Patents Assigned to EIZO Corporation
  • Publication number: 20210049979
    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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SAKAI, Akihiro MASATANI, Shoya HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20210011679
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGUMI, Airi KUROKAWA, Hideaki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Wei SONG
  • Publication number: 20200409646
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGUMI, Airi KUROKAWA, Hideaki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Wei SONG
  • Publication number: 20200374431
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus with which images of a subject can be captured in diverse lighting environments that can be varied without moving the fixed positions of lighting fixtures. An image capturing apparatus 100 is provided with: a turntable 11 for placing a subject to be captured; cameras 6a and 6b for capturing images of the subject placed on a placement stand 1; a plurality of side walls 7a-7h provided to surround the turntable 11; and a plurality of lateral lighting units installed inside the plurality of side walls 7a-7h. In the image capturing apparatus 100, the lighting condition of the turntable 11 can be varied by individually changing the illumination states of the plurality of lateral lighting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki SUGII, Takuya KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200334796
    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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei GOTO, Takashi NAKAMAE, Reo AOKI
  • Patent number: 10795535
    Abstract: Provided are a display control method by which the user can cause, with enhanced ease of use, one display device to display multiple screens, and a computer program, a display control device, and an image display system. A working area generation unit generates multiple areas corresponding to multiple display areas displayed on a display screen and positions the generated areas in a working area. When only a display area A (parent screen) is displayed on the display screen (when the PinP function is disabled), a pointer position monitoring unit determines whether the pointer position has moved from an area a to an area b and outputs the determination to a simultaneous display command generation unit. If so determined, the simultaneous display command generation unit outputs a PinP function enable command to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kono, Yoichi Ohoto, Masaki Kita
  • Publication number: 20200301487
    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: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke BAMBA, Mamoru OGAKI, Koichi TANOIRI, Keita HASHI, Takuya MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200296343
    Abstract: To provide an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of performing image processing beneficial for producing an image having high visibility without giving a sense of incongruity to a user such as a doctor. An image processing device is provided, the image processing device being provided with a weighting determination unit and a brightness calculation unit, wherein: when a region made up of a plurality of pixels, which is at least one portion of an input image input to the image processing device, is defined as a noted region, and this input image, either originally or as a result of an operation after being input, is an image expressed in an RGB color space, that is, each pixel is made up of an R component configuring red, a G component configuring green, and a B component configuring blue, and these are collectively defined as RGB components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Satomi KIDOGUCHI, Takashi NAKAMAE, Reo AOKI
  • Patent number: 10755619
    Abstract: A display device, program, and display method that even if the luminance is changed with respect to the previously set relationship between the ambient illuminance and the luminance of a display, are able to suppress a change in the previous relationship. A display device includes a display, an illuminance acquisition unit configured to acquire an ambient-light illuminance that is an illuminance of ambient light, a relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a relationship between the ambient-light illuminance and a luminance of the display, a controller configured to control the relationship, and a setting unit configured to set a first set point and a second set point. The first set point is a point specified by a luminance set at an illuminance equal to or greater than a particular illuminance Is and the illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Saito, Kengo Miyamoto, Keita Asahi
  • Patent number: 10733964
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus and program that are able to improve representable gradations in a pseudo manner while reducing flicker including a random number generator configured to generate a random number sequence; a comparator configured to make a comparison between a threshold and a random number value, the threshold being associated with any number of lower bits, the any number of lower bits forming input image data with any number of upper bits, the random number value forming the random number sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Ogaki, Hiroki Matsuzaki, Reo Aoki, Takashi Nakamae, Masafumi Higashi, Keita Hashi, Takuya Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200193241
    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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya KATAYAMA, Nobuaki SUGII
  • Patent number: 10687429
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch capable of reducing the length in the height direction. According to the present invention, there is provided a switch comprising a switch portion having an operating surface and a circuit board having an electrode, wherein the electrode is configured to be capable of detecting an operation on the switch portion, a component mounting surface of the circuit board is arranged nonparallel to the operating surface and the thickness of the circuit board does not exceed the height of the switch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Miyanaga, Sachi Minami, Seiji Miyazawa, Takashi Murata, Yosuke Kochi
  • Publication number: 20200184615
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi HIGASHI, Haifeng CHEN, Reo AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200175942
    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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUZAKI, Masato YAMAMOTO, Takashi NAKAMAE, Tsubasa ITO
  • Patent number: 10664956
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an image processing apparatus and program that are able to suppress ringing caused in image data having increased image quality while considering the sharpness of the image data. [Solving Means] An image processing apparatus includes a ringing incidence estimation unit configured to estimate an incidence of ringing representing a probability that ringing will occur, on the basis of input image data, a sharpness estimation unit configured to estimate a sharpness emphasis level representing intensity of sharpness of an input image represented by the input image data, on the basis of the input image data, and an adjuster configured to perform an adjustment process to suppress a level of image conversion on each pixel in converted image data obtained by performing the image conversion on the input image data, on the basis of the incidence of ringing and/or the sharpness emphasis level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventor: Haifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10634278
    Abstract: A monitor stand with a support portion supporting a monitor; a base contacting a placing plane; and a support pillar connecting the support portion and the base. The support pillar includes a plurality of support pillar members provided to overlap one another and the plurality of support pillar members being configured to be slidable one another. The support portion is provided in a first support pillar member which is one of the plurality of the support pillar members. The support pillar includes an interlocking portion configured to extend and shorten the support pillar by sliding the plurality of the support pillar members one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Okuda, Hidekazu Hogo
  • Patent number: 10607566
    Abstract: A display light measurement method which can measure color representation of a various types of display devices regardless of the specification of the display device; a computer program, and a measurement system. A measurement device connected to an optical sensor can communicate with a target display device (information terminal) to be measured. The measurement device transmits content including a color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the displayed content using the optical sensor. To perform measurements on many color patches, the measurement device repeats the following: when a measurement on one color patch being displayed is complete, the measurement device transmits content including another color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the content being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Nagashima, Takafumi Kawakami, Atsuyoshi Deyama, Junro Yonemitsu
  • Patent number: 10594902
    Abstract: Provided is an image conversion method that allows for the representation, on a display, the light and shade of a printed image obtained by printing the image on paper. The image conversion method includes a step of acquiring an illumination-light component and a reflectance component from an input image, a step of correcting the illumination-light component in accordance with display luminance information of a print mode in which the input image is to be printed, so that light and shade of the input image displayed on a display come close to light and shade of a printed image obtained by printing the input image in the print mode, and a step of acquiring a combined image by combining the corrected illumination-light component and the reflectance component or the corrected reflectance component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Yuya Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200059574
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Haifeng CHEN, Reo AOKI, Masafumi HIGASHI
  • Patent number: 10565756
    Abstract: Provided is an image combination method that can represent the texture of a drawing medium such as paper without causing a foreground fading problem. The image combination method includes a step of acquiring an illumination-light component and a reflectance component from an input image, a step of generating a texture-combined image by combining the reflectance component or the corrected reflectance component and a texture image representing a desired texture, and a step of acquiring a combined image by combining the illumination-light component or the corrected illumination-light component and the texture-combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Yuya Yoshida