Patents by Inventor Junya KITAGAWA

Junya KITAGAWA 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: 10999510
    Abstract: A digital camera (100) includes a plurality of drive units that moves a movable member (2) including an imaging element (20) in directions X, Y, and ? along a light receiving surface (20a) of the imaging element (20), and a system controller (108) that controls the plurality of drive units. The system controller (108) includes a power amount decision unit (108A) that decides power amounts to be supplied to the plurality of drive units for moving the movable member (2) to a target position, and a drive controller (108B) that performs a first control for reducing a total value of the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) while maintaining a ratio between the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) and supplying the power amounts after the reduction to the drive units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kitagawa, Fuyuhiko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20210120180
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: an imaging lens; an image capturing device main body including an imaging element that captures an optical image transmitting through the imaging lens; a first correction unit that performs correction of an image shake by a correction lens; and a second correction unit that performs correction of the image shake by the image capturing device main body. The image capturing device performs a control of causing the first correction unit and the second correction unit to share and correct the image shake and calculates a correction amount of each of the first correction unit and the second correction unit according to at least one of a temperature of the imaging lens or a temperature of the image capturing device main body in a case where correction of the image shake is performed by the first correction unit and the second correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KITAGAWA, Koichi TANAKA, Fuminori IRIE
  • Publication number: 20210120177
    Abstract: An image blur correction device includes an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a system control unit that calculates rotational acceleration components which are included in detected accelerations and are generated by rotation of a digital camera around a rotation axis parallel to an optical axis, and corrects blurs of the captured image signal in directions based on accelerations obtained by subtracting the rotational acceleration components from the accelerations detected by the acceleration sensor. The system control unit selects one of rotation axes based on a usage state of the digital camera, and calculates the rotational acceleration components generated by the rotation of the digital camera around the selected rotation axis based on an angular velocity and distances in the directions from the selected rotation axis to the acceleration sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Fuminori IRIE, Junya KITAGAWA, Kouhei AWAZU
  • Publication number: 20210120178
    Abstract: The image blur correction device includes an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a system control unit. The system control unit selects one of rotation axes based on a usage state of a digital camera, and calculates a shift blur amount generated in a direction by rotation of the digital camera around a second axis and a shift blur amount generated in a direction by rotation of the digital camera around a first axis based on distances from the selected rotation axis to the acceleration sensor, angular velocities, and accelerations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Fuminori IRIE, Junya KITAGAWA, Kouhei AWAZU
  • Patent number: 10911676
    Abstract: The memory card includes: a gyro sensor that detects each of angular velocities in respective directions of axial rotation about three orthogonal axes; a first recording unit that records the moving image captured by the electronic device; a second recording unit that records each of first, second, and third sensor outputs indicating the angular velocities in the directions of axial rotation about the three orthogonal axes, which are detected by the gyro sensor, in association with the moving image to be recorded in the first recording unit; a determination unit that determines a direction of insertion of the memory card, which is mounted on the electronic device, into the electronic device; and a third recording unit that records information indicating the direction of insertion determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kitagawa, Tomonori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200329201
    Abstract: A digital camera (100) includes a plurality of drive units that moves a movable member (2) including an imaging element (20) in directions X, Y, and ? along a light receiving surface (20a) of the imaging element (20), and a system controller (108) that controls the plurality of drive units. The system controller (108) includes a power amount decision unit (108A) that decides power amounts to be supplied to the plurality of drive units for moving the movable member (2) to a target position, and a drive controller (108B) that performs a first control for reducing a total value of the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) while maintaining a ratio between the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) and supplying the power amounts after the reduction to the drive units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KITAGAWA, Fuyuhiko MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10663593
    Abstract: In an aspect of the invention, a projector apparatus (20) with a distance image acquisition device includes a projection image generation unit (28), a difference value acquisition unit (101) that acquires a difference value between distance information of a first distance image acquired at a first timing and distance information of a second distance image acquired at a second timing, a determination unit (103) that determines whether the body to be projected is at a standstill on the basis of the difference value acquired by the difference value acquisition unit (101), a projection instruction unit (105) that outputs a command to project an image generated by the projection image generation unit (28) to the body to be projected, and a projection control unit (107) that controls a projection operation of the projector apparatus (20) on the basis of the projection command output from the projection instruction unit (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kitagawa, Tomoyuki Kawai, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Tomonori Masuda, Yoshinori Furuta
  • Patent number: 10580161
    Abstract: First object candidate region extraction means extracts a first object candidate region where an object is expected to be present from an infrared light image captured by an infrared light imaging device. Second object candidate region extraction means extracts a second object candidate region where the object is expected to be present from a visible light image captured by a visible light imaging device. Score integration means calculates an integration evaluation value by performing a weighted addition of a first evaluation value in the first object candidate region and a second evaluation value in the second object candidate region. Weight decision means decides a weight in the weighted addition on the basis of, for example, an environment temperature. Object region determination means determines an object region on the basis of the integration evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Junya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10536640
    Abstract: The imaging device includes an imaging optical system, imaging unit having an imaging element and for capturing a video by imaging a subject image through the imaging optical system, a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake, an optical correction unit configured to optically correct the camera shake detected by the camera shake detection unit by changing a position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the optical correction unit is turned on and to stop the correction in a case where the optical correction unit is turned off, and a reset determination unit for determining whether or not to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The optical correction unit resets the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the reset determination unit determines to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10466110
    Abstract: Disclosed is an infrared image acquisition device capable of preventing a glare on a subject and acquiring an infrared image suitable for calculating the temperature of the subject. An infrared image acquisition device includes an infrared imaging unit, a corresponding area detection unit, a glare area detection unit, and an image correction unit. The infrared imaging unit acquires a first image and a second image having different imaging directions with respect to the subject. The corresponding area detection unit detects a first corresponding area and a second corresponding area corresponding to the subject in the first image and the second image. The glare area detection unit detects a first glare area where the first image has a larger amount of infrared rays than that of the second image, and a second glare area. The image correction unit corrects the first glare area based on the second glare area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Junya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10419696
    Abstract: Provided are an infrared imaging device and a signal correction method using the infrared imaging device capable of reducing noise due to a variation of pixel signals of an infrared image even in a case where the variation of the pixel signals of the infrared image is changed. An infrared imaging device includes an optical system, a detection unit that includes an effective pixel portion in which effective pixels that are infrared detection elements are arranged in a matrix form in an effective region onto which infrared rays from the optical system are incident and a reference pixel portion in which a plurality of reference pixels that are the infrared detection elements are arranged in a reference region onto which the infrared rays from the optical system are not incident, and is positioned on an imaging surface of the optical system; and a signal correction unit that performs a correction process with respect to a pixel signal detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Junya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10412352
    Abstract: The invention provides a projector apparatus with a distance image acquisition device and a projection mapping method that can project an image focused on the entire projection object even in a case in which there is a difference in distance to the projection object and the projection object moves. Two projector apparatuses with a TOF camera, that is, a first projector apparatus with a TOF camera including a first projector apparatus for a far distance and a first TOF camera that acquires a distance image of a far projection object and a second projector apparatus with a TOF camera including a second projector apparatus for a near distance and a second TOF camera that acquires a distance image of a near projection object can project a projection image for a far distance and a projection image for a near distance which are focused on the entire projection object even in a case in which there is a difference in distance to the projection object and the projection object moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Yoshinori Furuta, Tomonori Masuda, Junya Kitagawa, Yasuhiro Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20190268540
    Abstract: The memory card includes: a gyro sensor that detects each of angular velocities in respective directions of axial rotation about three orthogonal axes; a first recording unit that records the moving image captured by the electronic device; a second recording unit that records each of first, second, and third sensor outputs indicating the angular velocities in the directions of axial rotation about the three orthogonal axes, which are detected by the gyro sensor, in association with the moving image to be recorded in the first recording unit; a determination unit that determines a direction of insertion of the memory card, which is mounted on the electronic device, into the electronic device; and a third recording unit that records information indicating the direction of insertion determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KITAGAWA, Tomonori MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190007617
    Abstract: The imaging device includes an imaging optical system, imaging unit having an imaging element and for capturing a video by imaging a subject image through the imaging optical system, a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake, an optical correction unit configured to optically correct the camera shake detected by the camera shake detection unit by changing a position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the optical correction unit is turned on and to stop the correction in a case where the optical correction unit is turned off, and a reset determination unit for determining whether or not to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The optical correction unit resets the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the reset determination unit determines to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Junya KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180240251
    Abstract: First object candidate region extraction means extracts a first object candidate region where an object is expected to be present from an infrared light image captured by an infrared light imaging device. Second object candidate region extraction means extracts a second object candidate region where the object is expected to be present from a visible light image captured by a visible light imaging device. Score integration means calculates an integration evaluation value by performing a weighted addition of a first evaluation value in the first object candidate region and a second evaluation value in the second object candidate region. Weight decision means decides a weight in the weighted addition on the basis of, for example, an environment temperature. Object region determination means determines an object region on the basis of the integration evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Junya KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180224553
    Abstract: In an aspect of the invention, a projector apparatus (20) with a distance image acquisition device includes a projection image generation unit (28), a difference value acquisition unit (101) that acquires a difference value between distance information of a first distance image acquired at a first timing and distance information of a second distance image acquired at a second timing, a determination unit (103) that determines whether the body to be projected is at a standstill on the basis of the difference value acquired by the difference value acquisition unit (101), a projection instruction unit (105) that outputs a command to project an image generated by the projection image generation unit (28) to the body to be projected, and a projection control unit (107) that controls a projection operation of the projector apparatus (20) on the basis of the projection command output from the projection instruction unit (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KITAGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Yasuhiro SHINKAI, Tomonori MASUDA, Yoshinori FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20180214241
    Abstract: A received light signal of the measurement light which is reflected from the subject and is then incident on a distance image sensor is acquired from the distance image sensor and a distance image is generated on the basis of the acquired received light signal. The position of a leading end of a medical instrument inserted into the subject is acquired. A leading end position image indicating the position of the leading end of the medical instrument in the subject is acquired. A projection image which is projected to the subject and corresponds to a surface shape of a corresponding part of the subject corresponding to the position of the leading end is generated from the leading end position image, on the basis of the shape of the subject detected from the distance image and the position of the leading end. The projection image is projected to the corresponding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori FURUTA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Tomonori MASUDA, Junya KITAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20180184056
    Abstract: The invention provides a projector apparatus with a distance image acquisition device and a projection mapping method that can project an image focused on the entire projection object even in a case in which there is a difference in distance to the projection object and the projection object moves. Two projector apparatuses with a TOF camera, that is, a first projector apparatus with a TOF camera including a first projector apparatus for a far distance and a first TOF camera that acquires a distance image of a far projection object and a second projector apparatus with a TOF camera including a second projector apparatus for a near distance and a second TOF camera that acquires a distance image of a near projection object can project a projection image for a far distance and a projection image for a near distance which are focused on the entire projection object even in a case in which there is a difference in distance to the projection object and the projection object moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Yoshinori FURUTA, Tomonori MASUDA, Junya KITAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHINKAI
  • Patent number: 9948828
    Abstract: A subject is imaged repeatedly and color images of the subject are obtained. A color histogram is generated from the color subject image obtained and a representative color is decided from the color histogram generated. A specific color range that can be considered a color identical with the representative color is decided from the color histogram and representative color. Color outside the specific color range in the color subject image is changed to gray, an image of the subject in which the non-specific colors have been changed to gray is obtained and the image is displayed. Processing such as deciding the specific color range is repeated. When an instruction to fix the specific color is issued, the specific color range is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Endo, Yitong Zhang, Masahiko Sugimoto, Junya Kitagawa, Kosuke Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20180084205
    Abstract: Provided are an infrared imaging device and a signal correction method using the infrared imaging device capable of reducing noise due to a variation of pixel signals of an infrared image even in a case where the variation of the pixel signals of the infrared image is changed. An infrared imaging device includes an optical system, a detection unit that includes an effective pixel portion in which effective pixels that are infrared detection elements are arranged in a matrix form in an effective region onto which infrared rays from the optical system are incident and a reference pixel portion in which a plurality of reference pixels that are the infrared detection elements are arranged in a reference region onto which the infrared rays from the optical system are not incident, and is positioned on an imaging surface of the optical system; and a signal correction unit that performs a correction process with respect to a pixel signal detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Junya KITAGAWA