Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Honji
Hidetaka Honji 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).
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Patent number: 11263984Abstract: An image signal processing device of the present disclosure includes a luminance correction section that performs, on a basis of information on a maximum output luminance value in a display section, luminance correction on an image signal to be supplied to the display section, the maximum output luminance value being variable.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kuninori Miyazawa, Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 11206381Abstract: There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 11128850Abstract: There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetaka Honji
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Publication number: 20210195296Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, a display control method, and a program that enable a user to view a video image as intended by a content provider side. In an image processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology, an image quality adjustment menu is displayed that includes display related to setting of an image quality adjustment mode for a specific distribution service, in a case where an instruction is made to perform image quality adjustment during execution of an application that is used for viewing a content distributed by the specific distribution service. The present technology can be applied to television receivers that support video image content distribution services.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi, Hidetaka Honji
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Publication number: 20200389634Abstract: There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetaka HONJI
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Publication number: 20200312255Abstract: An image signal processing device of the present disclosure includes a luminance correction section that performs, on a basis of information on a maximum output luminance value in a display section, luminance correction on an image signal to be supplied to the display section, the maximum output luminance value being variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kuninori Miyazawa, Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 10777148Abstract: An image signal processing device of the present disclosure includes a luminance correction section that performs, on a basis of information on a maximum output luminance value in a display section, luminance correction on an image signal to be supplied to the display section, the maximum output luminance value being variable.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kuninori Miyazawa, Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 10565694Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method capable of displaying HDR image on SDR display apparatus without large deterioration in image quality. The apparatus has a display control unit for converting an HDR image signal and generating an output signal into a display unit. The display control unit converts an input HDR image signal in case the HDR image signal is input, and generates and outputs a converted HDR signal according to a ? correction curve with an I/O characteristic reverse to a ? curve corresponding to an I/O characteristic of an SDR display unit to the display unit. In case the ? curve corresponding to the I/O characteristic of the SDR display unit is a 2.2-th power curve, the display control unit converts the input HDR image signal, and generates and outputs a converted HDR signal with I/O characteristic according to a (1/2.2)-th power curve to the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Eto, Hidetaka Honji
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Publication number: 20190373234Abstract: There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetaka HONJI
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Patent number: 10044999Abstract: An image processing device includes a luminance signal expansion unit which expands a luminance signal, and a chroma signal correction unit which corrects a chroma signal in a manner adjusted to the expansion of the luminance signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetaka Honji
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Publication number: 20180204528Abstract: An image signal processing device of the present disclosure includes a luminance correction section that performs, on a basis of information on a maximum output luminance value in a display section, luminance correction on an image signal to be supplied to the display section, the maximum output luminance value being variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kuninori Miyazawa, Hidetaka Honji
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Publication number: 20180096466Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method capable of displaying HDR image on SDR display apparatus without large deterioration in image quality. The apparatus has a display control unit for converting an HDR image signal and generating an output signal into a display unit. The display control unit converts an input HDR image signal in case the HDR image signal is input, and generates and outputs a converted HDR signal according to a ? correction curve with an I/O characteristic reverse to a ? curve corresponding to an I/O characteristic of an SDR display unit to the display unit. In case the ? curve corresponding to the I/O characteristic of the SDR display unit is a 2.2-th power curve, the display control unit converts the input HDR image signal, and generates and outputs a converted HDR signal with I/O characteristic according to a (1/2.2)-th power curve to the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki ETO, Hidetaka HONJI
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Publication number: 20150256807Abstract: An image processing device includes a luminance signal expansion unit which expands a luminance signal, and a chroma signal correction unit which corrects a chroma signal in a manner adjusted to the expansion of the luminance signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: HIDETAKA HONJI
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Patent number: 6326743Abstract: An appartus for adjusting the correction amount of a horizontal linearity and suppressing the amplitude of a horizontal deflection current in an image display device. A switching element 11 is provided between both ends of an S-curve correction capacitor 5 connected in series to a horizontal deflection coil 4, and by turning on this switching element 11 during a horizontal retrace period to discharge the S-curve correction capacitor 5, and controlling also the ON time of this switching element 11, the linearity in the horizontal period is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Kikuchi, Junzo Watanabe, Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 6222328Abstract: A horizontal deflection circuit capable of performing various corrections.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Kikuchi, Junzo Watanabe, Hidetaka Honji
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Patent number: 6222329Abstract: This invention is directed to a circuit for permitting stable operation of horizontal deflection output, and comprises: a first parallel circuit P1 composed of a first switching element 11, a first damper diode 12 and a first resonance capacitor 13; a second parallel circuit P2 composed of a second switching element 21, a second damper diode 22 and a second resonance capacitor 23; a horizontal deflection yoke 2 connected to the second parallel circuit P2; a flyback transformer 1; an integration circuit 16 operative to synthesize pulses from the first and second parallel circuits P1, P2 to generate deflection current and to integrate inputted horizontal deflection drive signal; first and second comparison•latch circuits 17, 27 for respectively comparing signal from the integration circuit 16 with first and second levels to latch comparison results; first and second drive circuits 19, 29 for respectively driving the first and second switching elements 11, 21; and a control element for controlling the seconType: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Kikuchi, Junzo Watanabe, Hidetaka Honji, Susumu Otaki
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Patent number: 6124686Abstract: A horizontal deflection circuit is provided in which a large retrace pulse voltage applied to a horizontal deflection yoke can be taken to reduce the deflection current and which is capable of easily performing horizontal image size adjustment and distortion adjustment. A parallel connection of a switching element, a damper diode, and a resonance capacitor is connected in series to a parallel connection of another switching element, another damper diode, and another resonance capacitor, and power is supplied from the connection point via a fly-back transformer. The comparison value of the retrace pulse voltages applied across both ends of the switching elements is fed back through a switching element control circuit to the switching element so that the deflection current of the horizontal deflection yoke is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Kikuchi, Junzo Watanabe, Ban Kawamura, Hidetaka Honji