Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Sriram Sampathkumaran

Seungwook Hong

Eric Yam

Helmut Neumann

Abhishek Pramod Patil

Aravind Asam

Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian

Dipendu Saha

Meeta Jain

David Andrew Young

Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh

Takaaki Ota

Nobukazu Sugiyama

Tanmay Agnihotri

Priyan Gunatilake

Eric Hsiao

William Arthur Schupp

Gary Lyons

Prem Aanand Venkatesan

Jenny Fredriksson

Lucas Eberle

Maximilien Takano

Ronen Erlich

David Young

Various aspects of a system and method to process sensor data are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the method includes receipt of sensor data from one or more sensors associated with an item of sports equipment. The received sensor data is analyzed by use of an inference engine. One or more recommendations are generated based on the analyzed sensor data.

System and method for processing sensor data

Various aspects of a method and system to present information via a user interface are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes detection of an orientation of an electronic device. The electronic device overlays one or more layers of information on the user interface displayed at the electronic device. Transparency of the overlaid one or more layers of information is dynamically adjusted based on the detected orientation of the electronic device.

Method and system for presenting information via a user interface

Systems and methods for sharing media over a network. The system includes an event server running an event application and configured to store event data and communicate with computing devices over a network. Events are defined based on a geolocation and a time period. Computing devices run a client application configured to send media, geolocations, authentication keys and timestamps over the network. The event server determines whether a computing device matches the event parameters, and if so, associates the computing device with the event. Associated computing devices are then able to access all media associated with the event.

Systems and methods for media sharing

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for correlating signals from a sports racket with signals from the shoes worn by a player wielding the racket to gain insight into the player's footwork at ball striking moments.

Combining signal information from shoes and sports racket

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for comparing signals from pressure sensors under the grip of a tennis racket to digital templates to gain insight into the player's grip, e.g., during ball striking moments.

Using pressure signal from racket to advise player

The user of an Internet TV device can control the Internet TV device using a mobile device such as a smart phone. The smart phone also obtains program information from the Internet TV device and sends the information to a server as a search term, presenting supplemental program information received from the server on the display of the mobile device so that a person can browse the supplemental information without disturbing viewers of the Internet TV device. The mobile device can also grab a link related to the program from the Internet TV device and use that link as a recommendation to friends on social networking sites.

Enhanced information on mobile device for viewed program and control of internet TV device using mobile device

A computer includes at least one processor and at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor. The medium bears instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive at least one image of at least one viewer of a display on which content is presented. The instructions also cause the processor to generate a signal representative of at least one expression of the viewer made at or around the time the content was presented based on the image of the viewer, and also to receive metadata identifying the content. The instructions then cause the processor to associate the metadata identifying the content with the at least one expression of the viewer.

System and method for correlating audio and/or images presented to a user with facial characteristics and expressions of the user

A user can define a gesture-based input mode with respective input value to establish an authentication protocol to unlock a computer or govern other computer behavior. As an alternative or in addition, the user can define a second input mode based on face recognition plus IR sensing satisfying a threshold to ensure a live person is being imaged for authentication, and/or face recognition plus a particular facial expression such as a smile and wink.

Gesture- and expression-based authentication

An apparatus and method are provided for a client application to provide a video stream as well as data regarding the video stream to an output device, where the data is generated from a process performed at a layer lower than the client application layer. By this, multiple client applications can simultaneously utilize the data generated by the lower-level process while at least one client application can effect streaming of the video stream to an output device.

Method and apparatus for video streaming

According to one embodiment of the invention, the invention relates to an electronic device that features a display unit, a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit is adapted to store a plurality of widgets. Coupled to the storage unit, the processor is adapted to control downloading of the plurality of widgets upon gaining access as a member to a viewing room, and thereafter, to control operations of the plurality of widgets in providing interactive communications with other members of the viewing room as content is being played back on the display unit.

System and method for providing viewing room services for network based content

A 'recommendation' genus entry is added to the list of other genre in a TV 'favorites' menu. Entries in the recommendation genus entry are depicted in a stack and sorted by recommendation strength and channel number. A user can elect to hide the recommendation entry from the favorites menu.

TV user interface with recommended content entry in favorites menu

A camera lens cover has a phosphorescent symbol on its inner surface so that if it is engaged with the camera to cover the lens, the symbol can be recognized by the camera and a warning generated that the lens cover remains over the lens.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Sriram Sampathkumaran