Patents by Inventor Takuma Tanae

Takuma Tanae 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).

  • Publication number: 20230204940
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter unit, a filter selection method, and an imaging device that allow continuously changing a transmittance of an ND filter and switching between filters to be performed more easily. A disk provided with a plurality of filters including an ND filter having a continuously variable transmittance is rotated to cause a filter corresponding to a rotational orientation of the disk among the plurality of filters provided on the disk to be arranged on an optical axis of incident light toward an image sensor. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a filter unit, an imaging device, electronic equipment, a filter selection method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: TAKUMA TANAE, HIDEKI NAKAMARU
  • Patent number: 11592661
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter unit, a filter selection method, and an imaging device that allow continuously changing a transmittance of an ND filter and switching between filters to be performed more easily. A disk provided with a plurality of filters including an ND filter having a continuously variable transmittance is rotated to cause a filter corresponding to a rotational orientation of the disk among the plurality of filters provided on the disk to be arranged on an optical axis of incident light toward an image sensor. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a filter unit, an imaging device, electronic equipment, a filter selection method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Tanae, Hideki Nakamaru
  • Publication number: 20210041685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter unit, a filter selection method, and an imaging device that allow continuously changing a transmittance of an ND filter and switching between filters to be performed more easily. A disk provided with a plurality of filters including an ND filter having a continuously variable transmittance is rotated to cause a filter corresponding to a rotational orientation of the disk among the plurality of filters provided on the disk to be arranged on an optical axis of incident light toward an image sensor. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a filter unit, an imaging device, electronic equipment, a filter selection method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: TAKUMA TANAE, HIDEKI NAKAMARU
  • Patent number: 10904494
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a light separator configured to separate light into a plurality of light bands. The imaging device further includes a plurality of imaging elements. Each of the plurality of imaging elements is configured to receive one of the plurality of light bands and to generate a corresponding signal. Each of the plurality of imaging elements has a pixel size for generating a 4K resolution image signal including at least 3840 horizontal pixels and at least 2160 vertical pixels on a display. A registration error among the plurality of imaging elements is equal to or less than a threshold of 20% of a pixel size in the plurality of image elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rui Kouno, Tadamasa Kurashige, Takuma Tanae
  • Publication number: 20200084425
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a light separator that separates light into light bands, and imaging elements that each receives one of the light bands and generates a corresponding signal. Each of the imaging elements has a pixel size of at most 2.5 ?m by 2.5 ?m. A registration error among the imaging elements is equal to or less than a threshold determined according to the pixel size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rui KOUNO, Tadamasa KURASHIGE, Takuma TANAE
  • Patent number: 10455201
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a light separator that separates light into light bands, and imaging elements that each receives one of the light bands and generates a corresponding signal. Each of the imaging elements has a pixel size of at most 2.5 ?m by 2.5 ?m. A registration error among the imaging elements is equal to or less than a threshold determined according to the pixel size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rui Kouno, Tadamasa Kurashige, Takuma Tanae
  • Patent number: 9986216
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes an aberration information acquisition unit which acquires aberration information from an imaging lens; a spectroscopic characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires spectroscopic characteristic information of an imaging device which performs a photoelectric conversion of an optical image that is formed in the imaging lens; and an aberration information correction unit which performs a correction according to the spectroscopic characteristic information with respect to the acquired aberration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Tanae, Rui Kouno
  • Publication number: 20180013989
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a light separator that separates light into light bands, and imaging elements that each receives one of the light bands and generates a corresponding signal. Each of the imaging elements has a pixel size of at most 2.5 ?m by 2.5 ?m. A registration error among the imaging elements is equal to or less than a threshold determined according to the pixel size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rui KOUNO, Tadamasa KURASHIGE, Takuma TANAE
  • Publication number: 20160295188
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes an aberration information acquisition unit which acquires aberration information from an imaging lens; a spectroscopic characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires spectroscopic characteristic information of an imaging device which performs a photoelectric conversion of an optical image that is formed in the imaging lens; and an aberration information correction unit which performs a correction according to the spectroscopic characteristic information with respect to the acquired aberration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Takuma Tanae, Rui Kouno
  • Patent number: 9406109
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes an aberration information acquisition unit which acquires aberration information from an imaging lens; a spectroscopic characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires spectroscopic characteristic information of an imaging device which performs a photoelectric conversion of an optical image that is formed in the imaging lens; and an aberration information correction unit which performs a correction according to the spectroscopic characteristic information with respect to the acquired aberration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Tanae, Rui Kouno
  • Publication number: 20150085164
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes an aberration information acquisition unit which acquires aberration information from an imaging lens; a spectroscopic characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires spectroscopic characteristic information of an imaging device which performs a photoelectric conversion of an optical image that is formed in the imaging lens; and an aberration information correction unit which performs a correction according to the spectroscopic characteristic information with respect to the acquired aberration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takuma Tanae, Rui Kouno