Patents by Inventor Kazuyo Kanou

Kazuyo Kanou 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).

  • Publication number: 20170070734
    Abstract: A coding apparatus according to an embodiment includes a video coding unit that compresses an input image to generate a compressed image, a reference image coding unit that stores a compressed frame generated by compressing a local decoded image, which is generated by the video coding unit by block, in a frame memory, a rate control unit that controls the reference image coding unit so that a code amount of the compressed frame is equal to or smaller than a target code amount, and a reference image decoding unit that expands the compressed frame and outputs an expanded frame to the video coding unit. The rate control unit determines whether overwrite occurs while the compressed frame of the current frame is stored in the frame memory, and changes intra-frame transition of the target code amount when there is a possibility of occurrence of the overwrite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuyo Kanou, Atsushi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9509940
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image output device includes a buffer into which video information input in stream data is written per block, a determination unit configured to determine whether the buffer is in an overflow state due to slow reproduction, and a buffering control unit configured to switch a buffering pattern of the video information based on a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Youhei Fukazawa, Shuou Nomura, Shunichi Ishiwata, Takaya Ogawa, Atsushi Mochizuki, Kazuyo Kanou, Akira Moriya, Yoshiro Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 9485453
    Abstract: A moving image player device of the present invention includes an interpolated image generating unit that generates an interpolated frame corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames using two input frames among the plurality of input frames, and a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, outputs the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames in time series based on the detection result, and plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed. When the scene change is detected, the video playing unit skips a display of the interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of a first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or the interpolated frame after the input frame at the end of the first scene or the interpolated frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takaya Ogawa, Akira Moriya, Kazuyo Kanou, Atsushi Mochizuki, Hajime Matsui, Shuou Nomura, Shunichi Ishiwata, Yoshiro Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20160080687
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image output device includes a buffer into which video information input in stream data is written per block, a determination unit configured to determine whether the buffer is in an overflow state due to slow reproduction, and a buffering control unit configured to switch a buffering pattern of the video information based on a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hajime MATSUI, Youhei FUKAZAWA, Shuou NOMURA, Shunichi ISHIWATA, Takaya OGAWA, Atsushi MOCHIZUKI, Kazuyo KANOU, Akira MORIYA, Yoshiro TSUBOI
  • Patent number: 9100650
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method can generate an interpolation image signal including the integer-pixel and interpolation pixel values, based on, if the interpolation pixel is not located at the integer-pixel position and in a row of an integer-pixel, and the interpolation pixel is located at a first pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in horizontal and vertical directions by a half pixel, applying a first filter, and if the interpolation pixel is located at a second pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in the directions by a quarter pixel, applying a second filter, and if the interpolation pixel is not located at the first and second pixel positions, applying the second and first filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuyo Kanou, Takeshi Chujoh, Goki Yasuda, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150071605
    Abstract: A moving image player device of the present invention includes an interpolated image generating unit that generates an interpolated frame corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames using two input frames among the plurality of input frames, and a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, outputs the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames in time series based on the detection result, and plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed. When the scene change is detected, the video playing unit skips a display of the interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of a first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or the interpolated frame after the input frame at the end of the first scene or the interpolated frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takaya Ogawa, Akira Moriya, Kazuyo Kanou, Atsushi Mochizuki, Hajime Matsui, Shuou Nomura, Shunichi Ishiwata, Yoshiro Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20140285681
    Abstract: A multi-view imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes a plurality of imaging units each including an image sensor and a memory configured to store therein image data taken by the image sensor, the imaging units being daisy-chain connected to each other in order to send the image data, and also includes an interface unit connected to a lowermost imaging unit, the interface unit being configured to output pieces of image data taken by the plurality of imaging units to an outside. The imaging units each add own-stage data to data outputted from an upper-stage imaging unit, and output the resultant data to a lower-stage imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuyo KANOU, Katsuyuki KIMURA, Yosuke BANDO, Kojiro SUZUKI, Hideho ARAKIDA, Fumihiko HYUGA, Kiwamu WATANABE, Hajime MATSUI, Atsushi MOCHIZUKI, Sho KODAMA, Akira MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20130022109
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method can generate an interpolation image signal including the integer-pixel and interpolation pixel values, based on, if the interpolation pixel is not located at the integer-pixel position and in a row of an integer-pixel, and the interpolation pixel is located at a first pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in horizontal and vertical directions by a half pixel, applying a first filter, and if the interpolation pixel is located at a second pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in the directions by a quarter pixel, applying a second filter, and if the interpolation pixel is not located at the first and second pixel positions, applying the second and first filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuyo Kanou, Takeshi Chujoh, Goki Yasuda, Takashi Watanabe