Patents by Inventor Dai MIYAUCHI
Dai MIYAUCHI 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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Patent number: 11928843Abstract: A signal processing apparatus comprises a decoding unit configured to generate a decoded image by decoding lossy compressed image data, and a restoration processing unit configured to perform image restoration processing on the decoded image. The restoration processing unit determines whether or not to perform the restoration processing for each of blocks in the decoded image in accordance with specific image information, and for a block on which it is determined that the restoration processing is to be performed, performs the restoration processing on the basis of an inference made using a coefficient learned in advance.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20230281325Abstract: An encryption apparatus comprises an encryption unit that encrypts encryption target data which is subjected to encryption using a neural network which is learned in advance and encryption key data, and generates encrypted data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Dai MIYAUCHI
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Publication number: 20230274530Abstract: An inference processing system performs computation of an inference model by a server and an edge device. Setting in the server, a server-side inference model. In the edge device, an edge-side inference model including an input layer and first to third intermediate layers of the inference model is set, and layer position information indicating a position of a last layer to process the input image in the edge-side inference model is generated. When layer data that is a computation result at the edge device obtained by performing processing from the input layer to a layer indicated by the layer position information and the layer position information is transmitted from the edge device to the server, the layer data is input to a layer subsequent to a layer indicated by the layer position information in the server-side inference model, and performs processing up to the output layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi KANEKO, Dai MIYAUCHI, Ryo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230267723Abstract: An information processing system capable of preventing imitation of the configuration of a neural network. The information processing system includes an image capturing apparatus and a server that are communicable with each other. In the information processing system, an input layer, a plurality of intermediate layers, and an output layer form the neural network. The input layer and the output layer are disposed in one of the image capturing apparatus and the server. Further, the intermediate layers are disposed such that the intermediate layers are distributed between the first apparatus and the second apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Takayuki KOMATSU, Dai MIYAUCHI
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Patent number: 11695928Abstract: A dividing pattern determination device capable of reducing the amount of computation performed when determining a dividing pattern of an image. An image for which a dividing pattern is expressed by a hierarchical structure for each predetermined area is input to a feature extraction section, and the feature extraction section generates, based on the input image, for the predetermined area, a hierarchy map in which a value indicative of a block size is associated with each of a plurality of blocks in the predetermined area. A determination section determines a dividing pattern of the image based on the generated hierarchy map.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20210334603Abstract: A dividing pattern determination device capable of reducing the amount of computation performed when determining a dividing pattern of an image. An image for which a dividing pattern is expressed by a hierarchical structure for each predetermined area is input to a feature extraction section, and the feature extraction section generates, based on the input image, for the predetermined area, a hierarchy map in which a value indicative of a block size is associated with each of a plurality of blocks in the predetermined area. A determination section determines a dividing pattern of the image based on the generated hierarchy map.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20210297665Abstract: This invention provides a division pattern determining apparatus for determining a division pattern for dividing a region to be encoded in image data using a neural network, comprising: a determining portion configured to execute on the image data of the region to be encoded a determination for a plurality of blocks of different sizes whether or not to divide each block using a neural network and determine a division pattern of one or more blocks included in the region to be encoded on the basis of the determination, wherein the neural network of the determining portion is constituted by a plurality of layers; and wherein when a size of a block for which whether or not to divide is to be determined is large, information from an intermediate layer positioned in an upper position is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20210166434Abstract: A signal processing apparatus comprises a decoding unit configured to generate a decoded image by decoding lossy compressed image data, and a restoration processing unit configured to perform image restoration processing on the decoded image. The restoration processing unit determines whether or not to perform the restoration processing for each of blocks in the decoded image in accordance with specific image information, and for a block on which it is determined that the restoration processing is to be performed, performs the restoration processing on the basis of an inference made using a coefficient learned in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Patent number: 11012611Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an imaging unit, an operation unit, an output unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit outputs a sound relating to a first warning using the output unit, in a case where a condition for issuing the first warning is satisfied, wherein the control unit stops outputting the sound relating to the first warning, in a case where an instruction is received by the operation unit, wherein the control unit doesn't output the sound relating to the first warning even when the condition for issuing the first warning is satisfied, in a case where the output of the sound relating to the first warning is stopped, and wherein the control unit outputs a sound relating to a second warning, when a condition for issuing the second warning is satisfied, in a case where the output of the sound relating to the first warning is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yu Narita, Yoshinori Hayashi, Koichi Sasaki, Dai Miyauchi, Tomotaka Uekusa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Patent number: 11012698Abstract: The invention generates encoded data in which image quality degradation of regions of the frame of interest that have not been encoded is suppressed. For this, an apparatus comprises a quantizing unit which quantizes image data of a frame in accordance with a quantization parameter, every predetermined block set in advance, an encoding unit which encodes quantized data, a quantization control unit which controls the quantization parameter such that a code amount approaches a target code amount, and a scene change detecting unit which detects a scene change. The quantization control unit has at least two control methods, applies a first quantization control method when starting encoding of a frame, and, in a case where the scene change detecting unit detects a scene change, switches to a second quantization control method from the first quantization control method.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Patent number: 10897615Abstract: An image encoding apparatus includes a plane conversion unit which generates, from image data of one frame of the moving image data, a plurality of planes each formed from a single component, a frequency conversion unit which generates a plurality of subbands for each plane by performing frequency conversion for each plane, a quantization unit which quantizes coefficients in each subband using a quantization parameter, an encoder which encodes the quantized coefficient data, and a control unit which updates the quantization parameter so that a code amount of the encoded data becomes equal to a target code amount set for each plane. The control unit updates the quantization parameter by accumulating a difference between the target code amount set for each plane and a generated code amount of each plane, and distributing the accumulated differences to the plurality of planes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20200177795Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an imaging unit, an operation unit, an output unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit outputs a sound relating to a first warning using the output unit, in a case where a condition for issuing the first warning is satisfied, wherein the control unit stops outputting the sound relating to the first warning, in a case where an instruction is received by the operation unit, wherein the control unit doesn't output the sound relating to the first warning even when the condition for issuing the first warning is satisfied, in a case where the output of the sound relating to the first warning is stopped, and wherein the control unit outputs a sound relating to a second warning, when a condition for issuing the second warning is satisfied, in a case where the output of the sound relating to the first warning is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Yu Narita, Yoshinori Hayashi, Koichi Sasaki, Dai Miyauchi, Tomotaka Uekusa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Patent number: 10602145Abstract: An image encoding apparatus of the present invention comprises a frequency converting unit which executes frequency conversion on the data of a frame in moving image data, and generates coefficient data of a plurality of subbands, an encoding unit which quantizes the coefficient data acquired by the frequency converting unit in accordance with a quantization parameter, and encodes the quantized coefficient data, and a code amount controlling unit which controls the encoding unit such that a code amount generated by the encoding unit achieves a target code amount are provided. Here, the code amount controlling unit determines a subband target code amount of each of the plurality of subbands by distributing the target code amount to the plurality of subbands based on a ratio determined according to an indicator indicating a difficulty calculated for each of the plurality of subbands.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20190253716Abstract: The invention generates encoded data in which image quality degradation of regions of the frame of interest that have not been encoded is suppressed. For this, an apparatus comprises a quantizing unit which quantizes image data of a frame in accordance with a quantization parameter, every predetermined block set in advance, an encoding unit which encodes quantized data, a quantization control unit which controls the quantization parameter such that a code amount approaches a target code amount, and a scene change detecting unit which detects a scene change. The quantization control unit has at least two control methods, applies a first quantization control method when starting encoding of a frame, and, in a case where the scene change detecting unit detects a scene change, switches to a second quantization control method from the first quantization control method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20170359579Abstract: An image encoding apparatus of the present invention comprises a frequency converting unit which executes frequency conversion on the data of a frame in moving image data, and generates coefficient data of a plurality of subbands, an encoding unit which quantizes the coefficient data acquired by the frequency converting unit in accordance with a quantization parameter, and encodes the quantized coefficient data, and a code amount controlling unit which controls the encoding unit such that a code amount generated by the encoding unit achieves a target code amount are provided. Here, the code amount controlling unit determines a subband target code amount of each of the plurality of subbands by distributing the target code amount to the plurality of subbands based on a ratio determined according to an indicator indicating a difficulty calculated for each of the plurality of subbands.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20170353724Abstract: An image encoding apparatus includes a plane conversion unit which generates, from image data of one frame of the moving image data, a plurality of planes each formed from a single component, a frequency conversion unit which generates a plurality of subbands for each plane by performing frequency conversion for each plane, a quantization unit which quantizes coefficients in each subband using a quantization parameter, an encoder which encodes the quantized coefficient data, and a control unit which updates the quantization parameter so that a code amount of the encoded data becomes equal to a target code amount set for each plane. The control unit updates the quantization parameter by accumulating a difference between the target code amount set for each plane and a generated code amount of each plane, and distributing the accumulated differences to the plurality of planes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20150277945Abstract: A front-end driver A 121 receives control data for an I/O device A 401 and outputs the data to a standard driver call function (1) 13. A front-end driver B 122 receives control data for an I/O device B 402 and outputs the data to a standard driver call function (1) 13. The standard driver call function (1) 13 receives the control data for the I/O device A 401 and the control data for the I/O device B 402, and outputs the data to a standard driver call function (2) 31. The standard driver call function (2) 31 outputs the control data for the I/O device A 401 to a standard device driver A 321, and the control data for the I/O device B 402 to the standard device driver B 322. The standard device driver A 321 controls the I/O device A 401 based on the control data, and a standard device driver B 322 controls the I/O device B 402 based on the control data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Dai MIYAUCHI, Takayuki ITO