Patents by Inventor Masayuki Takezawa
Masayuki Takezawa 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).
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Patent number: 9628710Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160044244Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9210340Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9009771Abstract: In a video distribution apparatus, a memory caches segments of video data into which video data received from a communication network is sectioned on a basis of a predetermined unit and stores video identifying information of the segments of video data. A distribution controller derives, upon receipt of a cache distribution request from the network, video identifying information contained in a cache distribution request. A relay controller obtains segments of video data associated with the video identifying information from the memory to transfer the obtained segments of video data to a requester at a transfer rate defined on the segments of video data in the vicinity of a source of the video data. The video can be distributed at a transfer rate close to a transfer rate defined by a content distribution server while the video traffic can be diminished.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Takezawa, Yoshihiro Ueda
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Patent number: 8943524Abstract: A channel selective information transmitting device is provided for making it possible to carry out the collection of viewing information more accurately even if there is dispersion of viewing channels while suppressing useless facility arrangements. The present invention is directed to a channel selective information transmitting device that transmits channel selective information to inform channels of broadcast signals selected by the users to a viewing information receiving server. The channel selective information transmitting device is provided with a channel change detecting section for detecting channel changes, a transmission waiting time acquiring section for acquiring a transmission waiting time until channel selective information in connection with the changes is transmitted, and a transmitting section for transmitting the channel selective information after a lapse of the acquired transmission waiting time.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Masayuki Takezawa
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Publication number: 20140347520Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8830355Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140026173Abstract: In a video distribution apparatus, a memory caches segments of video data into which video data received from a communication network is sectioned on a basis of a predetermined unit and stores video identifying information of the segments of video data. A distribution controller derives, upon receipt of a cache distribution request from the network, video identifying information contained in a cache distribution request. A relay controller obtains segments of video data associated with the video identifying information from the memory to transfer the obtained segments of video data to a requester at a transfer rate defined on the segments of video data in the vicinity of a source of the video data. The video can be distributed at a transfer rate close to a transfer rate defined by a content distribution server while the video traffic can be diminished.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Masayuki TAKEZAWA, Yoshihiro UEDA
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Publication number: 20130050469Abstract: Provided is a defect detection apparatus capable of scalably improving processing performance for image processing, even though a plurality of multi-core processors are used therein. The defect detection apparatus comprises: an imaging unit for taking images of a sample forming a pattern, a dividing part 4b for dividing image data taken by the imaging unit into a plurality of image data blocks, and a parallel processing unit 5 for parallelly performing pieces of a defect detection processing for the plurality of the image data blocks to detect a defect in the pattern. Herein, the parallel processing unit uses a plurality of multi-core processors having a plurality of cores. The defect inspection processing of the image data block is performed per the multi-core processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Masayuki TAKEZAWA, Dai FUJII
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Publication number: 20120274821Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Masayuki TAKEZAWA, Hideki MATSUMOTO, Ken NAKAJIMA, Toshihisa YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 8281349Abstract: A data providing system in which program deliverers store programs and deliver the stored programs to requesting subscriber terminals has a program allocation control unit that allocates new programs or qualified programs to multiple program deliverers, then selectively deletes the programs from the program deliverers. This allocation scheme assures that even newly added programs can be transmitted efficiently to the subscriber terminals.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masayuki Takezawa
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Patent number: 8248506Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110019059Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Masayuki TAKEZAWA, Hideki MATSUMOTO, Ken NAKAJIMA, Toshihisa YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 7839447Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20100083297Abstract: A channel selective information transmitting device is provided for making it possible to carry out the collection of viewing information more accurately even if there is dispersion of viewing channels while suppressing useless facility arrangements. The present invention is directed to a channel selective information transmitting device that transmits channel selective information to inform channels of broadcast signals selected by the users to a viewing information receiving server. The channel selective information transmitting device is provided with a channel change detecting section for detecting channel changes, a transmission waiting time acquiring section for acquiring a transmission waiting time until channel selective information in connection with the changes is transmitted, and a transmitting section for transmitting the channel selective information after a lapse of the acquired transmission waiting time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Masayuki Takezawa
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Publication number: 20090193477Abstract: A data providing system in which program deliverers store programs and deliver the stored programs to requesting subscriber terminals has a program allocation control unit that allocates new programs or qualified programs to multiple program deliverers, then selectively deletes the programs from the program deliverers. This allocation scheme assures that even newly added programs can be transmitted efficiently to the subscriber terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Masayuki Takezawa
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Patent number: 7474838Abstract: An imaging system in which, if image data of variable resolutions is to be handled in keeping with the increasing resolution of the image data, the processing is executed efficiently without lowering the processing capability of the respective circuits. A memory controller time-divisionally transmits an acknowledge signal to the respective circuits within a range of the bandwidth limitation of an image data bus in which image data can be furnished to the respective circuits, and manages control so that the respective circuits will execute the pre-set processing. The memory controller has access to data in the respective circuits in real-time to cause image data to be written from the respective circuits to the image memory or to be read out from the image memory and sent to the respective circuits.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Takezawa, Yoichi Mizutani, Hideki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20080246859Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7358992Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Masayuki Takezawa, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7349012Abstract: In an imaging apparatus, an image is to be displayed in real-time on a finder. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a thins out horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and also effects gamma correction etc to send the resulting image data to a camera DSP 21c. The camera DSP 21c effects data conversion and resolution conversion on the image data resulting from the thinning to convert the data into Y, Cb and Cr image data which is routed to a memory controller 22. The memory controller 22 writes the image data in the image memory 32 and reads out the data from the memory controller 22 to route the read-out data over an image data bus 33 to an NTSC/PAL encoder 23. The NTSC/PAL encoder 23 converts the image data in resolution and further converts the image data into data of the NTSC or PAL system to route the resulting data to a finder.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayuki Takezawa, Yoichi Mizutani, Hideki Matsumoto, Ken Nakajima, Toshihisa Yamamoto