Patents by Inventor Masahiko Miyata
Masahiko Miyata 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: 20240405405Abstract: In a metal housing of an imaging apparatus, a wireless module in which a wireless antenna is installed and a flat cable are provided. A through-hole for the flat cable is formed in the metal housing. The wireless antenna is disposed at a position where the wireless antenna does not overlap with the flat cable and is disposed at a position where the wireless antenna overlaps with the through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoya KUSUMOTO, Masahiko Miyata, Shingo Ogawa
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Patent number: 12143674Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to or incorporated in the processor. The processor acquires viewpoint information regarding at least one virtual viewpoint, and presents quality information indicating a quality of a virtual viewpoint video that is creatable with the viewpoint information as a reference, on the basis of a plurality of motion picture data obtained by being captured by a plurality of imaging devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Fuminori Irie, Takashi Aoki, Kazunori Tamura, Masahiko Miyata, Yasunori Murakami
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Publication number: 20240365078Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of sound information, sound collection device position information, and target subject position information. In addition, the information processing apparatus specifies a target sound of a region corresponding to a position of a target subject from the plurality of pieces of sound information based on the acquired sound collection device position information and the acquired target subject position information. Further, the information processing apparatus generates target subject emphasis sound information indicating a sound including a target subject emphasis sound in which the specified target sound is emphasized more than a sound emitted from a region different from the region corresponding to the position of the target subject indicated by the acquired target subject position information in a case in which a virtual viewpoint video is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Fuminori IRIE, Kazunori TAMURA, Masahiko MIYATA, Yasunori MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240348741Abstract: A control device that controls a projection apparatus, includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: acquire plural pieces of image data indicating plural images that are to be combined to form an information image; and perform a control of projecting the plural images from the projection apparatus at different timings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuki ISHIDA, Kazuki INOUE, Masahiko MIYATA
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Publication number: 20240346667Abstract: A control device, that controls a moving object on which a projection apparatus is mounted, includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: acquire first target information related to a state of a first target; determine a projection target position and a target moving object position based on the first target information; move the moving object to the target moving object position; perform projection to the projection target position from the projection apparatus; and during moving of the moving object to the target moving object position, acquire second target information related to a state of the first target and update at least one of the projection target position or the target moving object position based on the second target information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masahiko MIYATA, Kazuki INOUE, Kazuki ISHIDA
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Patent number: 12112425Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to or incorporated in the processor. The processor acquires reference imaging device information corresponding to a position, an imaging direction, and an angle of view of a reference imaging device, and generates the virtual viewpoint image by using the reference imaging device information as a reference, on a condition that an instruction to start generating a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of images obtained by imaging an imaging region with a plurality of imaging devices is given.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazunori Tamura, Takashi Aoki, Fuminori Irie, Masahiko Miyata, Yasunori Murakami
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Publication number: 20240312164Abstract: A control device includes a processor, the processor is configured to: generate third image data based on first image data and second image data; and output the third image data, and a second image based on the second image data in a third image represented by the third image data is an image indicating that specific content is associated with the third image, and surrounds a first image based on the first image data in the third image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuki INOUE, Kazuki ISHIDA, Masahiko MIYATA
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Patent number: 12058512Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of sound information, sound collection device position information, and target subject position information. In addition, the information processing apparatus specifies a target sound of a region corresponding to a position of a target subject from the plurality of pieces of sound information based on the acquired sound collection device position information and the acquired target subject position information. Further, the information processing apparatus generates target subject emphasis sound information indicating a sound including a target subject emphasis sound in which the specified target sound is emphasized more than a sound emitted from a region different from the region corresponding to the position of the target subject indicated by the acquired target subject position information in a case in which a virtual viewpoint video is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Aoki, Fuminori Irie, Kazunori Tamura, Masahiko Miyata, Yasunori Murakami
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Publication number: 20240259544Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a three-dimensional position and a posture of an object in an instruction three-dimensional region having an enlarged or reduced relationship with an observation three-dimensional region in which a virtual viewpoint and a virtual visual line are defined, a derivation unit that derives the viewpoint and the visual line corresponding to detection results of the detection unit depending on positional relationship information indicating a relative positional relationship between the observation three-dimensional region and the instruction three-dimensional region, and an acquisition unit that acquires a virtual viewpoint image showing a subject in a case in which the subject is observed with the viewpoint and the visual line derived by the derivation unit, the virtual viewpoint image being based on a plurality of images obtained by imaging an imaging region included in the observation three-dimensional region by a plurality of imaging appaType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Masahiko MIYATA, Takashi AOKI, Kazunori TAMURA, Fuminori IRIE
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Patent number: 11985294Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a three-dimensional position and a posture of an object in an instruction three-dimensional region having an enlarged or reduced relationship with an observation three-dimensional region in which a virtual viewpoint and a virtual visual line are defined, a derivation unit that derives the viewpoint and the visual line corresponding to detection results of the detection unit depending on positional relationship information indicating a relative positional relationship between the observation three-dimensional region and the instruction three-dimensional region, and an acquisition unit that acquires a virtual viewpoint image showing a subject in a case in which the subject is observed with the viewpoint and the visual line derived by the derivation unit, the virtual viewpoint image being based on a plurality of images obtained by imaging an imaging region included in the observation three-dimensional region by a plurality of imaging appaType: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko Miyata, Takashi Aoki, Kazunori Tamura, Fuminori Irie
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Publication number: 20240146321Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a processor; a first electronic circuit that outputs a pulse width modulation signal; a low-pass filter circuit that outputs a voltage based on the pulse width modulation signal; a second electronic circuit that outputs an analog signal by using the output voltage of the low-pass filter circuit; and a third electronic circuit that converts the analog signal into a digital signal, and the processor sets a frequency of the pulse width modulation signal to a frequency at which a noise component included in the digital signal is reduced in relation to a sampling frequency of the third electronic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masahiko MIYATA
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Publication number: 20240129449Abstract: A display control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires first viewpoint position information, and a first control unit that performs a control of displaying a first viewpoint video selected from among a plurality of viewpoint videos generated based on images obtained by imaging an imaging region from a plurality of viewpoint positions on a first display unit, in which the first control unit performs a control of displaying first specific information for specifying a first viewpoint position in the first viewpoint video in a case in which the first viewpoint position indicated by the acquired first viewpoint position information is included in the first viewpoint video and performs a control of changing a display size of the first specific information depending on an angle of view of the first viewpoint video displayed on the first display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Fuminori IRIE, Takashi AOKI, Kazunori TAMURA, Masahiko MIYATA
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Patent number: 11954290Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program capable of accurately and simply controlling a movement sensitivity of an index displayed on a finder monitor to a sensitivity desired by a user by using a touch panel installed on a rear monitor. The imaging apparatus (10) has a finder that includes the finder monitor (13), the touch panel (31) that receives a swipe operation for moving the index, and an image processing unit (24). The image processing unit (24) includes a sensitivity setting unit that sets a first sensitivity for coarsely moving the index by the swipe operation or a second sensitivity for finely moving the index by detecting a contact operation to the touch panel in the swipe operation, and a movement control unit that moves the index on the basis of the swipe operation on the touch panel and the sensitivity set by the sensitivity setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuki Sugihara, Masaru Kobayashi, Kazuki Ishida, Masahiko Miyata
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Patent number: 11909945Abstract: A display control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires first viewpoint position information, and a first control unit that performs a control of displaying a first viewpoint video selected from among a plurality of viewpoint videos generated based on images obtained by imaging an imaging region from a plurality of viewpoint positions on a first display unit, in which the first control unit performs a control of displaying first specific information for specifying a first viewpoint position in the first viewpoint video in a case in which the first viewpoint position indicated by the acquired first viewpoint position information is included in the first viewpoint video and performs a control of changing a display size of the first specific information depending on an angle of view of the first viewpoint video displayed on the first display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Fuminori Irie, Takashi Aoki, Kazunori Tamura, Masahiko Miyata
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Publication number: 20240015274Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory connected to or built in the processor. The processor acquires a virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of captured images, and outputs, based on first information associated with a first region related to the virtual viewpoint image and specific image relation information related to a plurality of specific images that are not included in the plurality of captured images, first data for displaying a first specific image selected from among the plurality of specific images in the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takashi AOKI, Masahiko MIYATA, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yasunori MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230419596Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory connected to or built in the processor. The processor acquires a representative image corresponding to a virtual viewpoint moving image generated based on a plurality of captured images obtained by imaging an imaging region and a plurality of pieces of viewpoint information, based on the plurality of captured images and the plurality of pieces of viewpoint information, and outputs data for displaying the representative image on a display in a size different from the virtual viewpoint moving image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masahiko MIYATA, Takashi AOKI, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yasunori MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230396749Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to or built in the processor. The processor acquires a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of captured images, acquires viewpoint information, acquires positional information of an object imaged in the captured image, and acquires a second virtual viewpoint image in which an object image showing the object is included based on the viewpoint information and the positional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masahiko MIYATA, Takashi AOKI, Yasunori MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230388471Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to or built in the processor. The processor acquires a virtual viewpoint image showing an aspect of a subject in a case in which the subject is observed from a viewpoint specified by viewpoint information based on a plurality of captured images and the viewpoint information, and outputs, based on the viewpoint information, data for displaying a specific image created in a process different from a process of the virtual viewpoint image, and the virtual viewpoint image on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takashi AOKI, Masahiko MIYATA, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yasunori MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230305364Abstract: A drive device includes a magnetic circuit unit including a first yoke, a second yoke, and a first magnet, a magnetic circuit unit including the first yoke, the second yoke, a second magnet, a first coil that is bonded to a focus lens, in which the magnetic circuit units drive the first coil and the focus lens by an electromagnetic force generated in the first coil, the first magnet corresponds to a first movement amount of movement of the focus lens, and the second magnet corresponds to a second movement amount of movement of the focus lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masahiro HIDESHIMA, Masahiko MIYATA, Shinji OTSUKA, Takeya ABE
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Patent number: 11743594Abstract: A shutter control device that controls a drive device for a mechanical shutter included in an imaging apparatus, includes: a processor configured to control a drive interval of the mechanical shutter in a case where the mechanical shutter is continuously driven by the drive device, and the processor is configured to: set, as a first time, a drive interval of the mechanical shutter at which a temperature of the drive device is made to be saturable at a saturation temperature lower than an allowable upper limit temperature in a case where the mechanical shutter is continuously driven by the drive device; and control a drive interval of the mechanical shutter based on a comparison between an elapsed time from a reference timing and a number of times of the mechanical shutter being driven during the elapsed time, the elapsed time being calculated by a unit of the first time.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masahiko Miyata