Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yoshimura

Kazuhiro Yoshimura 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: 20230229582
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a code execution unit that executes a source code and a resource opening unit that opens resources included in an open resource list in a case where there is no difference between resources used for executing the source code and the open resource list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: KAZUHIRO YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11477432
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having: a display control unit configured to display a plurality of virtual viewpoint images respectively corresponding to a plurality of virtual viewpoints on a display unit, wherein each of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images is generated based on image data obtained by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses performing image capturing from different directions; a reception unit configured to receive an input in accordance with a user operation for changing a virtual viewpoint corresponding to one virtual viewpoint image of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images displayed on the display unit; and a viewpoint control unit configured to perform control to change a plurality of virtual viewpoints respectively corresponding to the plurality of virtual viewpoint images based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11383803
    Abstract: A noise reduction system for a marine vessel having a plurality of marine propulsion devices including a first marine propulsion device and a second marine propulsion device, each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices including a drive source, each of the drive sources operating on a same principle as that of the other drive sources, and including a rotary member. The noise reduction system includes a controller configured to control rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the second marine propulsion device, to thereby control a phase of a second noise caused thereby, such that a first noise caused by rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the first marine propulsion device is canceled by the second noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20220206156
    Abstract: An information processing device generates a distance image on the basis of measurement data of a 3D sensor. The information processing device specifies a plurality of first pixels corresponding to a point group of a contour of an object from among pixels included in the distance image. The information processing device specifies a plurality of second pixels included in a predetermined range from the plurality of first pixels from among the pixels included in the distance image. The information processing device corrects first coordinate information of a first point group corresponding to the plurality of first pixels in the measurement data on the basis of second coordinate information of a second point group corresponding to the plurality of second pixels. The information processing device outputs coordinate information of a point group configuring the object including the first point group of which the first coordinate information is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220197776
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for coding a program includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an input state of a user who performs the coding, a calculation unit configured to calculate search information for searching for information about the coding, based on the acquired input state, and an output unit configured to determine necessary information based on the search information and output the determined necessary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11250581
    Abstract: A region of an object is separated from an image captured by an image capturing unit included in a plurality of image capturing units configured to capture an image of an object from a plurality of viewpoints, using a method corresponding to light applied to an image-capturing target region of the image capturing unit at a time of capturing the image. Then, the shape of the object is determined based on the region of the object separated by a separation unit from each of a plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11195296
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, based on three-dimensional point cloud data indicating three-dimensional coordinates of each point on a three-dimensional object, image data in which two-dimensional coordinates of each point and a depth of each point are associated with each other; specify, as a target point, a point of the three-dimensional point cloud data corresponding to an edge pixel included in an edge portion of the image data, and specifies, as a neighbor point, a point of the three-dimensional point cloud data corresponding to a neighbor pixel of the edge pixel; and eliminate the target point based on a number of the neighbor points at which a distance to the target point is less than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11138419
    Abstract: A learning device generates a plurality of learning images in which a distance image representing a distance from a reference position to each position of a human body or each position of an object and a part image for identifying each part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other. The learning device corrects, based on a distance image and a part image of the learning image, a value of a region corresponding to a part of the object among regions of the distance image. The learning device learns, based on a plurality of learning images including a corrected distance image, an identifier in which characteristics of the distance image and a part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Masui, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Takuya Sato, Kazuo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11087493
    Abstract: A depth-image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, cased on a synthetic model in which a three-dimensional model of a human body and a three-dimensional model of an object are combined, a plurality of learning images in which a depth image that indicates a distance from a reference position to respective positions on the human body or to respective positions on the object, and a part image to identify any one of respective parts of the human body and a cart of the object are associated with each other, and learn an identifier in which a feature of the depth image and any one of a part of the human body and a part of the object are associated with each other, based on the learning images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Masui, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Takuya Sato, Kazuo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210225080
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus enables a user viewing a displayed virtual viewpoint image to easily understand the state in a generation target scene of the virtual viewpoint image. The information processing apparatus generates a layout that is a figure representing a position of an object included in an imaging target area captured by a plurality of imaging units from different directions, and controls a display unit to display a virtual viewpoint image and the generated layout. The virtual viewpoint image is generated based on images acquired by the plurality of imaging units and viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Yosuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 11037323
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by capturing an image capturing area from a plurality of directions by a plurality of cameras, the image processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire viewpoint information of a virtual viewpoint; an area determination unit configured to determine a three-dimensional area in accordance with a position and a size of a specific object within the image capturing area; and a generation unit configured to generate the virtual viewpoint image in accordance with the virtual viewpoint indicated by the viewpoint information based on determination by the area determination unit such that an object within a field of view in accordance with the virtual viewpoint and not included in the three-dimensional area determined by the area determination unit is not displayed in the virtual viewpoint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20210155326
    Abstract: A noise reduction system for a marine vessel having a plurality of marine propulsion devices including a first marine propulsion device and a second marine propulsion device, each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices including a drive source, each of the drive sources operating on a same principle as that of the other drive sources, and including a rotary member. The noise reduction system includes a controller configured to control rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the second marine propulsion device, to thereby control a phase of a second noise caused thereby, such that a first noise caused by rotation of the rotary member of the drive source in the first marine propulsion device is canceled by the second noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11017588
    Abstract: A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Kaori Taya, Shugo Higuchi, Tatsuro Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11004267
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus enables a user viewing a displayed virtual viewpoint image to easily understand the state in a generation target scene of the virtual viewpoint image. The information processing apparatus generates a layout that is a figure representing a position of an object included in an imaging target area captured by a plurality of imaging units from different directions, and controls a display unit to display a virtual viewpoint image and the generated layout. The virtual viewpoint image is generated based on images acquired by the plurality of imaging units and viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Yosuke Okubo
  • Publication number: 20200329227
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having: a display control unit configured to display a plurality of virtual viewpoint images respectively corresponding to a plurality of virtual viewpoints on a display unit, wherein each of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images is generated based on image data obtained by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses performing image capturing from different directions; a reception unit configured to receive an input in accordance with a user operation for changing a virtual viewpoint corresponding to one virtual viewpoint image of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images displayed on the display unit; and a viewpoint control unit configured to perform control to change a plurality of virtual viewpoints respectively corresponding to the plurality of virtual viewpoint images based on the received input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20200211271
    Abstract: A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Kaori TAYA, Shugo HIGUCHI, Tatsuro KOIZUMI
  • Patent number: 10628993
    Abstract: A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Kaori Taya, Shugo Higuchi, Tatsuro Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20200074679
    Abstract: A depth-image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, cased on a synthetic model in which a three-dimensional model of a human body and a three-dimensional model of an object are combined, a plurality of learning images in which a depth image that indicates a distance from a reference position to respective positions on the human body or to respective positions on the object, and a part image to identify any one of respective parts of the human body and a cart of the object are associated with each other, and learn an identifier in which a feature of the depth image and any one of a part of the human body and a part of the object are associated with each other, based on the learning images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Masui, HIROAKI FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Takuya Sato, KAZUO SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10559095
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A determination unit determines color information of an object present in an object image from a virtual viewpoint. The color information of the object is determined by combining color information of the object in a captured image obtained by one or more image capturing apparatus selected based on position and orientation information of the virtual viewpoint, position and orientation information of the image capturing apparatuses, and position information of the object, by using a weight corresponding to an image capturing direction of the one or more image capturing apparatus and a position of the object in a field of view of the one or more image capturing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Tatsuro Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20200042782
    Abstract: A learning device generates a plurality of leaning images in which a distance image representing a distance from a reference position to each position of a human body or each position of an object and a part image for identifying each part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other. The learning device corrects, based on a distance image and a part image of the learning image, a value of a region corresponding to a part of the object among regions of the distance image. The learning device learns, based on a plurality of learning images including a corrected distance image, an identifier in which characteristics of the distance image and a part of the human body or a part of the object are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Masui, HIROAKI FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA, Takuya Sato, KAZUO SASAKI