Patents by Inventor Eita Ono

Eita Ono has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220129675
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first selection unit configured to select, as at least one candidate learning model, at least one learning model from a plurality of learning models learned under learning environments different from each other based on information concerning image capturing of an object, a second selection unit configured to select at least one candidate learning model from the at least one candidate learning model based on a result of object detection processing by the at least one candidate learning model selected by the first selection unit, and a detection unit configured to perform the object detection processing for a captured image of the object using at least one candidate learning model of the at least one candidate learning model selected by the second selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Masafumi Takimoto, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Eita Ono, Satoru Mamiya, Shigeki Hirooka
  • Patent number: 7411588
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a virtual image superposed upon a real world image, which can automatically set the focus of a lens to the virtual image, a virtual world image object having a high importance degree or a real world image object having a high importance degree. The display apparatus has a lens for capturing light from a real world, a lens state control unit for controlling a state of the lens including a focus, a storage unit for storing computer image data, a computer image generation unit for generating a computer image by using the computer image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with lens state information of the lens state and the like; and a synthesis display unit for synthesizing an image captured via the lens and the generated computer image and displaying a synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Akihiro Katayama, Eita Ono, Masahiro Suzuki, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Publication number: 20060170652
    Abstract: An image (200) displayed on a display device (23a, 23b) includes a mixed reality space viewed from an operator, i.e., a physical object (42), virtual object (43), stylus (41a), and pointer (41d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Bannai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Eita Ono
  • Patent number: 6970166
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a virtual image superposed upon a real world image, which can automatically set the focus of a lens to the virtual image, a virtual world image object having a high importance degree or a real world image object having a high importance degree. The display apparatus has a lens for capturing light from a real world, a lens state control unit for controlling a state of the lens including a focus, a storage unit for storing computer image data, a computer image generation unit for generating a computer image by using the computer image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with lens state information of the lens state and the like; and a synthesis display unit for synthesizing an image captured via the lens and the generated computer image and displaying a synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Akihiro Katayama, Eita Ono, Masahiro Suzuki, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Publication number: 20050212801
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a virtual image superposed upon a real world image, which can automatically set the focus of a lens to the virtual image, a virtual world image object having a high importance degree or a real world image object having a high importance degree. The display apparatus has a lens for capturing light from a real world, a lens state control unit for controlling a state of the lens including a focus, a storage unit for storing computer image data, a computer image generation unit for generating a computer image by using the computer image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with lens state information of the lens state and the like; and a synthesis display unit for synthesizing an image captured via the lens and the generated computer image and displaying a synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Akihiro Katayama, Eita Ono, Masahiro Suzuki, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Publication number: 20040041822
    Abstract: This invention provides an image processing method, image processing apparatus, storage medium, and program, which can remove the boundary between real and virtual worlds. To this end, an apparatus has a image input device (101), the image input parameters of which are controllable, a position/posture sensor (102) for acquiring the image input parameters, a CG data management unit (108) for managing CG (computer graphics) data, a CG geometric information calculation unit (110) for calculating CG geometric information upon virtually laying out the CG data in the real world, a CG image generator (109) for generating a CG image from the viewpoint of the image input device (101), a image composition device (113) for compositing a real image and CG image, and a data processing device (107) for changing the image input parameters using the image input parameters and the CG geometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshio Iizuka, Hiroaki Sato, Tomoaki Kawai, Hideo Noro, Eita Ono
  • Patent number: 6633308
    Abstract: Scenes having arbitrary sizes can be collectively edited. Dynamic image data is managed by a tree structure in accordance with scenes. An array of scenes belonging to a higher order hierarchy than a reference hierarchy by one level is displayed in a scene display area, an array of scenes belonging to the reference hierarchy is displayed in a scene display area, and an array of scenes belonging to a given scene and having an order hierarchy lower by one level than the given scene which is designated by an operator and selected from scenes displayed in the reference hierarchy is displayed in a scene display area. An arbitrary scene displayed in the scene display area is designated, and processing (copy, move, divide, and synthesize) for the designated scene is designated. A tree structure portion of the designated scene is modified in accordance with the designated processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eita Ono, Hiroshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6608622
    Abstract: An image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention has the following steps: the multi-viewpoint image input step for inputting images obtained from a plurality of viewpoint positions arranged on different straight lines, the detection step (2, 7, 17, 8) for detecting a viewpoint position and its view direction in which a user is seeing at the viewpoint position, and the image generation step (11, 12, 13, 8) for generating a virtual image viewed from the predetermined viewpoint by using the images input in the multi-viewpoint image input step on the basis of the detected predetermined viewpoint position and the view direction. In the image generation step, optimal corresponding points are obtained by detecting a straight line having a width on an epipolar plane image corresponding to the input images, thereby generating an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Katayama, Hiroaki Sato, Koichiro Tanaka, Eita Ono, Shinya Urisaka
  • Publication number: 20030080975
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a virtual image superposed upon a real world image, which can automatically set the focus of a lens to the virtual image, a virtual world image object having a high importance degree or a real world image object having a high importance degree. The display apparatus has a lens for capturing light from a real world, a lens state control unit for controlling a state of the lens including a focus, a storage unit for storing computer image data, a computer image generation unit for generating a computer image by using the computer image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with lens state information of the lens state and the like; and a synthesis display unit for synthesizing an image captured via the lens and the generated computer image and displaying a synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Akihiro Katayama, Eita Ono, Masahiro Suzuki, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Patent number: 6133941
    Abstract: In a system including a server to which a camera is connected, and clients which can remote-control the image pickup conditions of the camera, the server generates a message indicating a state associated with the camera control authority, and issues it to the individual clients. When each client determines that the received message is the one indicating the state associated with the camera control, it acquires the control authority status and its remained time from the received message, counts the remained time, and displays the remained time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eita Ono
  • Patent number: 5764236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image data processing apparatus for generating an image corresponding to a view point, which is constituted by multi view points image data hold means for holding a plurality of image data having mutually different positions as view points, corresponding point trace detection means for sequentially detecting a coefficient which defines a trace of mutually corresponding points among the multi view points image data and member for outputting the coefficient of each of a plurality of the corresponding point traces present in the multi view points image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Akihiro Katayama, Eita Ono, Shinya Urisaka