Patents by Inventor Kazuki Aisaka
Kazuki Aisaka 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: 9990562Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a motion vector detection portion that performs comparison of a substantially spherical photographic subject such that, among a plurality of captured images including the photographic subject, an image as a processing target and another image as a comparison target are compared using each of the plurality of captured images as the processing target, and which detects a motion vector of a whole three-dimensional spherical model with respect to the processing target, a motion compensation portion that performs motion compensation on the processing target, based on the motion vector of each of the plurality of captured images that is detected by the motion vector detection portion, and a synthesis portion that synthesizes each of the captured images that are obtained as a result of the motion compensation performed by the motion compensation portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Seiji Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180075190Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting, via at least one network, a request to another apparatus for still image data generated from moving image data, the request comprising at least one criterion, and receiving still image data generated from moving image data matching the at least one criterion in the request. In further embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for receiving the request via at least one network, using the at least one criterion in the request to obtain still image data generated from moving image data, and responding to the request by transmitting the obtained still image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9792407Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting, via at least one network, a request to another apparatus for still image data generated from moving image data, the request comprising at least one criterion, and receiving still image data generated from moving image data matching the at least one criterion in the request. In further embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for receiving the request via at least one network, using the at least one criterion in the request to obtain still image data generated from moving image data, and responding to the request by transmitting the obtained still image data.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9767556Abstract: There is provided an eye-fundus image output device including a selection unit configured to select a site of a presented eye-fundus image, an optimization unit configured to optimize an image of the selected site, and an output unit configured to output an image in which the selected site has been optimized.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Seiji Kobayashi, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9739715Abstract: A method of setting a laser-light intensity value includes: emitting laser light, the laser light being excitation light, a fluorescent-dyed biological sample being irradiated with the excitation light and emitting light; detecting fluorescence emitted by the biological sample, and outputting a signal corresponding to a brightness value; prestoring relation information, the relation information including the plurality of laser-light intensity values, and information on at least one possible correlation between a phototoxicity degree and the brightness value in relation to each of the laser-light intensity values, the phototoxicity to the biological sample resulting from the laser light; generating a fluorescence image having the brightness value based on the output signal; calculating a brightness value representative of a ROI area based on the generated fluorescence image; and referring to the relation information, and determining a laser-light intensity value satisfying tolerance of the phototoxicity basedType: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kazuki Aisaka
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Publication number: 20170027442Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting, via at least one network, a request to another apparatus for still image data generated from moving image data, the request comprising at least one criterion, and receiving still image data generated from moving image data matching the at least one criterion in the request. In further embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for receiving the request via at least one network, using the at least one criterion in the request to obtain still image data generated from moving image data, and responding to the request by transmitting the obtained still image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9558552Abstract: An eye-fundus image output device, including circuitry to: select a site of a presented eye-fundus image, optimize an image of the selected site, output an image in which the selected site has been optimized, and generate a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to a received instruction, the GUI selects, as a grayscale adjustment mode, a mode in which a selected portion of an image of a predetermined range in the periphery of a designated position is optimized according to the grayscale adjustment mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Seiji Kobayashi, Kazuki Aisaka
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Publication number: 20160299330Abstract: An image processing device and image processing method are provided. A device for controlling display of a sequence of images of living objects obtained through microscopy may comprise a processor and a storage unit. The storage unit may store a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform acts. The acts may include acquiring a first sequence of first images of living objects obtained through microscopy. The acts may further include extracting a second sequence of second images from the first sequence of first images, wherein a number of second images in the second sequence is less than a number of first images in the first sequence. The acts may further include controlling a display device to display the second sequence of second images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: KAZUKI AISAKA, SHINJI WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160246045Abstract: An imaging system, comprising a controller configured to control the imaging system to: capture a first image of a sample, the first image being one of a bright field image, a phase difference image, and a differential interference image; and capture, based at least in part on information obtained from the first image, a second, image of the sample, the second image being a different type of image than the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: SHINJI WATANABE, KAZUKI AISAKA
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Publication number: 20160213244Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, and particularly to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing an increase in a load on a subject and obtaining a captured image of the subject with higher image quality. An imaging unit reduces a light amount and performs a plurality of imagings of the fundus of the eye so as to generate a plurality of fundus images. A biological information alignment processing unit aligns the fundus images by using biological information of a subject. A super-resolution processing unit superimposes an aligned input image on a previous super-resolution result image so as to generate a new super-resolution result image. The super-resolution processing unit stores or outputs the super-resolution result image in a storage unit or from an output unit, and supplies the super-resolution result image to a super-resolution result image buffer so as to be stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Kazuki AISAKA, Seiji KOBAYASHI, Takuya KISHIMOTO, Tomoyuki OOTSUKI
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Patent number: 9400869Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting, via at least one network, a request to another apparatus for still image data generated from moving image data, the request comprising at least one criterion, and receiving still image data generated from moving image data matching the at least one criterion in the request. In further embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for receiving the request via at least one network, using the at least one criterion in the request to obtain still image data generated from moving image data, and responding to the request by transmitting the obtained still imagedata.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Kazuki Aisaka
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Publication number: 20160178524Abstract: A method of setting a laser-light intensity value includes: emitting laser light, the laser light being excitation light, a fluorescent-dyed biological sample being irradiated with the excitation light and emitting light; detecting fluorescence emitted by the biological sample, and outputting a signal corresponding to a brightness value; prestoring relation information, the relation information including the plurality of laser-light intensity values, and information on at least one possible correlation between a phototoxicity degree and the brightness value in relation to each of the laser-light intensity values, the phototoxicity to the biological sample resulting from the laser light; generating a fluorescence image having the brightness value based on the output signal; calculating a brightness value representative of a ROI area based on the generated fluorescence image; and referring to the relation information, and determining a laser-light intensity value satisfying tolerance of the phototoxicity basedType: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9361667Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, and particularly to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing an increase in a load on a subject and obtaining a captured image of the subject with higher image quality. An imaging unit reduces a light amount and performs a plurality of imagings of the fundus of the eye so as to generate a plurality of fundus images. A biological information alignment processing unit aligns the fundus images by using biological information of a subject. A super-resolution processing unit superimposes an aligned input image on a previous super-resolution result image so as to generate a new super-resolution result image. The super-resolution processing unit stores or outputs the super-resolution result image in a storage unit or from an output unit, and supplies the super-resolution result image to a super-resolution result image buffer so as to be stored.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Seiji Kobayashi, Takuya Kishimoto, Tomoyuki Ootsuki
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Publication number: 20160106313Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a motion vector detection portion that performs comparison of a substantially spherical photographic subject such that, among a plurality of captured images including the photographic subject, an image as a processing target and another image as a comparison target are compared using each of the plurality of captured images as the processing target, and which detects a motion vector of a whole three-dimensional spherical model with respect to the processing target, a motion compensation portion that performs motion compensation on the processing target, based on the motion vector of each of the plurality of captured images that is detected by the motion vector detection portion, and a synthesis portion that synthesizes each of the captured images that are obtained as a result of the motion compensation performed by the motion compensation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Seiji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9304085Abstract: A method of setting a laser-light intensity value includes: emitting laser light, the laser light being excitation light, a fluorescent-dyed biological sample being irradiated with the excitation light and emitting light; detecting fluorescence emitted by the biological sample, and outputting a signal corresponding to a brightness value; prestoring relation information, the relation information including the plurality of laser-light intensity values, and information on at least one possible correlation between a phototoxicity degree and the brightness value in relation to each of the laser-light intensity values, the phototoxicity to the biological sample resulting from the laser light; generating a fluorescence image having the brightness value based on the output signal; calculating a brightness value representative of a ROI area based on the generated fluorescence image; and referring to the relation information, and determining a laser-light intensity value satisfying tolerance of the phototoxicity basedType: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 9224209Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a motion vector detection portion that performs comparison of a substantially spherical photographic subject such that, among a plurality of captured images including the photographic subject, an image as a processing target and another image as a comparison target are compared using each of the plurality of captured images as the processing target, and which detects a motion vector of a whole three-dimensional spherical model with respect to the processing target, a motion compensation portion that performs motion compensation on the processing target, based on the motion vector of each of the plurality of captured images that is detected by the motion vector detection portion, and a synthesis portion that synthesizes each of the captured images that are obtained as a result of the motion compensation performed by the motion compensation portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Seiji Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150302582Abstract: There is provided an eye-fundus image output device including a selection unit configured to select a site of a presented eye-fundus image, an optimization unit configured to optimize an image of the selected site, and an output unit configured to output an image in which the selected site has been optimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Seiji KOBAYASHI, Kazuki AISAKA
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Publication number: 20150115176Abstract: A method of setting a laser-light intensity value includes: emitting laser light, the laser light being excitation light, a fluorescent-dyed biological sample being irradiated with the excitation light and emitting light; detecting fluorescence emitted by the biological sample, and outputting a signal corresponding to a brightness value; prestoring relation information, the relation information including the plurality of laser-light intensity values, and information on at least one possible correlation between a phototoxicity degree and the brightness value in relation to each of the laser-light intensity values, the phototoxicity to the biological sample resulting from the laser light; generating a fluorescence image having the brightness value based on the output signal; calculating a brightness value representative of a ROI area based on the generated fluorescence image; and referring to the relation information, and determining a laser-light intensity value satisfying tolerance of the phototoxicity basedType: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kazuki Aisaka
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Publication number: 20140232899Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting, via at least one network, a request to another apparatus for still image data generated from moving image data, the request comprising at least one criterion, and receiving still image data generated from moving image data matching the at least one criterion in the request. In further embodiments, methods and apparatus are provided for receiving the request via at least one network, using the at least one criterion in the request to obtain still image data generated from moving image data, and responding to the request by transmitting the obtained still image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Kazuki Aisaka
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Patent number: 8698910Abstract: An apparatus for improving the quality of a captured image may include a first computing unit, a second computing unit, and an advice generating unit. The first computing unit may be configured to compute a first value representing a first aspect of the quality of a first image. The second computing unit may be configured to compute a second value representing a second aspect of the quality of the first image. The advice generating unit may be configured to generate advice for capturing a second image based on at least one of the first and second computed values.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Masatoshi Yokokawa, Jun Murayama