Patents by Inventor Kenkichi Kobayashi
Kenkichi Kobayashi 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: 20240169705Abstract: Image data to be used for creating training data is appropriately selected from a plurality of pieces of image data in each of which an image in which a plurality of subjects are captured is recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Shoki KASAHARA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240169706Abstract: Image data to be used for creating training data is appropriately selected from a plurality of pieces of image data using information included in accessory information recorded in the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Shoki KASAHARA
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Publication number: 20240161466Abstract: In a data creation apparatus, a data creation method, a program, and a recording medium of the present invention, a first condition for selecting first selection image data based on the accessory information from the plurality of pieces of image data is set, the first selection image data in which the accessory information conforming to the first condition is recorded is selected from the plurality of pieces of image data, a second condition for selecting second selection image data based on the accessory information from non-selection image data that does not conform to the first condition among the plurality of pieces of image data is suggested, and the training data is created based on the first selection image data in a case where a user has not employed the second condition, and the training data is created based on the first selection image data and on the second selection image data in a case where the user has employed the second condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Shoki KASAHARA
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Patent number: 8600195Abstract: An image processing device may include detection means for detecting a motion vector of an input image signal which is an input time-series image signal; interpolation means for interpolating, based on the motion vector, a signal between input image signals which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the input image signal and a previous input image signal immediately preceding the input image signal, the interpolation means for further outputting an interpolated signal; acquisition means for acquiring superimposition information which indicates the position, in the input image signal, of a predetermined image signal to be superimposed on the input image signal; and specification means for specifying, based on the superimposition information, at least one non-interpolation region of the signal between input image signals in which the interpolation is not performed.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Minoru Urushihara, Masato Usuki, Takayuki Ohe, Kenkichi Kobayashi, Koji Moriya
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Patent number: 8116594Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a motion vector from an input image signal acting as the image signal for each of chronologically input pixels; a determining unit configured to determine whether the input image signal in terms of a level meets a predetermined condition; and an interpolating unit configured such that if the input image signal is not found to meet the predetermined condition, then the interpolating unit interpolates and outputs an input image signal intermediate signal interposed at a predetermined point in time between the input image signal and a preceding input image signal that precedes the input image signal, in accordance with the motion vector, and if the input image signal is found to meet the predetermined condition, then the interpolating unit allows the input image signal to be output unchanged as the input image signal intermediate signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Suematsu, Takayuki Ohe, Masato Usuki, Masanari Yamamoto, Kenkichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100053428Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, a program, and an image display apparatus that are configured, when a predetermined image signal is superposed on an image signal before interpolation, to enhance the quality of an image signal after interpolation. A MPU 31 accepts a command for starting or ending superposition of a predetermined image signal onto an input image signal. If the command for starting or ending superposition is accepted, a interpolation processing block 72 detects a motion vector of an input image signal with superposition of a predetermined image signal started or ended and interpolates and outputs an interpolation signal on the basis of the motion vector regardless of a total reliability of the motion vector. The present invention is applicable to television receivers, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Takayuki Ohe, Masato Usuki, Minoru Urushihara, Kenkichi Kobayashi, Koji Moriya
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Publication number: 20090208137Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that generates interpolation image signals based on a motion vector between continuously input time-series image signals and increases time resolution. The image processing apparatus includes a feature variation detecting unit that detects a predetermined feature variation between the time-series image signals; a generation time setting unit that sets a generation time of the interpolation image signals; and an interpolation image signal generating unit that generates the interpolation image signals at the generation time set by the generation time setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Minoru Urushihara, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Masato Usuki, Kenkichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090087125Abstract: An image processing device may include detection means for detecting a motion vector of an input image signal which is an input time-series image signal; interpolation means for interpolating, based on the motion vector, a signal between input image signals which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the input image signal and a previous input image signal immediately preceding the input image signal, the interpolation means for further outputting an interpolated signal; acquisition means for acquiring superimposition information which indicates the position, in the input image signal, of a predetermined image signal to be superimposed on the input image signal; and specification means for specifying, based on the superimposition information, at least one non-interpolation region of the signal between input image signals in which the interpolation is not performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Minoru Urushihara, Masato Usuki, Takayuki Ohe, Kenkichi Kobayashi, Koji Moriya
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Publication number: 20090059074Abstract: A display apparatus including an image processing unit for performing a frame rate conversion process of converting a frame rate using an interpolating image generated based on a motion vector between adjacent frames with respect to a picture signal which is a collection of image signals of a plurality of frame units taken along a time-series; and a display unit for displaying a picture based on the picture signal of after the frame rate conversion process; wherein the image processing unit performs the frame rate conversion process using an image at least one part of which is the same as a frame immediately before as the interpolating image when an OSD superimposed picture signal having an OSD image signal superimposed on an input picture signal is input to the frame rate conversion section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Suematsu, Takayuki Ohe, Masato Usuki, Masanari Yamamoto, Kenkichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080253692Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a motion vector from an input image signal acting as the image signal for each of chronologically input pixels; a determining unit configured to determine whether the input image signal in terms of a level meets a predetermined condition; and an interpolating unit configured such that if the input image signal is not found to meet the predetermined condition, then the interpolating unit interpolates and outputs an input image signal intermediate signal interposed at a predetermined point in time between the input image signal and a preceding input image signal that precedes the input image signal, in accordance with the motion vector, and if the input image signal is found to meet the predetermined condition, then the interpolating unit allows the input image signal to be output unchanged as the input image signal intermediate signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Suematsu, Takayuki Ohe, Masato Usuki, Masanari Yamamoto, Kenkichi Kobayashi