Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Ito

Katsuhisa Ito 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: 20240148575
    Abstract: To provide a moving body that is capable of more flexible movement. Provided is a moving body including four or more legs that have wheels at ends thereof and are able to be controlled along two or more axes, and a body supported at the four or more legs, in which the four or more legs include two or more front wheel legs that are capable of swinging forward in an advancing direction of the body, and two or more rear wheel legs that are capable of swinging backward in the advancing direction of the body, and the front wheel legs and the rear wheel legs are capable of swinging to such positions that the wheels overlap one another in a direction orthogonal to the advancing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa ITO, Yuhei YABE, Takuya NISHIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11975778
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, Yasushi Fujiwara, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama
  • Patent number: 11975995
    Abstract: A wash water processing apparatus of reusing wash water includes: a washing processing part washing a subject to be washed; a wash water accommodation part into which processed water used in a washing process in the washing processing part is once accommodated; a sterilization and purification unit causing, while acting with an ozone supply function, ozone water to be contained in the processed water flowing through the wash water accommodation part in a circular manner; and a filtration mechanism part configured to include a filter and an ion-exchange resin and sequentially filtrating the processed water to be reused as wash water in the washing processing part, as the ozone water is supplied as the processed water is mixed to dilute an ozone concentration in the wash water accommodation part. In a state where the ozone concentration is adjusted, the processed water is passed through the filter and the ion-exchange resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: KITZ CORPORATION, TOYO VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yata, Takako Sakurai, Satoshi Ito, Toshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11938625
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method to increase movement patterns of an autonomous mobile body more easily, the information processing apparatus including an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a driving unit. The operation control unit generates, on the basis of a teaching movement, control sequence data for causing a driving unit of an autonomous mobile body to execute an autonomous movement corresponding to the teaching movement, and causes the driving unit to execute the autonomous movement according to the control sequence data, on the basis of an action plan determined by situation estimation. The information processing method includes controlling, by a processor, an operation of a driving unit, and the controlling further includes generating control sequence data, and causing the driving unit to execute an autonomous movement according to the control sequence data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Mika Nagae, Takuma Morita, Naoya Muramatsu, Eiichiro Morinaga, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11899342
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is configured to be movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of an irradiation light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11899276
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable depth-of-field adjustment. The imaging apparatus includes a depth-of-field adjustment function that adjusts the depth of field of at least one monocular optical system among a plurality of monocular optical systems having optical paths independent of one another. For example, the depth-of-field adjustment function includes a mechanism that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems, and an optical system control unit that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems by driving the monocular optical systems on the basis of control information. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that provides a plurality of monocular lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11868029
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of a parallel light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the plurality of individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11765336
    Abstract: Viewpoint-related information is associated with a captured image, a plurality of viewpoint images, or a synthesized image, the captured image being generated by capturing an image of a subject with a single image sensor through a plurality of monocular optical systems with optical paths independent of each other, the plurality of viewpoint images being extracted from the captured image and having each of the plurality of monocular optical systems as a viewpoint, the synthesized image being obtained by synthesizing the plurality of viewpoint images respectively corresponding to the plurality of monocular optical systems, and the viewpoint-related information being used to specify a region of the plurality of viewpoint images in the captured image. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, image-capturing apparatus, electronic devices, interchangeable lenses or camera systems in which a plurality of monocular lenses is extended, information processing methods, programs, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20230113741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program for performing lens emulation more easily. An aberration table is generated as a table including converging ray vectors derived from aberrations of a lens selected through a user interface and targeted for emulation. A. light focusing process is performed to generate a virtual captured image taken of an object through the selected lens, by use of the aberration table and a multi-view image. The present disclosure may be applied, for example, to image processing apparatuses, information processing apparatuses, imaging apparatuses, electronic devices, information processing methods, or programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20230107179
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method as well as a program that allow editing of a depth map. An assist depth map is generated that includes depth data to be added to a basic depth map. For example, an assist depth map is generated that includes depth data to be locally added to a basic depth map. The present disclosure is applicable to an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a computer, an information processing method, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220413258
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable depth-of-field adjustment. The imaging apparatus includes a depth-of-field adjustment function that adjusts the depth of field of at least one monocular optical system among a plurality of monocular optical systems having optical paths independent of one another. For example, the depth-of-field adjustment function includes a mechanism that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems, and an optical system control unit that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems by driving the monocular optical systems on the basis of control information. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that provides a plurality of monocular lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220408021
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method, an imaging apparatus and method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable acquisition of viewpoint images in accordance with an imaging mode. For a captured image generated by an image sensor that has different positions irradiated with the respective irradiation light beams having passed through a plurality of monocular optical systems that have optical paths independent of one another, viewpoint image regions that are the regions of the respective viewpoint images corresponding to the respective monocular optical systems are set in accordance with the imaging mode of the captured image. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing device, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that includes a plurality of monocular optical systems, an information processing method, an imaging method, a program, or the like, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220371178
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method to increase movement patterns of an autonomous mobile body more easily, the information processing apparatus including an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a driving unit. The operation control unit generates, on the basis of a teaching movement, control sequence data for causing a driving unit of an autonomous mobile body to execute an autonomous movement corresponding to the teaching movement, and causes the driving unit to execute the autonomous movement according to the control sequence data, on the basis of an action plan determined by situation estimation. The information processing method includes controlling, by a processor, an operation of a driving unit, and the controlling further includes generating control sequence data, and causing the driving unit to execute an autonomous movement according to the control sequence data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Mika NAGAE, Takuma MORITA, Naoya MURAMATSU, Eiichiro MORINAGA, Katsuhisa ITO
  • Patent number: 11446813
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method to increase movement patterns of an autonomous mobile body more easily, the information processing apparatus including an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a driving unit. The operation control unit generates, on the basis of a teaching movement, control sequence data for causing a driving unit of an autonomous mobile body to execute an autonomous movement corresponding to the teaching movement, and causes the driving unit to execute the autonomous movement according to the control sequence data, on the basis of an action plan determined by situation estimation. The information processing method includes controlling, by a processor, an operation of a driving unit, and the controlling further includes generating control sequence data, and causing the driving unit to execute an autonomous movement according to the control sequence data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Mika Nagae, Takuma Morita, Naoya Muramatsu, Eiichiro Morinaga, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220284610
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1, 2) according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (40). The control unit (40) selects a correction target region and a reference region around the correction target region on the basis of a depth map relating to depth information of a subject space. The control unit (40) corrects the depth information of the correction target region on the basis of a distance between the correction target region and the reference region in the subject space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: KATSUHISA ITO, KENGO HAYASAKA
  • Patent number: 11438570
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are capable of generating calibration data for performing appropriate image processing. The data processing apparatus performs interpolation to generate calibration data for a predetermined focus position by using calibration data for a plurality of focus positions. The calibration data for the plurality of focus positions is generated from a calibration image captured at the plurality of focus positions. The calibration image is obtained by capturing an image of a known object in the plurality of focus positions with a multi-lens camera that captures an image from two or more viewpoints. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a multi-lens camera that captures an image from two or more viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220179291
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of a parallel light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the plurality of individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220179292
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is configured to be movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of an irradiation light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11336803
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens each capable of appropriately correcting shading of an image having a plurality of viewpoints. A communication unit receives shading information associated with shading of each of a plurality of ommatidium images that are included in a captured image acquired by one image sensor and correspond to images formed by lights respectively concentrated by a plurality of ommatidium lenses that are a plurality of lenses so disposed as not to overlap with each other in an optical axis direction and are included in an interchangeable lens when the interchangeable lens is fitted to a camera body including the image sensor. A correction unit corrects shading of each of the plurality of ommatidium images that are included in the captured image acquired by the image sensor and respectively correspond to the plurality of ommatidium lenses on the basis of the shading information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makibi Nakamura, Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220132096
    Abstract: Viewpoint-related information is associated with a captured image, a plurality of viewpoint images, or a synthesized image, the captured image being generated by capturing an image of a subject with a single image sensor through a plurality of monocular optical systems with optical paths independent of each other, the plurality of viewpoint images being extracted from the captured image and having each of the plurality of monocular optical systems as a viewpoint, the synthesized image being obtained by synthesizing the plurality of viewpoint images respectively corresponding to the plurality of monocular optical systems, and the viewpoint-related information being used to specify a region of the plurality of viewpoint images in the captured image. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, image-capturing apparatus, electronic devices, interchangeable lenses or camera systems in which a plurality of monocular lenses is extended, information processing methods, programs, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Katsuhisa Ito