Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro Maeda

Kiyohiro Maeda 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: 7667180
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing system, including an image capturing section that includes a plurality of first light receiving elements that receive light in a specified wavelength region and light in a first wavelength region, which is different from the specified wavelength region, and a plurality of second light receiving elements that receive light in the specified wavelength region and light in a second wavelength region, which is different from the specified wavelength region; and a control section that controls a spectrum of the light received by the plurality of first light receiving elements and the plurality of second light receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyohiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090247881
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus comprising a light emitting section that emits light to a subject; a light receiving section that receives light in a first wavelength region and light in a second wavelength region from the subject, the second wavelength region being different from the first wavelength region; a reflectance calculating section that calculates a first reflectance of light in the first wavelength region from the subject and a second reflectance of light in the second wavelength region from the subject, based on the light emitted by the light emitting section and the light received by the light receiving section; and a depth identifying section that calculates a depth, from a surface of the subject, of an object inside the subject that is included in an image resulting from the light received by the light receiving section, based on the first reflectance and the second reflectance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro MAEDA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090159776
    Abstract: An image capturing system includes an image capturing section that includes a plurality of light receiving elements configured to receive light in a first wavelength range and light in a second wavelength range, a control section that controls the light in the second wavelength range to be received by each of the plurality of light receiving elements more frequently than the light in the first wavelength range, where the light in the second wavelength range has a lower spectral intensity than the light in the first wavelength range, and an image generating section that generates an image by using the light in the first wavelength range received by the plurality of light receiving elements at a given timing and the light in the second wavelength range received by the plurality of light receiving elements at a different timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro MAEDA, Hideyasu Ishibashi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090147999
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing system, including a depth calculating section that calculates a depth of an object from a surface of a body, the object existing inside the body; a light receiving section that receives light from the object; and a substance amount calculating section that calculates an amount of a substance, which generates the light received by the light receiving section, inside the object based on the depth of the object calculated by the depth calculating section and an amount of light received by the light receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro MAEDA, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090147096
    Abstract: Provided is a position specifying system including: a light irradiation section that irradiates light to different positions of a physical body respectively; an image capturing section that captures images of an object existing inside the physical body, by means of the light irradiated to the different positions; and a position specifying section that specifies a depth of the object from a surface of the physical body onto which the light from the light irradiation section is irradiated, based on a difference in the images captured by the image capturing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Kiyohiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090122152
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing system including an image capturing section that includes a plurality of first light receiving elements for receiving light of a first wavelength region and a plurality of second light receiving elements for receiving light of a second wavelength region, a control section that causes to be generated, from a subject, light of a different spectrum at a different timing for each of the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region, and an image generating section that generates an image from light of a first spectrum from the subject received by the first light receiving elements at a predetermined timing, and light of a second spectrum from the subject received by the second light receiving elements at a timing other than the predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Kiyohiro Maeda, Hideyasu Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20090114799
    Abstract: Provided is an image capturing system, including an image capturing section that includes a plurality of first light receiving elements that receive light in a specified wavelength region and light in a first wavelength region, which is different from the specified wavelength region, and a plurality of second light receiving elements that receive light in the specified wavelength region and light in a second wavelength region, which is different from the specified wavelength region; and a control section that controls a spectrum of the light received by the plurality of first light receiving elements and the plurality of second light receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyohiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20090020709
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing system including: a specific wavelength image obtaining section that obtains a specific wavelength image being an image of light from an object existing inside a substance, the light belonging to a specific wavelength region; a depth calculator that calculates a depth of the object from a surface of the substance, using a plurality of specific wavelength images corresponding to different specific wavelength regions from each other; and an object image generator that generates an image of the object according to the depth of the object calculated by the depth calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Hideyasu Ishibashi, Kiyohiro Maeda