Patents by Inventor Aya NAKASHIMA

Aya NAKASHIMA 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: 20230153383
    Abstract: A computer implemented method trains an image recognition model. A set of processor units creates a saliency map of an original image. The set of processor units superimposes the saliency map on the original image to form an augmented image, wherein the augmented image is used to train the image recognition model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromi Kobayashi, Masaharu Sakamoto, Aya Nakashima, Kazuya Hirayu, Sho Ikawa
  • Publication number: 20230129276
    Abstract: Automatically generating and implementing access policies is provided. An output of a needed user access context to access a resource is obtained from a trained machine learning model based on an extracted attribute of the resource input into the trained machine learning model. The access to the resource by a user is controlled using the output of the needed user access context to access the resource as an access policy for the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: YUKI SATAKE, MINGQIN XU, AYA NAKASHIMA, TATSUKI SAWADA, JUNICHI HANZAWA
  • Patent number: 11288787
    Abstract: A correlation value calculation device for selecting a pixel of interest within an image and a plurality of reference pixels within the image or a different image and calculating correlation values between a base block including the pixel of interest at a prescribed position and a plurality of reference blocks including each reference pixel at the prescribed position and having the same block size as the base block includes a block size determination unit, first intermediate correlation value calculation units configured to calculate correlation values in a plurality of types of block sizes, second intermediate correlation value calculation units configured to calculate correlation values in some block sizes among the plurality of types of block sizes, and a correlation value interpolation unit configured to obtain correlation values according to an interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Osamu Koshiba
  • Patent number: 10977803
    Abstract: A correlation value calculation device for calculating a correlation value between a base block within an image and at least one reference block within the image or other image includes a pixel value distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a pixel value distribution of pixels within the image and select a range of pixel values of a large number of pixels as a valid pixel value range, a conversion coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate conversion coefficients for converting pixels of the valid pixel value range into a prescribed bit-depth, and a pixel value conversion unit configured to perform a bit-depth reduction process on pixels within the base block and pixels within the reference block on the basis of the conversion coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Osamu Koshiba
  • Publication number: 20200034975
    Abstract: A correlation value calculation device for calculating a correlation value between a base block within an image and at least one reference block within the image or other image includes a pixel value distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a pixel value distribution of pixels within the image and select a range of pixel values of a large number of pixels as a valid pixel value range, a conversion coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate conversion coefficients for converting pixels of the valid pixel value range into a prescribed bit-depth, and a pixel value conversion unit configured to perform a bit-depth reduction process on pixels within the base block and pixels within the reference block on the basis of the conversion coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Osamu Koshiba
  • Publication number: 20200034960
    Abstract: A correlation value calculation device for selecting a pixel of interest within an image and a plurality of reference pixels within the image or a different image and calculating correlation values between a base block including the pixel of interest at a prescribed position and a plurality of reference blocks including each reference pixel at the prescribed position and having the same block size as the base block includes a block size determination unit, first intermediate correlation value calculation units configured to calculate correlation values in a plurality of types of block sizes, second intermediate correlation value calculation units configured to calculate correlation values in some block sizes among the plurality of types of block sizes, and a correlation value interpolation unit configured to obtain correlation values according to an interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Osamu Koshiba
  • Patent number: 9798950
    Abstract: A feature amount generation device includes a feature point detecting unit which detects a feature point from an input image, a pixel information generating unit which generates pixel information from pixel values of the surroundings of the feature point in the input image, a feature point pixel information distribution generating unit which generates a first distribution of pixel information of a first region including the feature point, a sub-feature point detecting unit which detects sub-feature points that are feature points in the surroundings of the feature point, a sub-feature point pixel information distribution generating unit which generates second distributions of pixel information of second regions including the sub-feature points, and a feature amount generating unit which generates a feature amount at the feature point based on the first distribution and the second distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Atsushi Kohashi, Yasuko Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20170011277
    Abstract: A feature amount generation device includes a feature point detecting unit which detects a feature point from an input image, a pixel information generating unit which generates pixel information from pixel values of the surroundings of the feature point in the input image, a feature point pixel information distribution generating unit which generates a first distribution of pixel information of a first region including the feature point, a sub-feature point detecting unit which detects sub-feature points that are feature points in the surroundings of the feature point, a sub-feature point pixel information distribution generating unit which generates second distributions of pixel information of second regions including the sub-feature points, and a feature amount generating unit which generates a feature amount at the feature point based on the first distribution mid the second distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Nakashima, Atsushi Kohashi, Yasuko Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20110066815
    Abstract: A memory access control device includes an input data control unit, a processing unit, and an output data control unit. The input data control unit inputs image data from a memory. The processing unit subjects the input image data to a preset process. The output data control unit outputs the processed image data to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru MATSUZAWA, Aya NAKASHIMA