Patents Assigned to EIZO Corporation
  • Patent number: 11321042
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display system comprising: first and second information processing devices; first and second display devices configured to switch between a first display mode, in which a first image output from the first information processing device is displayed across the first and second display devices, and a second display mode, in which a second image output from the second information processing device is displayed across the first and second display devices; a detector configured to detect whether a pointing position is positioned on a switch area arranged in at least one of the first and second display devices; and a display switcher configured to, when the detector detects the pointing position on the switch area in the first display mode, switch a display mode from the first display mode to the second display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugumi, Airi Kurokawa, Hideaki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Nakamura, Wei Song
  • Patent number: 11287860
    Abstract: Provided is an ambient temperature estimating device, ambient temperature estimating method, program, and system that are able to realize both high robustness and high ambient temperature estimation accuracy. An ambient temperature estimating device includes a neural network, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more temperature values inside the ambient temperature estimating device, and a neural network calculator configured to estimate an ambient temperature around the ambient temperature estimating device using the neural network. Input values inputted to the neural network by the neural network calculator include the temperature values acquired by the temperature acquisition unit and a heat source control value for controlling a heat source inside the ambient temperature estimating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Bamba, Mamoru Ogaki, Koichi Tanoiri, Keita Hashi, Takuya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11276367
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is an image processing device comprising a saturation value acquisition unit configured to acquire a saturation value of a target pixel or a saturation value of a target small area including a target pixel and peripheral pixels around the target pixel, and a correction unit configured to correct the target pixel so that a corrected gradation characteristic obtained by correcting the target pixel matches a gradation characteristic synthesized by mixing a color gradation characteristic and a monochrome gradation characteristic at a predetermined mixing ratio based on the saturation value, wherein assuming that the saturation value is c, and the mixing ratio of the color gradation characteristic is W, a value of W is represented by variable c as a relationship W=f(c) and satisfies a following condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Bamba
  • Patent number: 11256963
    Abstract: A surgical instrument detection system is provided that can determine the kinds of surgical instruments without special processing, such as application of an optically readable symbol, to the surgical instruments. A surgical instrument detection system 100 includes: an image input section 31 to input an image taken by a camera 1; an object extraction section 32 to clip an object image of a small steel article from the input image; a determination section 33 to input the object image to a learned classification model 331 and determine a kind of the small steel article based on features included in the object image; and an output image generation section 34 to generate an image representing the result of determination by the determination section and output such image to a monitor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Katayama, Nobuaki Sugii
  • Patent number: 11240407
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device, image display device, and program that allow an image captured by an imaging device not having a vibration suppression function or an image whose vibration has been suppressed incompletely to be displayed on a display device with the vibration suppressed. The image processing device includes a motion estimator configured to estimate the amount of motion of an object between a first image and a second image later than the first image and a motion compensator configured to perform a conversion process on the second image so that vibration of the object between the first image and the second image is suppressed, on the basis of the amount of motion of the object. The motion estimator has a first estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a predetermined search area and a second estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a larger area than the search area in the first estimation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Haifeng Chen, Reo Aoki, Masafumi Higashi
  • Patent number: 11238570
    Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of appropriately correcting contrast even for an image in which the amplitude of the reflection rate differs for each local area of the image. An image processing device, including a signal intensity extraction unit configured to extract signal intensity of an input image; a peripheral region reference value calculator configured to calculate a peripheral region reference value based on the signal intensity of a peripheral region located around a small region of interest; and an emphasis degree determination unit configured to determine an emphasis degree of the signal intensity so as to increase the signal intensity of the small region, wherein the signal intensity is defined as a reflection rate in the input image input to the image processing device, the small region is defined as a region which is a part of the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Goto, Takashi Nakamae, Reo Aoki
  • Publication number: 20220020135
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing method and a computer program that can suppress an increase in inspection time in the manufacturing process of the monitors. The present invention provides an information processing method comprising: an error calculation step of calculating an error between input image data input to an autoencoder and output image data output from the autoencoder; a similarity calculation step of calculating a similarity between compressed data and reference data based on the compressed data and the reference data, the compressed data being acquired by compressing the input image data in an encoder of the autoencoder; and a determination step of determining whether a display unevenness of the input image data is acceptable based on a relationship between the error and the similarity, the relationship corresponding to a relational expression or a table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki TSUTSUKAWA, Yusuke BAMBA, Nobunari TABATA
  • Patent number: 11218693
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit driving device capable of protruding and retracting a sensor unit for sensing a display surface without projecting a bezel in front of a display surface while reducing a width of a bezel. The present invention is to provide a sensor unit driving device comprising a display panel comprising a display surface for displaying an image, a sensor unit with a sensor, and an actuator driving the sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured to be on a lateral surface side or a rear surface side of the display panel when the sensor unit is in a retreat position and is configured so that the sensor faces the display surface when the sensor unit is in a detection position. The actuator is configured to drive the sensor unit for switching between the retreat position and the detection position by a movement of the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hogo, Kentaro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20210398471
    Abstract: The visibility of a display device under colored ambient light is improved. There is provided an image processing system for converting a color space represented by color components of image data. The image processing system includes a color space converter configured to correct the color components of the image data by converting the color space such that, with respect to particular color components in user-perceived color gamut widened by influence of chromatic adaptation caused by ambient light, the influence is maintained and such that, with respect to particular color components in user-perceived color gamut narrowed by the influence, the influence is canceled; and a display unit configured to display, as an output image, the image data using the corrected color components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Satomi KIDOGUCHI, Takashi NAKAMAE, Reo AOKI, Masataka SHOJI
  • Patent number: 11132776
    Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of outputting an image with appropriate sharpness for an input image that may include both a dynamic region and a static region. An image processing device includes a static and dynamic information calculator configured to calculate static and dynamic information of an input image; a blend ratio setting unit configured to determine a blend ratio by performing a predetermined operation on the static and dynamic information of the input image; and an image processing unit configured to generate an output image optimized for static and dynamic change by performing image processing on the input image on the basis of the blend ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashi, Haifeng Chen, Reo Aoki
  • Patent number: 11099801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display system configured to control a plurality of display devices by combining a plurality of information processing devices and the display devices, even if the display system includes a display device incapable of communicating a switch signal with all of the information processing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugumi, Airi Kurokawa, Hideaki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Nakamura, Wei Song
  • Patent number: 11094284
    Abstract: An image processing device and image processing method that reduce the probability that the power consumption of two processing systems will be maximized simultaneously. Such image processing device includes an image processing circuit, a conversion circuit receiving a first pixel data array outputted from the image processing circuit and converting the first pixel data array into a second pixel data array by converting an arrangement of pieces of pixel data included in the first pixel data array pixel by pixel, the first pixel data array being an aggregate of a plurality of pieces of pixel data, the pieces of pixel data being pieces of data corresponding to a plurality of pixels, each of the pieces of pixel data having a plurality of bits, an aggregate of the pixels forming a pixel array, and a processing unit processing the second pixel data array outputted from the conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuzaki, Masato Yamamoto, Takashi Nakamae, Tsubasa Ito
  • Publication number: 20210233490
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is an image processing device comprising a saturation value acquisition unit configured to acquire a saturation value of a target pixel or a saturation value of a target small area including a target pixel and peripheral pixels around the target pixel, and a correction unit configured to correct the target pixel so that a corrected gradation characteristic obtained by correcting the target pixel matches a gradation characteristic synthesized by mixing a color gradation characteristic and a monochrome gradation characteristic at a predetermined mixing ratio based on the saturation value, wherein assuming that the saturation value is c, and the mixing ratio of the color gradation characteristic is W, a value of W is represented by variable c as a relationship W=f(c) and satisfies a following condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke BAMBA
  • Publication number: 20210227097
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement method capable of measuring a physical property value of light output based on a pixel value at any coordinates in an original image. According to the present invention, provided is a measurement method including a display control step of displaying a patch image generated based on a pixel value at target coordinates in the original image, on a display screen at patch display coordinates different from the target coordinates; and a measurement control step of measuring the physical property value of the light from the patch image displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takao MAEKAWA, Kensuke NAGASHIMA, Atsuyoshi DEYAMA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210211629
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image display method, and a program capable of displaying the display target with a constant size and a constant aspect ratio even when the distance between the stereoscopic image display device and the user changes. [Solution to Problem] The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display device comprising: a display part; an acquisition part configured to acquire an observation viewing distance that is a viewing distance from the display part to a user; and an adjustment part configured to adjust a display state of a display image based on a reference viewing distance and the observation viewing distance, wherein the display part is configured to display a stereoscopic image based on the display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Satomi KIDOGUCHI, Yu KATO, Haifeng CHEN, Reo AOKI, Masataka SHOJI
  • Patent number: 11056079
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display system capable of preventing a change in gradation characteristics from reducing the visibility of an image. The present invention provides a display system that includes a display unit and a display control unit, wherein: the display control unit includes a gradation characteristic converter; the gradation characteristic converter converts first gradation characteristics to second gradation characteristics; the first gradation characteristics maintain a constant level of the difference in the JND correspondence value between each gradation value; the gradation characteristic converter performs the conversion to maintain a constant level of the difference in JND correspondence value between each gradation value which is controlled by the second gradation characteristics; and the display unit displays input image data as an image at a luminance corresponding to the second gradation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Sakai, Akihiro Masatani, Shoya Higashi
  • Publication number: 20210174499
    Abstract: A gauze detection system is provided that is capable of effectively detecting a gauze pad in the patient's body during surgery without applying special processing to the gauze pad. A gauze detection system 100, includes: an image input section 1 to input a taken image of an operative field; a determination section 2 to determine whether a determination target region contains a feature of a gauze image by image processing, the region having a predetermined size in an input image; and a determination result output section 3 to report detection of a gauze pad in the input image in a case of the determination target region being determined by the determination section 2 to contain the feature of the gauze image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210158513
    Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing device capable of appropriately determining a necessity of the ultrasonography even when a high-density mammary gland area exists in a narrow area. The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a mammary gland area extractor configured to extract a mammary gland area in a mammography image; a mammary gland pixel detector configured to detect a mammary gland pixel in the mammary gland area; and a mammary gland density calculator configured to calculate a mammary gland density based on a ratio of the mammary gland pixels to the mammary gland area, wherein the mammary gland area is a narrower area than an entire breast in the mammography image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Yu KATO, Masafumi HIGASHI, Reo AOKI, Mamoru OGAKI, Ikumi ARAI, Noriyuki HASHIMOTO, Naoaki HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10973100
    Abstract: Provided is an ambient temperature estimating device, ambient temperature estimating method, program, and system that are able to realize both high robustness and high ambient temperature estimation accuracy. An ambient temperature estimating device includes a neural network, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more temperature values inside the ambient temperature estimating device, and a neural network calculator configured to estimate an ambient temperature around the ambient temperature estimating device using the neural network. Input values inputted to the neural network by the neural network calculator include the temperature values acquired by the temperature acquisition unit and a heat source control value for controlling a heat source inside the ambient temperature estimating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi Kanayama, Kunio Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20210092815
    Abstract: Provided is an ambient temperature estimating device, ambient temperature estimating method, program, and system that are able to realize both high robustness and high ambient temperature estimation accuracy. An ambient temperature estimating device includes a neural network, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more temperature values inside the ambient temperature estimating device, and a neural network calculator configured to estimate an ambient temperature around the ambient temperature estimating device using the neural network. Input values inputted to the neural network by the neural network calculator include the temperature values acquired by the temperature acquisition unit and a heat source control value for controlling a heat source inside the ambient temperature estimating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi KANAYAMA, Kunio KAWAMURA