Patents by Inventor Daisuke KIKU

Daisuke KIKU 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).

  • Image processing unit, imaging device, computer-readable medium, and image processing method
    Patent number: 10249020
    Abstract: An image processing unit has an image acquisition part, a correlation determination part, a reference image generation part, and an interpolation image generation part. The image acquisition part acquires an original image. The correlation determination unit determines whether the correlation of an image component of a primary reference band with image components of respective bands other than the primary reference band is either high correlation or low correlation. The reference image generation part interpolates missing pixels in the image component of the primary reference band by switching the interpolation method based on the correlation determination result obtained by the correlation determination part. The interpolation image generation part interpolates, using the correlation determination result and the primary reference image, missing pixels in at least some of the image component of the primary reference band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Kikuchi, Yusuke Monno, Daisuke Kiku, Masayuki Tanaka, Masatoshi Okutomi
  • IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170206631
    Abstract: An image processing unit has an image acquisition part, a correlation determination part, a reference image generation part, and an interpolation image generation part. The image acquisition part acquires an original image. The correlation determination unit determines whether the correlation of an image component of a primary reference band with image components of respective bands other than the primary reference band is either high correlation or low correlation. The reference image generation part interpolates missing pixels in the image component of the primary reference band by switching the interpolation method based on the correlation determination result obtained by the correlation determination part. The interpolation image generation part interpolates, using the correlation determination result and the primary reference image, missing pixels in at least some of the image component of the primary reference band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao KIKUCHI, Yusuke MONNO, Daisuke KIKU, Masayuki TANAKA, Masatoshi OKUTOMI