Patents by Inventor Kazuya Inou

Kazuya Inou 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: 7457485
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an image storage unit for classifying and storing images in a plurality of storage locations, a reduced image forming unit for forming reduced images based on the images, a display controller for displaying, on display means, the reduced images of the images stored by the image storage unit, and images representing storage locations, and an instruction unit for designating a storage location for an image, wherein the display control unit changes an image representing the storage location designated by the instruction unit to a reduced image corresponding to the image stored at the storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Inou
  • Patent number: 7379104
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to correct the non uniformity between a plurality of image sensing regions in real time and cope with even dynamic variations such as temperature variations or variations over time. To achieve this object, a correction apparatus includes a plurality of level adjustment devices which independently adjust the levels of a plurality of image sensing signals output from a plurality of output terminals, an output level detection device which detects the output levels of the plurality of level adjustment devices, and a correction coefficient determination device which determines a correction coefficient for reducing the level difference between the image sensing signals on the basis of the detection result of the output level detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Hattori, Kazuya Inou
  • Publication number: 20040218063
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to correct the nonuniformity between a plurality of image sensing regions in real time and cope with even dynamic variations such as temperature variations or variations over time. To achieve this object, a correction apparatus includes a plurality of level adjustment devices which independently adjust the levels of a plurality of image sensing signals output from a plurality of output terminals, an output level detection device which detects the output levels of the plurality of level adjustment devices, and a correction coefficient determination device which determines a correction coefficient for reducing the level difference between the image sensing signals on the basis of the detection result of the output level detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Hattori, Kazuya Inou
  • Publication number: 20040119846
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an image storage unit for classifying and storing images in a plurality of storage locations, a reduced image forming unit for forming reduced images based on the images, a display controller for displaying, on display means, the reduced images of the images stored by the image storage unit, and images representing storage locations, and an instruction unit for designating a storage location for an image, wherein the display control unit changes an image representing the storage location designated by the instruction unit to a reduced image corresponding to the image stored at the storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Kazuya Inou
  • Patent number: 6735250
    Abstract: An image signal is input to an image processor for precessing, and motion vectors of an object in the input image signal are detected. A motion vector from among the detected motion vectors is identified which satisfies a predetermined condition, and predetermined processing is performed on the input image signal in accordance with the identification result. An image processing program is recorded on a computer readable recording medium for execution by the image processor to perform the predetermined processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Inou
  • Publication number: 20020131504
    Abstract: An image signal is input to an image processor for precessing, and motion vectors of an object in the input image signal are detected. A motion vector from among the detected motion vectors is identified which satisfies a predetermined condition, and predetermined processing is performed on the input image signal in accordance with the identification result. An image processing program is recorded on a computer readable recording medium for execution by the image processor to perform the predetermined processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: KAZUYA INOU
  • Patent number: 6424372
    Abstract: An image-shake correcting device includes a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector relative to pictures, an electronic correcting circuit for electronically correcting an image shake on the basis of the motion vector detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit, an image enlarging circuit for performing enlargement processing on an image signal outputted from the electronic correcting circuit, and a control circuit for controlling a correction step of the electronic correcting circuit on-the basis of an image enlargement ratio of the image enlarging circuit to set the correction step to an optimum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kitahiro Kaneda, Kazuya Inou
  • Publication number: 20020063779
    Abstract: An image-shake correcting device comprises a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector relative to pictures, an electronic correcting circuit for electronically correcting an image shake on the basis of the motion vector detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit, an image enlarging circuit for performing enlargement processing on an image signal outputted from the electronic correcting circuit, and a control circuit for controlling a correction step of the electronic correcting circuit on the basis of an image enlargement ratio of the image enlarging circuit to set the correction step to an optimum state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: KITAHIRO KANEDA, KAZUYA INOU
  • Patent number: 6342918
    Abstract: An image-shake correcting device including a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector of an image in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof, an optical correcting device for optically correcting a movement of the image in the vertical direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, an electronic correcting device for electronically correcting a movement of the image in the horizontal direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, and a control circuit for selectively controlling the optical correcting device and the electronic correcting device in accordance with the state of movement of the image which is detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Inou, Kitahiro Kaneda
  • Patent number: 5982421
    Abstract: An image-shake correcting device including a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector of an image in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof, an optical correcting device for optically correcting a movement of the image in the vertical direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, an electronic correcting device for electronically correcting a movement of the image in the horizontal direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, and a control circuit for selectively controlling the optical correcting device and the electronic correcting device in accordance with the state of movement of the image which is detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Inou, Kitahiro Kaneda
  • Patent number: 5905527
    Abstract: A movement vector detection apparatus having a binary coding section for converting an input image signal into a two-value signal, a calculation section for calculating a correlation between images by using the two-value signal output from the binary coding section, a detection section for detecting a movement vector by using correlation values calculated by the calculation section, an evaluation section for evaluating a plurality of movement vectors detected by the detection section on the basis of correlation values calculated by the calculation section, and a determination section for determining a particular movement vector from the plurality of movement vectors evaluated by the evaluation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Inou, Kitahiro Kaneda
  • Patent number: 5825415
    Abstract: An image-shake correcting device includes a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector relative to pictures, an electronic correcting circuit for electronically correcting an image shake on the basis of the motion vector detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit, an image enlarging circuit for performing enlargement processing on an image signal outputted from the electronic correcting circuit, and a control circuit for controlling a correction step of the electronic correcting circuit on the basis of an image enlargement ratio of the image enlarging circuit to set the correction step to an optimum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kitahiro Kaneda, Kazuya Inou