Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Watanabe

Kazuhiro Watanabe 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).

  • Illumination apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 9307617
    Abstract: There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Hiroshi Okada, Hirofumi Yuchi, Kohei Asada, Takashi Sato, Yutaka Fukuyama, Kiyoshi Yoneda, Kouji Miyata
  • Control device and storage medium for controlling capture of images
    Patent number: 9300858
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including a focus control unit configured to perform control so as to sequentially bring multiple subjects within a captured image into focus, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in response to a trigger from a user so as to record, onto a storage medium, captured images of the multiple subjects sequentially brought into focus by the focus control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Tomoya Onuma, Akira Tange
  • Information processing device and storage medium, for replacing a face image
    Patent number: 9298969
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Takayasu Kon, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada
  • Image processing apparatus and an image processing method for generating mosaic image(s)
    Patent number: 9292947
    Abstract: To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Wataru Kaku, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Kaori Miyake
  • ION IMPLANTER AND METHOD OF ION BEAM TUNING
    Publication number: 20160079032
    Abstract: An energy analysis slit of an ion implanter is configured to enable switching between a standard slit opening used for implantation processing performed under a predetermined implantation condition and a high-precision slit opening having higher energy precision than the standard slit opening and used to tune an acceleration parameter for a radio frequency linear accelerator. The acceleration parameter is determined for the predetermined implantation condition so that at least a part of ions supplied to the radio frequency linear accelerator is accelerated to have target energy, and so that the beam current amount measured by a beam measurement unit is equivalent to a target beam current amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuuji Takahashi, Yusuke Ueno
  • Information processing system and storage medium
    Patent number: 9277178
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an identifying unit that identifies a user and a target with whom the user requests to converse based on a signal detected by a first sensor arranged around the user, a signal processing unit that performs predetermined signal processing on signals detected by the first sensor and a second sensor arranged around the target, an output control unit that causes the signal detected by at least the second sensor and processed by the signal processing unit to be output to a first output unit arranged around the user, and a recognizing unit that recognizes, when a plurality of the targets are identified by the identifying unit, a selection request for selecting a specific target from among the plurality of targets based on the signal detected by the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Onuma, Yoichiro Sako, Kohei Asada, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Katsuhisa Aratani, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga
  • RACK GUIDE DEVICE AND STEERING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20160052538
    Abstract: A rack guide device includes a rack guide, a blocking member, a plate spring and a holding member. The rack guide is accommodated in an accommodating portion that is formed in a housing through which a rack shaft is inserted so as to move towards or away from the rack shaft and that supports the rack shaft so that the rack shaft slides in an axial direction thereof. The blocking member is fixed to an external opening end provided on an opposite side of the accommodating portion to a side thereof that faces the rack shaft. The disc spring is interposed between the blocking member and the rack guide to bias the rack guide towards the rack shaft. The holding member holds the disc spring and is directly or indirectly held to the rack guide or the blocking member through frictional engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto TAENAKA, Hidetoshi SUMIHARA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yasuto TAKAKI, Tetsuji MIYANO
  • Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for obtaining information on focus control of a subject
    Patent number: 9270902
    Abstract: Conventionally, on a subject in which range, refocus can be performed at the time of image capturing or at the time of editing an image is not specified clearly, and therefore, it is difficult for a user to capture an image or to edit an image in a manner the user intends. An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image including a plurality of subject areas and distance information corresponding to the plurality of subject areas and a generation unit configured to generate a shifted image in which positions of the plurality of subject areas are shifted in the image based on the distance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Osamu Sakata, Keita Takatani, Wataru Kaku
  • Information processing apparatus and recording medium
    Patent number: 9256284
    Abstract: There is provided An information processing apparatus including a perspective switching control unit configured to switch a perspective when playing back content acquired by a content acquisition unit to at least one of a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective, an editing unit configured to edit a part of the content, and a playback control unit configured to play back the content edited by the editing unit in the at least one of the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective to which the perspective has been switched by the perspective switching control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yuki Koga, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma
  • Speech signal processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9257131
    Abstract: A speech signal processing apparatus includes an amplitude and phase signal generation section that, based on an analyzing signal expressed by a complex signal generated from a speech signal applied with pitch marks every 1 pitch cycle, generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal on the time axis of the speech signal, a phase signal conversion section that converts the phase signal into a phase signal of a target pitch cycle width for each section of the 1 pitch cycle width based on the pitch marks, and a pitch conversion speech signal generation section that generates a speech signal in which pitch cycle is converted to the target pitch cycle based on an amplitude signal of the target pitch cycle width of a section corresponding to the section of the amplitude signal and based on a phase signal of the target pitch cycle width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Information processing apparatus and recording medium
    Patent number: 9245389
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to include a first display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a first image from a user viewpoint, which is captured by a first imaging unit, is displayed on a display unit or control is performed in a manner that the display unit is transmissive, and a second display control mode in which control is performed in a manner that a second image captured by a second imaging unit including a user within an angle of view is displayed on the display unit, and a switching control unit configured to perform control in response to an instruction from the user in a manner that a display control mode of the display control unit is switched from the first display control mode to the second display control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazunori Hayashi, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Tomoya Onuma, Yuki Koga, Kohei Asada
  • FUEL CELL ASSEMBLING METHOD AND FUEL CELL ASSEMBLING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150380761
    Abstract: A fuel cell assembling apparatus includes: a tensile load application device that pulls a coupling plate to apply a tensile load to the coupling plate of which a first end portion is fixed to a first end plate, the tensile load application device being temporarily fixed to a second end portion of the coupling plate; a compressive load application device that applies a compressive load to a cell stack of a fuel cell; and a fixing device that fixes the second end portion of the coupling plate to which the tensile load is applied, and a second end plate to each other. The tensile load application device applies the tensile load to the coupling plate by using a reaction force generated in response to the compressive load applied to the cell stack by the compressive load application device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro WATANABE
  • MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150381430
    Abstract: A management device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to acquire an actual value of past traffic volume for each of logical interfaces set on physical interfaces included in the network devices, and store the acquired actual value in a storage unit, refer to the actual value of the traffic volume and, based on the actual value of the traffic volume, predict a future value of traffic volume for each of the logical interfaces, and add up, for each of the plurality of network devices, the predicted value of traffic volume for each of the logical interfaces to compute a predicted value of traffic volume of each of the network devices, and, based on the predicted value of traffic volume of each of the network devices, select one of the network devices to which a new network is to be assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Deguchi, Hajime Hoashi, Kengo Hobo, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • OPHTHALMOLOGIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150351623
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit that acquires an image of an eye to be inspected, a main unit in which the measurement unit is placed and which includes a holding part for holding the main unit with a hand, an eyepiece part having a shape asymmetric about a measurement optical axis of the measurement unit and capable of being in contact with an area around an eye to be inspected, a position detection unit that detects a position of the eyepiece part, an acquisition unit that acquires eye distinguishing information indicating whether the eye is a right eye or a left eye, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display an image of the eye such that the image of the eye is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on the eye distinguishing information and a resultant image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Sakiko Yamaguchi, Naofumi Sekine, Wataru Kaku
  • STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150356980
    Abstract: There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Kohei ASADA, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Kazunori HAYASHI, Takayasu KON, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Yasunori KAMADA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Kazuhiro WATANABE
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150351022
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit that transmits and receives data in at least one communication mode from among a first communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a predetermined range, and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a wider range than the predetermined range; and a control unit that, when data is being transmitted and received with a second wireless communication apparatus via one or a plurality of other wireless communication apparatuses in the first communication mode, configures the second communication mode and conducts a control for detecting a third wireless communication apparatus that satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SAKODA, Yoichiro SAKO, Katsuhisa ARATANI, Kohei ASADA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yuki KOGA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE
  • OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150342458
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an image-capturing unit that captures an image of an eye to be examined, a main body having in a rod-like shape and that accommodates the image-capturing unit, an eyepiece portion that is positioned at a first end of the main body in an axial direction of the main body and that is brought into contact with a portion around the eye to be examined, and a display that is positioned at a second end of the main body in the axial direction of the main body and that displays an image of the eye to be examined. The main body includes a holding portion that is to be held by a hand of an examiner and that extends in the axial direction of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Sakiko Yamaguchi, Naofumi Sekine, Tetsuya Sekine, Hideki Hayashi, Wataru Kaku
  • CONTENT SERVER, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CLIENT DEVICE, AND CONTENT ACQUISITION
    Publication number: 20150350283
    Abstract: There is provided a content server including a storage unit configured to store a plurality of encoded data obtained by encoding same contents at different bit rates, and a communication unit configured to transmit a data file including access information related to a part of encoded data among the plurality of encoded data to a client device, and transmit encoded data requested by the client device based on the data file to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: MIKITA YASUDA, TATSUYA IGARASHI, KAZUHIRO WATANABE
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150338924
    Abstract: A distance measuring unit measures a distance from a picked-up image by an image pickup unit to a tip portion of a finger. When the measured distance is less than a reference distance, a CPU displays an identification mark at a position corresponding to the finger on a display image, and takes in a locus of the finger as a handwritten character/figure. When the measured distance is the reference distance or more, the CPU hides the identification mark, and does not take in the locus of the finger as the handwritten character/figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Wataru Kaku, Takeshi Nakata
  • DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150332620
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including a detection unit that detects whether or not an input image contains an image of food or drink, an image creation unit that creates an image of food or drink whose exterior appearance is changed, when the detection unit detects an image of the food or drink, and a display control unit that performs control to display the image created by the image creation unit on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Yasunori KAMADA, Yuki KOGA, Hiroyuki HANAYA, Tomoya ONUMA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Takayasu KON, Kazunori HAYASHI, Kohei ASADA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Akira TANGE