Patents by Inventor Kenji Tabei
Kenji Tabei 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: 10986272Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to display a captured image and a shake corrected image thereof on the same screen. An imaging device is provided and has a configuration provided with a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for correcting image shake in a frame image, a shake corrected image generator that generates a shake corrected image in which the image shake is corrected by performing a geometrical conversion with respect to a current frame image based on the correction amount, and a synthesized image generator that generates a synthesized image in which the current frame image and the shake corrected image are disposed on the same screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Tabei, Shogo Tanaka
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Patent number: 10957047Abstract: An image processing device for synthesizing a plurality of mutually adjacent and partially overlapping pieces of image data, includes a boundary portion selection unit which, from boundary portions of adjacent image data, selects the boundary portion for calculating an image correction value, a correction value calculator which calculates the image correction value of the boundary portion selected by the boundary portion selection unit, and an image correction unit which, in the boundary portion selected by the boundary portion selection unit, performs image correction of the boundary portion using the image correction value calculated by the correction value calculator, and which, in the boundary portion that has not been selected by the boundary portion selection unit, performs image correction using the image correction value calculated in the past.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Qinhe Wang, Ryoji Ogino, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20200405152Abstract: This camera apparatus is provided with: a camera head that is able to perform imaging based on visible light having entered a medical optical device from a target portion of a subject to whom a florescence agent has been administered in advance and imaging based on fluorescence having entered the medical optical device from the target portion; and an image processing unit that, after amplifying the intensity of a fluorescence image inputted from the camera head and increasing the contrast between a black part and a white part in the fluorescence image, executes nonlinear conversion processing for the amplified fluorescence image, superimposes the fluorescence image having undergone the nonlinear conversion processing onto a visible image obtained by the imaging based on visible light, and generates a superimposed image for being outputted to an output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsushi HIRANO, Kenji TABEI, Tomoyuki SAITO, Yuji KINIWA
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Patent number: 10863092Abstract: Imaging device has a configuration provided with: a primary correction amount calculator that calculates a primary correction amount for correcting image shake in a current frame image based on a physical shake amount of the imaging device; a secondary correction amount calculator that calculates a secondary correction amount for correcting a search shake amount between the current frame image and a previous frame image which is one frame image before the current frame image; a correction amount selector that selects at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount based on at least one of an imaging condition and the primary correction amount; and an image converter that performs a geometrical conversion with respect to the current frame image based on at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount which is selected by the correction amount selector.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Tanaka, Kenji Tabei
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Patent number: 10825158Abstract: Provided is a color camera that captures using environmental light, a monochrome camera that captures using infrared light, a signal processing unit that processes a signal of a color image output from the color camera and a signal of a monochrome image output from the monochrome camera, a storage unit that stores alignment information generated from a color image and a monochrome image captured in a state of sufficient environmental light, an alignment unit that performs an alignment based on alignment information to match positions of a subject shown in a color image and a monochrome image captured in a state of insufficient environmental light, and an image synthesis unit that acquires color information from the aligned color image and performs color conversion to colorize the monochrome image using the color information.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Tanaka, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20200186716Abstract: Imaging device has a configuration provided with: a primary correction amount calculator that calculates a primary correction amount for correcting image shake in a current frame image based on a physical shake amount of the imaging device; a secondary correction amount calculator that calculates a secondary correction amount for correcting a search shake amount between the current frame image and a previous frame image which is one frame image before the current frame image; a correction amount selector that selects at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount based on at least one of an imaging condition and the primary correction amount; and an image converter that performs a geometrical conversion with respect to the current frame image based on at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount which is selected by the correction amount selector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Kenji TABEI
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Publication number: 20200068130Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to display a captured image and a shake corrected image thereof on the same screen. An imaging device is provided and has a configuration provided with a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for correcting image shake in a frame image, a shake corrected image generator that generates a shake corrected image in which the image shake is corrected by performing a geometrical conversion with respect to a current frame image based on the correction amount, and a synthesized image generator that generates a synthesized image in which the current frame image and the shake corrected image are disposed on the same screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji TABEI, Shogo TANAKA
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Publication number: 20200029016Abstract: The present application is provided with: a color camera that captures a monitoring area using environmental light, a monochrome camera that captures the monitoring area using infrared light, and a signal processor that processes a signal of a color image output from the color camera and a signal of a monochrome image output from the monochrome camera, in which the signal processor includes: a resolution converter that reduces the number of pixels in the color image by adding a signal value of each of a plurality of adjacent pixels in the color image, a signal level detector that detects the signal level of the color image, and a signal processing controller that controls an operation of the resolution converter based on the signal level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Kenji TABEI
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Publication number: 20190385291Abstract: Provided is a color camera that captures using environmental light, a monochrome camera that captures using infrared light, a signal processing unit that processes a signal of a color image output from the color camera and a signal of a monochrome image output from the monochrome camera, a storage unit that stores alignment information generated from a color image and a monochrome image captured in a state of sufficient environmental light, an alignment unit that performs an alignment based on alignment information to match positions of a subject shown in a color image and a monochrome image captured in a state of insufficient environmental light, and an image synthesis unit that acquires color information from the aligned color image and performs color conversion to colorize the monochrome image using the color informationType: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Kenji TABEI
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Publication number: 20190362499Abstract: An image processing device for synthesizing a plurality of mutually adjacent and partially overlapping pieces of image data, includes a boundary portion selection unit which, from boundary portions of adjacent image data, selects the boundary portion for calculating an image correction value, a correction value calculator which calculates the image correction value of the boundary portion selected by the boundary portion selection unit, and an image correction unit which, in the boundary portion selected by the boundary portion selection unit, performs image correction of the boundary portion using the image correction value calculated by the correction value calculator, and which, in the boundary portion that has not been selected by the boundary portion selection unit, performs image correction using the image correction value calculated in the past.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qinhe WANG, Ryoji OGINO, Kenji TABEI
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Imaging device and imaging method for composing a non-visible light image and a visibile light image
Patent number: 10291859Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging section including an imaging sensor section of a rolling shutter system, a condition designator that sets an imaging condition using first auxiliary light which is non-visible light as an imaging condition for the imaging section and an imaging condition using visible light with the first auxiliary light as non-emitted light, and alternately designates the imaging condition and a light emission condition of the first auxiliary light at a cycle of at least two frames in a time division basis, a first light emitter that emits the first auxiliary light according to the light emission condition; and an image composer that composes a non-visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the first auxiliary light during a first period in which the first auxiliary light is emitted and a visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the visible light during a second period subsequent to the first period.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Tanaka, Kenji Tabei -
Patent number: 10136076Abstract: An imaging device is provided with a condition designating unit which designates, by time division, imaging conditions for capturing an image, and light emission conditions for emitting auxiliary light, an imaging section which captures an image including a subject according to the imaging conditions, a light emitting unit which emits auxiliary light with respect to the subject according to the light emission conditions, and an image composer which composes a first image that is captured under a first imaging condition during a light emission period in which the auxiliary light is emitted and a second image which is captured under a second imaging condition during a non-light-emission period which is continuous to the light emission period and in which the auxiliary light is not emitted, in which quality of an image which is captured in a low illumination environment is improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Tanaka, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20180211098Abstract: A facial authentication device (100) includes an image corrector (107) that estimates an orientation of a face based on a center position of the face and a position of imaging unit (101) to correct an image distortion including optical axis deviation with respect to visible light image data such that the orientation of the face coincides with an optical axis direction of imaging unit (101), and a feature amount calculator (105) that extracts a face portion from the image data captured by the imaging unit (101) and calculates a feature amount of the face to output to the image corrector (107), and calculates the feature amount of the face from the image data corrected by the image corrector (107) to output to a face collator (109).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Yoshiyuki MATSUYAMA, Kenji TABEI, Hiroaki YOSHIO
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Publication number: 20170237887Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging section including an imaging sensor section of a rolling shutter system, a condition designator that sets an imaging condition using first auxiliary light which is non-visible light as an imaging condition for the imaging section and an imaging condition using visible light with the first auxiliary light as non-emitted light, and alternately designates the imaging condition and a light emission condition of the first auxiliary light at a cycle of at least two frames in a time division basis, a first light emitter that emits the first auxiliary light according to the light emission condition; and an image composer that composes a non-visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the first auxiliary light during a first period in which the first auxiliary light is emitted and a visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the visible light during a second period subsequent to the first period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Kenji TABEI
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Patent number: 9672605Abstract: To increase the processing speed when median processing in the time direction is performed on color images, pixel values of each channel (R, G and B values) are extracted from multiple temporally consecutive frame images; subsequently, identifiers (index numbers) corresponding to frame images from which the pixel values are extracted are assigned to the pixel values; subsequently, a sorting process is performed on a set of pixel values of one channel (G values) to obtain an identifier assigned to a median value thereof; subsequently, a pixel value to which an identifier identical with that assigned to the median value is assigned is selected as a median value of each channel; and subsequently, a median image is generated on the basis of the median value of each channel obtained for each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, Kenji Tabei
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Patent number: 9609181Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method obtains a high super-resolution effect for distorted images captured by a specialized optical system, such as a 360-degree camera. A distortion-correction conversion-formula calculation section calculates a distortion correction conversion formula for correcting the nonlinear distortion. A distortion correction and interpolation processing section performs distortion correction and interpolation processing on each cropped region. An alignment conversion formula calculation section calculates an alignment conversion formula for alignment between each cropped image after distortion correction and interpolation processing is completed. A pixel coordinate conversion section rearranges pixel coordinates for each frame image before interpolation processing by using the distortion correction conversion formula and the alignment conversion formula corresponding to the cropped regions. An image synthesis section synthesizes the cropped images.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Qinhe Wang, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20160198103Abstract: An imaging device is provided with a condition designating unit which designates, by time division, imaging conditions for capturing an image, and light emission conditions for emitting auxiliary light, an imaging section which captures an image including a subject according to the imaging conditions, a light emitting unit which emits auxiliary light with respect to the subject according to the light emission conditions, and an image composer which composes a first image that is captured under a first imaging condition during a light emission period in which the auxiliary light is emitted and a second image which is captured under a second imaging condition during a non-light-emission period which is continuous to the light emission period and in which the auxiliary light is not emitted, in which quality of an image which is captured in a low illumination environment is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo TANAKA, Kenji TABEI
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Publication number: 20150221073Abstract: To increase the processing speed when median processing in the time direction is performed on color images, pixel values of each channel (R, G and B values) are extracted from multiple temporally consecutive frame images; subsequently, identifiers (index numbers) corresponding to frame images from which the pixel values are extracted are assigned to the pixel values; subsequently, a sorting process is performed on a set of pixel values of one channel (G values) to obtain an identifier assigned to a median value thereof; subsequently, a pixel value to which an identifier identical with that assigned to the median value is assigned is selected as a median value of each channel; and subsequently, a median image is generated on the basis of the median value of each channel obtained for each pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20130294708Abstract: An apparatus that can obtain a clear image by correcting blurs of respective object images even in a case where a plurality of objects with different blurs exists within an image. Local PSF estimating section estimates a PSF for each small region. PSF form identifying section identifies forms of the estimated PSFs of the small regions and groups local estimated PSFs such that small regions having the PSF forms with high similarity belong to the same group. Small region integrating section integrates adjacent small regions that are grouped in the same group. Due to this, object images blurring in a similar way can be accurately separated. As a result of this, a perspective separation of the objects and a separation of moving objects become possible from just one input image without using a plurality of cameras or additional devices (a distance sensor, etc.).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohide Maeda, Kenji Tabei
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Publication number: 20130258048Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method capable of obtaining a high super-resolution effect even for distorted images captured by a specialized optical system such as a 360-degree camera. Distortion-correction conversion-formula calculation section (123) calculates a distortion correction conversion formula for correcting the nonlinear distortion. Distortion correction and interpolation processing section (101) performs distortion correction and interpolation processing on each cropped region. Alignment conversion formula calculation section (104) calculates an alignment conversion formula for alignment between each cropped image after distortion correction and interpolation processing is completed. Pixel coordinate conversion section (111) rearranges pixel coordinates for each frame image before interpolation processing by using the distortion correction conversion formula and the alignment conversion formula corresponding to the cropped regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Qinhe Wang, Kenji Tabei