Patents by Inventor Chiaki Kaneko
Chiaki Kaneko 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).
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Publication number: 20230401787Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to acquire region information representing a spatial region in a three-dimensional space, acquire attribute information regarding an object, and generate a plurality of pieces of object data representing a shape and an arrangement of the object based on the acquired region information and the acquired attribute information, wherein, in the plurality of pieces of object data, a union of ratios of a shape model corresponding to the object is a predetermined ratio or more in a region corresponding to the spatial region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventor: CHIAKI KANEKO
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Patent number: 11836900Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11756165Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11509797Abstract: An apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate shape information of an object in a captured image, a component acquisition unit configured to acquire an auxiliary light component representing intensity of an auxiliary light at each pixel of the captured image based on a light amount characteristic representing a light amount of the auxiliary light received by the object when the auxiliary light is emitted and the shape information of the object, a first correction unit configured to generate a first corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to environmental light, a second correction unit configured to generate a second corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to the auxiliary light, and a combining unit configured to combine the first corrected image and the second corrected image at a combination ratio calculated based on the auxiliary light component.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20220343469Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20220335575Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11423515Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11151779Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a captured image and an object representing a state of a virtual light source, a change unit configured to change the object and change the state of the virtual light source based on an elapsed time, and an adding unit configured to add a lighting effect to the captured image, the lighting effect being provided by the virtual light source the state of which has been changed by the change unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20210133934Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure can add a gloss to image data according to the hair flow of a subject. An image data obtaining unit obtains input image data, and a characteristic amount calculating unit calculates characteristic amounts for the input image data. The characteristic amount calculating unit obtains a degree to which directions of hair flow are concentrated to a predetermined direction (a degree of alignment) in a predetermined range based on the directions of hair flow, and sets this as a characteristic amount indicative of the degree of alignment of the directions of hair flow. A determining unit estimates the state of the hair flow of the entire input image data based on the characteristic amounts thus calculated, and determines whether to correct the input image data. A correcting unit performs a gloss adding correction to the input image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Chiaki Kaneko, Daiki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20200374420Abstract: An apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate shape information of an object in a captured image, a component acquisition unit configured to acquire an auxiliary light component representing intensity of an auxiliary light at each pixel of the captured image based on a light amount characteristic representing a light amount of the auxiliary light received by the object when the auxiliary light is emitted and the shape information of the object, a first correction unit configured to generate a first corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to environmental light, a second correction unit configured to generate a second corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to the auxiliary light, and a combining unit configured to combine the first corrected image and the second corrected image at a combination ratio calculated based on the auxiliary light component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200307050Abstract: An exterior surface of an exterior component has a sea portion and an island portion, the sea portion includes a plurality of protrusions having a common axially symmetric shape, the island portion is higher than the plurality of protrusions, and glossiness of the island portion is higher than glossiness of the sea portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Makoto Kojima, Kei Oikawa, Takahiro Suzuki, Toshiyuki Sano, Chiaki Kaneko
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Patent number: 10742850Abstract: In order to provide a more preferable white balance adjustment, an image processing apparatus obtains an input image, determines a representative point in the input image and a white balance coefficient of the representative point, obtains first information representing the inclination of a surface that includes the representative point and second information representing the inclination of a surface that includes a pixel of interest in the input image, and adjusts white balance of the pixel of interest based on the first information, the second information, and the white balance coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200143588Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a captured image and an object representing a state of a virtual light source, a change unit configured to change the object and change the state of the virtual light source based on an elapsed time, and an adding unit configured to add a lighting effect to the captured image, the lighting effect being provided by the virtual light source the state of which has been changed by the change unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Patent number: 10565780Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire shape information indicating a shape of a surface of an object, and reflection characteristic information indicating a reflection characteristic of the object; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire viewpoint information about a viewpoint of viewing the object, and light source information about a light source applying light to the object; an emphasizing unit configured to emphasize a light reflection intensity of the object so as to increase a degree of emphasis as a degree of flatness of the shape increases in image data representing the object, based on the reflection characteristic information, the viewpoint information, the light source information, and the shape information; and an output unit configured to output the image data representing the object having the light reflection intensity is emphasized by the emphasizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20190066734Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select one operation mode from a plurality of operation modes including at least a first mode that specifies movement of virtual light for at least one frame of a plurality of frames included in input moving image data and a second mode that specifies movement of the virtual light, which is different from movement of the virtual light specified in the first mode; an acquisition unit configured to acquire parameters of the virtual light based on the selected operation mode; a derivation unit configured to derive parameters of the virtual light, which are set to the plurality of frames, based on acquired parameters of the virtual light; and an execution unit configured to perform lighting processing to add illumination effects by the virtual light to each of the plurality of frames based on derived parameters of the virtual light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20180302536Abstract: In order to provide a more preferable white balance adjustment, an image processing apparatus obtains an input image, determines a representative point in the input image and a white balance coefficient of the representative point, obtains first information representing the inclination of a surface that includes the representative point and second information representing the inclination of a surface that includes a pixel of interest in the input image, and adjusts white balance of the pixel of interest based on the first information, the second information, and the white balance coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20180150995Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire shape information indicating a shape of a surface of an object, and reflection characteristic information indicating a reflection characteristic of the object; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire viewpoint information about a viewpoint of viewing the object, and light source information about a light source applying light to the object; an emphasizing unit configured to emphasize a light reflection intensity of the object so as to increase a degree of emphasis as a degree of flatness of the shape increases in image data representing the object, based on the reflection characteristic information, the viewpoint information, the light source information, and the shape information; and an output unit configured to output the image data representing the object having the light reflection intensity is emphasized by the emphasizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Patent number: 9536172Abstract: To make it possible to accurately grasp an exposure state even in the case where noise is included in captured image data. An input image data acquisition unit configured to acquire input image data including a chart, a noise reduction unit configured to perform noise reduction on the input image data, and a histogram generation unit configured to generate a histogram of luminance of the input image data based on noise reduced image data are included, and the noise reduction unit performs noise reduction on the chart area of the input image data in a degree greater than that in which noise reduction is performed on an area other than the chart.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Patent number: 9307150Abstract: In a case of a camera array, the arrangement of image capturing units and the arrangement of captured images that are displayed do not agree with each other depending on the orientation of the camera at the time of image capturing and it is hard to grasp the correspondence relationship between both. An image processing device for processing a plurality of images represented by captured image data obtained by a camera array image capturing device including a plurality of image capturing units includes a determining unit configured to determine, on the basis of a display angle of the images in a display region, an arrangement of each image in the display region corresponding to each of the plurality of image capturing units, and the arrangement of each image in the display region is determined based on the arrangement of the plurality of image capturing units.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiaki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20150292871Abstract: Image data is obtained. Distance information of subjects contained in the image data are obtained. A user interface including an image which represents a correspondence between a distance of a subject and image blur is generated. A parameter indicating the correspondence between the subject distance and the image blur is obtained, based on an instruction input through the user interface and to set the correspondence between the subject distance and the image blur. Image data having a blur condition corresponding to the correspondence in accordance with the instruction is generated, based on the image data, the distance information, and the parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventor: Chiaki Kaneko