Patents by Inventor Manabu Sasamoto
Manabu Sasamoto 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: 20190335144Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Patent number: 10389978Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Publication number: 20190253694Abstract: The present invention provides a camera device capable of quickly processing image data while suppressing bus traffic. In the present invention, an image memory 50 is connected to a memory bus 70 and stores a right source image 220 and a left source image 210. A memory access management 40 is connected to the memory bus 70 and to an internal bus 80, reads the right source image 220 and the left source image 210 from the image memory 50 via the memory bus 70, and outputs the read right source image 220 and the left source image 210 to the internal bus 80. Processing unit A 30, processing unit B 31, and processing unit C 32 are connected to the internal bus 80 and process the image data output to the internal bus 80.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru MATSUO, Manabu SASAMOTO, Atsushi ICHIGE
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Publication number: 20190145768Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an imaging device capable of both improving object detection accuracy and reducing calculation load. The present invention comprises: a plurality of imaging units; an object information acquisition unit that obtains object information including distance information for objects; a search conditions setting unit that sets conditions for searching for image elements corresponding to specific image elements inside a standard image captured by one of the plurality of imaging units, same being searched for inside a reference image captured by another imaging unit; and a stereo distance detection unit that performs said search on the basis of conditions set by the search conditions setting unit and detects the object distance on the basis of parallax obtained by the search. The search conditions setting unit sets the search range for searches, on the basis of the detection information for the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Manabu SASAMOTO, Shinichi NONAKA
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Publication number: 20190035052Abstract: An apparatus determines a second pixel range of an uncorrected image necessary to generate a first pixel range having pixels in a preset range of a corrected image, including a cache unit determining the second pixel range and reading and holding the second pixel range from memory before executing correction. Correspondences indicating positions of the uncorrected image corresponding to positions of pixels of the corrected image, respectively, are preset. The cache unit specifies a position of the uncorrected image corresponding to a pixel of one of four corners of a rectangular third pixel range including the first pixel range based on the correspondence, specifies pixel ranges of the uncorrected image necessary for pixel value generation, respectively, at the four corners of the third pixel range based on the specified position, and determines a pixel range including a convex set including the specified pixel ranges as the second pixel range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Yusuke UCHIDA, Tetsuya YAMADA, Shigeru MATSUO, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180367760Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Patent number: 10084991Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Patent number: 10070099Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Publication number: 20180109761Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180082136Abstract: An image acquisition device comprises: a plurality of image acquisition units, at least one image acquisition unit of the plurality of image acquisition units being an image acquisition unit that acquires an image at a first frame rate and at least one image acquisition unit of the plurality of image acquisition units being an image acquisition unit that acquires an image at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate, a moving object detection unit that detects a moving object based on an image acquired by the image acquisition unit that acquires an image at the second frame rate, and a distance detection unit that detects a distance to a subject based on disparity between a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of image acquisition units.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Manabu SASAMOTO, Akihito NISHIZAWA, Takeshi NAGASAKI
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Publication number: 20170289502Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Patent number: 9723268Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Patent number: 9661323Abstract: A buffering delay can be reduced and moving picture encoding in low delay is performed while deterioration of picture quality is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Mizosoe, Hironori Komi, Mitsuhiro Okada, Manabu Sasamoto
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Publication number: 20160330409Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Patent number: 9432618Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Publication number: 20150334352Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Kazunori IWABUCHI, Hiroki MIZOSOE, Mutsumi SHIMODA, Setiawan BONDAN, Manabu SASAMOTO
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Patent number: 9124758Abstract: A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazunori Iwabuchi, Hiroki Mizosoe, Mutsumi Shimoda, Setiawan Bondan, Manabu Sasamoto
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Patent number: 8941724Abstract: A receiver enabling to receive 2D and 3D content from a content distributor, including a content list obtaining unit obtaining a list screen of content receivable from the content distributor, a content obtaining unit obtaining 2D or 3D content from the content distributor, a display unit displaying the list screen and reproduced screen of the content on an external or built-in monitor, and a function determining unit determining a function for viewing/listening to 3D and 2D content, wherein the content list obtaining unit determines if 3D content is visible/listenable and obtains a content list of only 2D content or both 2D and 3D content, in accordance with a result of determination, from the content distributor, and the display unit displays the content list obtained through the content list obtaining unit, thereby enabling the receiver of content to receive, memorize and/or output outside the content, being distributed from various networks.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Ltd.Inventors: Chiyo Ohno, Shuji Ishihara, Manabu Sasamoto, Hiroyuki Koreeda
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Publication number: 20140314145Abstract: A buffering delay can be reduced and moving picture encoding in low delay is performed while deterioration of picture quality is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Hiroki Mizosoe, Hironori Komi, Mitsuhiro Okada, Manabu Sasamoto
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Publication number: 20130287122Abstract: A video transmission device comprising: a reference signal generation unit which generates a reference signal based on time information; an imaging unit which images a video signal based on the reference signal generated by means of the reference signal generation unit; a compression unit which performs digital compression encoding of the video signal imaged by means of the imaging unit; a network processing unit which receives, from a network, time information and phase information about a reference signal in regard to the time information and, also, transmits the digital compression encoded video signal; and a control unit which controls the reference signal generation unit and the network processing unit. Here, the control unit modifies the phase of the reference signal generated with the reference signal generation unit in response to the time information and the phase signal received with the network processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Mizosoe, Manabu Sasamoto, Hironori Komi, Mitsuhiro Okada