game system, network game server, and network game terminal
73	8,070,301	Multi-lamp projection display apparatus with lamp management

Sony patent applications published on 01 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:14:31 +0000

83 US patent applications published on 01 December 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	20110296464	CONTENT ALERT UPON AVAILABILITY FOR INTERNET-ENABLED TV
2	20110296454	PROVISION OF TV ID TO NON-TV DEVICE TO ENABLE ACCESS TO TV SERVICES
3	20110296451	DISK CARTRIDGE
4	20110296450	DISC CARTRIDGE
5	20110296449	DISK CARTRIDGE
6	20110296446	DISC CHANGER
7	20110296445	DISC CHANGER
8	20110296350	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DATA ORGANISATION
9	20110296328	DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
10	20110296325	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE DISPLAY
11	20110296318	Virtual Reality Space Provision System, Virtual Reality Space Provision Method and Program
12	20110296313	TRANSLATING INPUT FROM DEVICES TO APPROPRIATE RUI COMMANDS
13	20110296305	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA MANAGEMENT
14	20110296295	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VIEWING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
15	20110296289	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
16	20110296047	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF MEDIA
17	20110296030	SINGLE RUI RENDERER ON A VARIETY OF DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES
18	20110295972	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
19	20110295971	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
20	20110295849	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
21	20110295778	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
22	20110295676	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING COMPACT DISCS AND ISSUING CORRESPONDING CREDITS
23	20110295440	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POWER STORAGE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
24	20110294579	Peripheral Device Having Light Emitting Objects for Interfacing With a Computer Gaming System Claim of Priority
25	20110294525	TEXT ENHANCEMENT
26	20110294446	Gyrator circuit, wide-band amplifier and radio communication apparatus
27	20110294433	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
28	20110294428	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, READER/WRITER DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
29	20110294426	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
30	20110294417	ELECTRONIC PEN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
31	20110294236	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing it
32	20110293998	BATTERY UNIT
33	20110293976	SEPARATOR AND BATTERY
34	20110293970	SECONDARY BATTERY PROTECTING CIRCUIT AND HYBRID POWER SOURCE EQUIPMENT
35	20110293964	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
36	20110293256	FOCUS CONTROL DEVICE, FOCUS CONTROL METHOD, LENS SYSTEM, FOCUS LENS DRIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
37	20110293242	RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM
38	20110293195	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
39	20110293176	DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
40	20110293170	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MATHOD
41	20110293109	Hands-Free Unit with Noise Tolerant Audio Sensor
42	20110293107	SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
43	20110293102	SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, MICROPHONE APPARATUS, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
44	20110293089	Cryptographic Processing Apparatus and Cryptographic Processing Method, and Computer Program
45	20110293039	NON-CONTACT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF WAVEFORM-SHAPING ENVELOPE CURVE, AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
46	20110293014	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
47	20110292991	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
48	20110292934	Data filtering apparatus and data filtering method
49	20110292353	OPTICAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION DEVICE
50	20110292348	BALLOON AND BALLOON CONTROL METHOD
51	20110292300	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
52	20110292297	Signal receiving apparatus, signal receiving method, signal receiving program and signal receiving system
53	20110292295	TRANSMITTER DEVICE, RECEIVER DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER DEVICE
54	20110292276	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
55	20110292272	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
56	20110292270	INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND PROGRAM
57	20110292265	Integrating A/D converter, integrating A/D conversion method, solid-state imaging device and camera system
58	20110292262	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS
59	20110292259	POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
60	20110292247	IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD WITH RANDOM ACCESS CAPABILITY
61	20110292243	Imaging processing apparatus, camera system, image processing method, and program
62	20110292238	IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
63	20110292235	IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
64	20110292225	Device, imaging apparatus, imaging system, method for controlling device, and program
65	20110292220	USING COMPUTER VIDEO CAMERA TO DETECT EARTHQUAKE
66	20110292197	IMAGE CREATING DEVICE AND IMAGE CREATING METHOD
67	20110292192	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY METHOD
68	20110292188	DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO DEVICE, MENU-SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM
69	20110292185	PICTURE REPRODUCING METHOD AND PICTURE REPRODUCING APPARATUS
70	20110292183	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE
71	20110292173	TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM
72	20110292172	VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
73	20110292091	DISPLAY UNIT
74	20110292089	DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
75	20110292061	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
76	20110292040	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM
77	20110292038	3D VIDEO CONVERSION
78	20110291943	TOUCH INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL
79	20110291939	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INPUT APPARATUS, AND SENSOR SHEET
80	20110291811	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD
81	20110291608	SOLAR POWER-GENERATING EQUIPMENT
82	20110291161	PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS
83	20110291068	FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR GRAPHENE OXIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Sony patents granted on 29 November 2011

Administrator — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:41:45 +0000

43 US patents granted on 29 November 2011 and assigned to Sony

1	D649,524	Portable recorder
2	8,069,453	Transfer mechanism and device, and electronic device
3	8,069,361	Method and program for setting microprocessor power supply voltage
4	8,069,360	Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information
5	8,069,297	Storage device, computer system, and storage device access method
6	8,069,277	System and method for operating USB peripheral device in extented power mode or standard power mode wherein permission from host must be granted before extended power is provided
7	8,069,170	Private information storage device and private information management device
8	8,069,158	Receiving apparatus, receiving method, receiving program, recording medium, and receiving system
9	8,068,940	Method and apparatus for controlling heat generation
10	8,068,809	Communication reward
11	8,068,798	Full closed loop auto antenna tuning for wireless communications
12	8,068,784	Communication system and communication device
13	8,068,737	Remote control device, apparatus control device, and remote control method
14	8,068,720	Recording device and method, reproduction device and method, and recording medium
15	8,068,701	Image-processing apparatus, image-processing method and image-processing program
16	8,068,699	Imaging apparatus and imaging method
17	8,068,682	Generating output pixels of an output image from one or more input images using a set of motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy
18	8,068,672	Image processing apparatus and method, data recording medium, program recording medium, and program therefor
19	8,068,639	Image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, and computer program for detecting image blur according to movement speed and change in size of face area
20	8,068,605	Programmable keypad
21	8,068,404	Signal value holding apparatus, signal value holding method, signal value control system, signal value control method, playback apparatus, and playback method
22	8,068,395	Recording device and method of adjusting laser power
23	8,068,389	Tracking error signal detection device and optical disc apparatus
24	8,068,339	Axial fan apparatus, housing, and electronic apparatus
25	8,068,203	Liquid crystal display device having a first axis extending orthogonal to an optical axis of a polarizing plate and a second axis extending orthogonal to the first axis, and with slit electrodes symmetric respectively to first and second axises
26	8,068,202	Liquid crystal device
27	8,068,198	Liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a light-detecting and controling unit that sense and control the brightness of the display
28	8,068,178	Bezel color coordination
29	8,068,164	Face recognition auto focus apparatus for a moving image
30	8,068,156	CMOS solid state imaging device
31	8,068,150	Memory access control apparatus and image pickup apparatus
32	8,068,138	Image pickup apparatus for reducing fixed pattern noise
33	8,068,109	Processor task and data management
34	8,068,085	Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
35	8,067,972	Filter circuit and communication device
36	8,067,894	Light source system
37	8,067,885	Organic EL device and display
38	8,067,514	Anisotropic conductive film
39	8,067,313	Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
40	8,067,261	Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof
41	8,066,381	Polarizing beam splitter, projection optical system, projection display
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