Patents by Inventor Masaharu Yamagishi

Masaharu Yamagishi 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: 11912133
    Abstract: A vehicle drive unit includes an internal combustion engine (21), an electromotive unit (23) having a first electric motor (31) and a second electric motor (33), an inverter (27) disposed above the electromotive unit, a first harness (41) that electrically connects the inverter and a first terminal block (61) of the first electric motor, and a second harness (42) that electrically connects the inverter and a second terminal block (62) of the second electric motor. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction. Of the first electric motor and the second electric motor, one electric motor is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction, and the other electric motor is disposed on the rear side in the front-rear direction. The other electric motor is offset upward in the up-down direction with respect to the one electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji Tanizawa, Shinsuke Horibe, Masaharu Yamagishi, Chika Takaba, Toshihiko Ando, Kohei Higashitani, Kenji Umemura
  • Publication number: 20240038149
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as a specification unit configured to, based on a parameter of an image capturing unit, specify a region captured by the image capturing unit in a display screen in which display panels are arrayed, and a correction unit configured to, based on a direction from a pixel in the region to the image capturing unit, obtain a correction amount of a luminance value of the pixel, and based on information for correcting an individual difference regarding a luminance of a display panel, correct the correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHIRO ITOH, TAKAHIRO MATSUURA, YOSHIKI ISHII, KEISUKE MATSUNO, TAKEHITO FUKUSHIMA, MASAHARU YAMAGISHI, KENTO WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11869174
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor function as: a first determining unit configured to determine a first brightness range, which is included in a dynamic range of a first image and is higher than a predetermined brightness; and a first converting unit configured to convert the first image into a second image, of which a dynamic range is narrower than the dynamic range of the first image, based on the determination result by the first determining unit, wherein based on the first brightness range determined by the first determining unit, the first converting unit determines a second brightness range, which is included in the dynamic range of the second image and corresponds to the first brightness range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Fujioka, Masaharu Yamagishi, Takehito Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230419548
    Abstract: A color adjustment apparatus capable of displaying color matching accuracy in a visually intelligible manner. The apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor executing the instructions to obtain a first captured image by capturing a color chart including patches with a reference camera, obtain a second captured image by capturing the color chart with a target camera, obtain correction information for color matching, generate a third captured image by applying the correction information to the second captured image, output color difference signals of the first captured image and color difference signals of the third captured image, generate a first image based on color difference signals in areas corresponding to the patches among the color difference signals of the first captured image, and generate a second image based on color difference signals in areas corresponding to the patches among the color difference signals of the third captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: MASAHARU YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20230124316
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a fitting part that is inserted and fitted into a counterpart fitting part, a shield shell having a shell flange part disposed opposite a wall surface of a counterpart wall body with an interval therebetween, a first watertight member between the fitting part and the counterpart fitting part, and a second watertight member that is crushed between the shell flange part and a wall surface of the counterpart wall body. The housing has a housing flange part with an outer peripheral surface thereof disposed inside an outer peripheral edge of the shell flange part and outside an inner edge of the shell flange part, and with a contact surface with an annular shape in contact with the wall surface of the counterpart wall body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoki MASUDA, Hikaru OI, Tomohiro JINTOKU, Kanato KIMURA, Masaharu YAMAGISHI, Kazuhiro OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220371529
    Abstract: A vehicle drive unit includes an internal combustion engine (21), an electromotive unit (23) having a first electric motor (31) and a second electric motor (33), an inverter (27) disposed above the electromotive unit, a first harness (41) that electrically connects the inverter and a first terminal block (61) of the first electric motor, and a second harness (42) that electrically connects the inverter and a second terminal block (62) of the second electric motor. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction. Of the first electric motor and the second electric motor, one electric motor is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction, and the other electric motor is disposed on the rear side in the front-rear direction. The other electric motor is offset upward in the up-down direction with respect to the one electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji TANIZAWA, Shinsuke HORIBE, Masaharu YAMAGISHI, Chika TAKABA, Toshihiko ANDO, Kohei HIGASHITANI, Kenji UMEMURA
  • Publication number: 20220371420
    Abstract: On a lower side of a floor (2), a battery storage section (31) is formed on a front side of a cross member (27) that connects left and right side members (3l, 3r) to dispose a driving battery (34), a tank storage section (30) is formed on a rear side to dispose a fuel tank (32) and a driving motor (9) is disposed on a rear side of the tank storage section (30). A power cable (26) from a terminal block (34a) of the driving battery (34) is routed and fixed as appropriate so as to bypass the fuel tank (32) via the left side of the fuel tank (32) in the tank storage section (30) and connected to the driving motor (9) via a junction box (21). In an extra length routing area (37) on a side wall (27a) of the cross member (27), an extra length area (26a) is formed by slackening the power cable (26) in a semicircular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji TANIZAWA, Yusuke OKADA, Masaharu YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20220324315
    Abstract: A drive unit includes an internal combustion engine (21) disposed in an engine compartment (10), a first electric motor (31) and a second electric motor (33), and an inverter (27) disposed above an electromotive unit (23). The drive unit has: a first harness (41) that connects the inverter and the first electric motor; a second harness (42) that connects the inverter and the second electric motor; a step portion (51) formed so as to be recessed on one side or the other side, in the left-right direction, of the upper end of the inverter; and an AC terminal block (55) disposed in the step portion. The first harness and the second harness respectively extend downward from the DC terminal block while extending outward, and are respectively connected to upper parts of the first electric motor and the second electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji TANIZAWA, Shinsuke HORIBE, Masaharu YAMAGISHI, Chika TAKABA, Toshihiko ANDO, Kohei HIGASHITANI, Kenji UMEMURA
  • Publication number: 20220301126
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor function as: a first determining unit configured to determine a first brightness range, which is included in a dynamic range of a first image and is higher than a predetermined brightness; and a first converting unit configured to convert the first image into a second image, of which a dynamic range is narrower than the dynamic range of the first image, based on the determination result by the first determining unit, wherein based on the first brightness range determined by the first determining unit, the first converting unit determines a second brightness range, which is included in the dynamic range of the second image and corresponds to the first brightness range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki Fujioka, Masaharu Yamagishi, Takehito Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20190215500
    Abstract: A projection system includes a first projection apparatus, a second projection apparatus, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with the first projection apparatus, a second communication unit that communicates with the second projection apparatus, and an acquisition unit that acquires a shift amount between a projection position of the first projection apparatus and a projection position of the second projection apparatus, and a generation unit that generates image data to be output to the first projection apparatus and image data to be output to the second projection apparatus from input image data, on the basis of the shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10311546
    Abstract: An edge detection apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a detection unit configured to detect a dispersion degree of gradation values of input image data; a determination unit configured to determine detection sensitivity, which is edge detectability, based on the dispersion degree detected by the detection unit; and an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge from an input image based on the input image data, at the detection sensitivity determined by the determination unit, wherein in a case where the dispersion degree is low, the determination unit determines a lower detection sensitivity, compared with a case where the dispersion degree is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10163035
    Abstract: An edge detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first determining unit configured to determine, based on an input image, at least one of a distance between local maximum pixels which are pixels of which gradation values are local maximum values and a distance between local minimum pixels which are pixels of which gradation values are local minimum values; and a detecting unit configured to detect an edge from the input image with a detection sensitivity based on the distance determined by the first determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakatani, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9990704
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a brightness range value; and a generating unit configured to generate a display-image data on the basis of the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit, wherein the generating unit generates the display-image data on the basis of two or more of first image data, second image data, and brightness difference data such that, when the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit is within a predetermined range, a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the generated display-image data steadily approaches a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the first image data as the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakatani, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20180025700
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a determining unit configured to determine a parameter to be used in predetermined image processing in accordance with an operation that is performed by a user after an image based on target image data is displayed on a display unit; a generating unit configured to generate processed image data by applying the predetermined image processing using the parameter to the target image data; an acquiring unit configured to acquire brightness information related to a correspondence relationship between a display brightness of the display unit and a brightness of the processed image data; and a recording unit configured to record, in a storage unit, the processed image data and the brightness information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuo Suzuki, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20170277975
    Abstract: An edge detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first determining unit configured to determine, based on an input image, at least one of a distance between local maximum pixels which are pixels of which gradation values are local maximum values and a distance between local minimum pixels which are pixels of which gradation values are local minimum values; and a detecting unit configured to detect an edge from the input image with a detection sensitivity based on the distance determined by the first determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakatani, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20170178337
    Abstract: An edge detection apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a detection unit configured to detect a dispersion degree of gradation values of input image data; a determination unit configured to determine detection sensitivity, which is edge detectability, based on the dispersion degree detected by the detection unit; and an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge from an input image based on the input image data, at the detection sensitivity determined by the determination unit, wherein in a case where the dispersion degree is low, the determination unit determines a lower detection sensitivity, compared with a case where the dispersion degree is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20150356904
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a brightness range value; and a generating unit configured to generate a display-image data on the basis of the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit, wherein the generating unit generates the display-image data on the basis of two or more of first image data, second image data, and brightness difference data such that, when the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit is within a predetermined range, a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the generated display-image data steadily approaches a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the first image data as the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakatani, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9042710
    Abstract: A video processing apparatus that can be connected to a video playback apparatus includes an input unit configured to input video data from the video playback apparatus, an interpolation unit configured to generate interpolated frame image data of input video data, and an output unit configured to output the interpolated frame image data as interpolated video data, wherein the interpolation unit generates different interpolated frame image data according to a playback mode of the video playback apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kousei Sugimoto, Kohei Inamura, Toshiki Nakatani, Mitsuru Tada, Masaharu Yamagishi, Eiichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8576337
    Abstract: A video image processing apparatus has a determination unit that determines whether an interpolation pixel generation position is an edge portion in an oblique direction, and determines a direction of the edge; and a generation unit that generates an interpolation pixel at an interpolation pixel generation position at which there is video image motion and which has been determined, by the determination unit, to be an edge portion in an oblique direction, in use of a pixel that is present in the edge direction, wherein the determination unit determines whether the interpolation pixel generation position is an edge portion in an oblique direction on the basis of whether or not a pixel value one line above or one line below the interpolation pixel generation position increases or decreases locally at positions that are adjacent, in a vertical direction, to the interpolation pixel generation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20120275760
    Abstract: A video processing apparatus that can be connected to a video playback apparatus includes an input unit configured to input video data from the video playback apparatus, an interpolation unit configured to generate interpolated frame image data of input video data, and an output unit configured to output the interpolated frame image data as interpolated video data, wherein the interpolation unit generates different interpolated frame image data according to a playback mode of the video playback apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kousei Sugimoto, Kohei Inamura, Toshiki Nakatani, Mitsuru Tada, Masaharu Yamagishi, Eiichi Matsuzaki