Patents by Inventor Junya Kuwada
Junya Kuwada 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).
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Patent number: 11290645Abstract: A video display method for a video display device is provided. The video display method comprises: acquiring a plurality of captured images from each of a plurality of cameras for each frame; generating a plurality of correction images from the plurality of captured images by performing parallax correction in each of the plurality of captured images for each frame, the parallax correction being performed between images captured by adjacent cameras; and compositing the plurality of correction images to generate a 360° panoramic composite image for each frame. An amount of the parallax correction of each captured image in each frame is limited so that an amount of change from a previous amount of the parallax correction in a previous frame is within a range defined by a predetermined limitation value.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Kuwada, Ryoji Ogino, Ryo Hirota, Akio Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20210073942Abstract: An image processing device includes a stitching processing unit that composites composition source images generated from captured images under a preset processing condition to generate a composite image, a screen generation unit that generates a screen and outputs the composite image to a display input device, a touch operation determination unit that determines a camera image region to be adjusted based on a detection result of a touch operation on the screen and determines an adjustment item according to an operation mode of the touch operation, and a processing condition setting unit that sets a temporary processing condition related to the camera image region to be adjusted. The stitching processing unit generates the composition source image from the captured image of the camera corresponding to the camera image region to be adjusted under the temporary processing condition and updates the composite image by compositing the composition source images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji OGINO, Junya KUWADA
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Patent number: 10872395Abstract: An image processing device includes a stitching processing unit that composites composition source images generated from captured images under a preset processing condition to generate a composite image, a screen generation unit that generates a screen and outputs the composite image to a display input device, a touch operation determination unit that determines a camera image region to be adjusted based on a detection result of a touch operation on the screen and determines an adjustment item according to an operation mode of the touch operation, and a processing condition setting unit that sets a temporary processing condition related to the camera image region to be adjusted. The stitching processing unit generates the composition source image from the captured image of the camera corresponding to the camera image region to be adjusted under the temporary processing condition and updates the composite image by compositing the composition source images.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji Ogino, Junya Kuwada
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Publication number: 20200092474Abstract: A video display method for a video display device is provided. The video display method comprises: acquiring a plurality of captured images from each of a plurality of cameras for each frame; generating a plurality of correction images from the plurality of captured images by performing parallax correction in each of the plurality of captured images for each frame, the parallax correction being performed between images captured by adjacent cameras; and compositing the plurality of correction images to generate a 360° panoramic composite image for each frame. An amount of the parallax correction of each captured image in each frame is limited so that an amount of change from a previous amount of the parallax correction in a previous frame is within a range defined by a predetermined limitation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya KUWADA, Ryoji OGINO, Ryo HIROTA, Akio NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 10587819Abstract: A video image processing device uses a plurality of video data captured by a plurality of cameras to generate a wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere having a 360-degree range around an area where the plurality of cameras is installed and to transmit the generated wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere to a video display device. The video display device detects a direction of the video display device as a direction of a sight line of the user, receives the transmitted wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, segments a predetermined area of video data including a detection result of a sensor from the wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, adjusts a luminosity of the extracted predetermined area of video data to fall in a certain range of luminosity, and displays the adjusted predetermined area of video data.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji Ogino, Junya Kuwada, Hiroyasu Makino
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Patent number: 10536633Abstract: An image processing device includes a reference camera determiner that determines one among the multiple cameras, as a reference camera; an imaging condition acquisition unit that acquires imaging conditions relating to exposure and white balance which are set in the reference camera; an imaging condition setter that sends a command to set the imaging conditions relating to the exposure and the white balance, based on the imaging conditions in the reference camera, to cameras other than the reference camera; and an image composition unit that performs image composition processing on the multiple captured images that are acquired from the multiple cameras and that outputs the panoramic composite image. Thus, a boundary of an area of each composed image in the panoramic composite image that results from the composition is suppressed from being unnaturally conspicuous, and the captured image that is a reference is suitably displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Kuwada, Ryoji Ogino, Ryo Hirota, Akio Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10492678Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input that receives input of image data of a captured human being, a region detector that detects a specific color region of the image data, a filter that smooths a pixel value in the specific color region detected by the region detector by using a frame of the image data input into the image input and each of previous and subsequent frames of the image data of the inputting into the image input, a coder that codes an output image of the filter, and an output that outputs the output image of the filter coded by the coder.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji Ogino, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Junya Kuwada
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Publication number: 20190114740Abstract: An image processing device includes a stitching processing unit that composites composition source images generated from captured images under a preset processing condition to generate a composite image, a screen generation unit that generates a screen and outputs the composite image to a display input device, a touch operation determination unit that determines a camera image region to be adjusted based on a detection result of a touch operation on the screen and determines an adjustment item according to an operation mode of the touch operation, and a processing condition setting unit that sets a temporary processing condition related to the camera image region to be adjusted. The stitching processing unit generates the composition source image from the captured image of the camera corresponding to the camera image region to be adjusted under the temporary processing condition and updates the composite image by compositing the composition source images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji OGINO, Junya KUWADA
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Publication number: 20180324361Abstract: A video image processing device uses a plurality of video data captured by a plurality of cameras to generate a wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere having a 360-degree range around an area where the plurality of cameras is installed and to transmit the generated wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere to a video display device. The video display device detects a direction of the video display device as a direction of a sight line of the user, receives the transmitted wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, segments a predetermined area of video data including a detection result of a sensor from the wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, adjusts a luminosity of the extracted predetermined area of video data to fall in a certain range of luminosity, and displays the adjusted predetermined area of video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji OGINO, Junya KUWADA, Hiroyasu MAKINO
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Patent number: 10049608Abstract: A video image processing device uses a plurality of video data captured by a plurality of cameras to generate a wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere having a 360-degree range around an area where the plurality of cameras is installed and to transmit the generated wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere to a video display device. The video display device detects a direction of the video display device as a direction of a sight line of the user, receives the transmitted wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, segments a predetermined area of video data including a detection result of a sensor from the wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, adjusts a luminosity of the extracted predetermined area of video data to fall in a certain range of luminosity, and displays the adjusted predetermined area of video data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji Ogino, Junya Kuwada, Hiroyasu Makino
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Publication number: 20170325680Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input that receives input of image data of a captured human being, a region detector that detects a specific color region of the image data, a filter that smooths a pixel value in the specific color region detected by the region detector by using a frame of the image data input into the image input and each of previous and subsequent frames of the image data of the inputting into the image input, a coder that codes an output image of the filter, and an output that outputs the output image of the filter coded by the coder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji OGINO, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Junya KUWADA
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Publication number: 20170018217Abstract: A video image processing device uses a plurality of video data captured by a plurality of cameras to generate a wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere having a 360-degree range around an area where the plurality of cameras is installed and to transmit the generated wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere to a video display device. The video display device detects a direction of the video display device as a direction of a sight line of the user, receives the transmitted wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, segments a predetermined area of video data including a detection result of a sensor from the wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, adjusts a luminosity of the extracted predetermined area of video data to fall in a certain range of luminosity, and displays the adjusted predetermined area of video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji OGINO, Junya KUWADA, Hiroyasu MAKINO
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Publication number: 20160234437Abstract: An image processing device includes a reference camera determiner that determines one among the multiple cameras, as a reference camera; an imaging condition acquisition unit that acquires imaging conditions relating to exposure and white balance which are set in the reference camera; an imaging condition setter that sends a command to set the imaging conditions relating to the exposure and the white balance, based on the imaging conditions in the reference camera, to cameras other than the reference camera; and an image composition unit that performs image composition processing on the multiple captured images that are acquired from the multiple cameras and that outputs the panoramic composite image. Thus, a boundary of an area of each composed image in the panoramic composite image that results from the composition is suppressed from being unnaturally conspicuous, and the captured image that is a reference is suitably displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya KUWADA, Ryoji OGINO, Ryo HIROTA, Akio NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 9251559Abstract: A camera device is provided with: an imaging unit for generating an area image obtained by shooting an area from above; and a display image generation unit for generating a display image of a target moving in the area using a clip image which is clipped from the area image. In this case, a rotation angle of a current frame is calculated on the basis of the rotation angle of the previous frame and a reference angle of the current frame. As a result, a rapid change in an orientation of the target displayed in the display image can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Junya Kuwada
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Publication number: 20150015738Abstract: A camera device is provided with: an imaging unit for generating an area image obtained by shooting an area from above; and a display image generation unit for generating a display image of a target moving in the area using a clip image which is clipped from the area image. In this case, a rotation angle of a current frame is calculated on the basis of the rotation angle of the previous frame and a reference angle of the current frame. As a result, a rapid change in an orientation of the target displayed in the display image can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Junya KUWADA
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Patent number: 8928778Abstract: A camera device includes an imaging unit generating an imaging area image in which an imaging area is captured from above, and a display-image generation unit generating a display image of an imaging object moving in the imaging area by use of an clipped image clipped from the imaging area image. In this case, an clipping reference position P corresponding to the imaging object in the imaging area image is determined, and a reference distance r between an imaging reference position O corresponding to the imaging unit and the clipping reference position P in the imaging area image is calculated. When the reference distance r is short, a rotation angle ?NEW for rotating the clipped image in generating the display image is calculated based on a reference angle ? corresponding to an inclination of the imaging object in the imaging area image and the reference distance r.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Tsubota, Junya Kuwada
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Publication number: 20130222646Abstract: A camera device includes an imaging unit generating an imaging area image in which an imaging area is captured from above, and a display-image generation unit generating a display image of an imaging object moving in the imaging area by use of an clipped image clipped from the imaging area image. In this case, an clipping reference position P corresponding to the imaging object in the imaging area image is determined, and a reference distance r between an imaging reference position O corresponding to the imaging unit and the clipping reference position P in the imaging area image is calculated. When the reference distance r is short, a rotation angle ?NEW for rotating the clipped image in generating the display image is calculated based on a reference angle ? corresponding to an inclination of the imaging object in the imaging area image and the reference distance r.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Tsubota, Junya Kuwada