Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Murase

Hiroshi Murase 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: 20180027149
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, and the like according to which the influence of moiré can be suppressed without incurring a decrease in image resolution. An image is captured in a state in which moiré, which appears when capturing an image in-focus, has appeared, a first image is generated by removing a spatial frequency component corresponding to the moiré from the captured image using a high-pass filter, an image is captured out-of-focus by the camera, a second image is generated by applying a low-pass filter to the captured image, and a third image in which the moiré is eliminated or suppressed is generated by compositing the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi Murase
  • Publication number: 20180010767
    Abstract: Provided are a light-emitting apparatus that can suppress manufacturing cost to a low level and perform light emission with high uniformity using a simple configuration, a calibration coefficient calculation method using the light-emitting apparatus, and a method for calibrating a captured image of an inspection target object. A plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of a virtual circle, and a milky white-colored emission window, which is provided on a top surface portion separated from the light-emitting diodes, has an outer edge that is smaller than the circumference on which the light-emitting diodes are arranged, and allows light of the light-emitting diodes to pass therethrough, are included. The diameter of the virtual circle on which the light-emitting diodes are arranged and a separation distance between the light-emitting diodes and the emission window are set to predetermined distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murase, Tomoyuki Takano
  • Patent number: 9554044
    Abstract: An image quality adjustment apparatus obtains correction data for correcting display unevenness of a display panel by capturing an image of the display panel using a camera, and includes a moire frequency control unit that performs a control to position the display panel and the camera at a predetermined relative angle with respect to each other, an unevenness measurement unit that measures the display unevenness of the display panel based on the image captured by the camera, and a correction data generation unit that generates the correction data based on the unevenness measured by the unevenness measurement unit. Arranging the panel and the camera at the predetermined relative angle shifts a spatial frequency component of a moire pattern occurring in the image captured by the camera out of a region where a spatial frequency component of the display unevenness is present, and removes an influence of the moire pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Imoto, Hiroshi Murase, Shinya Tabata
  • Patent number: 9277209
    Abstract: Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by a camera (3). A black image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by the camera (3) using a shutter speed or an f-number used when capturing the patterns. Based on a difference between a captured image of the patterns and a captured image of the black image, positions of images of the patterns on an imaging surface of the camera (3) are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murase, Masayoshi Imoto
  • Publication number: 20150271409
    Abstract: An image quality adjustment apparatus obtains correction data for correcting display unevenness of a display panel by capturing an image of the display panel using a camera, and includes a moire frequency control unit that performs a control to position the display panel and the camera at a predetermined relative angle with respect to each other, an unevenness measurement unit that measures the display unevenness of the display panel based on the image captured by the camera, and a correction data generation unit that generates the correction data based on the unevenness measured by the unevenness measurement unit. Arranging the panel and the camera at the predetermined relative angle shifts a spatial frequency component of a moire pattern occurring in the image captured by the camera out of a region where a spatial frequency component of the display unevenness is present, and removes an influence of the moire pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: IIX INC.,
    Inventors: Masayoshi Imoto, Hiroshi Murase, Shinya Tabata
  • Patent number: 8941742
    Abstract: Provided is a luminance measurement method for accurately measuring luminance of each pixel even if pixel images of a display panel overlap each other on an imaging surface of a camera. A central exposure factor indicating luminance of the central part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of a picture element corresponding to the central part. A peripheral exposure factor indicating luminance of the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of picture elements corresponding to the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated, all pixels of the display panel are sorted into a plurality of groups, sequentially turned on one group after another, and imaged by the camera, and the luminance of all the pixels of the display panel is calculated based on this imaged image, the central exposure factor, and the peripheral exposure factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: IIX Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Murase
  • Publication number: 20140375824
    Abstract: Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by a camera (3). A black image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by the camera (3) using a shutter speed or an f-number used when capturing the patterns. Based on a difference between a captured image of the patterns and a captured image of the black image, positions of images of the patterns on an imaging surface of the camera (3) are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi MURASE, Masayoshi IMOTO
  • Patent number: 8866914
    Abstract: Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by a camera (3). A black image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by the camera (3) using a shutter speed or an f-number used when capturing the patterns. Based on a difference between a captured image of the patterns and a captured image of the black image, positions of images of the patterns on an imaging surface of the camera (3) are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: IIX Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murase, Masayoshi Imoto
  • Publication number: 20140300756
    Abstract: Provided is a luminance measurement method for accurately measuring luminance of each pixel even if pixel images of a display panel overlap each other on an imaging surface of a camera. A central exposure factor indicating luminance of the central part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of a picture element corresponding to the central part. A peripheral exposure factor indicating luminance of the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of picture elements corresponding to the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated, all pixels of the display panel are sorted into a plurality of groups, sequentially turned on one group after another, and imaged by the camera, and the luminance of all the pixels of the display panel is calculated based on this imaged image, the central exposure factor, and the peripheral exposure factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroshi MURASE
  • Publication number: 20140232880
    Abstract: Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by a camera (3). A black image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel (2) and captured by the camera (3) using a shutter speed or an f-number used when capturing the patterns. Based on a difference between a captured image of the patterns and a captured image of the black image, positions of images of the patterns on an imaging surface of the camera (3) are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MURASE, Masayoshi IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140232625
    Abstract: Provided is a correction data generation method that can generate highly accurate correction data while suppressing the influence of photon shot noise. According to the correction data generation method of the present invention, test patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel (2) in units of specific gradation values, the displayed test patterns are captured by a camera (3) a plurality of times for each specific gradation value, and a summed image is generated for each specific gradation value by summing a plurality of captured images of the test patterns. Based on the summed image for each specific gradation value, correction data is generated for reducing unevenness in display of the liquid crystal panel (2) through correction of a signal input to the liquid crystal panel (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MURASE, Masayoshi IMOTO
  • Patent number: 8786712
    Abstract: Provided is a luminance measurement method for accurately measuring luminance of each pixel even if pixel images of a display panel overlap each other on an imaging surface of a camera. Pixels of a display panel are imaged by a solid-state imaging camera. One or more pixels are turned on and imaged such that pixel images do not overlap each other on an imaging surface. A central exposure factor indicating luminance of the central part of the pixel image is calculated based on a picture element output corresponding to the central part. A peripheral exposure factor indicating luminance of the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated based on a picture element output corresponding to the peripheral part. All pixels are turned on and imaged, and luminance of all pixels is calculated based on this imaged image, the central exposure factor, and the peripheral exposure factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: IIX Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Murase
  • Publication number: 20140118558
    Abstract: Provided is an image quality adjustment apparatus that can measure display unevenness for each pixel with higher accuracy than in the conventional art. An image quality adjustment system includes an image quality adjustment apparatus that generates correction data corresponding to a display panel, a test pattern generation device that causes the display panel to display a test pattern image, and a ROM writer. The image quality adjustment apparatus measures unevenness based on images of a display state of the display panel that are captured using cameras, and generates correction data for correcting the display unevenness that occurs due to manufacturing variations of the display panel. A feature of the present invention is that the image quality adjustment apparatus includes a plurality of cameras, and an image of a single display panel is captured using the plurality of cameras to obtain unevenness data of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Masayoshi IMOTO, Hiroshi MURASE
  • Publication number: 20120013204
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to secure an insulation distance between a stator and a rotor without reducing a region of a slot of a stator core in which a winding is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KAWAI, Hiroshi MURASE, Ken OKUDAIRA
  • Patent number: 7797160
    Abstract: There are included: an initial sub-signal creation section which creates, from an original signal, sub-signals of shorter length than the original signal; a created sub-signal selection section which, for the sub-signals produced by the initial sub-signal creation section, prunes the created sub-signal candidates to those for which the amount of data is less than for the original signal; a sub-signal re-creation section which determines a created sub-signal which is actually to be used, using the created sub-signal candidates produced by the created sub-signal selection section; a compression mapping determination section which determines, from the sub-signals produced by the sub-signal re-creation section, a mapping for calculation of a compressed signal; and a signal compression section which calculates a compressed signal corresponding to the sub-signals obtained by the sub-signal re-creation section, based upon the mapping obtained by the compression mapping determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Akisato Kimura, Kunio Kashino, Takayuki Kurozumi, Hiroshi Murase
  • Patent number: 7777288
    Abstract: In a temperature sensor section of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, wires of the topmost wiring layer of a multi-layer wiring structure are formed. A sheet-like temperature monitor element of vanadium oxide is provided between two of the wires in such a way as to cover the two wires. Accordingly, the temperature monitor element is connected between the two wires of an underlying wiring layer of the multi-layer wiring structure through two vias and the two wires of the topmost wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: NEC Electronics Corporation, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyoshi Kawahara, Hiroshi Murase, Hiroaki Ohkubo, Kuniko Kikuta, Yasutaka Nakashiba, Naoki Oda, Tokuhito Sasaki, Nobukazu Ito
  • Patent number: 7756298
    Abstract: An image processing device for a vehicle includes a radar for transmitting a radio wave outside of the vehicle and detecting an object in a first area outside of the vehicle by using a reflected wave of the transmitted radio wave; a camera for acquiring an image in a second area including the first area; and an image processing unit for processing the acquired image to detect, in the acquired image, the object detected by the radar. Visibility outside of the vehicle is detected based on result of detection of the radar and result of detection of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Takayuki Miyahara, Hiroaki Kumon, Hiroshi Murase
  • Patent number: 7741692
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a logic circuit section is provided at the top surface of a P-type silicon substrate and a multi-level wiring layer. The device is further provided with a temperature sensor section in which a first temperature monitor member of vanadium oxide is provided above the multi-level wiring layer. A second temperature monitor member of Ti is provided at a lowermost layer of the multi-level wiring layer. The first and second temperature monitor members are connected in series between a ground potential wire and a power-source potential wire, with an output terminal connected to the node of both members. The temperature coefficient of the electric resistivity of the first temperature monitor member is negative, while that of the second temperature monitor member is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignees: NEC Electronics Corporation, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ohkubo, Yasutaka Nakashiba, Naoyoshi Kawahara, Hiroshi Murase, Naoki Oda, Tokuhito Sasaki, Nobukazu Ito
  • Patent number: 7577334
    Abstract: A high-speed signal search method, device, and a recording medium for the same that can obtain detection results equivalent to precisely moving a window over the entire region of the input signal even when there is not precise movement of a window over the entire signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Kashino, Hiroshi Murase, Gavin Smith
  • Patent number: 7551834
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a high-speed signal search method, device, and a recording medium for the same that can obtain detection results equivalent to precisely moving a window over the entire region of the input signal even when there is not precise movement of a window over the entire signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Kashino, Hiroshi Murase, Gavin Smith