Patents by Inventor Suguru USHIKI
Suguru USHIKI 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: 9832445Abstract: To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner. A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki, Masami Ogata
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Patent number: 9549167Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition mechanism acquiring image data of a 3D image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image, and superimposed-area information being information on a superimposed area included in the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and a disparity detection mechanism detecting an amount of disparity in an area excluding the superimposed area identified by the superimposed-area information of the left-eye image and the right-eye image.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Suguru Ushiki, Takafumi Morifuji
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Patent number: 9280828Abstract: A parallax detection unit generates a parallax map indicating a parallax of each pixel of an image formed by right and left images and generates a reliability map indicating reliability of the parallax. A depth information estimation unit generates a depth information map indicating the depth of a subject on the image based on the right and left images. A depth parallax conversion unit converts the depth information map into a pseudo-parallax map using a conversion equation used to convert depth information to parallax information. A parallax synthesis unit synthesizes the parallax map and the pseudo-parallax map to generate a corrected parallax map based on the reliability map. The present technology is applicable to an image processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masami Ogata, Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Patent number: 9277207Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a left eye image input unit configured to input a left eye image (L image) which is a left eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a right eye image input unit configured to input a right eye image (R image) which is a right eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a parallax information generating unit configured to generate parallax information from the left eye image (L image) and the right eye image (R image), and a virtual view point image generating unit configured to receive the left eye image (L image), the right eye image (R image), and the parallax information, and generate virtual view point images including a view point image other than view points of the received LR images.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Suguru Ushiki, Masami Ogata
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Patent number: 9247230Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first display control unit that causes a display unit to display a first 3D image, a receiving unit that receives, from a user, a message indicating whether an amount of parallax of the first 3D image being displayed on the display unit is within an allowable range, a determining unit that determines an estimated allowable range on the basis of the message received by the receiving unit so that if the message indicates that the amount of parallax of the 3D image being displayed is not within the allowable range, the amount of parallax is not included in the estimated allowable range; and a second display control unit that causes the display unit to display a second 3D image on the basis of the estimated allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masami Ogata, Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Patent number: 9219911Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, and a correction processor. The first acquiring unit acquires an intended viewing environment parameter, which is a parameter of an intended viewing environment, together with image data of a three-dimensional picture. The second acquiring unit acquires an actual viewing environment parameter, which is a parameter of an actual viewing environment for a user viewing the three-dimensional picture. The correction processor corrects the three-dimensional picture in accordance with a difference between the acquired intended viewing environment parameter and the acquired actual viewing environment parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Suguru Ushiki, Takafumi Morifuji, Masami Ogata
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Publication number: 20150304626Abstract: To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner. A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takafumi MORIFUJI, Suguru Ushiki, Masami Ogata
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Patent number: 9118895Abstract: A reproduction apparatus reproduces image data of a left eye image and a right eye image of a 3D content recorded in a recording medium. The recording medium stores information about black border widths according to each parallax amount in periphery of right and left image frames between the left eye image and the right eye image. A post processing unit generates and outputs a border-attached left eye image and a border-attached right eye image by inserting an image having the obtained black border width according to the parallax amount in the periphery of the right image frame and an image having the obtained black border width according to the parallax amount in the periphery of the left image frame into the left eye image and the right eye image. The present invention can be applied to an image processing apparatus for processing image data of 3D images.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.Inventors: Suguru Ushiki, Kuniaki Takahashi, Takafumi Morifuji
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Patent number: 9094659Abstract: To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner. A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki, Masami Ogata
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Patent number: 8989482Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an attention region estimation unit that estimates an attention region which is estimated as a user paying attention thereto on a stereoscopic image, a parallax detection unit that detects a parallax of the stereoscopic image and generates a parallax map indicating a parallax of each region of the stereoscopic image, a setting unit that sets conversion characteristics for correcting a parallax of the stereoscopic image based on the attention region and the parallax map, and a parallax conversion unit that corrects the parallax map based on the conversion characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Kyoko Fukuda, Masami Ogata, Suguru Ushiki
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Patent number: 8948531Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to obtain information representing a user's viewing situation of 3D content stored in a certain storage unit, and, based on a preset saving reference in accordance with a viewing situation of 3D content, determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit; and a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the determined data reduction level.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Patent number: 8605994Abstract: Disparity in a stereoscopic image is converted, according to features of a configuration element of an image that influences depth perception of a stereoscopic image. A disparity detecting unit 110 detects disparity from a left image L and right image R of an input image, and generates a disparity map dM. A disparity correction unit 150 corrects the disparity in the disparity map dM and generates a corrected disparity map dM?. A correction feature setting unit 130 sets the correction features in the event of performing disparity correction in the disparity correction unit 150. The image synthesizing unit 160 synthesizes the left image L and right image R of the stereoscopic image based on the corrected disparity map dM? and outputs the stereoscopic image made up of a left image L? and right image R? as an output image. Thus, a stereoscopic image having disparity according to the set correction features is output.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masami Ogata, Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Publication number: 20130272601Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to obtain information representing a user's viewing situation of 3D content stored in a certain storage unit, and, based on a preset saving reference in accordance with a viewing situation of 3D content, determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit; and a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the determined data reduction level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Takafumi MORIFUJI, Suguru USHIKI
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Patent number: 8520963Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to obtain information representing a user's viewing situation of 3D content stored in a certain storage unit, and, based on a preset saving reference in accordance with a viewing situation of 3D content, determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit; and a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the determined data reduction level.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Patent number: 8427530Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit, a computing unit, a determining unit, and a 3D image processor. The input unit receives filter width information indicating the vertical size of each line constituting a polarizing filter, as well as position correction information indicating positional misalignment of the polarizing filter. The computing unit computes determination regions for each pixel on the basis of the information. The determination regions are used to determine whether individual pixels constituting a 3D image to be output are contained in a right-eye or a left-eye image region. On the basis of the determination regions, the determining unit determines whether each pixel is contained in a right-eye image region or a left-eye image region. The 3D image processor creates a 3D image from a right-eye image and a left-eye image according to pixel positions determined on the basis of determination results.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Suguru Ushiki, Yasunari Hatasawa
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Publication number: 20130038606Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a left eye image input unit configured to input a left eye image (L image) which is a left eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a right eye image input unit configured to input a right eye image (R image) which is a right eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a parallax information generating unit configured to generate parallax information from the left eye image (L image) and the right eye image (R image), and a virtual view point image generating unit configured to receive the left eye image (L image), the right eye image (R image), and the parallax information, and generate virtual view point images including a view point image other than view points of the received LR images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Suguru USHIKI, Masami Ogata
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Publication number: 20130038703Abstract: The present invention relates to data structures, image processing apparatuses, image processing methods, and programs for enabling appropriate processing of video data of 3D content. Obtained content data of 3D content contains video data of 3D images, and information about a reference image size, which is a predetermined image size serving as the reference for the 3D images, and the maximum and minimum parallaxes for the reference image size. An image size detecting unit (71) detects the image size of the video data of the 3D images. If the detected image size of the 3D video data is not the same as the “reference image size,” a maximum/minimum parallax calculating unit (72) calculates the maximum and minimum parallaxes corresponding to the image size of the 3D video data. A caption adjusting unit (73) performs predetermined image processing based on the calculated maximum and minimum parallaxes, such as processing to adjust the depth positions of captions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Suguru Ushiki, Masami Ogata, Takafumi Morifuji
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Publication number: 20120314933Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an attention region estimation unit that estimates an attention region which is estimated as a user paying attention thereto on a stereoscopic image, a parallax detection unit that detects a parallax of the stereoscopic image and generates a parallax map indicating a parallax of each region of the stereoscopic image, a setting unit that sets conversion characteristics for correcting a parallax of the stereoscopic image based on the attention region and the parallax map, and a parallax conversion unit that corrects the parallax map based on the conversion characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Takafumi MORIFUJI, Kyoko Fukuda, Masami Ogata, Suguru Ushiki
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Publication number: 20120308119Abstract: A parallax detection unit generates a parallax map indicating a parallax of each pixel of an image formed by right and left images and generates a reliability map indicating reliability of the parallax. A depth information estimation unit generates a depth information map indicating the depth of a subject on the image based on the right and left images. A depth parallax conversion unit converts the depth information map into a pseudo-parallax map using a conversion equation used to convert depth information to parallax information. A parallax synthesis unit synthesizes the parallax map and the pseudo-parallax map to generate a corrected parallax map based on the reliability map. The present technology is applicable to an image processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Masami OGATA, Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki
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Publication number: 20120242655Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for adjusting display of a three-dimensional image is provided. The method includes receiving a viewing condition associated with an image being viewed by a user, determining, by a processor, a conversion characteristic based on the viewing condition, adjusting, by the processor, a display condition of the image based on the conversion characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Masami Ogata, Takafumi Morifuji, Suguru Ushiki