Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Ishii

Hirofumi Ishii 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: 10282825
    Abstract: In the imaging apparatus, the image processor combines the data of the plurality of the images so as to generate data of a still image deeper in depth of field. The image processor performs alignment of two images to be combined. In a case where the alignment achieves success, the image processor combines the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where a difference between focus positions of the two images is smaller than a predetermined value, the image processor does not combine the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where the difference between the focus positions of the two images is not smaller than the predetermined value, the image processor combines the data of the two images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Hirofumi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180075617
    Abstract: In the imaging apparatus, the image processor combines the data of the plurality of the images so as to generate data of a still image deeper in depth of field. The image processor performs alignment of two images to be combined. In a case where the alignment achieves success, the image processor combines the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where a difference between focus positions of the two images is smaller than a predetermined value, the image processor does not combine the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where the difference between the focus positions of the two images is not smaller than the predetermined value, the image processor combines the data of the two images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: MITSUO ABE, HIROFUMI ISHII
  • Patent number: 9826146
    Abstract: A generator generates attribute information regarding a video image, which is captured by an imaging unit by capturing a plurality of capture directions, on a predetermined unit of video content. A composition map generator extracts a predetermined object, based on the attribute information of the video images captured in the plurality of capture directions within a predetermined period, and generates a composition map indicating a position of the extracted object. A comparator determines priority orders in the respective pieces of shooting of the respective capture directions based on a comparison result obtained by comparing pieces of the attribute information, for each of the capture directions and based on the attribute information included in the composition map. A camera work controller determines a next capture direction based on the priority orders, and controls operations of the imaging unit and a camera pantilter based on the determined capture direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Hideaki Hatanaka, Eiji Yamauchi, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Akio Nishiyama, Hirofumi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20160182818
    Abstract: A generator generates attribute information regarding a video image, which is captured by an imaging unit by capturing a plurality of capture directions, on a predetermined unit of video content. A composition map generator extracts a predetermined object, based on the attribute information of the video images captured in the plurality of capture directions within a predetermined period, and generates a composition map indicating a position of the extracted object. A comparator determines priority orders in the respective pieces of shooting of the respective capture directions based on a comparison result obtained by comparing pieces of the attribute information, for each of the capture directions and based on the attribute information included in the composition map. A camera work controller determines a next capture direction based on the priority orders, and controls operations of the imaging unit and a camera pantilter based on the determined capture direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MORIOKA, Kenji MATSUURA, Hideaki HATANAKA, Eiji YAMAUCHI, Mitsuyoshi OKAMOTO, Akio NISHIYAMA, Hirofumi ISHII
  • Patent number: 9272731
    Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation Of America
    Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
  • Patent number: 9113090
    Abstract: An imaging device is configured so that the user can select either automatic determination mode or selection mode. In automatic determination mode, when a first combination imaging mode is selected for capturing and combining a plurality of sets of image data, the number of sets of image data to be combined is set to a specific first number of combinations. In selection mode, when a second combination imaging mode is selected for capturing a plurality of sets of image data, the number of sets of image data to be combined is set to a specific second number of combinations. The first number of combinations is set to be different from the second number of combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Hirofumi Ishii
  • Patent number: 9049317
    Abstract: A camera system includes a plurality of first cameras and a second camera. Each of the plurality of first cameras has a first receiving section that receives a control signal, a first image pickup section that photographs a first image based on the control signal, and a first transmitting section that transmits the first image and terminal information based on the control signal. The second camera has a second image pickup section that photographs a second image, a second transmitting section that transmits the control signal, a second receiving section that receives the first image and the terminal information, a camera selecting section that selects the first camera that satisfies a predetermined condition as control target camera based on the terminal information, and a storing section that stores the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Masamitsu Fujimaru
  • Publication number: 20140240572
    Abstract: A camera system includes a plurality of first cameras and a second camera. Each of the plurality of first cameras has a first receiving section that receives a control signal, a first image pickup section that photographs a first image based on the control signal, and a first transmitting section that transmits the first image and terminal information based on the control signal. The second camera has a second image pickup section that photographs a second image, a second transmitting section that transmits the control signal, a second receiving section that receives the first image and the terminal information, a camera selecting section that selects the first camera that satisfies a predetermined condition as control target camera based on the terminal information, and a storing section that stores the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Hirofumi ISHII, Masamitsu FUJIMARU
  • Patent number: 8780214
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a continuous shooting function includes an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal based on an optical signal of a subject, a storage unit configured to store an image file based on the image signal, a first detector configured to detect a motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control a capturing interval of the imaging unit for capturing an image in a continuous shooting operation based on a detecting result of the first detector so that the capturing interval for a magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is larger than a predetermined value is shorter than the capturing interval for the magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Masatoshi Nakamura, Ryo Hirota, Yasutoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8692666
    Abstract: A camera system includes a plurality of first cameras and a second camera. Each of the plurality of first cameras has a first receiving section that receives a control signal, a first image pickup section that photographs a first image based on the control signal, and a first transmitting section that transmits the first image and terminal information based on the control signal. The second camera has a second image pickup section that photographs a second image, a second transmitting section that transmits the control signal, a second receiving section that receives the first image and the terminal information, a camera selecting section that selects the first camera that satisfies a predetermined condition as control target camera based on the terminal information, and a storing section that stores the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Masamitsu Fujimaru
  • Publication number: 20130314563
    Abstract: An imaging device is configured so that the user can select either automatic determination mode or selection mode. In automatic determination mode, when a first combination imaging mode is selected for capturing and combining a plurality of sets of image data, the number of sets of image data to be combined is set to a specific first number of combinations. In selection mode, when a second combination imaging mode is selected for capturing a plurality of sets of image data, the number of sets of image data to be combined is set to a specific second number of combinations. The first number of combinations is set to be different from the second number of combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: MITSUO ABE, HIROFUMI ISHII
  • Publication number: 20130231863
    Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
  • Patent number: 8411327
    Abstract: There is provided a data processing device that includes an obtaining unit that obtains a first image data set, a second image data set generated by reading an image formed using the first image data set, and a property data set indicating the properties of a recording medium on which the image is to be reproduced. The data processing device also includes a specifying unit that determines a threshold for a density difference between the first image data set and the second image data set, wherein the threshold depends on the property data set. The specifying unit also determines an error area where the density difference between images expressed by the first and second image data sets is equal to or greater than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Yamagishi, Hirofumi Ishii, Tohru Yamano, Yosuke Takebe, Hiroshi Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20120032795
    Abstract: A camera system includes a plurality of first cameras and a second camera. Each of the plurality of first cameras has a first receiving section that receives a control signal, a first image pickup section that photographs a first image based on the control signal, and a first transmitting section that transmits the first image and terminal information based on the control signal. The second camera has a second image pickup section that photographs a second image, a second transmitting section that transmits the control signal, a second receiving section that receives the first image and the terminal information, a camera selecting section that selects the first camera that satisfies a predetermined condition as control target camera based on the terminal information, and a storing section that stores the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Hirofumi ISHII, Masamitsu Fujimaru
  • Patent number: 8111287
    Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
  • Publication number: 20110312239
    Abstract: A papermaking felt which, in a papermaking machine, has good water squeezing capability (water permeability) and durability with regard to flattening and which also has excellent wet paper web smoothing properties and resistance to fiber loss. The papermaking felt is made by stacking and intertwiningly integrating by needling a substrate, a first batt fiber layer disposed on the wet paper web side of the substrate, and a second batt fiber layer disposed on the machine side of the substrate; wherein the substrate is made from a plurality of reinforcing materials, the reinforcing materials include a spunyarn, and due to the intertwining with a batt fiber layer, the spunyarn is integrated to such a degree that the yarn shape disappears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Yasuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8077202
    Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
  • Publication number: 20110279691
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a continuous shooting function includes an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal based on an optical signal of a subject, a storage unit configured to store an image file based on the image signal, a first detector configured to detect a motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control a capturing interval of the imaging unit for capturing an image in a continuous shooting operation based on a detecting result of the first detector so that the capturing interval for a magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is larger than a predetermined value is shorter than the capturing interval for the magnitude of the motion of the imaging apparatus which is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIROFUMI ISHII, MASATOSHI NAKAMURA, RYO HIROTA, YASUTOSHI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7916899
    Abstract: A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized image showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Masaki Sato, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Hirofumi Ishii
  • Patent number: 7776897
    Abstract: There is provided a compound which can be used for therapy of diseases in which 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1) participates, in particular diabetes, insulin resistance. It has been found that a triazole derivative wherein the triazole ring is substituted with a trisubstituted methyl group in the 2-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has a strong 11?-HSD1 inhibitory activity. Moreover, the triazole derivative of the invention exhibits an excellent blood-glucose level-lowering action and hence can be used for therapy of diabetes, insulin resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Murakami, Tomoaki Kawano, Ryota Shiraki, Hirofumi Ishii, Seiji Yoshimura, Takehiko Ohkawa, Mitsuru Hosaka, Hiroki Fukudome, Yutaka Inoki