Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Fukunago

Masatsugu Fukunago 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: 11863911
    Abstract: An imaging system of the present disclosure includes an event detection device that detects, as an event, that a luminance change of a pixel that photoelectrically converts incident light exceeds a predetermined threshold, an imaging device that captures an image at a fixed frame rate, and a control section that controls the event detection device and the imaging device, and is mounted on and used in a moving body. Then, the control section performs control to acquire image information of a region including the event by the imaging device in response to the event detection device detecting the event. Furthermore, an object recognition system of the present disclosure detects an event by the event detection device under the control of the control section, acquires image information of a region including the event by the imaging device, and performs object recognition based on the acquired image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hoshino, Masatsugu Fukunago
  • Publication number: 20220166958
    Abstract: An imaging system of the present disclosure includes an event detection device that detects, as an event, that a luminance change of a pixel that photoelectrically converts incident light exceeds a predetermined threshold, an imaging device that captures an image at a fixed frame rate, and a control section that controls the event detection device and the imaging device, and is mounted on and used in a moving body. Then, the control section performs control to acquire image information of a region including the event by the imaging device in response to the event detection device detecting the event. Furthermore, as object recognition system of the present disclosure detects an event by the event detection device under the control of the control section, acquires image information of a region including the event by the imaging device, and performs object recognition based on the acquired image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hoshino, Masatsugu Fukunago