Patents by Inventor Hajime Muta

Hajime Muta 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).

  • Patent number: 11958978
    Abstract: A coloring compound comprises a triphenylmethane structure having specific substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabuskiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ai Hayakawa, Masanori Seki, Koromo Shirota, Hajime Muta, Taichi Shintou, Tsuyoshi Santo
  • Patent number: 11915430
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a display unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured time-series images. The setting unit is configured to set a direction of measuring a flow quantity of targets in the time-series images. The display unit is configured to display information representing the flow quantity of the targets that is estimated based on a plurality of images acquired from the time-series images and the direction of measuring the flow quantity, together with information indicating the direction of measuring the flow quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Yano, Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba
  • Patent number: 11887309
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to set, based on a detection line that is set in a display screen, a patch region in the display screen, the patch region including a detection region serving as a region for detecting a position of an object, and a counting region encompassed by the detection region, and a counting unit configured to count, from among intersection points between a movement vector in the detection region of an object moving inside the display screen or a locus based on the movement vector and the detection line in the detection region, intersection points located in the counting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Bamba, Hajime Muta
  • Patent number: 11748994
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a measurement area setting unit that sets a measurement area in an input image, a small image setting unit that sets a small image in the input image based on the measurement area, a first estimation unit that estimates a flow distribution of a target in the small image, and a second estimation unit that estimates the number of targets to pass through the measurement area based on the flow distribution in the small image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Kotaro Yano, Yasuo Bamba
  • Patent number: 11721036
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a moving image including a plurality of images. A density estimating unit estimates a density distribution of a target object based on an image of the plurality of images. A position estimating unit estimates a position of the target object in the image based on the density distribution. A measuring unit measures a flow of the target object from positions of the target object in the plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba, Kotaro Yano
  • Publication number: 20220392228
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a measurement area setting unit that sets a measurement area in an input image, a small image setting unit that sets a small image in the input image based on the measurement area, a first estimation unit that estimates a flow distribution of a target in the small image, and a second estimation unit that estimates the number of targets to pass through the measurement area based on the flow distribution in the small image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Kotaro Yano, Yasuo Bamba
  • Patent number: 11455804
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a measurement area setting unit that sets a measurement area in an input image, a small image setting unit that sets a small image in the input image based on the measurement area, a first estimation unit that estimates a flow distribution of a target in the small image, and a second estimation unit that estimates the number of targets to pass through the measurement area based on the flow distribution in the small image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Kotaro Yano, Yasuo Bamba
  • Publication number: 20220180529
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus for measuring a flow of a measurement target based on a video. A detection line indicating a position at which the flow of the measurement target in the video is measured is set. From each of a plurality of images in the video, a plurality of partial images set in a vicinity of the detection line are extracted. The flow of the measurement target passing the detection line is measured using the partial images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba
  • Publication number: 20220148196
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input image acquisition unit configured to acquire, as an input image, time-series images obtained by capturing a plurality of objects, a map acquisition unit configured to acquire an interaction map that indicates a difference between a first motion of a first object and a second motion of a second object at respective positions of each of the plurality of objects in the input image, by using the input image, and a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the first motion present in the input image using the interaction map, wherein the interaction map is estimated based on a trained model for estimating the interaction map and a parameter set prepared in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Kotaro Yano
  • Publication number: 20210287374
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to set, based on a detection line that is set in a display screen, a patch region in the display screen, the patch region including a detection region serving as a region for detecting a position of an object, and a counting region encompassed by the detection region, and a counting unit configured to count, from among intersection points between a movement vector in the detection region of an object moving inside the display screen or a locus based on the movement vector and the detection line in the detection region, intersection points located in the counting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuo Bamba, Hajime Muta
  • Patent number: 11097566
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer recording sheet that provides an image that is excellent in light fastness and has a satisfactory imbalance. The present invention relates to a thermal transfer recording sheet including a substrate and dye layers (a yellow dye layer, a magenta dye layer, and a cyan dye layer), in which one or more kinds of the dye layers each contain one or more kinds of specific compounds. The present invention also relates to a thermal transfer recording sheet including a substrate, dye layers, and a protective layer for protecting the surface of an image, in which the protective layer contains one or more kinds of specific compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko Katsumoto, Koromo Shirota, Tsuyoshi Santo, Taichi Shintou, Hajime Muta, Tomoyuki Noda
  • Publication number: 20210082141
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a moving image including a plurality of images. A density estimating unit estimates a density distribution of a target object based on an image of the plurality of images. A position estimating unit estimates a position of the target object in the image based on the density distribution. A measuring unit measures a flow of the target object from positions of the target object in the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba, Kotaro Yano
  • Publication number: 20210082127
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a display unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured time-series images. The setting unit is configured to set a direction of measuring a flow quantity of targets in the time-series images. The display unit is configured to display information representing the flow quantity of the targets that is estimated based on a plurality of images acquired from the time-series images and the direction of measuring the flow quantity, together with information indicating the direction of measuring the flow quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro Yano, Hajime Muta, Yasuo Bamba
  • Publication number: 20200320312
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a measurement area setting unit that sets a measurement area in an input image, a small image setting unit that sets a small image in the input image based on the measurement area, a first estimation unit that estimates a flow distribution of a target in the small image, and a second estimation unit that estimates the number of targets to pass through the measurement area based on the flow distribution in the small image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hajime Muta, Kotaro Yano, Yasuo Bamba
  • Publication number: 20200283633
    Abstract: A coloring compound comprises a triphenylmethane structure having specific substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ai Hayakawa, Masanori Seki, Koromo Shirota, Hajime Muta, Taichi Shintou, Tsuyoshi Santo
  • Patent number: 10670979
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that contains a polymer of a hole transport material having at least one monovalent polymerizable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Nakata, Haruki Mori, Shinji Takagi, Koichi Suzuki, Ryuji Higashi, Isao Kawata, Hajime Muta, Yuto Ito, Masaki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10647142
    Abstract: In a thermal transfer recording sheet including a base material and a colorant layer, the colorant layer includes a yellow dye layer containing a yellow dye, a magenta dye layer containing a magenta dye, and a cyan dye layer containing a cyan dye, and the cyan dye includes a compound represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b): where R1 to R7 are substituents, X? is an anion, and the compound of Formula (1b) has at least one anionic substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Masahiro Suenaga, Koromo Shirota, Yuko Katsumoto, Tsuyoshi Santo, Hajime Muta, Tomoyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 10501631
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet includes a base material and, on the base material, a yellow-dye layer containing a yellow dye, a magenta-dye layer containing a magenta dye, and a cyan-dye layer containing a cyan dye. The yellow dye and the cyan dye contain compounds having specific structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Koromo Shirota, Yuko Katsumoto, Tsuyoshi Santo, Hajime Muta, Tomoyuki Noda
  • Publication number: 20190217648
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer recording sheet that provides an image that is excellent in light fastness and has a satisfactory imbalance. The present invention relates to a thermal transfer recording sheet including a substrate and dye layers (a yellow dye layer, a magenta dye layer, and a cyan dye layer), in which one or more kinds of the dye layers each contain one or more kinds of specific compounds. The present invention also relates to a thermal transfer recording sheet including a substrate, dye layers, and a protective layer for protecting the surface of an image, in which the protective layer contains one or more kinds of specific compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yuko Katsumoto, Koromo Shirota, Tsuyoshi Santo, Taichi Shintou, Hajime Muta, Tomoyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 10195886
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet set includes an image-receiving sheet that includes an image-receiving layer containing a compound represented by general formula (1) or (2) and an ink sheet that includes a yellow coloring material layer containing a particular dye and a cyan coloring material layer containing a particular dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Santo, Yuko Katsumoto, Koromo Shirota, Taichi Shintou, Hajime Muta, Tomoyuki Noda