Patents by Inventor Masato FUKUYAMA

Masato FUKUYAMA 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).

  • Image correction device, image correction method, and imaging device
    Patent number: 9558395
    Abstract: There is provided an image correction device including a flash band detection unit configured to detect a flash band, the flash band being a step occurred between levels for respective lines in a frame by a flash of light, the step being occurred by a difference in exposure time between the lines of a video signal output for each frame from pixels included in a rolling shutter image sensor, a shutter operation determination unit configured to determine whether or not shutter operation has been performed in an imaging device including the image sensor, and a flash band correction unit configured to, when the shutter operation determination unit determines that shutter operation has been performed and the flash band detection unit has detected the flash band, output a video signal of a previous frame output from the image sensor earlier than a frame containing the detected flash band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Fukuyama
  • IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150229818
    Abstract: There is provided an image correction device including a flash band detection unit configured to detect a flash band, the flash band being a step occurred between levels for respective lines in a frame by a flash of light, the step being occurred by a difference in exposure time between the lines of a video signal output for each frame from pixels included in a rolling shutter image sensor, a shutter operation determination unit configured to determine whether or not shutter operation has been performed in an imaging device including the image sensor, and a flash band correction unit configured to, when the shutter operation determination unit determines that shutter operation has been performed and the flash band detection unit has detected the flash band, output a video signal of a previous frame output from the image sensor earlier than a frame containing the detected flash band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato FUKUYAMA