Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Marukawa
Kazuyuki Marukawa 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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Publication number: 20230291997Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11696016Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11409283Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20220180615Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging system and an imaging device that enable imaging at an appropriate angle of view while preventing reflection, in a case where imaging of the surroundings of a vehicle is performed from inside the vehicle. An imaging system includes an imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels that receives incident light entering from an object after passing through neither an imaging lens nor a pinhole and each outputs a detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated in accordance with the incident angle of the incident light, the imaging device being mounted so that the light receiving surface faces the surface of a windshield on the inner side of a vehicle and is in contact with or in proximity to the surface of the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: YOSHITAKA MIYATANI, SHINNOSUKE HAYAMIZU, KAZUYUKI MARUKAWA, MIHO KOMAI
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Patent number: 11250708Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Itaru Shimizu, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Publication number: 20220030170Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11223770Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11167752Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. The driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that performs, on the basis of peripheral vehicle information regarding a peripheral vehicle present in an area corresponding to the number of occupants in a host vehicle, driving assistant processing of the host vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 11142192Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Noriko Tanaka, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 10999487Abstract: To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kotaro Kashiwa, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Wataru Kato, Yukihiro Ohzeki
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Publication number: 20200086886Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize more appropriate switching of an operation mode. A vehicle control unit switches operation modes of driving mechanisms such as an engine or a driving motor relating to driving (travelling) of a vehicle, a braking device relating to braking of the vehicle, and a steering mechanism relating to steering of the vehicle at different timings in accordance with an operation mode switching trigger of the vehicle, on a basis of, for example, a state of an individually identified driver or a situation around the vehicle. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Kaneko, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20200086889Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize travelling in a more appropriate operation mode. An acquisition unit acquires, as information regarding an operation mode of a different vehicle, operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode, for example. A determination unit determines an operation mode of a host vehicle in accordance with the received information regarding the operation mode of the different vehicle (e.g., the operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or the operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode). The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Kaneko, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20200043344Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Itaru Shimizu, Noriko TANAKA, Kazuyuki MARUKAWA, Asako KANEKO
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Publication number: 20200031339Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. A driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that perform, on the basis of the number of occupants in a peripheral vehicle, driving assistant processing for avoiding a collision between a host vehicle and the peripheral vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa
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Publication number: 20190202451Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: SHINNOSUKE HAYAMIZU, KAZUYUKI MARUKAWA, ITARU SHIMIZU, NORIKO TANAKA, ASAKO KANEKO
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Publication number: 20190193728Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. The driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that performs, on the basis of peripheral vehicle information regarding a peripheral vehicle present in an area corresponding to the number of occupants in a host vehicle, driving assistant processing of the host vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Publication number: 20190179315Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20190149737Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 10225477Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180262676Abstract: To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Kotaro Kashiwa, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yukihiro Ohzeki