Patents by Inventor Satoshi Nidaira

Satoshi Nidaira 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: 9007527
    Abstract: An imaging device, an image system and an imaging method in which proper image correction processing is carried out on a video signal are provided. An imaging device includes: a video signal input unit which inputs a video signal; and an image processing unit to which the video signal is inputted and which carries out correction of the video signal and outputs a corrected video signal. The image processing unit includes a histogram detection unit which divides an image area termed by the acquired video signal into plural areas, acquires a per-area histogram that is a histogram or the video signal in each of the plural areas, and finds per-area histogram data for each area based on the per-area histogram. The image processing unit carries out correction of the video signal based on a cumulative value of the per-area histogram data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Ohtani, Shinichiro Hirooka, Makoto Asuka, Takeshi Asahi, Satoshi Nidaira
  • Publication number: 20140253807
    Abstract: An imaging device, an image system and an imaging method in which proper image correction processing is carried out on a video signal are provided. An imaging device includes: a video signal input unit which inputs a video signal; and an image processing unit to which the video signal is inputted and which carries out correction of the video signal and outputs a corrected video signal. The image processing unit includes a histogram detection unit which divides an image area termed by the acquired video signal into plural areas, acquires a per-area histogram that is a histogram or the video signal in each of the plural areas, and finds per-area histogram data for each area based on the per-area histogram. The image processing unit carries out correction of the video signal based on a cumulative value of the per-area histogram data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Ohtani, Shinichiro Hirooka, Makoto Asuka, Takeshi Asahi, Satoshi Nidaira
  • Patent number: 8749663
    Abstract: In order to stably detect a flicker under an illumination of a fluorescent lamp with an XY-addressed-scanning type image sensor used and to cancel the flicker, the present invention provides an image sensing device, wherein a video signal in any area on an imaging plane is first integrated per frame period, then an integrated value in a current frame is sequentially compared with a one-frame previously integrated value, next whether a variation pattern of the integrated value matches one of flicker patterns when the flicker occurs is determined, then an existence of the flicker is determined when an identical flicker pattern is seen more than two consecutive times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kittaka, Akihiro Musha, Hiroyuki Tarumizu, Teruo Hoshi, Satoshi Nidaira, Akinori Shiozawa
  • Publication number: 20120057060
    Abstract: In order to stably detect a flicker under an illumination of a fluorescent lamp with an XY-addressed-scanning type image sensor used and to cancel the flicker, the present invention provides an image sensing device, wherein a video signal in any area on an imaging plane is first integrated per frame period, then an integrated value in a current frame is sequentially compared with a one-frame previously integrated value, next whether a variation pattern of the integrated value matches one of flicker patterns when the flicker occurs is determined, then an existence of the flicker is determined when an identical flicker pattern is seen more than two consecutive times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Ryohei KITTAKA, Akihiro Musha, Hiroyuki Tarumizu, Teruo Hoshi, Satoshi Nidaira, Akinori Shiozawa