Patents by Inventor Ichiro Ujiie

Ichiro Ujiie 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).

  • Publication number: 20250150706
    Abstract: The present technique pertains to an image capturing apparatus and a signal processing method that enable power consumption to be lowered for a sensor equipped with a DNN (Deep Neural Network). The image capturing apparatus performs a DNN (Deep Neural Network) process on image data that is generated by image capturing, outputs a trigger signal for controlling stopping or driving of the DNN process, and, on the basis of the trigger signal, controls stopping of the DNN process or driving of the DNN process and output to a subsequent stage. The present technique can be applied to an image capturing apparatus that is provided with an image sensor which is equipped with a DNN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: TOMONORI MASUNO, ICHIRO UJIIE, SEIGO HANADA, KAZUMASA ONIKI, NANA MATSUMOTO, YING YANG, KAZUKI YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11454587
    Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Ichiro Ujiie, Tomonori Masuno
  • Publication number: 20200340911
    Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Ichiro Ujiie, Tomonori Masuno
  • Patent number: 7752257
    Abstract: An information serving system that includes an information device capable of setting a user identifier carrying a medium type indicating an information type the information device is compatible with and identifying an information-provided user and also capable of connection to a network. An information serving device to which the information device is connected via the network, the information serving device includes databases having recorded therein, in association with each other, user profile data indicating information to be provided correspondingly to a user identifier, and content data associated with a medium type and information genre, respectively, and a request handling computer which searches, upon request from the information device, the database for content data to acquire the content data and supplies the information device with the content data as a one of the medium type the information device is compatible with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ide, Hiroshi Udagawa, Chizuru Makita, Ichiro Ujiie, Masato Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090091772
    Abstract: A print system for printing one printing image data in a plurality of printing sizes, includes an image display apparatus for displaying the printing image data, and a printer apparatus for printing the one printing image data which is displayed and selected with the image display apparatus in a plurality of printing sizes. The image display apparatus includes record means in which the printing image data is stored, display means for displaying the printing image data stored in the record means, and control means for causing the display means to simultaneously display frame data in the plurality of printing sizes on the selected printing image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Ujiie, Kohei Sakura, Kyoko Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 7216950
    Abstract: A density-adjusting method of a liquid-discharging apparatus having a head including a plurality of juxtaposed liquid-discharging units having respective nozzles, forming dots by landing droplets discharged from the nozzles onto a droplet-landing object, and providing half tones by arranging a dot array is provided. A density-measuring pattern including all pixel trains lying in the main scanning direction with a constant density is formed, the density of the pattern is scanned so as to obtain density information and the relationship between the number and the density of droplets with respect to each pixel train. Upon receipt of a discharge command signal, based on the obtained data with respect to each pixel train, the density of the pixel train corresponding to the discharge command signal is adjusted by making the number of droplets to be actually discharged from the nozzles different from that of droplets discharged according to the discharge command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Eguchi, Kazuyasu Takenaka, Takanori Takahashi, Ichiro Ujiie
  • Publication number: 20060203291
    Abstract: A tone converting device to convert an image density signal having m-valued tone into an image density signal having binary tone, m being a natural number, is provided. The tone converting device includes an input signal accumulating-and-adding unit to accumulate and add sequentially input m-valued image density signals so as to generate a first cumulative sum; an output signal accumulating-and-adding unit to accumulate and add binary image density signals as converted output so as to generate a second cumulative sum; and an output tone setting unit to set a smaller value among two values to an output conversion value when the first cumulative sum is equal to the second cumulative sum or when the second cumulative sum is larger than the first cumulative sum, and to set a larger value among the two values to the output conversion value when the second cumulative sum is smaller than the first cumulative sum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Ichiro Ujiie, Soichi Kuwahara, Mitsugu Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20050001866
    Abstract: A density-adjusting method of a liquid-discharging apparatus having a head including a plurality of juxtaposed liquid-discharging units having respective nozzles, forming dots by landing droplets discharged from the nozzles onto a droplet-landing object, and providing half tones by arranging a dot array is provided. A density-measuring pattern including all pixel trains lying in the main scanning direction with a constant density is formed, the density of the pattern is scanned so as to obtain density information and the relationship between the number and the density of droplets with respect to each pixel train. Upon receipt of a discharge command signal, based on the obtained data with respect to each pixel train, the density of the pixel train corresponding to the discharge command signal is adjusted by making the number of droplets to be actually discharged from the nozzles different from that of droplets discharged according to the discharge command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Takeo Eguchi, Kazuyasu Takenaka, Takanori Takahashi, Ichiro Ujiie
  • Publication number: 20040153500
    Abstract: In an information serving system (1) including an information device (11) capable of setting a user identifier carrying a medium type indicating an information type the information device (11) is compatible with and identifying an information-provided user and also capable of connection to a network, and an information serving device to which the information device (11) is connected via the network, the information serving device includes databases (23, 24) having recorded therein, in association with each other, user profile data indicating information to be provided correspondingly to a user identifier, and content data associated with a medium type and information genre, respectively, and a request handling computer (21) which searches, upon request from the information device, the database for content data to acquire the content data and supplies the information device (11) with the content data as a one of the medium type the information device (11) is compatible with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ide, Hiroshi Udagawa, Chizuru Makita, Ichiro Ujiie, Masato Nakamura