Patents by Inventor Takeshi Harano
Takeshi Harano 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: 9131148Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an image acquisition part acquiring an image; a depth acquisition part acquiring a depth in association with a pixel included in the image; a target object detection part detecting a region of a predetermined target object in the image; a target object detection distance selection part selecting the depth corresponding to the pixel included in the detected region as a target object detection distance; a local maximum distance selection part selecting the depth having a local maximum frequency in a frequency distribution of the depths as a local maximum distance; and a determination part determining whether the image is a target object image obtained by shooting the target object depending on whether a degree of closeness between a value of the target object detection distance and a value of the local maximum distance is higher than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naho Suzuki, Takeshi Harano
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Patent number: 8860876Abstract: An apparatus includes a display control section configured to control display of image data for an image, the image data including flash reach information identifying at least one portion of the image corresponding to at least one region reached by light from a flash. Also described are a method and computer-readable storage medium for controlling display of image data for the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Masuda, Takeshi Harano, Naho Suzuki, Masayuki Yoshii
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Patent number: 8760560Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging optical system having an aperture; an imaging device that outputs an image signal; an electronic shading processing portion that adds an electronic shading to a photographic image corresponding to the image signal; and a control portion which determines whether or not an optical shading can be added to the photographic image based on the imaging condition, the control portion controlling the aperture and adding the optical shading when the optical shading can be added, and the control portion controlling the electronic shading processing portion and adding the electronic shading when it is difficult to add the optical shading.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiro Hara, Shinichi Fujii, Toru Shiono, Takeshi Harano
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Patent number: 8538174Abstract: A simple compression and decompression method provides excellent effects by reducing the storage capacity of an image memory, while adapting to the properties of image. On the basis of luminance information extracted by a luminance extraction block 110, a compression conversion rule setting block 120 sets a compression conversion rule to a compression conversion table 130. In accordance with this compression conversion rule, an image compression block 140 compresses original image data and holds the compressed image data in an image memory 150 along with a type of the compression conversion rule. This type of the compression conversion rule held in the image memory 150 is extracted by a decompression conversion rule setting block 160. In accordance with this type, a decompression conversion rule is set to a decompression conversion table 170.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mikiko Hama, Takeshi Harano
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Publication number: 20130070116Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an image acquisition part acquiring an image; a depth acquisition part acquiring a depth in association with a pixel included in the image; a target object detection part detecting a region of a predetermined target object in the image; a target object detection distance selection part selecting the depth corresponding to the pixel included in the detected region as a target object detection distance; a local maximum distance selection part selecting the depth having a local maximum frequency in a frequency distribution of the depths as a local maximum distance; and a determination part determining whether the image is a target object image obtained by shooting the target object depending on whether a degree of closeness between a value of the target object detection distance and a value of the local maximum distance is higher than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naho SUZUKI, Takeshi HARANO
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Publication number: 20120194732Abstract: An apparatus includes a display control section configured to control display of image data for an image, the image data including flash reach information identifying at least one portion of the image corresponding to at least one region reached by light from a flash. Also described are a method and computer-readable storage medium for controlling display of image data for the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Masuda, Takeshi Harano, Naho Suzuki, Masayuki Yoshii
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Publication number: 20120147212Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging optical system having an aperture; an imaging device that outputs an image signal; an electronic shading processing portion that adds an electronic shading to a photographic image corresponding to the image signal; and a control portion which determines whether or not an optical shading can be added to the photographic image based on the imaging condition, the control portion controlling the aperture and adding the optical shading when the optical shading can be added, and the control portion controlling the electronic shading processing portion and adding the electronic shading when it is difficult to add the optical shading.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiro HARA, Shinichi FUJII, Toru SHIONO, Takeshi HARANO
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Patent number: 7881543Abstract: A high-frequency integrating circuit 32 detects characteristics of horizontal high-frequency components and vertical high-frequency components of the image formed by a processing-target image signal. Based on the detection result, a CPU 61 obtains the number of bits of the after-compression-coding data of the image signal, and calculates the compression rate dependent upon the number of bits. The CPU 61 controls an image codec 36 so that the processing-target image signal is compression-coded through only one time of compression coding processing by use of the calculated compression rate. This configuration allows the image compression processing (compression coding) to be rapidly executed with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miyuki Okada, Isao Kawanishi, Mikiko Hama, Takeshi Harano
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Publication number: 20070196023Abstract: A simple compression and decompression method provides excellent effects by reducing the storage capacity of an image memory, while adapting to the properties of image. On the basis of luminance information extracted by a luminance extraction block 110, a compression conversion rule setting block 120 sets a compression conversion rule to a compression conversion table 130. In accordance with this compression conversion rule, an image compression block 140 compresses original image data and holds the compressed image data in an image memory 150 along with a type of the compression conversion rule. This type of the compression conversion rule held in the image memory 150 is extracted by a decompression conversion rule setting block 160. In accordance with this type, a decompression conversion rule is set to a decompression conversion table 170.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Mikiko Hama, Takeshi Harano
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Publication number: 20070110328Abstract: A high-frequency integrating circuit 32 detects characteristics of horizontal high-frequency components and vertical high-frequency components of the image formed by a processing-target image signal. Based on the detection result, a CPU 61 obtains the number of bits of the after-compression-coding data of the image signal, and calculates the compression rate dependent upon the number of bits. The CPU 61 controls an image codec 36 so that the processing-target image signal is compression-coded through only one time of compression coding processing by use of the calculated compression rate. This configuration allows the image compression processing (compression coding) to be rapidly executed with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2005Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Miyuki Okada, Isao Kawanishi, Mikiko Hama, Takeshi Harano
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Patent number: 5009922Abstract: In a method of forming a transparent conductive film, an arc discharge type plasma produced by arc discharging is generated in an atmosphere wherein the pressure of an atmospheric gas is 3.0 .times. 10.sup.-4 Torr or higher; the plasma is converged onto a vapor deposition material for forming a transparent conductive film to thereby evaporate the vapor deposition material, whereby said transparent conductive film is formed on a substrate located above said vapor deposition material.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1990Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Ashahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Harano, Satoru Takaki, Yuzo Shigesato, Koichi Suzuki, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroyasu Kojima, Takuji Oyama