Patents by Inventor Jun Hamachi
Jun Hamachi 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: 9654764Abstract: A stereoscopic image processing device including a depth map generation unit and a depth map correction unit. The depth map generation unit uses a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image to acquire depth values in units of blocks constituted of a plurality of pixels and generate a depth map. The depth map correction unit performs a judgment in the depth map as to whether or not a boundary region is included in a block of interest based on depth values of blocks surrounding the block of value, which is a block to be processed, and, if a boundary region is judged to be included in the block of interest, corrects the depth values in units of correction regions, which are units which are smaller than blocks, in the block of interest.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hamachi, Teruhisa Masui, Yousuke Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150222879Abstract: A stereoscopic image processing device is realized whereby a parallax map (depth map) can be acquired with a small amount of computation and high-precision stereoscopic image processing can be executed. A stereoscopic image processing device including a depth map generation unit and a depth map correction unit. The depth map generation unit uses a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image to acquire depth values in units of blocks constituted of a plurality of pixels and generate a depth map. The depth map correction unit performs a judgment in the depth map as to whether or not a boundary region is included in a block of interest based on depth values of blocks surrounding the block of value, which is a block to be processed, and, if a boundary region is judged to be included in the block of interest, corrects the depth values in units of correction regions, which are units which are smaller than blocks, in the block of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Hamachi, Teruhisa Masui, Yousuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8928586Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel stereoscopic display device that allows the viewer to properly view a stereoscopic image. The device includes: a display configured to display an image for stereoscopic viewing; an imaging unit configured to image a face of a viewer; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the face imaged by the imaging unit; an operation unit configured to be operated by the viewer when the viewer is in an optimal position from where the image for stereoscopic viewing displayed on the display can be properly viewed as a stereoscopic image; an optimal position information storage unit configured to store position information provided when the operation unit is operated as position information on the optimal position; and a positional relationship notification unit configured to notify the viewer of the positional relationship between the current position of the viewer and the optimal position.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Hamachi, Yukio Mizuno
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Publication number: 20130141330Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel stereoscopic display device that allows the viewer to properly view a stereoscopic image. The device includes: a display configured to display an image for stereoscopic viewing; an imaging unit configured to image a face of a viewer; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the face imaged by the imaging unit; an operation unit configured to be operated by the viewer when the viewer is in an optimal position from where the image for stereoscopic viewing displayed on the display can be properly viewed as a stereoscopic image; an optimal position information storage unit configured to store position information provided when the operation unit is operated as position information on the optimal position; and a positional relationship notification unit configured to notify the viewer of the positional relationship between the current position of the viewer and the optimal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hamachi, Yukio Mizuno
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Publication number: 20130021144Abstract: An alarm device 1 for a vehicle is provided with at least two tactile units 11Ra to 11Rd and 11La to 11Ld provided so as to respectively correspond to two or more different portions of at least one hand of the driver. A control unit 3 independently drives each of the at least two tactile units according to the type of alarm by a predetermined drive pattern. As a result of the configuration, a large amount of information can be given to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Jun Hamachi
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Publication number: 20120030633Abstract: Provided is a display scene creation system that can cause a display scene to make a transition when a gesture is input to a touch panel, without a processing program that relates the touch panel to the gesture. A design of a display scene is set. One or more display components to be displayed in the set design of the display scene are set. A gesture with which the display scene makes a transition when the gesture is input to the set display components is set. A transition display scene table is provided that stores the set gesture and a post-transition display scene where the gesture and the post-transition display scene are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: SHARPKABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiaki Fujimoto, Teruhisa Masui, Kazuhiko Yoda, Osamu Nishida, Jun Hamachi, Masayuki Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20110227942Abstract: An instrument panel image forming apparatus for forming an instrument panel image that is displayed on an instrument panel mounted on a machine includes an identification information assignment section that, in accordance with image data encoding instrument images that provide a user with information about the inside and outside of the machine, assigns, to image data encoding the instrument panel image, user identification information for identifying a user who operates the machine, and an image data changing section that stores, in a user-by-user image data storage section, the image data assigned the user identification information by the identification information assignment section, thereby forming individual instrument panel images that, in cases where a plurality of users use a particular machine, can be surely and easily displayed for each separate user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiaki Fujimoto, Teruhisa Masui, Kazuhiko Yoda, Osamu Nishida, Jun Hamachi, Masayuki Fujisawa
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Patent number: 8004395Abstract: An instrument panel display system displays vehicle information, amenity information, and safety information as images. In this instrument panel display system, data (image data, image layout data, and image output control data) for displaying the images are generated in a shared manner by a vehicle system processor, an amenity system processor, and a safety system processor. On account of this, the stability of image display on an instrument panel of a vehicle or the like is improved and hence safety of driving is increased.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Toshiya Aoki, Kouichi Oda, Jun Hamachi, Fumiaki Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Yoda
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Publication number: 20110109473Abstract: An instrument panel image display apparatus for displaying an instrument panel image on an instrument panel mounted on a machine includes an image display section arranged to display, in accordance with image data encoding instrument images that provide a user with information about an inside and an outside of the machine, an instrument panel image containing the instrument images, and an image data changing section arranged to change a display state of an instrument image to another display state according to a state of the machine, from among a plurality of display states determined in advance according to the state of the machine. With this structure, an instrument panel image according to the user's own preferences and the state of the machine is created without undermining safety during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiaki Fujimoto, Teruhisa Masui, Kazuhiko Yoda, Osamu Nishida, Jun Hamachi, Masayuki Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20100238008Abstract: A display system of the present invention includes a liquid crystal platform section (200). The liquid crystal platform section (200) includes (i) a Flash ROM (203) which stores data required for a liquid crystal wide instrument panel (100) to display all scenes, (ii) a RAM (204) which stores code image data sent from the Flash ROM (203), and (iii) a DIC (201) which generates the display data in accordance with the code image data sent to the RAM (204). In startup of the display system, the DIC (201) causes (i) only data of an image, out of data stored in Flash ROM (203), which image is to be displayed at startup of the display system to be sent to the RAM (204), and (ii) the display data to be generated in accordance with the data which has been sent to the RAM (204). The display system is arranged so as to employ as many existing hardware as possible, which can improve its operability by shortening the time required for the first scene to start to be displayed after the startup of the display system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hamachi, Fumiaki Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20090179745Abstract: An instrument panel display system displays vehicle information, amenity information, and safety information as images. In this instrument panel display system, data (image data, image layout data, and image output control data) for displaying the images are generated in a shared manner by a vehicle system processor, an amenity system processor, and a safety system processor. On account of this, the stability of image display on an instrument panel of a vehicle or the like is improved and hence safety of driving is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Toshiya AOKI, Kouichi ODA, Jun HAMACHI, Fumiaki FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiko YODA
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Publication number: 20080309474Abstract: An instrument panel display system of displays vehicle information, amenity information, and safety information as images. In this instrument panel display system, data (image data, image layout data, and image output control data) for displaying the images are generated in a shared manner by a vehicle system processor, an amenity system processor, and a safety system processor. On account of this, the stability of image display on an instrument panel of a vehicle or the like is improved and hence safety of driving is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Toshiya Aoki, Kouichi Oda, Jun Hamachi, Fumiaki Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Yoda