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SONY FRANCE SA

Overview
  • Total Patents
    105
About

SONY FRANCE SA has a total of 105 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1997. It filed its patents most often in EPO (European Patent Office), United States and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, consumer goods and audio-visual technology are TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD, TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SHENZHEN) CO LTD and IKEDA TETSUO.

Patent filings in countries

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Patent filings per year

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Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Pachet Francois 46
#2 Kaplan Frederic 17
#3 Roy Pierre 15
#4 Oudeyer Pierre-Yves 15
#5 Steels Luc 12
#6 Delerue Olivier 9
#7 Miranda Eduardo Reck 7
#8 Oudeyer Pierre Yves 6
#9 Cazaly Daniel 6
#10 Aucouturier Jean-Julien 6

Latest patents

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EP2053523A1 Method and apparatus for updating of prototypes
EP1986303A1 Peer-to-peer transaction-based power supply methods and systems
EP1916828A1 Event-detection in multi-channel sensor-signal streams
EP1840711A1 One-click selection of music or other content
EP2159717A2 Hybrid audio-visual categorization system and method
EP1645944A1 A content-management interface
EP1622072A1 An automated action-selection system and method and application thereof for training prediction machines and for driving the development of self-developing devices
EP1521181A1 Method and apparatus for automatically proposing an accompaniment to a text content
EP1496446A1 Regulating the growth of complexity in developmental systems
EP1487224A1 Wireless communication system and method for facilitating wireless communication
EP1484716A1 An architecture for self-developing devices
EP1431956A1 Method and apparatus for generating a function to extract a global characteristic value of a signal contents
EP1437711A1 Method and apparatus for generating a function to extract a global characteristic value of a signal contents
EP1418530A1 Adaptive artificial vision method and system
EP1408443A1 Method and apparatus for analysing gestures produced by a human, e.g. for commanding apparatus by gesture recognition
US7457752B2 Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of an emotion synthesizing device
JP2003084800A Method and apparatus for synthesizing emotion conveyed on sound
JP2003177772A Method and apparatus for controlling operation of emotion synthesizing device
EP1274069A2 Automatic music continuation method and device
EP1286332A1 Sound processing method and device for modifying a sound characteristic, such as an impression of age associated to a voice