Patents by Inventor Yuya Nishio

Yuya Nishio 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: 20240169705
    Abstract: Image data to be used for creating training data is appropriately selected from a plurality of pieces of image data in each of which an image in which a plurality of subjects are captured is recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Shoki KASAHARA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240169706
    Abstract: Image data to be used for creating training data is appropriately selected from a plurality of pieces of image data using information included in accessory information recorded in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Shoki KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 11991449
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that obtains a video with a resolution of satisfactory quality and a small angle of view from a video with a large angle of view through real-time image processing. An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image of a standard video with a first angle of view, and a control unit that includes a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes first recording processing of recording video data of the standard video using the imaging element in the first mode. The control unit executes setting processing of setting a recording region with a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view in the standard video and second recording processing of recording a video data of a recorded video of the recording region in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20240161466
    Abstract: In a data creation apparatus, a data creation method, a program, and a recording medium of the present invention, a first condition for selecting first selection image data based on the accessory information from the plurality of pieces of image data is set, the first selection image data in which the accessory information conforming to the first condition is recorded is selected from the plurality of pieces of image data, a second condition for selecting second selection image data based on the accessory information from non-selection image data that does not conform to the first condition among the plurality of pieces of image data is suggested, and the training data is created based on the first selection image data in a case where a user has not employed the second condition, and the training data is created based on the first selection image data and on the second selection image data in a case where the user has employed the second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Shoki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230319436
    Abstract: The pixel region includes a first phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the first side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer in a first side region of the first side, and a second phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the second side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer. The first phase difference pixel group includes a first A pixel and a first B pixel in which a light blocking area of the photoelectric conversion element using the light blocking layer is smaller than that of the first A pixel. The controller performs addition readout processing in which at least one of a pixel signal of the first A pixel or a pixel signal of the first B pixel is weighted in accordance with optical characteristics of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20230283904
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus facilitating recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided, which includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11750940
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging sensor; a lens mount to which a lens is attached; and a processor is configured to read out an imaging signal from the imaging sensor and generate a raw image. The processor is configured to determine a length of a second focal length in a second direction which intersects with an extending direction of an optical axis of the lens and a first direction which intersects with the extending direction, relative to a first focal length in the first direction, and make a resolution ratio, which is a ratio of a resolution of the raw image in the first direction to a resolution of the raw image in the second direction, higher than a resolution ratio of the imaging sensor in a case where the second focal length is longer than the first focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Koichi Tanaka, Junya Kitagawa, Yuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230276017
    Abstract: A video creation method of creating a video is provided. The method includes setting, in an imaging region of a reference video having a first angle of view, one or more regions having a second angle of view different from the first angle of view, determining a selection region that is the region in which a subject of a recording target is included, switching the selection region, displaying an insertion video in a period between a display period of a pre-switching video which is a video of the selection region before the switching and a display period of a post-switching video which is a video of the selection region after the switching, and executing, during a display period of the insertion video, a process to change a displayed video from one of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video to the other of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20230269497
    Abstract: The imaging element has a first and a second phase difference pixel region each including the plurality of phase difference pixels, and an imaging pixel region between the first and the second phase difference pixel region in the first direction. The processor is configured to cause the imaging element to perform imaging at a frame cycle, execute first readout processing of reading out a signal from the first phase difference pixel region during a first frame period, and execute second readout processing of reading out a signal from the second phase difference pixel region during a second frame period subsequent to the first frame period. A first exposure time, during which the first phase difference pixel region is exposed, and a second exposure time, during which the second phase difference pixel region is exposed, are different from an exposure time of the imaging pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Koichi Tanaka, Yuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 11736829
    Abstract: The pixel region includes a first phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the first side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer in a first side region of the first side, and a second phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the second side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer. The first phase difference pixel group includes a first A pixel and a first B pixel in which a light blocking area of the photoelectric conversion element using the light blocking layer is smaller than that of the first A pixel. The controller performs addition readout processing in which at least one of a pixel signal of the first A pixel or a pixel signal of the first B pixel is weighted in accordance with optical characteristics of the imaging lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Tomoyuki Kawai, Junya Kitagawa, Yuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230254580
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view, wherein the display method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230232112
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus includes: a processor; and an imaging element that has column signal lines, which are for reading out signals and extend in a first direction, and that has a first pixel group and a second pixel group arranged in the first direction, the first pixel group including phase difference pixels and imaging pixels arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction and the second pixel group including imaging pixels arranged in the second direction. The processor is configured to set one of a first exposure time, during which the first pixel group is exposed, and a second exposure time, during which the second pixel group is exposed, shorter than the other, and determine which of the first exposure time and the second exposure time is made shorter than the other on the basis of information of a subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11696033
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided. An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230209194
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging sensor; and at least one processor. The processor is configured to execute: imaging processing of acquiring a plurality of first frames, which are imaged at a first frame rate in a first exposure mode, through the imaging sensor; correction processing of performing electronic shake correction on the plurality of first frames on the basis of an amount of shake delivered to the imaging apparatus; and generation processing of generating motion picture data, which has a second frame having a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate, by synthesizing the plurality of first frames. In the first exposure mode, the processor sets m as a positive integer, and makes an exposure time for an mth first frame constituting the second frame shorter than an exposure time for an (m+1)th first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Koichi Tanaka, Yuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 11689687
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method in which, in a configuration in which a part of a captured video is extracted and displayed, the adjustment of an exposure amount and the video display in a case in which an extracted region is changed are appropriately executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230199336
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging sensor; a lens mount to which a lens is attached; and a processor is configured to read out an imaging signal from the imaging sensor and generate a raw image. The processor is configured to determine a length of a second focal length in a second direction which intersects with an extending direction of an optical axis of the lens and a first direction which intersects with the extending direction, relative to a first focal length in the first direction, and make a resolution ratio, which is a ratio of a resolution of the raw image in the first direction to a resolution of the raw image in the second direction, higher than a resolution ratio of the imaging sensor in a case where the second focal length is longer than the first focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Koichi TANAKA, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20230171494
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor, a detection sensor that detects rotational shake in the roll direction, a mechanical vibration-proof mechanism that corrects rotational shake, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute: mechanical vibration-proof processing using the mechanical vibration-proof mechanism; electronic vibration-proof processing of correcting the rotational shake; driving processing of driving the imaging sensor in one mode selected from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which a motion picture is captured at a first frame rate and a second mode in which a motion picture is captured at a second frame rate; and correction distribution processing of distributing correction of a part of the rotational shake to the mechanical vibration-proof processing and correction of a part of the rotational shake to the electronic vibration-proof processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11665429
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view. A display method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20230061593
    Abstract: A video creation method includes a first recording step of reading out the pixel signals from the plurality of pixels, creating a video of a first angle of view at a first thinning-out rate, and recording first video data, and a second recording step of, in a case where a target subject exists in the first angle of view, creating a video of a second angle of view including the target subject and having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view at a second thinning-out rate lower than the first thinning-out rate, and recording second video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tomoyuki Kawai, Koichi Tanaka, Junya Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20230020060
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging support apparatus including a processor, and a memory in which the memory stores a first trained model, the first trained model is a trained model used for control related to imaging performed by an imaging apparatus, and the processor is configured to generate a second trained model used for the control by performing learning processing in which a first image, which is acquired by being captured by the imaging apparatus, and a set value, which is applied to the imaging apparatus in a case where the first image is acquired, are used as teacher data, and perform specific processing based on a first set value, which is output from the first trained model in a case where a second image is input to the first trained model, and a second set value, which is output from the second trained model in a case where the second image is input to the second trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Kosuke IRIE