Patents by Inventor Akira ARAFUNE

Akira ARAFUNE 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).

  • Patent number: 8942822
    Abstract: A visual apparatus includes at least one set of probes and a signal generation unit. The at least one set of probes includes a plurality of probes. The signal generation unit is configured to generate a stimulation pattern signal corresponding to information on color, and to input, to at least a part of an area ranging from a retina to a visual nerve, a plurality of pattern signals as the generated stimulation pattern signal via the plurality of probes in the at least one set of probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Arafune
  • Patent number: 8837814
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a noise removal unit that corrects a geometric mismatch of optical noise of a left eye image and a right eye image by performing a noise removal process for removing the separately generated optical noise on the left eye image and the right eye image which are captured and obtained by a two-lens type stereoscopic image capturing camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Arafune
  • Publication number: 20140121738
    Abstract: A visual apparatus includes at least one set of probes and a signal generation unit. The at least one set of probes includes a plurality of probes. The signal generation unit is configured to generate a stimulation pattern signal corresponding to information on color, and to input, to at least a part of an area ranging from a retina to a visual nerve, a plurality of pattern signals as the generated stimulation pattern signal via the plurality of probes in the at least one set of probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Arafune
  • Patent number: 8660341
    Abstract: A color converting apparatus includes: an input section acquiring image data of moving image content from each frame; an object detecting section detecting an object from the image in each frame; a confusing region extracting section extracting a confusing region having a confusing hue from the detected object; and a color converting section performing color conversion at least on a region including the confusing region in a particular frame or another frame including the object from which the confusing region has been extracted, when the confusing region is extracted from the particular frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Arafune
  • Publication number: 20130321714
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a first detector configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus; a video display unit configured to display video; a second detector configured to detect whether an audio signal of the video is corresponding to multichannel reproduction; and a sound controller configured to cause a first speaker that is located on a top-left of the displayed video to output a surround L sound, cause a second speaker located on a bottom-left of the displayed video to output an ordinary L sound, cause a third speaker located on a top-right of the displayed video to output a surround R sound, and cause a fourth speaker located on a bottom-right of the displayed video to output an ordinary R sound, in a case that the audio signal is corresponding to the multi-channel reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kaori KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiko KITAMURA, Akira ARAFUNE, Mitsutaka KUWABARA, Tooru NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20120243776
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a noise removal unit that corrects a geometric mismatch of optical noise of a left eye image and a right eye image by performing a noise removal process for removing the separately generated optical noise on the left eye image and the right eye image which are captured and obtained by a two-lens type stereoscopic image capturing camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Akira ARAFUNE
  • Publication number: 20120051632
    Abstract: A color converting apparatus includes: an input section acquiring image data of moving image content from each frame; an object detecting section detecting an object from the image in each frame; a confusing region extracting section extracting a confusing region having a confusing hue from the detected object; and a color converting section performing color conversion at least on a region including the confusing region in a particular frame or another frame including the object from which the confusing region has been extracted, when the confusing region is extracted from the particular frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Akira ARAFUNE