Patents by Inventor Takenori Ohno

Takenori Ohno 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: 10547791
    Abstract: A control apparatus of the present embodiment controls the view angles of a plurality of cameras directed from a center position toward different directions. The control apparatus includes: a changing unit configured to change a view angle corresponding to at least one camera out of the plurality of cameras to a first view angle; a deriving unit configured to derive a second view angle corresponding to another camera different from the at least one camera out of the plurality of cameras by using the first view angle; and an imaging controlling unit configured to cause the plurality of cameras to perform imaging by using the first view angle and the second view angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9628727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image with a desired perceived noise, without requiring time and effort of a user. The present invention is an image capturing apparatus including a target noise amount specifying unit configured to acquire a target noise amount as a noise amount that is targeted, and an image capturing parameter determination unit configured to determine image capturing conditions based on the target noise amount. The image capturing conditions are specified by one or more image capturing parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Manabe, Takenori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20170064210
    Abstract: A control apparatus of the present embodiment controls the view angles of a plurality of cameras directed from a center position toward different directions. The control apparatus includes: a changing unit configured to change a view angle corresponding to at least one camera out of the plurality of cameras to a first view angle; a deriving unit configured to derive a second view angle corresponding to another camera different from the at least one camera out of the plurality of cameras by using the first view angle; and an imaging controlling unit configured to cause the plurality of cameras to perform imaging by using the first view angle and the second view angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 9531922
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires an evaluation value concerning noise for each region of an image frame corresponding to the image data, and controls image processing of each region of the image frame corresponding to image data in accordance with the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori Ohno, Satoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150116549
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires an evaluation value concerning noise for each region of an image frame corresponding to the image data, and controls image processing of each region of the image frame corresponding to image data in accordance with the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Takenori Ohno, Satoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150097990
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image with a desired perceived noise without requiring time and effort of a user. The present invention is an image capturing apparatus including a target noise amount specifying unit configured to acquire a target noise amount as a noise amount that is targeted and an image capturing parameter determination unit configured to determine image capturing conditions based on the target noise amount, wherein the image capturing conditions are specified by one or more image capturing parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Manabe, Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 8934054
    Abstract: A frame rate conversion processing system can generate a second row of frames that is different from a first row of frames in the number of frames. The frame rate conversion processing system includes a luminance change detection unit configured to calculate a luminance change value of the first row of frames based on luminance changes in the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the first row of frames and configured to compare the calculated luminance change value with a predetermined value. The frame rate conversion processing system further includes a correction unit configured to correct the luminance of the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the second row of frames according to a comparison result obtained by the luminance change detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 8854280
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a time interval which is set in a display apparatus and at which the display screen is updated, determines a profile used for a color correction process based on the acquired time interval, and performs the color correction process using the determined profile to an input video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 8711269
    Abstract: A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20140036130
    Abstract: A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Patent number: 8581998
    Abstract: A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20120154651
    Abstract: A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20110216240
    Abstract: A frame rate conversion processing system can generate a second row of frames that is different from a first row of frames in the number of frames. The frame rate conversion processing system includes a luminance change detection unit configured to calculate a luminance change value of the first row of frames based on luminance changes in the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the first row of frames and configured to compare the calculated luminance change value with a predetermined value. The frame rate conversion processing system further includes a correction unit configured to correct the luminance of the entire area or a partial area of the frames that constitutes the second row of frames according to a comparison result obtained by the luminance change detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno
  • Publication number: 20100007799
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a time interval which is set in a display apparatus and at which the display screen is updated, determines a profile used for a color correction process based on the acquired time interval, and performs the color correction process using the determined profile to an input video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventor: Takenori Ohno