Patents by Inventor Hidenori Kushida

Hidenori Kushida 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: 11899342
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is configured to be movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of an irradiation light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11868029
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of a parallel light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the plurality of individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20230063237
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of performing a process for a desired depth value range of depth data. A maximum value and a minimum value of depth values of depth data corresponding to image data are set to thereby set a depth value range from the minimum value to the maximum value. A mask for the depth data is generated according to the depth value range thus set. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to an information processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Publication number: 20230016712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an information processing method, and a program capable of more easily grasping parallax among a plurality of images viewed from different individual-view optical systems. Any one a plurality of images viewed from a plurality of individual-view optical systems having optical paths independent from one another is displayed while selectively and dynamically switching among the images. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging device, an electronic device, an interchangeable lens or a camera system equipped with a plurality of individual-view lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Patent number: 11533419
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including: an image sensor unit; and a camera unit from which the image sensor unit is detachable, in which the image sensor unit includes at least an image sensor and a first storage unit in which first correction data are stored, the camera unit includes at least a control unit, and the control unit performs an update determination process for determining whether or not the first correction data stored in the first storage unit have been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Okamoto, Masakazu Koyanagi, Hidenori Kushida, Keisuke Hirose, Tomohiro Murakami, Tomotaka Ogura, Mitsuru Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220179291
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of a parallel light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the plurality of individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20220179292
    Abstract: A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is configured to be movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of an irradiation light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the individual-eye lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20210099627
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including: an image sensor unit; and a camera unit from which the image sensor unit is detachable, in which the image sensor unit includes at least an image sensor and a first storage unit in which first correction data are stored, the camera unit includes at least a control unit, and the control unit performs an update determination process for determining whether or not the first correction data stored in the first storage unit have been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi OKAMOTO, Masakazu KOYANAGI, Hidenori KUSHIDA, Keisuke HIROSE, Tomohiro MURAKAMI, Tomotaka OGURA, Mitsuru SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10051258
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Publication number: 20170264886
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori KUSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9667945
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Publication number: 20160142699
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori KUSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9282318
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Patent number: 8773510
    Abstract: A control device includes: a determination unit determining which mode is designated in a single-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using a single imaging unit obtaining an image signal by imaging an object by an imaging device and a compound-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using plural imaging units; and a gain maximum value control unit changing a gain maximum value which is the maximum value of the gain of the image signal based on the determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Patent number: 8553093
    Abstract: A super-resolution image is generated from a sequence of low resolution images. In one embodiment, the image shift information is measured for each of the low resolution images using an image stabilization component of an imaging device. The shift information is used to generate the super-resolution image. In another embodiment, the blurs are calculated for each of the low resolution images and are used to generate the super-resolution image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Quong Wong, Yoshihiro Murakami, Pingshan Li, Eric D. Edwards, Soroj Triteyaprasert, Hidenori Kushida, Makibi Nakamura, Mamoru Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20130070059
    Abstract: An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Patent number: 8280194
    Abstract: An imaging system generates a picture depth map from a pair of reduced resolution images. The system captures two full resolution images, receives image reduction image information and creates two reduced resolution images. The system computes a blur difference between the two reduced resolution images at different image locations. The system calculates the depth map based on the blur difference between the two reduced resolution images at different image locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Quong Wong, Pingshan Li, Soroj Triteyaprasert, Hidenori Kushida, Makibi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 8229172
    Abstract: A two picture matching curve information is able to be used to determine precise object distance or relative object distance in a scene. Acquiring two images with different blur information in addition to the curve information enables a device to determine distance information of objects in a scene. The distance information is able to be used in image processing including generating a depth map which is then able to be used in many imaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Wong, Pingshan Li, Mamoru Sugiura, Maikibi Nakamura, Hidenori Kushida, Yoshihiro Murakami, Soroj Triteyaprasert
  • Publication number: 20120162383
    Abstract: A control device includes: a determination unit determining which mode is designated in a single-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using a single imaging unit obtaining an image signal by imaging an object by an imaging device and a compound-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using plural imaging units; and a gain maximum value control unit changing a gain maximum value which is the maximum value of the gain of the image signal based on the determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Kushida
  • Patent number: 8194995
    Abstract: A camera auto-focuses using computed blur differences between images of a three-dimensional scene. The camera computes the blur difference between two images of the scene acquired at two different picture numbers. The camera uses the computed blur difference to predict a third picture number, where the camera uses the third picture number to auto-focus a camera lens on the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Quong Wong, Makibi Nakamura, Hidenori Kushida, Soroj Triteyaprasert, Yoshihiro Murakami, Pingshan Li, Mamoru Sugiura