Patents by Inventor Kunjo Kawaguchi

Kunjo Kawaguchi 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).

  • Imaging apparatus including means for converting red, green, and blue signal components of standard resolution to respective high resolution signal components
    Patent number: 5748235
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a CCD for receiving light emanated from an object through a color filter and converting it into a video signal; a color separator circuit for separating the video signal from the CCD into R, G, and B, signal components; three, R, G, and B signal converters for converting the R, G, and B signal components from the color separator circuit to a high resolution R signal component, a high resolution G signal component, and a high resolution B signal component respectively which are higher in the resolution than the original signal components; and a signal processor circuit for receiving and processing the high resolution R, G, and B signal components of their respective signal converters to yield a luminance signal as well as a chrominance signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Kunjo Kawaguchi