Nein, the invention of Sony is only a simple application, it is not patented.
Look at the document of the publication on April 7, 2016, they say "the above identified application will be electronically published as a patent application publication..."
No mention of an approval. filed in october 2014, so we can expect a result not before decmber 2016-beginning of 2017 ( according the average statistics of Uspto). But we should expect a result later because the time frame is not often right.
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