Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ariizumi

Masahiro Ariizumi 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: 11636321
    Abstract: There is provided with a data processing apparatus that carries out a computation corresponding to a neural network containing a plurality of layers. A processing unit includes a plurality of processors that, through pipeline processing, sequentially calculate data of each of blocks, each block corresponding to a part of a feature plane in one layer. A control unit determines a calculation order for the data of the blocks on the basis of structure information of the neural network, and sends a command that controls the calculation order to the plurality of processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 11625224
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first holding unit and a second holding unit configured to hold first-type data and second-type data, respectively, a first operation unit configured to execute a first product-sum operation based on the first-type data, a branch unit configured to output an operation result of the first product-sum operation in parallel, a sampling unit configured to sample the operation result and to output a sampling result, and a second operation unit configured to execute a second product-sum operation based on the second-type data and the sampling result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsewei Chen, Masami Kato, Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 11514614
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, a first processing unit configured to process a first image stored in a first memory and output a first processing result in a first size, a conversion unit configured to, if the first size matches a second size, output the first processing result, and if the first size is different from the second size, convert the first processing result into the second size and output a result of the conversion, and a second processing unit configured to process the first processing result outputted from the conversion unit and a second image of the second size stored in a second memory, and to store a second processing result in the second memory in the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Tsewei Chen
  • Publication number: 20210019917
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, a first processing unit configured to process a first image stored in a first memory and output a first processing result in a first size, a conversion unit configured to, if the first size matches a second size, output the first processing result, and if the first size is different from the second size, convert the first processing result into the second size and output a result of the conversion, and a second processing unit configured to process the first processing result outputted from the conversion unit and a second image of the second size stored in a second memory, and to store a second processing result in the second memory in the second size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Tsewei Chen
  • Publication number: 20200394505
    Abstract: There is provided with a data processing apparatus that carries out a computation corresponding to a neural network containing a plurality of layers. A processing unit includes a plurality of processors that, through pipeline processing, sequentially calculate data of each of blocks, each block corresponding to a part of a feature plane in one layer. A control unit determines a calculation order for the data of the blocks on the basis of structure information of the neural network, and sends a command that controls the calculation order to the plurality of processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 10643096
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a video with consecutive frame images. A dividing unit divides a frame image of interest into a plurality of divided regions by reference to information of divided regions previously stored in a storage unit. A determining unit determines whether or not a moving object is included in a divided region of interest in the frame image of interest. An updating unit switches whether or not to update information of the divided region of interest stored in the storage unit with information of the divided region of interest of the frame image of interest, according to whether or not a moving object is included in the divided region of interest in the frame image of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tojo, Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Publication number: 20190332356
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first holding unit and a second holding unit configured to hold first-type data and second-type data, respectively, a first operation unit configured to execute a first product-sum operation based on the first-type data, a branch unit configured to output an operation result of the first product-sum operation in parallel, a sampling unit configured to sample the operation result and to output a sampling result, and a second operation unit configured to execute a second product-sum operation based on the second-type data and the sampling result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tsewei Chen, Masami Kato, Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 10121252
    Abstract: Plural block images are generated by dividing an input image into blocks each of which has a predetermined size. Clustering of pixels contained in the plural block images is performed based on a representative point associated with each of those block images to apply region segmentation to those block images. The representative point is a part of plural representative points disposed in the input image. The clustering in a target block image of the region segmentation is performed by referring to a representative point in the target block image, a representative point of a processed block image, and a representative point of an unprocessed block image. The processed and unprocessed block images are adjacent to the target block image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Noriyasu Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20180089529
    Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a video with consecutive frame images. A dividing unit divides a frame image of interest into a plurality of divided regions by reference to information of divided regions previously stored in a storage unit. A determining unit determines whether or not a moving object is included in a divided region of interest in the frame image of interest. An updating unit switches whether or not to update information of the divided region of interest stored in the storage unit with information of the divided region of interest of the frame image of interest, according to whether or not a moving object is included in the divided region of interest in the frame image of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tojo, Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Publication number: 20170053415
    Abstract: Plural block images are generated by dividing an input image into blocks each of which has a predetermined size. Clustering of pixels contained in the plural block images is performed based on a representative point associated with each of those block images to apply region segmentation to those block images. The representative point is a part of plural representative points disposed in the input image. The clustering in a target block image of the region segmentation is performed by referring to a representative point in the target block image, a representative point of a processed block image, and a representative point of an unprocessed block image. The processed and unprocessed block images are adjacent to the target block image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Noriyasu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 9519974
    Abstract: Plural block images are generated by dividing an input image into blocks each of which has a predetermined size. Clustering of pixels contained in the plural block images is performed based on a representative point associated with each of those block images to apply region segmentation to those block images. The representative point is a part of plural representative points disposed in the input image. The clustering in a target block image of the region segmentation is performed by referring to a representative point in the target block image, a representative point of a processed block image, and a representative point of an unprocessed block image. The processed and unprocessed block images are adjacent to the target block image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Noriyasu Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20160055643
    Abstract: Plural block images are generated by dividing an input image into blocks each of which has a predetermined size. Clustering of pixels contained in the plural block images is performed based on a representative point associated with each of those block images to apply region segmentation to those block images. The representative point is a part of plural representative points disposed in the input image. The clustering in a target block image of the region segmentation is performed by referring to a representative point in the target block image, a representative point of a processed block image, and a representative point of an unprocessed block image. The processed and unprocessed block images are adjacent to the target block image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariizumi, Noriyasu Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20120183669
    Abstract: Provided an acidic oil-in-water type emulsified seasoning comprising egg yolk, the content of oils and fats is 10 to 40 mass %, and the oscillating strain and the loss elastic modulus (G?), which are indicative of dynamic viscoelasticity measured by the following condition with a rheometer, have the following relationship. Condition: At a temperature of 25 to 35° C. and at an angular frequency of 6.2 rad/s Relationship: A peak of the loss elastic modulus (G?) is present in the range of 1 to 100% of the oscillating strain, and the loss elastic modulus at the peak (G?d) is larger than the maximum value of the loss elastic modulus (G?s) in the range of 0.1 to 1% of the oscillating strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: KEWPIE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Oguchi, Masahiro Ariizumi, Satoshi Teraoka, Tomofumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120148722
    Abstract: Provided an acidic oil-in-water type emulsified seasoning comprising a cross-linked starch, the content of oils and fats is 10 to 70 mass %, the viscosity is 20,000 to 1,000,000 mPa·s, a first peak is present in the range of 0.5 to 5 micrometers and a second peak is present in the range of 20 to 80 micrometers in a particle size distribution of the acidic oil-in-water type emulsified seasoning measured by using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer, and the cross-linked starch has the following characteristics: the viscosity of a mixture of the cross-linked starch and water prepared under the following condition is 120 to 20,000 mPa·s; and the average particle diameter of the cross-linked starch being present in the mixture is 20 to 40 micrometers. Condition: a mixture of the cross-linked starch and water comprising 8 mass % of the cross-linked starch is heated up to 90° C., and then is maintained at 90° C. for 5 minutes, and then is cooled to 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: KEWPIE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Teraoka, Tomofumi Kimura, Masahiro Ariizumi, Kaori Oguchi
  • Patent number: 7662421
    Abstract: In the container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product in accordance with the present invention, an oil-in-water type emulsified food comprises edible oils and fats, vinegar and egg yolk, and is packed and sealed in a container with an oxygen barrier property and has a dissolved oxygen concentration immediately after manufacturing is 0.8 to 8.1% O2. This container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product demonstrates excellent flavor balance and small degradation of quality caused by oxidation during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Q.P. Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Ariizumi, Yasuhiko Shigematsu, Mitsuru Takamiya, Hajime Matsuda, Nobuhisa Sakabe
  • Publication number: 20080171127
    Abstract: A process for producing a potato product includes hermetically enclosing potatoes in a container having an average oxygen permeability of 5 cc/m2·day·atm or less, and heating the potatoes at 60 to 95° C., the potatoes being heated under conditions where dissolved oxygen content in the container becomes 5% O2 or less at least when heating is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Q.P. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Isono, Aya Nakai, Hideaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Ariizumi, Kentaro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050123655
    Abstract: In the container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product in accordance with the present invention, an oil-in-water type emulsified food comprises edible oils and fats, vinegar and egg yolk, and is packed and sealed in a container with an oxygen barrier property and has a dissolved oxygen concentration immediately after manufacturing is 0.8 to 8.1% O2. This container-packed, oil-in-water type emulsified food product demonstrates excellent flavor balance and small degradation of quality caused by oxidation during storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Q.P. Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Ariizumi, Yasuhiko Shigematsu, Mitsuru Takamiya, Hajime Matsuda, Nobuhisa Sakabe
  • Patent number: 6798527
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately measuring a three-dimensional shape of a measuring subject independent of the surface shape of the measuring subject, and another object thereof is to shorten the time from the measurements of the measuring subject until three-dimensional shape data is obtained so as to carry out efficient measuring operations. In a three-dimensional measuring system 1 that measures a three-dimensional shape of a measuring subject, two three-dimensional measuring devices 10, 20 are placed. The three-dimensional measuring device 10 measures a measuring subject placed in a measuring space 3 by allowing a laser slit light L1 in a longitudinal direction to scan in a lateral direction. Moreover, the three-dimensional measuring device 20 measures the measuring subject placed in a measuring space 3 by allowing the laser slit light L1 in a lateral direction to scan in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Fukumoto, Shigeru Osaki, Masahiro Ariizumi, Norio Matsunaga, Yoshihisa Abe
  • Publication number: 20020171847
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately measuring a three-dimensional shape of a measuring subject independent of the surface shape of the measuring subject, and another object thereof is to shorten the time from the measurements of the measuring subject until three-dimensional shape data is obtained so as to carry out efficient measuring operations. In a three-dimensional measuring system 1 that measures a three-dimensional shape of a measuring subject, two three-dimensional measuring devices 10, 20 are placed. The three-dimensional measuring device 10 measures a measuring subject placed in a measuring space 3 by allowing a laser slit light L1 in a longitudinal direction to scan in a lateral direction. Moreover, the three-dimensional measuring device 20 measures the measuring subject placed in a measuring space 3 by allowing the laser slit light L1 in a lateral direction to scan in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Tadashi Fukumoto, Shigeru Osaki, Masahiro Ariizumi, Norio Matsunaga, Yoshihisa Abe
  • Patent number: 5529755
    Abstract: A non-invasive glucose concentration measurement apparatus includes: a light source which projects at the sample radiation of a wavelength range including a wavelength at which absorption greatly changes with glucose concentration but does not greatly vary with temperature; a photosensor which receives the radiation which have been projected by the light source, and transmitted through or reflected by the sample, and generates an electrical signal corresponding to a through-transmitted or reflected level of the radiation of the wavelength; and a calculator which calculates a glucose concentration based on the electrical signal. A more accurate glucose concentration can be obtained without the influence of temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimihiko Higashio, Masahiro Ariizumi