Patents by Inventor Junichi Ishibashi
Junichi Ishibashi 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: 11889218Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Publication number: 20210409621Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Patent number: 11153515Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Patent number: 11054779Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming units, supply devices, and a speed changing unit. The image forming units form toner images of different colors. Each of the image forming units includes a developing device containing toner of a corresponding one of the different colors. The supply devices supply toner to the developing devices. In a high development mode, the speed changing unit changes a drive rotational speed of the developing device or a speed of an image formation operation to a lower speed compared with a case of a normal mode. The normal mode is a mode in which a toner image is formed with a normal amount of toner adhesion. The high development mode is a mode in which at least one of the image forming units forms a toner image with a large amount of toner adhesion.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Junichi Ishibashi, Keiji Sanekata, Chihiro Hagiwara
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Publication number: 20200096924Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming units, supply devices, and a speed changing unit. The image forming units form toner images of different colors. Each of the image forming units includes a developing device containing toner of a corresponding one of the different colors. The supply devices supply toner to the developing devices. In a high development mode, the speed changing unit changes a drive rotational speed of the developing device or a speed of an image formation operation to a lower speed compared with a case of a normal mode. The normal mode is a mode in which a toner image is formed with a normal amount of toner adhesion. The high development mode is a mode in which at least one of the image forming units forms a toner image with a large amount of toner adhesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Junichi ISHIBASHI, Keiji SANEKATA, Chihiro HAGIWARA
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Patent number: 10554910Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Publication number: 20180109750Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Publication number: 20180109741Abstract: A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichi Sukegawa, Shunji Maeda, Junichi Ishibashi, Motoshige Okada
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Publication number: 20160266530Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming sections each including a developing section having a developer bearing member and a developer supply unit and a transfer unit that transfers an image developed on a photoconductor by the developing unit onto a transfer body, a controller that controls a driving time of the developer bearing member so that developer is born on the developer bearing member during a period when image formation is not performed and the developer attached to the transfer body by the image forming sections does not overlap, a detector that detects the attached developer by each image forming section, and a specification unit that specifies the image forming section which attaches the developer to the transfer body, on the basis of a time from when the controller starts driving the developer bearing member to when the detector detects the developer attached to the transfer body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Junichi ISHIBASHI, Satoshi TANAKA, Keiji SANEKATA, Shinji MITSUI, Chihiro HAGIWARA
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Patent number: 9423747Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming sections each including a developing section having a developer bearing member and a developer supply unit and a transfer unit that transfers an image developed on a photoconductor by the developing unit onto a transfer body, a controller that controls a driving time of the developer bearing member so that developer is born on the developer bearing member during a period when image formation is not performed and the developer attached to the transfer body by the image forming sections does not overlap, a detector that detects the attached developer by each image forming section, and a specification unit that specifies the image forming section which attaches the developer to the transfer body, on the basis of a time from when the controller starts driving the developer bearing member to when the detector detects the developer attached to the transfer body.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Ishibashi, Satoshi Tanaka, Keiji Sanekata, Shinji Mitsui, Chihiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 9412056Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes individually replaceable image forming assemblies forming images of different colors; a storage portion that stores time when at least one image forming assembly currently loaded into the apparatus is unloaded; a calculating portion that calculates an unloaded-engine storage period, time elapsed from when a newly loaded image forming assembly is unloaded last time to when the image forming assembly is newly loaded; and a controller that performs image quality adjustment depending on the unloaded-engine storage period calculated before the newly loaded image forming assembly is used for image formation. The apparatus receives image data of an image that contains a color other than colors that currently loaded image forming assemblies form. The apparatus forms a final image based on the image data on a sheet through image forming operations on the same sheet while at least one of the loaded image forming assemblies is replaced.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Junichi Ishibashi, Yuki Sekura
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Publication number: 20160210540Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes individually replaceable image forming assemblies forming images of different colors; a storage portion that stores time when at least one image forming assembly currently loaded into the apparatus is unloaded; a calculating portion that calculates an unloaded-engine storage period, time elapsed from when a newly loaded image forming assembly is unloaded last time to when the image forming assembly is newly loaded; and a controller that performs image quality adjustment depending on the unloaded-engine storage period calculated before the newly loaded image forming assembly is used for image formation. The apparatus receives image data of an image that contains a color other than colors that currently loaded image forming assemblies form. The apparatus forms a final image based on the image data on a sheet through image forming operations on the same sheet while at least one of the loaded image forming assemblies is replaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Junichi ISHIBASHI, Yuki SEKURA
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Patent number: 8213496Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. Based on the motion vector, a target-pixel-setting section (35) sets a target pixel for each image in plural images to be processed. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the motion vector and the exposure-time ratio set in units of image in the exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32). A processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions corresponding to the target pixel for each of the plural images based on the motion blur amount. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients based on the motion blur amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
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Patent number: 8164638Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to process at high speed the foreground component image and the background component image of picked up images on a network platform. A client computer 27 outputs information specifying image data desired to separate to a separation server 11. The separation server 11 obtains the specified image data from a storage server 18 and outputs it to a motion detecting server 12 to perform motion detection processing. Thereafter, the image data, motion vector and positional information are output to an area specifying server 13. The area specifying server 13 generates area information of the image data and outputs the area information to a mixture ratio calculating server 14 in addition to the image data, the motion vector and the positional information.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takashi Sawao, Junichi Ishibashi, Takahiro Nagano, Naoki Fujiwara, Toru Miyake, Seiji Wada
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Patent number: 8103114Abstract: A motion-vector detector determines the centroid of pixels on a reference frame that is identified with position information set in a database and associated with a feature address corresponding to a feature of a target pixel. The motion-vector detector detects, as a motion vector of the target pixel, a vector that has a starting point at a pixel on the reference frame which corresponds to the target pixel on a current frame and has an end point at the determined centroid. The present invention can be applied to an apparatus for generating a motion vector and allows prompt detection of a motion vector.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Junichi Ishibashi, Seiji Wada, Yasuhiro Suto
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Patent number: 8098944Abstract: A motion-vector detector determines the centroid of pixels on a reference frame that is identified with position information set in a database and associated with a feature address corresponding to a feature of a target pixel. The motion-vector detector detects, as a motion vector of the target pixel, a vector that has a starting point at a pixel on the reference frame which corresponds to the target pixel on a current frame and has an end point at the determined centroid. The present invention can be applied to an apparatus for generating a motion vector and allows prompt detection of a motion vector.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Junichi Ishibashi, Seiji Wada, Yasuhiro Suto
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Patent number: 8026951Abstract: An image processing device, method, recording medium, and program where the device includes a simple-type angle detecting unit simply detects the angle as continuity using correlation from an input image. The device includes an input configured to input image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by real world light signals being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements, and a real world estimating unit configured to estimate light signals being cast in an optical low-pass filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takahiro Nagano, Junichi Ishibashi, Takashi Sawao, Naoki Fujiwara, Seiji Wada, Toru Miyake
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Patent number: 7940993Abstract: A motion-setting section (61) sets a motion amount and a motion direction for obtaining processing coefficients. A student-image-generating section (62) generates student images obtained by adding a motion blur to a teacher image not only based on the set motion amount and the set motion direction but also by changing at least one of the motion amount and motion direction in a specific ratio and student images obtained by adding no motion blur to the teacher image. A prediction-tap-extracting section (64) extracts, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel, at least a pixel value of pixel in the student image whose space position roughly agrees with space position of the target pixel in the teacher image.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto
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Patent number: 7916977Abstract: A group of input image data is determined based on the distance between images of a number of representative faces, prepared from plural templates, and the input image data (correlative values C1 to C5). The number of representative faces is smaller than the number of the templates. An angle of the input image is calculated based on the so-determined group.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Junichi Ishibashi
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Patent number: 7903890Abstract: A target-pixel-setting section (31) sets a target pixel in a target image to be predicted. A motion-direction-detecting section (32) detects a motion direction corresponding to the target pixel. A pixel-value-extracting section (36) extracts from peripheral images corresponding to the target image, in order to extract a main term that mainly contains component of the target pixel in a moving object that encounters a motion blur in the peripheral images, at least pixel values of pixels in the peripheral images whose space position roughly agree with space position of the target pixel. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37a) sets a specific motion-blur-removing-processing coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takahiro Nagano, Tetsujiro Kondo, Tsutomu Watanabe, Junichi Ishibashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Naoki Fujiwara, Masanori Kanemaru, Shinichiro Kaneko, Yasuhiro Suto