Patents by Inventor Kazuya Kitamura

Kazuya Kitamura 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).

  • Patent number: 11905586
    Abstract: A low friction wear film includes a chromium layer provided on a surface of a metal substrate, a tungsten carbide layer provided on a surface of the chromium layer, and a diamond-like carbon layer as a top layer provided on a surface of the tungsten carbide layer. The tungsten carbide layer includes a chromium-tungsten carbide gradient layer and a tungsten carbide uniform layer. In the tungsten carbide layer, a tungsten-concentrated layer in which a tungsten simple substance is present is not provided at a boundary between the chromium-tungsten carbide gradient layer and the tungsten carbide uniform layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOHKEN THERMO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chengji Jin, Hodo Suzuki, Masaki Kajino, Kazuya Kitamura, Naoyuki Omori
  • Publication number: 20240040231
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit, a detection unit configured to detect a user operation performed with respect to image information being displayed on a display unit, and a control unit configured to disable the user operation when at least externally inputted predetermined image information is being displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Riho IDO, Toshimichi ISE, Kazuya KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240040072
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus comprises an image sensor and an output interface that selectively outputs a main video stream obtained using the image sensor and a sub video stream input from outside. The image capture apparatus changes a resolution of the main video stream to be equal to a resolution of the sub video stream in a case where an output of the sub video stream from the output interface has been set to be enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhisa SHIRAYAMA, Toshimichi ISE, Kazuya KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230300474
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of output units outputting arithmetic operation results; a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions causing the image processing apparatus to: acquire images from a plurality of mutually different viewpoints, perform an arithmetic operation for converting the acquired images into distance information, and perform control to output arithmetic operation results from the plurality of output units, wherein the processor assigns the plurality of arithmetic operation results requiring different amounts of arithmetic operation obtained in the arithmetic operation process to the plurality of output units, and selectively switches the arithmetic operation results to be assigned in accordance with an operation condition of the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tokuro NISHIDA, Kengo TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki HASEGAWA, Kazuya KITAMURA, Koki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230222765
    Abstract: An image processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image containing a subject via a lens unit; a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to the subject; an auxiliary data generation unit configured to generate auxiliary data related to the distance information; a data stream generation unit configured to generate a data stream in which the image, the distance information, and the auxiliary data are superimposed; and an output unit configured to output the data stream to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: KAZUYA KITAMURA, TOKURO NISHIDA, KOKI NAKAMURA, HIROYUKI HASEGAWA, KENGO TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230216983
    Abstract: An image processing device that can facilitate setting related to layer information based on distance information is provided. The image processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image including a subject through a lens unit, a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to the subject, a layer information generation unit configured to generate layer information on a layer for each distance based on the distance information, and a setting unit configured to set a reference for generating the layer information and switch display of a setting value capable of being set in accordance with the lens information of the lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Koki NAKAMURA, Tokuro Nishida, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Kengo Takeuchi, Kazuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11616929
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a time code from an external device, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a time address of the time code input from the input unit is advancing, a recording unit configured to record a video signal, and a control unit configured to control to cause the recording unit to start recording of the video signal in a case that it is determined by the determination unit that the time address is advancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadanori Saito, Tokuro Nishida, Kazuya Kitamura, Takamichi Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11588976
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing device including polarization elements and sets a proper frame rate according to a situation when acquiring a video using polarization information. The image capturing device an image capturing device including polarization pixels that detect polarization information of a plurality of different directions. The polarization information of the polarization pixels is determined by performing first polarization calculation or second polarization calculation which is smaller in calculation load than the first polarization calculation, on video signals output from the polarization pixels. A polarization-processed image is generated by using the polarization information. The first polarization calculation and the second polarization calculation are switched according to a predetermined timing, a mode, or a result of detecting a predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Kitamura, Tokuro Nishida, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Takenori Kobuse, Yusuke Yamashita, Yoshikazu Ishikawa, Takayuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11569283
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that enables to quickly capture an image from which a predetermined reflected light component is removed with desired sensitivity. A polarizing filter two-dimensionally arranges a plurality of sets each of which includes polarizing filter elements having different polarization directions. A first image sensor has pixels that respectively correspond to polarizing filter elements of the polarizing filter. A polarization calculation unit detects a polarized component of light that enters into a region in which one set of polarizing filter elements are arranged based on signals output from pixels in the region of the first image sensor for each region. A correction unit corrects a pixel signal output from a pixel of a second image sensor corresponding to the region based on a calculation result by the polarization calculation unit for each pixel of the second image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamashita, Tokuro Nishida, Kazuya Kitamura, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Takenori Kobuse, Yoshikazu Ishikawa, Takayuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11557476
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: adsorbing fluorine onto a substrate on which a region in which a nitride film is exposed and a region in which an oxide film is exposed are provided adjacent to each other by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate, and forming a stepped surface on a side surface of the oxide film by selectively etching the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, so as to cause a surface of the nitride film to be more deeply recessed than a surface of the oxide film; and after the adsorbing the fluorine onto the substrate and forming the stepped surface, selectively forming a semiconductor film on the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, by supplying a raw material gas including a semiconductor material to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Kazuya Kitamura, Hsiulin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220325128
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a two-component type curable resin composition that allows a mixture of an A agent and a B agent to have excellent dispersibility and printability, causes no visible-copper phenomenon, and provides an excellent packing form (receivability) for transportation. [Solution] A two-component type curable resin composition according to the present invention is characterized by including: an A agent containing a carboxyl group-containing resin; and a B agent containing a thermosetting ingredient, wherein the A agent has a viscosity value in the range of 50 dPa·s or more and 200 dPa·s or less at 25° C. at 5 rpm, wherein the B agent has a viscosity value in the range of 100 dPa·s or more and 300 dPa·s or less at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yanagida, Kenichi Shirakawa, Kazuya Kitamura, Yasuaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20220292691
    Abstract: A generation unit generates a background separation image in which regions of a captured image are classified as a foreground region, a background region, and an unknown region, based on distance distribution information obtained from a plurality of parallax images. An output unit outputs the captured image and the background separation image. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is within a first range is classified as the foreground region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside a second range broader than the first range is classified as the background region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside the first range and inside the second range is classified as the unknown region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuya Kitamura, Tokuro Nishida, Akimori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Koki Nakamura, Kazuki Hosoi, Norifumi Kashiyama, Shunsuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11424143
    Abstract: Provided is a heat insulation structure used for a vertical heat treatment apparatus that performs a heat treatment on a substrate. The vertical heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing container having a double tube structure including an inner tube and an outer tube closed upward, the processing container having an opening at a lower end thereof; a gas supply section and exhaust section provided on a lower side of the processing container; a lid configured to introduce or discharge the substrate into or from the opening and to open/close the opening; and a heating section provided to cover the processing container from an outside. The heat insulation structure is provided between the inner tube and the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Yoshii, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Okada, Satoshi Takagi, Toshihiko Takahashi, Masafumi Shoji, Kazuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11385583
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus in which an image carrier and an elastic body may be in pressure contact with each other, and in which a toner remover may be in contact with the image carrier to remove toner remaining on the image carrier. The image forming apparatus may include: a first hardware processor that forms an image pattern in a region including at least a part of a pressure contact part of the image carrier that is in pressure contact with the elastic body when operation of the image carrier is stopped; a second hardware processor that acquires density of the image pattern formed on the image carrier; a third hardware processor that adjusts driving time of the image carrier based on the density of the image pattern; and a fourth hardware processor that drives the image carrier for the driving time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11381787
    Abstract: The invention provides an image capturing apparatus including a terminal for input from an external device of a timecode signal synchronized with video frames, where the apparatus comprises a first synchronizing unit which executes synchronization with a timecode superimposed on the timecode signal input into the terminal, a second synchronizing unit which executes synchronization with horizontal and vertical synchronizing phases of the timecode signal and executes synchronization with the timecode superimposed on the timecode signal, and a control unit which executes synchronization processing by the first synchronizing unit or the second synchronizing unit in a case where a timecode signal input into the terminal is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nakatani, Takamichi Kosugi, Tokuro Nishida, Kazuya Kitamura, Tadanori Saito, Koji Ogaki
  • Patent number: 11240405
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an input terminal for synchronization with another image capturing apparatus; a generating unit that generates a video signal using an image capturing unit; a first detecting unit that detects an input of a first synchronization signal; a second detecting unit that detects an input of a second synchronization signal; a first synchronization unit that carries out a first synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the first synchronization signal; a second synchronization unit that carries out a second synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the second synchronization signal; and a control unit that carries out control so that when the first synchronization signal has been detected while the second synchronization process is being executed, the second synchronization process is stopped and the first synchronization process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Mikawa, Kazuya Kitamura, Tomoya Yamashita, Takamichi Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20210405564
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus in which an image carrier and an elastic body may be in pressure contact with each other, and in which a toner remover may be in contact with the image carrier to remove toner remaining on the image carrier. The image forming apparatus may include: a first hardware processor that forms an image pattern in a region including at least a part of a pressure contact part of the image carrier that is in pressure contact with the elastic body when operation of the image carrier is stopped; a second hardware processor that acquires density of the image pattern formed on the image carrier; a third hardware processor that adjusts driving time of the image carrier based on the density of the image pattern; and a fourth hardware processor that drives the image carrier for the driving time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuya Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20210340662
    Abstract: A low friction wear film includes a chromium layer provided on a surface of a metal substrate, a tungsten carbide layer provided on a surface of the chromium layer, and a diamond-like carbon layer as a top layer provided on a surface of the tungsten carbide layer. The tungsten carbide layer includes a chromium-tungsten carbide gradient layer and a tungsten carbide uniform layer. In the tungsten carbide layer, a tungsten-concentrated layer in which a tungsten simple substance is present is not provided at a boundary between the chromium-tungsten carbide gradient layer and the tungsten carbide uniform layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOHKEN THERMO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chengji JIN, Hodo SUZUKI, Masaki KAJINO, Kazuya KITAMURA, Naoyuki OMORI
  • Publication number: 20210280618
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that enables to quickly capture an image from which a predetermined reflected light component is removed with desired sensitivity. A polarizing filter two-dimensionally arranges a plurality of sets each of which includes polarizing filter elements having different polarization directions. A first image sensor has pixels that respectively correspond to polarizing filter elements of the polarizing filter. A polarization calculation unit detects a polarized component of light that enters into a region in which one set of polarizing filter elements are arranged based on signals output from pixels in the region of the first image sensor for each region. A correction unit corrects a pixel signal output from a pixel of a second image sensor corresponding to the region based on a calculation result by the polarization calculation unit for each pixel of the second image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamashita, Tokuro Nishida, Kazuya Kitamura, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Takenori Kobuse, Yoshikazu Ishikawa, Takayuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20210281805
    Abstract: The invention provides an image capturing apparatus including a terminal for input from an external device of a timecode signal synchronized with video frames, where the apparatus comprises a first synchronizing unit which executes synchronization with a timecode superimposed on the timecode signal input into the terminal, a second synchronizing unit which executes synchronization with horizontal and vertical synchronizing phases of the timecode signal and executes synchronization with the timecode superimposed on the timecode signal, and a control unit which executes synchronization processing by the first synchronizing unit or the second synchronizing unit in a case where a timecode signal input into the terminal is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Nakatani, Takamichi Kosugi, Tokuro Nishida, Kazuya Kitamura, Tadanori Saito, Koji Ogaki