Patents by Inventor Kenji Inose

Kenji Inose 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: 10567658
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a movement-amount calculating unit that calculates a movement amount of an object image between a latest frame and a past frame in the same color channel; a shake-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates a shake correction amount for the latest frame on the basis of the movement amount; a stable-shake-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates a stable shake-correction amount for the latest frame; a shake correcting unit that performs shake correction processing on the latest frame on the basis of the stable shake-correction amount; and a storage unit that stores the stable shake-correction amount, wherein the stable-shake-correction-amount calculating unit calculates the stable shake-correction amount for the latest frame on the basis of the shake correction amount for the latest frame and a stable shake-correction amount for a frame in a different color channel from the latest frame, stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Inose, Naoyuki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20200013179
    Abstract: An inspection support apparatus according to an aspect includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory, and the processor is configured to obtain three-dimensional data of the structure that includes a plurality of planes formed by the frame; from the three-dimensional data, detect a plurality of first planes that include at least three points of the three-dimensional data; for each of the detected first planes, compute, from the three-dimensional data, a number of three-dimensional points at a distance that is equal to or shorter than a prescribed distance from the first plane; and according to the computed number of three-dimensional points, identify, from the detected plurality of first planes, a second plane positioned on a forefront of the frame of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji INOSE, Naoyuki AKIYAMA, Naoki MORIMOTO, Hirohisa HAYAKAWA, Yohei TAIRA, Toshikazu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190360220
    Abstract: A reinforcing bar placement angle specifying method generates an orthographic image of a reinforcing bar placed on a plane from among plural reinforcing bars placed on the basis of an image of the plural reinforcing bars placed, tentatively specifies a placement state of the reinforcing bar placed on the plane by analyzing the orthographic image, and specifies a placement angle of the reinforcing bar for each reinforcing bar of which the placement state is tentatively specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji INOSE, Naoyuki Akiyama, Toshiki Miyano
  • Publication number: 20180332227
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a movement-amount calculating unit that calculates a movement amount of an object image between a latest frame and a past frame in the same color channel; a shake-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates a shake correction amount for the latest frame on the basis of the movement amount; a stable-shake-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates a stable shake-correction amount for the latest frame; a shake correcting unit that performs shake correction processing on the latest frame on the basis of the stable shake-correction amount; and a storage unit that stores the stable shake-correction amount, wherein the stable-shake-correction-amount calculating unit calculates the stable shake-correction amount for the latest frame on the basis of the shake correction amount for the latest frame and a stable shake-correction amount for a frame in a different color channel from the latest frame, stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji INOSE, Naoyuki AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9042282
    Abstract: A first communication control unit and a second communication control unit share a single transmission and reception unit. The second communication control unit maintains connection with a terminal device while the first communication control unit is scanning frequency channels to search for an access point. When a search processing unit 104 detects an access point, the second communication control unit 200 switches the frequency channel for use in communication with the terminal device to the channel used in the detected access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tai Hirakawa, Hideaki Shimizu, Jun Nishihara, Kenji Inose
  • Patent number: 7779442
    Abstract: This invention relates to an information delivery system and method, an information transmission apparatus and method, and an information receiving apparatus and method for delivering a digital multi-channel service signal through a satellite and a cable network. A QPSK demodulation circuit demodulates an inputted TS and outputs it to an error correction circuit. The error correction circuit corrects the inputted signal and outputs it to a network information (NIT) conversion circuit. The NIT conversion circuit replaces the NIT for CS waves with NIT for cable TV and outputs it to a QAM demodulation circuit. The QAM demodulation circuit demodulates the inputted signal and pouts it to a frequency conversion circuit. The frequency conversion circuit converts the frequency of the inputted signal into a predetermined value and outputs the signal to a signal mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Fukuzawa, Masakatsu Toyoshima, Katsumi Ohishi, Kenji Inose
  • Patent number: 7263713
    Abstract: In a television signal transmission system, CS broadcasting signals received via a master antenna are converted into intermediate frequency signals in an LNB (Low Noise Block Down Converter). The CS intermediate frequency signals then undergo conversion of the modulation format, for example, from QPSK into 64-QAM, so that CS broadcasting signals from each transponder, having a bandwidth of, for example, 27 MHz, are accommodated in a narrower bandwidth, for example, 6 MHz, which is equivalent to one channel of terrestrial broadcasting services. Then, the signals accommodated in the narrower bandwidth is frequency-shifted into a vacant frequency band in the VHF band or the UHF band. Accordingly, the CS signals accommodated in the narrower band and frequency-shifted into the vacant band are multiplexed with terrestrial broadcasting signals in the VHF and UHF bands and BS intermediate frequency signals so that all these signals are delivered to each household via a single cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Oishi, Keiji Fukuzawa, Kenji Inose
  • Patent number: 7051355
    Abstract: In a step S1, when the user executes a tuning operation (a service-number input operation) on an input section, the information is output to a control section. In a step S3, the control section determines whether the service number selected in the step S1 corresponds to a promotion channel. When it is determined that the service number corresponds to a promotion channel, the procedure proceeds to a step S11. In the step S11, the control section displays on the monitor a message indicating that the selected service number is not found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Inose, Katsumi Oishi, Hirofumi Yuchi, Haruhiko Yata, Keiichi Kurokawa, Yuichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6687308
    Abstract: The display section 35 connected to a control section 31 displays, at the same time, both the contents described in the network information table of the digital broadcast data demodulated by a demodulator 42 and complying with the first network, and also the contents described in the network information table of the digital broadcast data replaced by an NIT-replacing circuit 48 and complying with the second network. An NIT-detecting circuit 44 detects an NITa from an MPEG2 transport packet, i.e., digital broadcast data in the satellite broadcasting system (first network). The control section 31 complying with a CATV system (second network) generates the data representing at least the transmission frequency of the NITa detected by the NIT-detecting circuit 44. The NIT-replacing circuit 48 replaces the NITa contained in the MPEG2 transport packet, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Inose, Katsumi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20030061613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device that can transfer and set a condition in front end processing according to the procedure based on the rule of I2C or transfer the condition in the form of a command set. An application 31B generates control data to be transferred to a front end, and supplies the control data to an interface 31C through OS 31A together with information indicating a transfer pattern (first transfer pattern (a pattern in which the control data are transferred according to the procedure based on the rule of I2C) or a second transfer pattern (a pattern in which the control data are transferred in the form of a command set)). An interface 31C stores the control data in a transfer format by a storage method based on the transfer pattern indicated by the information, and transfers the control data to a microcomputer of the front end. The present invention is applicable to IRD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Kenji Inose
  • Publication number: 20030002598
    Abstract: To easily cope with change in methods of media. A CPU 22 controls a front end 21 including a tuner 41, a demodulator 42, and an error corrector 43 indirectly with a common control command, independent of a zone and a transmission medium. That is, an application program 22A of the CPU 22 creates a control command based on a command set defined in advance, and sends it out to the front end 21 via an interface 22B. The control application 40B of the front end 21 converts the control command transferred via the interface 40A into a data format recognizable for the tuner 41, the demodulator 42, and the error corrector 43, and transfers it to a driver 40C. The driver 40C controls each processing unit based on the control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Kenji Inose, Keiji Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 6480551
    Abstract: A digital broadcast program broadcast with a first network is transmitted to a second network. A tuner 41 selects digital broadcast signal having a predetermined transmission frequency and ECC decoder 43 obtains MPEG2 TS packet S3 as the digital broadcast data on the digital satellite broadcasting. An NIT detecting circuit 44 detects NIT from the MPEG2 TS packet S3 and a control unit 31 changes the NIT to obtain a table NITb applicable to CATV. A NIT substitution circuit 48 detects NIT from the MPEG2 TS packet S3 and substitutes table the NITb for the NIT to obtain MPEG2 TS packet S4 as the digital broadcast data on the CATV. Then, an error correct code is added to the MPEG2 TS packet S4 and the added packet S4 is modulated. Then, modulated one is frequency-converted to obtain digital broadcast signal BS-1 having a predetermined transmission frequency for the CATV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Ohishi, Naohisa Kitazato, Kenji Inose
  • Publication number: 20020056140
    Abstract: In a television signal transmission system, CS broadcasting signals received via a master antenna are converted into intermediate frequency signals in an LNB (Low Noise Block Down Converter). The CS intermediate frequency signals then undergo conversion of the modulation format, for example, from QPSK into 64-QAM, so that CS broadcasting signals from each transponder, having a bandwidth of, for example, 27 MHz, are accommodated in a narrower bandwidth, for example, 6 MHz, which is equivalent to one channel of terrestrial broadcasting services. Then, the signals accommodated in the narrower bandwidth is frequency-shifted into a vacant frequency band in the VHF band or the UHF band. Accordingly, the CS signals accommodated in the narrower band and frequency-shifted into the vacant band are multiplexed with terrestrial broadcasting signals in the VHF and UHF bands and BS intermediate frequency signals so that all these signals are delivered to each household via a single cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Oishi, Keiji Fukuzawa, Kenji Inose