Patents by Inventor Kazuki Miyama
Kazuki Miyama 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: 11310461Abstract: An imaging apparatus is attached to a side of a moving body (for example, vehicle). The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an optical system that forms a subject image in a range of a predetermined vertical view angle and a predetermined horizontal view angle on an imaging surface. The optical system forms an image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution in first region (R1) of the imaging surface to be higher than resolution in second region (R2) different from the first region. A position of center (G1) of first region (R1) is at least one of a position horizontally shifted from a center of the horizontal view angle and a position vertically shifted from a center of the vertical view angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Aihara, Shigenori Yatsuri, Yoshio Matsumura, Hiroyuki Shobayashi, Katsumi Umeda, Shigeharu Kawamoto, Kazuki Miyama
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Publication number: 20210127086Abstract: An imaging apparatus is attached to a side of a moving body (for example, vehicle). The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an optical system that forms a subject image in a range of a predetermined vertical view angle and a predetermined horizontal view angle on an imaging surface. The optical system forms an image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution in first region (R1) of the imaging surface to be higher than resolution in second region (R2) different from the first region. A position of center (G1) of first region (R1) is at least one of a position horizontally shifted from a center of the horizontal view angle and a position vertically shifted from a center of the vertical view angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: MASAYUKI AIHARA, SHIGENORI YATSURI, YOSHIO MATSUMURA, HIROYUKI SHOBAYASHI, KATSUMI UMEDA, SHIGEHARU KAWAMOTO, KAZUKI MIYAMA
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Patent number: 10917610Abstract: An imaging apparatus is attached to a side of a moving body (for example, vehicle). The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an optical system that forms a subject image in a range of a predetermined vertical view angle and a predetermined horizontal view angle on an imaging surface. The optical system forms an image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution in first region (R1) of the imaging surface to be higher than resolution in second region (R2) different from the first region. A position of center (G1) of first region (R1) is at least one of a position horizontally shifted from a center of the horizontal view angle and a position vertically shifted from a center of the vertical view angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Aihara, Shigenori Yatsuri, Yoshio Matsumura, Hiroyuki Shobayashi, Katsumi Umeda, Shigeharu Kawamoto, Kazuki Miyama
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Patent number: 10623618Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor and an optical system. An imaging surface of the image sensor includes a first region including an intersection with an optical axis and a second region different from the first region. The optical system forms a subject image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution of the first region to be higher than resolution of the second region. A relationship between a vertical view angle and resolution is different from a relationship between a horizontal view angle and resolution in the subject image.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Aihara, Shigenori Yatsuri, Yoshio Matsumura, Hiroyuki Shobayashi, Katsumi Umeda, Nobuyuki Hirose, Kazuki Miyama
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Publication number: 20190273889Abstract: An imaging apparatus is attached to a side of a moving body (for example, vehicle). The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an optical system that forms a subject image in a range of a predetermined vertical view angle and a predetermined horizontal view angle on an imaging surface. The optical system forms an image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution in first region (R1) of the imaging surface to be higher than resolution in second region (R2) different from the first region. A position of center (G1) of first region (R1) is at least one of a position horizontally shifted from a center of the horizontal view angle and a position vertically shifted from a center of the vertical view angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: MASAYUKI AIHARA, SHIGENORI YATSURI, YOSHIO MATSUMURA, HIROYUKI SHOBAYASHI, KATSUMI UMEDA, SHIGEHARU KAWAMOTO, KAZUKI MIYAMA
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Publication number: 20190191064Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor and an optical system. An imaging surface of the image sensor includes a first region including an intersection with an optical axis and a second region different from the first region. The optical system forms a subject image on the imaging surface so as to cause resolution of the first region to be higher than resolution of the second region. A relationship between a vertical view angle and resolution is different from a relationship between a horizontal view angle and resolution in the subject image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: MASAYUKI AIHARA, SHIGENORI YATSURI, YOSHIO MATSUMURA, HIROYUKI SHOBAYASHI, KATSUMI UMEDA, NOBUYUKI HIROSE, KAZUKI MIYAMA
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Patent number: 6970184Abstract: An image display method for a rearview camera for displaying an image shot by a rearview camera mounted on a vehicle on a screen that can be viewed from a driver's seat, the method includes the step of displaying an auxiliary line image indicating the straight rear direction of the vehicle superimposed on the image shot by the vehicle on the screen. When the vehicle has approached the trailer within a predetermined range, an image from the rearview camera is converted to an image from a virtual overhead viewpoint then displayed on the screen. The driver easily back the vehicle to bring the hitch in the blind spot at the rear of the vehicle to coincide with a coupling member on the trailer while watching the screen display.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Hirama, Satoru Masuda, Hidetoshi Mimura, Kazuki Miyama, Masahiro Takata
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Publication number: 20020175999Abstract: When an image shot by a rear-view camera mounted on a vehicle (1a) is changed into an image viewed from the location of a virtual viewpoint, and the obtained image is displayed on a screen, warning lines (51) and (52), for conveying a warning to a driver of the presence of an object within range of the rear of a vehicle, are displayed by being superimposed on the image obtained by the viewpoint conversion. Thus, when an image obtained by the viewpoint conversion of an image shot by a rear-view camera is displayed on a screen, a driver can be apprised not only of the presence of an obstacle within range of a local vehicle but also of the erroneous image interpretation provided by the image obtained by the viewpoint conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsumi Mutobe, Satoru Masuda, Hidetoshi Mimura, Kazuki Miyama
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Publication number: 20020149673Abstract: An image display method for a rearview camera for displaying an image shot by a rearview camera mounted on a vehicle on a screen that can be viewed from a driver's seat, the method includes the step of displaying an auxiliary line image indicating the straight rear direction of the vehicle superimposed on the image shot by the vehicle on the screen. When the vehicle has approached the trailer within a predetermined range, an image from the rearview camera is converted to an image from a virtual overhead viewpoint then displayed on the screen. The driver easily back the vehicle to bring the hitch in the blind spot at the rear of the vehicle to coincide with a coupling member on the trailer while watching the screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Hirama, Satoru Masuda, Hidetoshi Mimura, Kazuki Miyama, Masahiro Takata