Patents by Inventor Koji Kamiya

Koji Kamiya 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: 10349094
    Abstract: This video transmission apparatus includes: a first control unit that divides video data into a plurality of channels in units of one or more specified number of consecutive frames, and gives a change by a reversible method to the video data of a specific area in the frame of the video data of each channel, the specific area corresponding to the channel; and a plurality of first video transmission interfaces that each transmit the video data of each channel to which the change is given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugeno, Koji Kamiya, Yasutaka Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190149716
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate unit including a first connect unit, a second connect unit, and an information bridge unit. The first connect unit is for connecting a camera unit having a first resolution in one of a spatial direction and a temporal direction. The second connect unit is for connecting a camera control unit for a camera unit having a second resolution lower than the first resolution in one of the spatial direction and the temporal direction. The information bridge unit is interposed between the first connect unit and the second connect unit and configured to bridge information exchanged between the camera unit and the camera control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20190141229
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KAMIYA, Hiroaki KIKUCHI, Jun ONUKI, Tomoyuki ENDO, Masaki HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20190141259
    Abstract: This image pickup system includes an image pickup unit that captures a subject to obtain a pixel signal, and a processing circuit that generates a first video signal having a first dynamic range from the pixel signal generated by the image pickup unit, and generates a second video signal having a second dynamic range correlated with the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 10257403
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate unit including a first connect unit, a second connect unit, and an information bridge unit. The first connect unit is for connecting a camera unit having a first resolution in one of a spatial direction and a temporal direction. The second connect unit is for connecting a camera control unit for a camera unit having a second resolution lower than the first resolution in one of the spatial direction and the temporal direction. The information bridge unit is interposed between the first connect unit and the second connect unit and configured to bridge information exchanged between the camera unit and the camera control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10250920
    Abstract: An image transmission apparatus includes a processor that superimposes a marker image for visualizing a connection status of a plurality of links between a transmission side and a reception side on an image displayed at the reception side at a specific position of an image frame, interleaves an image on which the marker image is superimposed for a predetermined pixel unit to divide the image into a plurality of signal streams, and transmits the signal streams via the plurality of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20190075229
    Abstract: It is made such that a user can easily and appropriately evaluate luminance of an HDR video signal. A luminance evaluation value is obtained by processing the HDR video signal. The luminance evaluation value is displayed on a display unit. For example, the HDR video signal is a linear HDR video signal and/or the HDR video signal obtained by performing gradation compression on the linear HDR video signal with a log curve characteristic. For example, the luminance evaluation value includes an average picture level, a high light share ratio, a high light average picture level, a product value of the high light share ratio and the high light average picture level and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20190045137
    Abstract: To enable to easily check a predetermined signal level region of an HDR video signal on an SDR screen displayed on an SDR-compliant display device. Processing at least including gradation compression processing for SDR is performed on the HDR video signal to obtain a standard dynamic range video signal. A predetermined signal level region is detected from the HDR video signal. An SDR video signal for display is obtained by combining a display signal for displaying the predetermined signal level region with an SDR video signal on the basis of a signal indicating the predetermined signal level region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 10200617
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: a display signal generation section configured to generate an indicator display signal for displaying an indicator at a position in accordance with an inclination of a camera body in a predetermined direction; and a combination section configured to combine a captured image signal with the indicator display signal in order to obtain a view finder image signal, wherein the display signal generation section generates the indicator display signal such that a display of the indicator is masked using a mask area having a predetermined width and with a position corresponding to a predetermined inclination of the indicator in a movement direction as center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20180332210
    Abstract: This video system includes a camera system and a video converter. The camera system includes an image pickup unit that captures a subject and obtains a pixel signal thereof, and a first processing circuit that generates two video signals from the pixel signal while respectively carrying out mutually-different adjustments and transmits transmission information obtained by adding information related to the respective adjustments of the video signals to one of the video signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20180295348
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Seiji Sato, Tomoyasu Katsuyama
  • Publication number: 20180249118
    Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus includes a down-converter unit configured to down-convert an image signal having a first resolution into an image signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, a high-frequency-band-edge detection unit configured to perform filtering on the image signal having the first resolution to extract components in a higher frequency band than a frequency corresponding to the second resolution and to perform down-conversion on an edge detection signal obtained through the filtering to obtain an edge detection signal having the second resolution, and a combination unit configured to combine the edge detection signal obtained by the high-frequency-band-edge detection unit with the image signal having the second resolution generated by the down-converter unit so as to obtain an image signal having the second resolution and being to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Gomita, Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10021374
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Seiji Sato, Tomoyasu Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 9973683
    Abstract: There is provided a focus control apparatus including: a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a focus distance; a second adjustment unit configured to adjust an addition amount of the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit; and a focus control unit configured to control a focus based on the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit and the addition amount adjusted with the second adjustment unit. Also provided are a focus control method, a camera apparatus and a focus control method in the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9939472
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a first acquisition part that acquires information about a suppliable electric power of a power supply apparatus that supplies an electric power to a power reception apparatus via a transmission path; a second acquisition part that acquires information about a supply electric power output from the power supply apparatus, including information about a supply voltage output from power supply apparatus; a third acquisition part that acquires information about a voltage applied to the power reception apparatus after a voltage drop in the transmission path; and a margin information calculation part that calculates first margin information about a margin of a supply electric power, and calculates second margin information about a margin of the voltage drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Masaki Awaji, Yasuyuki Haruta
  • Publication number: 20180098042
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processor including correction circuitry configured to correct a signal for each color input to the signal processor and to output the corrected signal for each color, first conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform first image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a first signal having a first color gamut for each color, second conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform second image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a second signal having a second color gamut for each color, where the signal processor outputs a first image data having a first color gamut and a second image data having a second color gamut from same corrected signals for each color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Norihiko Kawada, Yuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9925666
    Abstract: An operation system of a robot arm includes the robot arm disposed in a work box which is sealed, an operation apparatus disposed outside the work box and including an operation device which is operated by an operator to input an operation command of the robot arm, a control apparatus moving the robot arm based on the operation command from the operation apparatus, and a reaction force controller. Based on movable region information which indicates a movable region of the robot arm in the work box, as the robot arm approaches the limit of the movable region, the reaction force controller increases a reaction force which is against a force of moving the operation device by the operator in a direction approaching the limit of the movable region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20180084289
    Abstract: An image transmission apparatus includes a processor that superimposes a marker image for visualizing a connection status of a plurality of links between a transmission side and a reception side on an image displayed at the reception side at a specific position of an image frame, interleaves an image on which the marker image is superimposed for a predetermined pixel unit to divide the image into a plurality of signal streams, and transmits the signal streams via the plurality of links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9924133
    Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus includes a down-converter unit configured to down-convert an image signal having a first resolution into an image signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, a high-frequency-band-edge detection unit configured to perform filtering on the image signal having the first resolution to extract components in a higher frequency band than a frequency corresponding to the second resolution and to perform down-conversion on an edge detection signal obtained through the filtering to obtain an edge detection signal having the second resolution, and a combination unit configured to combine the edge detection signal obtained by the high-frequency-band-edge detection unit with the image signal having the second resolution generated by the down-converter unit so as to obtain an image signal having the second resolution and being to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Gomita, Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20180077434
    Abstract: This video transmission apparatus includes: a first control unit that divides video data into a plurality of channels in units of one or more specified number of consecutive frames, and gives a change by a reversible method to the video data of a specific area in the frame of the video data of each channel, the specific area corresponding to the channel; and a plurality of first video transmission interfaces that each transmit the video data of each channel to which the change is given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO SUGENO, KOJI KAMIYA, YASUTAKA NAKASHIMA