Patents by Inventor Hirotaka SHINOZAKI

Hirotaka SHINOZAKI 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: 20130033616
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including an image sensor for outputting a high-sensitivity pixel signal from a long-time exposure pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel signal from a short-time exposure pixel; and a blooming correction processing unit for receiving the output pixel signal from the image sensor and executing blooming correction for the pixel signal. The blooming correction processing unit executes pixel value correction of the input pixel from the image sensor according to a difference between or a ratio of an input pixel value from the image sensor and an ideal pixel value not affected by blooming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Kaizu, Kensei Jo, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Hirotaka Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20120250994
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing device which is provided with a determination section which determines texture direction in a vicinity region based on the vicinity region which includes a target pixel in the image and a detection section which detects whether or not the target pixel is a defective pixel based on a plurality of pixels including the target pixel which are lined up in the texture direction in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Hirotaka SHINOZAKI, Fumihito Yasuma