Patents by Inventor Haruo YANAGISAWA

Haruo YANAGISAWA 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: 10518701
    Abstract: The image monitoring apparatus (10) has an image acquiring unit (15), an image processing unit (16) and a determining unit (17). The image acquiring unit (15) continuously acquires a peripheral image. The image acquiring unit (15) superimposes a periodically changing signal on a predetermined position of the peripheral image. The image processing unit (16) treats the peripheral image superimposed with the signal with a predetermined image processing. The determining unit (17) determines a failure of the image processing unit based on a presence or absence of a periodic change in the superimposed signal on the peripheral image treated with the predetermined image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Yokota, Haruo Yanagisawa, Takatoshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20150165974
    Abstract: The image monitoring apparatus (10) has an image acquiring unit (15), an image processing unit (16) and a determining unit (17). The image acquiring unit (15) continuously acquires a peripheral image. The image acquiring unit (15) superimposes a periodically changing signal on a predetermined position of the peripheral image. The image processing unit (16) treats the peripheral image superimposed with the signal with a predetermined image processing. The determining unit (17) determines a failure of the image processing unit based on a presence or absence of a periodic change in the superimposed signal on the peripheral image treated with the predetermined image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Yokota, Haruo Yanagisawa, Takatoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 8928757
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify an operation for calibration of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Maekawa, Takeo Oshima, Haruo Yanagisawa, Ryuuichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 8792007
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration device 10 is mounted on a predetermined position of a movable object 100 and includes a camera 11 configured to take an image including an index 41 provided outside the movable object 100, an image superimposing unit 122 configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration object 42 having a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera 11, and a calculation unit 124 configured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration object 42 after being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the index 41 meets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Oshima, Takashi Maekawa, Ryuuichi Sawada, Haruo Yanagisawa, Chinatsu Sakurai, Akinori Iwabuchi, Shinya Tamizu, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140160292
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A calibration operation device 12 includes a control unit configured to control for displaying an object 42 having a first part and a second part, the object 42 being superimposed on an image taken by the camera 11, wherein the control unit performs a shift process to shift at least a display position of the first part in horizontal and vertical directions on the image, a rotation process to rotate a display position of the second part around the first part on the image, and calculation process to calculate a calibration parameters to calibrate a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle of the mounting angle of the camera 11 based on the position of the object 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo OSHIMA, Takashi MAEKAWA, Ryuuichi SAWADA, Haruo YANAGISAWA, Chinatsu SAKURAI, Akinori IWABUCHI, Shinya TAMIZU, Takashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 8687067
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration device 10 is mounted on a predetermined position of a movable object 100 and includes a camera 11 configured to take an image including an index 41 provided outside the movable object 100, an image superimposing unit 122 configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration object 42 having a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera 11, and a calculation unit 124 configured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration object 42 after being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the index 41 meets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Oshima, Takashi Maekawa, Ryuuichi Sawada, Haruo Yanagisawa, Chinatsu Sakurai, Akinori Iwabuchi, Shinya Tamizu, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130265442
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify an operation for calibration of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for the calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi MAEKAWA, Takeo OSHIMA, Haruo YANAGISAWA, Ryuuichi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20130222607
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration device 10 is mounted on a predetermined position of a movable object 100 and includes a camera 11 configured to take an image including an index 41 provided outside the movable object 100, an image superimposing unit 122 configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration object 42 having a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera 11, and a calculation unit 124 configured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration object 42 after being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the index 41 meets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo OSHIMA, Takashi MAEKAWA, Ryuuichi SAWADA, Haruo YANAGISAWA, Chinatsu SAKURAI, Akinori IWABUCHI, Shinya TAMIZU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130215280
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a camera calibration device, enabling a single operation of camera calibration by using a calibration index, a camera and a camera calibration method. A camera calibration device (100) includes an imaging unit (1) configured to take an image of a calibration index (8), an instruction means (5) configured to instruct on a display position of a calibration marker (14) to be superimposed on the image, an image signal processing means (3) configured to process the image such that the calibration marker is superimposed at the display position according to the instruction, and a calculation unit (4) configured to calculate a camera mounting angle based on the display position of the calibration marker (14) displayed overlapping two points of the calibration index (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi MAEKAWA, Haruo YANAGISAWA, Ryuuichi SAWADA