Patents by Inventor Changxin ZHOU

Changxin ZHOU 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: 20230199327
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a noise adder that obtains a captured image from an image capturing device including a mask having at least one aperture, an MPH information obtainer that obtains aperture pattern information corresponding to the pattern of the at least one aperture, the noise adder that adds, to the captured image, noise determined according to the aperture pattern information, and a transmitter that outputs the noise added captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Sotaro TSUKIZAWA, Changxin ZHOU, Takrit TANASNITIKUL, Pongsak LASANG
  • Patent number: 11416707
    Abstract: An information processing method is executed by a computer, and includes: obtaining a first image generated by a multi-pinhole camera; extracting at least one point spread function (PSF) in each of a plurality of regions in the first image; obtaining a second image different from the first image, and reference data used in machine learning for the second image; generating a third image, by convolving each of a plurality of regions in the second image with at least one PSF extracted in a corresponding region of the plurality of regions in the first image; and outputting a pair of the reference data and the third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Satoshi Sato, Yasunori Ishii, Ryota Fujimura, Pongsak Lasang, Changxin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210174143
    Abstract: An information processing method is executed by a computer, and includes: obtaining a first image generated by a multi-pinhole camera; extracting at least one point spread function (PSF) in each of a plurality of regions in the first image; obtaining a second image different from the first image, and reference data used in machine learning for the second image; generating a third image, by convolving each of a plurality of regions in the second image with at least one PSF extracted in a corresponding region of the plurality of regions in the first image; and outputting a pair of the reference data and the third image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Ryota FUJIMURA, Pongsak LASANG, Changxin ZHOU