Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
Kazuyoshi Yamazaki 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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Publication number: 20250095326Abstract: A luminance determining unit determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver, and a luminance changing unit determines a bright region of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region of this bright region. A virtual-image creating unit creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit displays this virtual image on a display unit. In this manner, since a display system displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region, the feeling of the brightness for the driver can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Seiji MURATA, Hiromitsu MORI, Kenichi SHIMADA, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Mayumi NAGAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20250054190Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image calibration method capable of easily calibrating a camera with a wide-angle of view which captures an image through a windshield. A calibration image is acquired by imaging, by a camera, a calibration object having a linear portion extending in one direction intersecting an optical axis of the camera through a windshield (step S1). A linear portion image corresponding to the linear portion is extracted from the calibration image (step S2). Distortion of the calibration image is corrected based on the linear portion image and the virtual linear portion image assumed in a case where the linear portion is imaged without through the windshield by the camera (step S3).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventor: Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 12198399Abstract: A luminance determining unit determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver, and a luminance changing unit determines a bright region of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region of this bright region. A virtual-image creating unit creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit displays this virtual image on a display unit. In this manner, since a display system displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region, the feeling of the brightness for the driver can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Seiji Murata, Hiromitsu Mori, Kenichi Shimada, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Mayumi Nagayoshi
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Publication number: 20240388778Abstract: To suppress an influence of reflected light from a cover in an imaging apparatus. An imaging apparatus 1 includes: a first imaging unit 101 having a first viewpoint P1 and a second imaging unit 102 having a second viewpoint P2 as imaging units 100; and a light transmissive cover 2 arranged in a region intersecting at least a part of a first field of view V1 of the first imaging unit 101 and a second field of view V2 of the second imaging unit 102 in such a way as to accommodate the imaging units 100. The cover 2 has a portion having a spheroidal shape as a cover portion having a shape that reflects a light beam from a region near the first viewpoint P1 toward a region near the second viewpoint P2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Ryota KAWAMATA, Keiichi BETSUI, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Rei SAKAKIBARA
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Patent number: 11900669Abstract: A calibration device performs a calibration between a plurality of imaging devices, each of which outputs field-of-view information which is information on a field-of-view of the imaging device itself. The field-of-view information contains a bitmap image and a range image. The calibration device includes: a state estimation part configured to detect, in a field of view of a first imaging device, an image of a second imaging device, and estimate a relative position and a relative attitude of the second imaging device with respect to the first imaging device, based on the detected image; and a transformation information calculation part configured to calculate transformation information between a coordinate system of the first imaging device and a coordinate system of the second imaging device, based on the estimated relative position and relative attitude.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Mitani, Kazuyuki Tajima, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20230249618Abstract: A luminance determining unit determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver, and a luminance changing unit determines a bright region of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region of this bright region. A virtual-image creating unit creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit displays this virtual image on a display unit. In this manner, since a display system displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region, the feeling of the brightness for the driver can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Seiji MURATA, Hiromitsu MORI, Kenichi SHIMADA, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Mayumi NAGAYOSHI
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Patent number: 11648878Abstract: A luminance determining unit 14 determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver 300, and a luminance changing unit 15 determines a bright region 301 of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit 15 determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region 302 of this bright region 301. A virtual-image creating unit 16A creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit 17 displays this virtual image on a display unit 200. In this manner, since a display system 1A displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region 301, the feeling of the brightness for the driver 300 can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system 1A can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Seiji Murata, Hiromitsu Mori, Kenichi Shimada, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Mayumi Nagayoshi
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Patent number: 11527404Abstract: An apparatus includes: a processing container; a stage provided inside the processing container to place a substrate thereon; a gas supply mechanism for supplying a processing gas into the processing container; and at least three ultraviolet light sources provided to irradiate the processing gas inside the processing container with ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet light sources are provided to be offset from a rotation axis of the stage in a plan view, and are arranged in a light source arrangement direction with distances from the ultraviolet light sources to the rotation axis being different from one another. The ultraviolet light sources include first to third ultraviolet light source. The third ultraviolet light source is arranged such that distances L1, L2, and L3 from the first to third ultraviolet light sources, respectively, to the rotation axis in a plan view satisfies a relationship of L1<L3<L2.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuya Saitou, Takashi Kamio, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Naoshige Fushimi
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Patent number: 11405600Abstract: A first mirror has a first reflecting surface convexed in a first direction, a first apex, and a first fan shape. A second mirror has a second reflecting surface convexed in a second direction, a second apex, and a second fan shape. An imaging optical system forms images from a first light emitted from an object, reflected by the first reflecting surface, and subsequently further reflected by the second reflecting surface, and a second light emitted from the object and reflected by the second reflecting surface. The first and second fan shapes have interior angles of 180° or more. A center position of the image sensor is displaced with respect to an optical axis of the imaging optical system. A short side of a photo-receiving surface of the image sensor and a center line of the image of the first or second fan shape are approximately parallel.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Toshiki Ishii
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Publication number: 20220180086Abstract: A calibration device performs a calibration between a plurality of imaging devices, each of which outputs field-of-view information which is information on a field-of-view of the imaging device itself. The field-of-view information contains a bitmap image and a range image. The calibration device includes: a state estimation part configured to detect, in a field of view of a first imaging device, an image of a second imaging device, and estimate a relative position and a relative attitude of the second imaging device with respect to the first imaging device, based on the detected image; and a transformation information calculation part configured to calculate transformation information between a coordinate system of the first imaging device and a coordinate system of the second imaging device, based on the estimated relative position and relative attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Keiichi MITANI, Kazuyuki TAJIMA, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11004218Abstract: A three-dimensional image processing device includes: an input unit configured to acquire a first taken image and a second taken image respectively from a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit; and a stereo processing unit configured to execute stereo processing and then outputs a range image, for a common part where an imaging region of the first taken image and an imaging region of the second taken image have an overlap with each other, an imaging direction of the first imaging unit and an imaging direction of the second imaging unit are set toward a horizontal direction, and both side parts of the imaging region of the first imaging unit and both side parts of the imaging region of the second imaging unit are set as common parts.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10992920Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a stereo image processing device that is capable of expanding the effective field of view by using a lens having distortion for realizing a wide field of view. This stereo image processing device has two sensors arranged so as to be shifted from the optical axes of respective lenses in directions separating each other, wherein each of the lenses has a property such that the distortion, in a region of a large viewing angle, is greater than that of an f? lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Keiichi Betsui
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Publication number: 20210006771Abstract: A first mirror has a first reflecting surface convexed in a first direction, a first apex, and a first fan shape. A second mirror has a second reflecting surface convexed in a second direction, a second apex, and a second fan shape. An imaging optical system forms images from a first light emitted from an object, reflected by the first reflecting surface, and subsequently further reflected by the second reflecting surface, and a second light emitted from the object and reflected by the second reflecting surface. The first and second fan shapes have interior angles of 180° or more. A center position of the image sensor is displaced with respect to an optical axis of the imaging optical system. A short side of a photo-receiving surface of the image sensor and a center line of the image of the first or second fan shape are approximately parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Toshiki ISHII
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Patent number: 10864548Abstract: A step of constantly supplying first and second carrier gases into a processing container having a substrate therein through first and second carrier gas flow paths, respectively, and supplying a source gas into the processing container through a source gas flow path, a step of purging the source gas by supplying a purge gas into the processing container through a purge gas flow path provided separately from the carrier gas, a step of supplying a reactant gas into the processing container through a reactant gas flow path, and a step of purging the reactant gas by supplying a purge gas into the processing container through the purge gas flow path are performed in a predetermined cycle. An additive gas having a predetermined function is supplied as at least a part of the purge gas in at least one of the purging steps.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hiroaki Ashizawa, Yasushi Fujii, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Seokhyoung Hong, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Hideo Nakamura, Yu Nunoshige, Takashi Kamio
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Publication number: 20200294799Abstract: An apparatus includes: a processing container; a stage provided inside the processing container to place a substrate thereon; a gas supply mechanism for supplying a processing gas into the processing container; and at least three ultraviolet light sources provided to irradiate the processing gas inside the processing container with ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet light sources are provided to be offset from a rotation axis of the stage in a plan view, and are arranged in a light source arrangement direction with distances from the ultraviolet light sources to the rotation axis being different from one another. The ultraviolet light sources include first to third ultraviolet light source. The third ultraviolet light source is arranged such that distances L1, L2, and L3 from the first to third ultraviolet light sources, respectively, to the rotation axis in a plan view satisfies a relationship of L1<L3<L2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya SAITOU, Takashi KAMIO, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Naoshige FUSHIMI
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Publication number: 20200285884Abstract: A luminance determining unit 14 determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver 300, and a luminance changing unit 15 determines a bright region 301 of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit 15 determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region 302 of this bright region 301. A virtual-image creating unit 16A creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit 17 displays this virtual image on a display unit 200. In this manner, since a display system 1A displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region 301, the feeling of the brightness for the driver 300 can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system 1A can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Seiji MURATA, Hiromitsu MORI, Kenichi SHIMADA, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Mayumi NAGAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20200213574Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a stereo image processing device that is capable of expanding the effective field of view by using a lens having distortion for realizing a wide field of view. This stereo image processing device has two sensors arranged so as to be shifted from the optical axes of respective lenses in directions separating each other, wherein each of the lenses has a property such that the distortion, in a region of a large viewing angle, is greater than that of an f? lens (see FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Keiichi BETSUI
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Publication number: 20200056287Abstract: A film-forming method for forming a metal nitride film on a substrate includes: forming the metal nitride film on the substrate by repeating a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: a first process of supplying a metal-containing gas into a process container configured to accommodate the substrate therein; a second process of supplying a purge gas into the process container; a third process of supplying a nitrogen-containing gas into the process container; and a fourth process of supplying the purge gas into the process container, wherein the fourth process includes: a first step of supplying a first purge gas having a first flow rate equal to or larger than a flow rate of the metal-containing gas of the first process; and a second step of supplying the first purge gas having a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI, Hideo NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu IDENO
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Patent number: 10508898Abstract: An interference measurement device configured to detect a phase from an interference beam between an object beam and a reference beam, includes: a laser beam source; a splitter configured to split an emitted beam from the laser beam source into the object beam and the reference beam; an object beam optical unit configured to make only the object beam incident on a measurement object; a combination unit configured to combine the object beam and the reference beam; a phase element configured to vary mutual relationship in phase between the object beam and the reference beam; and a detector configured to detect the interference beam between the object beam and the reference beam. A signal of a spatial phase variation of the measurement object is directly operated, based on at least two measurement results of an intensity signal with the detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20190287255Abstract: A three-dimensional image processing device includes: an input unit configured to acquire a first taken image and a second taken image respectively from a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit; and a stereo processing unit configured to execute stereo processing and then outputs a range image, for a common part where an imaging region of the first taken image and an imaging region of the second taken image have an overlap with each other, an imaging direction of the first imaging unit and an imaging direction of the second imaging unit are set toward a horizontal direction, and both side parts of the imaging region of the first imaging unit and both side parts of the imaging region of the second imaging unit are set as common parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI