Patents by Inventor Kohei Iwabuchi
Kohei Iwabuchi 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: 20240116500Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of improving the efficiency of operation of a movable apparatus, an information processing apparatus comprises: a passing region calculation unit configured to calculate a passing region through which a movable apparatus passes; an object detection unit configured to detect an object around the movable apparatus by a sensor; and an object detection range setting unit configured to set an object detection range in which the object is detected by the object detection unit based on the passing region calculated by the passing region calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: YOSHIHIRO NAGANAWA, KOHEI IWABUCHI, MASAKAZU FUJIKI, DAISUKE KOTAKE
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Patent number: 11830177Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a first image which captures a scene including an object from a first viewpoint position and a second image which captures a scene including the object from a second viewpoint position, and associates a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the first image with a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the second image. The image processing apparatus determines a partial region in the second image corresponding to a give region in the first image based on the association, generates a synthesized image by replacing an image of the given region using an image of the determined partial region, and superimposing variation data on the synthesized image.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Mahoro Anabuki, Nobuaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230368364Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a display control unit that displays defect information detected from an image in which an inspection target is captured, on a display unit in association with the image. The display control unit controls a method of displaying the defect information based on a display size of at least one of the image and the defect information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: KOHEI IWABUCHI, YUUICHI NITTO
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Patent number: 11729494Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one or more processors that function as a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an image-capturing environment including a physical relationship between an imaging apparatus and an object plane, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a condition about image quality of an image to be captured by the imaging apparatus, a decision unit configured to decide an image-capturing parameter with which the object plane is fit in a depth of field in a case where the image-capturing parameter is set in the imaging apparatus, based on the information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and a presentation unit configured to present to a user a range on the object plane in which an image obtained by image capturing with the image capturing apparatus in which the decided image-capturing parameter is set satisfies the condition about image quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Yuuichi Nitto
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Publication number: 20220327687Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a first image which captures a scene including an object from a first viewpoint position and a second image which captures a scene including the object from a second viewpoint position, and associates a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the first image with a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the second image. The image processing apparatus determines a partial region in the second image corresponding to a give region in the first image based on the association, generates a synthesized image by replacing an image of the given region using an image of the determined partial region, and superimposing variation data on the synthesized image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Mahoro Anabuki, Nobuaki Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11430107Abstract: An information processing apparatus for supporting a user's task for identifying a defect in an object based on a target image that is a photographed image of the object, includes: a selecting unit that selects, based on an user's input, one from one or more reference images to which is referred by the user for identifying a defect in the object; a display unit that comparably displays the target image and the selected reference image on a certain display device; a specifying unit that receives an user's operation for specifying a defect in the target image displayed by the display unit; and a generating unit that generates a new reference image based on a partial area, of the target image, including the specified defect. A new reference image generated by the generating unit is added to the one or more reference images selectable by the selecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Patent number: 11416978Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a first image which captures a scene including an object from a first viewpoint position and a second image which captures a scene including the object from a second viewpoint position, and associates a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the first image with a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the second image. The image processing apparatus determines a partial region in the second image corresponding to a give region in the first image based on the association, generates a synthesized image by replacing an image of the given region using an image of the determined partial region, and superimposing variation data on the synthesized image.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Mahoro Anabuki, Nobuaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20220180631Abstract: There is provided with an information processing system including a server apparatus, and a first apparatus and a second apparatus that are able to communicate with the server apparatus. A management unit collects, based on a predetermined reference, each piece of data that is acquired from the first apparatus and is associated with each of a plurality of images and manage the collected data. An image identification unit identifies at least a portion of the plurality of images based on the collected data. A sending unit sends the at least a portion of the plurality of images that is identified by the image identification unit, to the second apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Yuuichi Nitto, Kohei Iwabuchi, Kentaro Saito, Masaji Munekuni, Satoru Mamiya, Tatsuya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11335047Abstract: An apparatus comprises a unit that acquires observation data indicating an observation value representing a state of a crop, the observation value being associated with any of a plurality of observation types representing types of observation objects, the observation value being obtained by observing a crop; and a control unit that visualizes and displays the observation value at a position on a map where the observation has been performed, the observation value being indicated by the acquired observation data, wherein when displaying the observation values simultaneously or in a switchable manner, in a case where the control unit visualizes the observation value exceeding or less than a predetermined value specified for each of the plurality of observation types, it visualizes and displays the observation value on the map by using an identical display form for each of the plurality of observation types.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20220107299Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to display results of measurement for a plurality of items about an agricultural crop as a graph, acquires measurement information including an item for which the measurement is performed and a measured value obtained by the measurement, acquires information about a reference value set for each of the plurality of items, performs conversion of the measured value into a display coordinate value on a graph for each of the plurality of items to make reference values agree with each other on the graph, and displays a graph including a plurality of pieces of series data corresponding to the respective plurality of items and having display coordinate values converted by the conversion unit, and an index indicating the reference values for the plurality of items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20210321036Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one or more processors that function as a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an image-capturing environment including a physical relationship between an imaging apparatus and an object plane, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a condition about image quality of an image to be captured by the imaging apparatus, a decision unit configured to decide an image-capturing parameter with which the object plane is fit in a depth of field in a case where the image-capturing parameter is set in the imaging apparatus, based on the information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and a presentation unit configured to present to a user a range on the object plane in which an image obtained by image capturing with the image capturing apparatus in which the decided image-capturing parameter is set satisfies the condition about image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Yuuichi Nitto
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Patent number: 11074670Abstract: An image processing apparatus designates a first partial region for a first image obtained by rendering a configuration of an object in accordance with a predetermined coordinate system, designates a second partial region corresponding to the first partial region for a second image including an image obtained by capturing the object, and converts an image of the second partial region into an image complying with the predetermined coordinate system based on a coordinate of the first partial region in the first image and a coordinate of the second partial region in the second image. In the designation of the first partial region, different first partial regions in the first image are sequentially designated, and a first partial region at a (k+1)-th time based on a first partial region designated at a k-th time.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Yuichi Nitto, Mahoro Anabuki
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Publication number: 20210174285Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A resource amount determination unit determines a required resource amount for executing a task to be executed in at least a partial section of an agricultural field in which a crop is grown based on a size of the section in which the task is executed and a state of an object on which the task is executed. An output control unit controls the required resource amount determined by the resource amount determination unit to be displayed in association with the section in which the task is executed on a map representing the agricultural field displayed on a predetermined display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20210042977Abstract: An apparatus comprises a unit that acquires observation data indicating an observation value representing a state of a crop, the observation value being associated with any of a plurality of observation types representing types of observation objects, the observation value being obtained by observing a crop; and a control unit that visualizes and displays the observation value at a position on a map where the observation has been performed, the observation value being indicated by the acquired observation data, wherein when displaying the observation values simultaneously or in a switchable manner, in a case where the control unit visualizes the observation value exceeding or less than a predetermined value specified for each of the plurality of observation types, it visualizes and displays the observation value on the map by using an identical display form for each of the plurality of observation types.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20200302595Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a first image which captures a scene including an object from a first viewpoint position and a second image which captures a scene including the object from a second viewpoint position, and associates a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the first image with a coordinate position corresponding to a position of a feature of the object on the second image. The image processing apparatus determines a partial region in the second image corresponding to a give region in the first image based on the association, generates a synthesized image by replacing an image of the given region using an image of the determined partial region, and superimposing variation data on the synthesized image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Mahoro Anabuki, Nobuaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20200226712Abstract: An image processing apparatus designates a first partial region for a first image obtained by rendering a configuration of an object in accordance with a predetermined coordinate system, designates a second partial region corresponding to the first partial region for a second image including an image obtained by capturing the object, and converts an image of the second partial region into an image complying with the predetermined coordinate system based on a coordinate of the first partial region in the first image and a coordinate of the second partial region in the second image. In the designation of the first partial region, different first partial regions in the first image are sequentially designated, and a first partial region at a (k+1)-th time based on a first partial region designated at a k-th time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Yuichi Nitto, Mahoro Anabuki
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Publication number: 20200193582Abstract: An information processing apparatus for supporting a user's task for identifying a defect in an object based on a target image that is a photographed image of the object, includes: a selecting unit that selects, based on an user's input, one from one or more reference images to which is referred by the user for identifying a defect in the object; a display unit that comparably displays the target image and the selected reference image on a certain display device; a specifying unit that receives an user's operation for specifying a defect in the target image displayed by the display unit; and a generating unit that generates a new reference image based on a partial area, of the target image, including the specified defect. A new reference image generated by the generating unit is added to the one or more reference images selectable by the selecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Patent number: 10163039Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a set specifying unit, a clustering unit, an image selection unit, and an image arrangement unit. The set specifying unit specifies a set of images from among a plurality of images under a predetermined condition. The clustering unit classifies, after the set of images is specified by the set specifying unit, the plurality of images into any of the same number of clusters as that of image layout regions. The image selection unit collectively selects images that constitute the set of images from among the images included in the clusters generated by the clustering unit. The image arrangement unit arranges, in the image layout regions that correspond to the clusters one-to-one, the images constituting the set of images selected from the clusters by the image selection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kohei Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20170091592Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a set specifying unit, a clustering unit, an image selection unit, and an image arrangement unit. The set specifying unit specifies a set of images from among a plurality of images under a predetermined condition. The clustering unit classifies, after the set of images is specified by the set specifying unit, the plurality of images into any of the same number of clusters as that of image layout regions. The image selection unit collectively selects images that constitute the set of images from among the images included in the clusters generated by the clustering unit. The image arrangement unit arranges, in the image layout regions that correspond to the clusters one-to-one, the images constituting the set of images selected from the clusters by the image selection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventor: Kohei Iwabuchi