Patents by Inventor Masakazu Matsugu

Masakazu Matsugu 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: 11927540
    Abstract: An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display device, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage device, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11783571
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to, by a simple operation, appropriately displaying an image to which attention is paid. An information processing apparatus according to some embodiments is an information processing apparatus for performing display for measuring a width of a region in an image of an inspection target object, the information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a bending position where a bend of a line approximating the region from the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and a display control unit configured to display, in an aligned manner in a predetermined direction, a plurality of partial images obtained by dividing the image based on the bending position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11741683
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain target data as a result of discrimination of each portion of input data performed by a discriminator having learned in advance by using existing labeled data; a setting unit configured to set each portion of the target data, which is effective for additional learning of the discriminator, as local data; a determining unit configured to determine not less than one partial region of the target data, which accepts labeling by a user, based on a distribution of the set local data in the target data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the determined not less than one partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Nogami, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Patent number: 11720786
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a weight parameter of a neural network is divided into a plurality of portions having a certain size and approximation is individually performed on the portions using a weighted sum of the codebook vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunta Tate, Masakazu Matsugu, Yasuhiro Komori, Takayuki Saruta
  • Patent number: 11521109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a storage unit configured to store correct answer data used to detect at least one portion of a detection object from an image and detection data detected as the at least one portion of the detection object from the image; a target determination unit configured to extract mismatching data between the correct answer data and the detection data, which exists within a predetermined range from a region in which the correct answer data and the detection data match, and determine the mismatching data as evaluation target data; an investigation unit configured to investigate property information of the evaluation target data; and an error determination unit configured to determine, based on the property information, whether the evaluation target data is error candidate data of the correct answer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Takayama, Masakazu Matsugu, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11521099
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to learning of an appropriate dictionary which has a high expression ability of minority data while preventing reduction of an expression ability of majority data. A dictionary generation apparatus which generates a dictionary used for discriminating whether data to be discriminated belongs to a specific category includes a generation unit configured to generate a first dictionary based on learning data belonging to the specific category and a selection unit configured to estimate a degree of matching of the learning data at each portion with the first dictionary using the generated first dictionary and select a portion of the learning data based on the estimated degree of matching, wherein the generation unit generates a second dictionary based on the selected portion of the learning data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhuolin Liang, Yusuke Mitarai, Masafumi Takimoto, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Publication number: 20220383608
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a first detected region and a second detected region from an input image, on the basis of a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion, respectively; image setting means for setting, as a target image subjected to correction, an image including the first detected region, and setting, as a reference image that is referred to in the correction, an image including the second detected region; accepting means for accepting, from a user, designation of a region in the target image and a correction instruction for the designated region; correction region setting means for identifying, in the reference image, a region corresponding to the designated region, and for setting a to-be-corrected region on the basis of the identified region and the second detected region; and correcting means for correcting the first detected region in the target image on the basis of the to-be-corrected region set in the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kei Takayama, Masakazu Matsugu, Atsushi Nogami, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Patent number: 11443500
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a first detected region and a second detected region from an input image, on the basis of a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion, respectively; image setting means for setting, as a target image subjected to correction, an image including the first detected region, and setting, as a reference image that is referred to in the correction, an image including the second detected region; accepting means for accepting, from a user, designation of a region in the target image and a correction instruction for the designated region; correction region setting means for identifying, in the reference image, a region corresponding to the designated region, and for setting a to-be-corrected region on the basis of the identified region and the second detected region; and correcting means for correcting the first detected region in the target image on the basis of the to-be-corrected region set in the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kei Takayama, Masakazu Matsugu, Atsushi Nogami, Mahoro Anabuki
  • Patent number: 11417189
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring an object in a video received from at least one camera, comprises a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of rule information each defining a condition of an object and a movement of the object to be observed in the condition, an input unit inputting information for identifying a monitored object and information representing a condition of the object, an acquiring unit acquiring rule information defining a movement to be observed for the object by referring to the storage unit based on the information representing the condition of the object, which is input by the input unit; and a monitoring unit determining whether the object in the video exhibits the movement to be observed, which is represented by the rule information acquired by the acquiring unit, and output a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Takeuchi, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Patent number: 11408831
    Abstract: An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display unit, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage unit, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11378522
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an input specifying a position of a detection target included in an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a storage amount of training data including a pair of information indicating the image and information indicating the position specified by the input, a training unit configured to train a training model to detect the detection target from the image based on the stored training data, and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the storage amount, and a reference amount of the training data set as an amount of the training data necessary for the training unit to train the training model, in a comparable way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Katsuhiko Mori, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Publication number: 20220207290
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain target data as a result of discrimination of each portion of input data performed by a discriminator having learned in advance by using existing labeled data; a setting unit configured to set each portion of the target data, which is effective for additional learning of the discriminator, as local data; a determining unit configured to determine not less than one partial region of the target data, which accepts labeling by a user, based on a distribution of the set local data in the target data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the determined not less than one partial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi Nogami, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Publication number: 20220187215
    Abstract: An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display device, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage device, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11308352
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain target data as a result of discrimination of each portion of input data performed by a discriminator having learned in advance by using existing labeled data; a setting unit configured to set each portion of the target data, which is effective for additional learning of the discriminator, as local data; a determining unit configured to determine not less than one partial region of the target data, which accepts labeling by a user, based on a distribution of the set local data in the target data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the determined not less than one partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Nogami, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Publication number: 20220019848
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises an image processing unit configured to acquire a plurality of images representing results of executing predetermined image processing for target data using a plurality of candidate values of a parameter associated with the predetermined image processing; a selection unit configured to select a plurality of representative images from the plurality of images; a display control unit configured to display the plurality of selected representative images on a display unit; an operation unit configured to accept an operation input to the plurality of displayed representative images; and a statistical processing unit configured to decide at least one value from the plurality of candidate values based on a result of statistical processing of information obtained by the accepted operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kei Takayama, Masakazu Matsugu, Atsushi Nogami
  • Publication number: 20210397869
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to, by a simple operation, appropriately displaying an image to which attention is paid. An information processing apparatus according to some embodiments is an information processing apparatus for performing display for measuring a width of a region in an image of an inspection target object, the information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a bending position where a bend of a line approximating the region from the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and a display control unit configured to display, in an aligned manner in a predetermined direction, a plurality of partial images obtained by dividing the image based on the bending position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11200440
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to, by a simple operation, appropriately displaying an image to which attention is paid. An information processing apparatus according to some embodiments is an information processing apparatus for performing display for measuring a width of a region in an image of an inspection target object, the information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a bending position where a bend of a line approximating the region from the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and a display control unit configured to display, in an aligned manner in a predetermined direction, a plurality of partial images obtained by dividing the image based on the bending position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Publication number: 20210372939
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a user interface which facilitates confirmation of an area in an image and associated data corresponding to the area without requiring user's complicated operations. To achieve the object, an information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image including a plurality of objects, and information related to respective positions of the plurality of objects in the first image; and a determining unit configured to determine a position in case of shifting and displaying a second image indicating the plurality of objects with respect to the first image, based on the obtained positions of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi Nogami, Mamoru Yoshimoto, Nobuaki Kuwabara, Yusuke Mitarai, Yasuhiro Komori, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Patent number: 11182423
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus obtains monitoring information that indicates a state of a monitoring target, accumulates it in a storage unit, and detects, based on the monitoring information accumulated in the storage unit, the occurrence of an information presentation trigger event. The information presentation apparatus generates, based on the monitoring information accumulated in the storage unit, search data for searching for relevant information related to the detected event, uses the generated the search data to search for the relevant information, and generates presentation information for present the relevant information found by the searching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Mitarai, Masakazu Matsugu, Atsushi Nogami, Masafumi Takimoto, Tomotaka Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20210281748
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire reference data from a storage unit; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate, using the reference data acquired from the storage unit and each of a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target by each of a plurality of image capturing methods by an image capturing unit, appropriateness of each of the plurality of captured images as an execution target of processing of detecting a predetermined target from an image by a detection unit; and an estimation unit configured to estimate an image capturing method suitable for capturing the image capturing target based on an evaluation result of the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi Nogami, Yusuke Mitarai, Masakazu Matsugu