Patents by Inventor Manabu Saigo

Manabu Saigo 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: 20140022290
    Abstract: An image processing device is capable of inhibiting the moire and the false color from occurring in the case of performing color display using four colors of sub-pixels. The image processing device has filter processing sections. The filter processing sections limit frequency bands of signals R, G, B, and W in an X direction and a Y direction in accordance with a positional relationship between the sub-pixels corresponding to each of the colors and the other sub-pixels. Further, the filter processing sections control a frequency response of image signals of the respective colors in accordance with an amplitude of a high frequency component of the image signal corresponding to each of the other colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Publication number: 20140002503
    Abstract: A filter coefficient calculation portion detects a maximum and a minimum of a pixel-basis deformation factor representing the degree of deformation due to trapezoidal distortion and calculates filter coefficients corresponding to a plurality of deformation factors in accordance with the range of the deformation factors (minimum to maximum). The filter coefficients are corrected by multiplying the calculated filter coefficients by a luminance correction coefficient for correcting luminance deviation due to the trapezoidal distortion, and the corrected filter coefficients are stored in a filter coefficient storage portion. A deformation factor calculation portion calculates the deformation factor in a pixel to be processed by a filter operation portion, and the filter operation portion reads the filter coefficient corresponding to the deformation factor calculated by the deformation factor calculation portion from a filter coefficient storage portion. The filter operation portion then performs filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Patent number: 8449120
    Abstract: An image processing device that corrects unevenness of a display image that is generated by overlapping a plurality of images, includes: a correction table storing unit that stores a plurality of types of correction tables; and an unevenness correction processing unit that performs an unevenness correcting process of an input image signal corresponding to the plurality of images based on a correction table selected from the plurality of types of correction tables stored in the correction table storing unit that corresponds to a designated display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Patent number: 8388145
    Abstract: An image processing device in a projection system that includes a first image generation section adapted to project first image on a projection surface and a second image generation section adapted to project second image on the projection surface so as to overlap the first image is disclosed. The image processing device includes: a pixel shift amount calculation section adapted to calculate a pixel shift amount between the first image and the second image; a modulation transfer function (MTF) obtaining section adapted to obtain MTF at a predetermined frequency, corresponding to the pixel shift amount calculated by the pixel shift amount calculation section; a correction filter generation section adapted to generate a correction filter adapted to correct the MTF so that the image displayed on the projection surface has desired sharpness; and a filter applying section adapted to apply the correction filter to image data corresponding to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Publication number: 20130021227
    Abstract: An image processing device supplies an image signal to a display device having pixels being composed mainly of four sub-pixels arranged two by two in a first direction and a second direction. The image processing device includes a first filter processing section adapted to perform a filter process of limiting frequency bands in the first direction and the second direction of the image signal adapted to display a first sub-pixel corresponding to white in a manner corresponding to an arrangement of both of the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel located in a diagonal direction with respect to the first sub-pixel, and a second filter processing section adapted to perform a filter process of limiting frequency bands in the first direction and the second direction of the image signal adapted to display the second sub-pixel in a manner corresponding to an arrangement of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Patent number: 8251515
    Abstract: A projector includes: a first image projection section adapted to project a first image based on a first image signal, a second image projection section adapted to project a second image based on a second image signal such that pixels of the second image are shifted from pixels of the first image, a correction section adapted to correct the image signal input to the image projection section using a correction filter adapted to correct a difference in optical transfer function between the plurality of image projection sections; and a sharpening section adapted to execute a sharpening process of sharpening an edge portion of the image to be displayed, on the image signal having been corrected by the correction section and to be input to the plurality of image projection sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Publication number: 20110193875
    Abstract: An image processing device that corrects unevenness of a display image that is generated by overlapping a plurality of images, includes: a correction table storing unit that stores a plurality of types of correction tables; and an unevenness correction processing unit that performs an unevenness correcting process of an input image signal corresponding to the plurality of images based on a correction table selected from the plurality of types of correction tables stored in the correction table storing unit that corresponds to a designated display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Publication number: 20100195003
    Abstract: A projector includes: a first image projection section adapted to project a first image based on a first image signal, a second image projection section adapted to project a second image based on a second image signal such that pixels of the second image are shifted from pixels of the first image, a correction section adapted to correct the image signal input to the image projection section using a correction filter adapted to correct a difference in optical transfer function between the plurality of image projection sections; and a sharpening section adapted to execute a sharpening process of sharpening an edge portion of the image to be displayed, on the image signal having been corrected by the correction section and to be input to the plurality of image projection sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Publication number: 20100079684
    Abstract: An image processing device in a projection system that includes a first image generation section adapted to project first image on a projection surface and a second image generation section adapted to project second image on the projection surface so as to overlap the first image is disclosed. The image processing device includes: a pixel shift amount calculation section adapted to calculate a pixel shift amount between the first image and the second image; a modulation transfer function (MTF) obtaining section adapted to obtain MTF at a predetermined frequency, corresponding to the pixel shift amount calculated by the pixel shift amount calculation section; a correction filter generation section adapted to generate a correction filter adapted to correct the MTF so that the image displayed on the projection surface has desired sharpness; and a filter applying section adapted to apply the correction filter to image data corresponding to the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO