Patents by Inventor Haruka Asai

Haruka Asai 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: 11394941
    Abstract: A search is enabled for an adjustment value with which a good blur correction effect is obtained by blur correction processing as an optical adjustment value of an image projection device, and blur correction performance is improved in a case where correction of a focus blur that occurs in a projection image is performed by signal processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Suzuki, Noriaki Takahashi, Haruka Asai
  • Patent number: 11218675
    Abstract: Provided is a computation method for obtaining information suitable for positional deviation correction and lens blur correction for a case where a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of a plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner. For this purpose, a light intensity distribution indicating a degree of lens blur of a base projector and peak coordinates of the light intensity distribution are calculated using a captured image obtained by capturing a test pattern projected by the base projector in an arrangement state in which a plurality of projectors is arranged such that a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of the plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka Asai, Noriaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210368149
    Abstract: A search is enabled for an adjustment value with which a good blur correction effect is obtained by blur correction processing as an optical adjustment value of an image projection device, and blur correction performance is improved in a case where correction of a focus blur that occurs in a projection image is performed by signal processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki SUZUKI, Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Haruka ASAI
  • Patent number: 10999515
    Abstract: A status change estimating unit 501 estimates a change in lens status of an interchangeable lens 21. A warning control unit 502 determines whether user setting lens status set by a user for the interchangeable lens 21 through a user interface unit 41 or a communication unit 43 and interchangeable lens status are the same. In a case where the warning control unit 502 determines that the user setting lens status and the interchangeable lens status are different from each other, the warning control unit 502 outputs warning information to a warning unit 42 to warn the user. This configuration enables the user to recognize a difference between the user setting lens status and the interchangeable lens status by the warning issued by the warning unit 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Tsuboi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Haruka Asai
  • Patent number: 10944942
    Abstract: In a case where it is determined by a reliability determination section 501 that retention aberration information of an in-apparatus aberration information retention section 31 is unreliable, a control section 50 sets detection aberration information generated by performing aberration detection processing by a lens aberration detection processing section 32 as application aberration information for correcting an aberration of a captured image. In a case where it is determined that the retention aberration information is reliable, the control section 50 sets the retention aberration information as the application aberration information. Aberration information can be generated if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Wakazono, Yoshimi Tsuboi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Haruka Asai, Kazumi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200413015
    Abstract: Provided is a computation method for obtaining information suitable for positional deviation correction and lens blur correction for a case where a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of a plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner. For this purpose, a light intensity distribution indicating a degree of lens blur of a base projector and peak coordinates of the light intensity distribution are calculated using a captured image obtained by capturing a test pattern projected by the base projector in an arrangement state in which a plurality of projectors is arranged such that a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of the plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka ASAI, Noriaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10750084
    Abstract: [Object] To estimate lens information with no change in photographing conditions. [Solution] An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a positional displacement estimation unit configured to estimate positional displacement between a plurality of input images obtained by photographing an identical photographic subject; an alignment processing unit configured to align positions of the plurality of input images on the basis of the estimated positional displacement; and a lens information estimation unit configured to estimate information of a lens used to photograph the input image depending on a model indicating a deterioration component of the lens on the basis of the aligned input images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka Asai, Akira Matsui, Hideho Une
  • Publication number: 20190312996
    Abstract: [Object] To estimate lens information with no change in photographing conditions. [Solution] An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a positional displacement estimation unit configured to estimate positional displacement between a plurality of input images obtained by photographing an identical photographic subject; an alignment processing unit configured to align positions of the plurality of input images on the basis of the estimated positional displacement; and a lens information estimation unit configured to estimate information of a lens used to photograph the input image depending on a model indicating a deterioration component of the lens on the basis of the aligned input images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: HARUKA ASAI, AKIRA MATSUI, HIDEHO UNE
  • Publication number: 20190259138
    Abstract: In a case where it is determined by a reliability determination section 501 that retention aberration information of an in-apparatus aberration information retention section 31 is unreliable, a control section 50 sets detection aberration information generated by performing aberration detection processing by a lens aberration detection processing section 32 as application aberration information for correcting an aberration of a captured image. In a case where it is determined that the retention aberration information is reliable, the control section 50 sets the retention aberration information as the application aberration information. Aberration information can be generated if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi WAKAZONO, Yoshimi TSUBOI, Tadashi YAMAGUCHI, Haruka ASAI, Kazumi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20190191102
    Abstract: A status change estimating unit 501 estimates a change in lens status of an interchangeable lens 21. A warning control unit 502 determines whether user setting lens status set by a user for the interchangeable lens 21 through a user interface unit 41 or a communication unit 43 and interchangeable lens status are the same. In a case where the warning control unit 502 determines that the user setting lens status and the interchangeable lens status are different from each other, the warning control unit 502 outputs warning information to a warning unit 42 to warn the user. This configuration enables the user to recognize a difference between the user setting lens status and the interchangeable lens status by the warning issued by the warning unit 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi TSUBOI, Tadashi YAMAGUCHI, Haruka ASAI
  • Patent number: 9569821
    Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20160125575
    Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata