Patents by Inventor Masashi Wakatsuki

Masashi Wakatsuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230353795
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage management unit that stores negative content determined as negative scene contents among material content constituting a story of content to be automatically produced in a state of being distinguishable from other material content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta Nakao, Satoru Ishii, Seijiro Inaba, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20230260549
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a story generation unit that, based on a plurality of material content recorded in an accessible state, selects material content constituting a story set in story setting processing, and performs automatic content production by editing processing using the selected material content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: YUTA NAKAO, SATORU ISHII, SEIJIRO INABA, TADASHI YAMAGUCHI, MASASHI WAKATSUKI
  • Patent number: 11694725
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes displaying video content on a first display region in a display section as a first video, displaying the above-mentioned video content on a second display region in the above-mentioned display section as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and setting a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakatsuka, Masashi Wakatsuki, Tetsuo Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11438513
    Abstract: Accuracy of drive control in an image capturing direction for object tracking is improved. Therefore, a drive amount in an image capturing direction for tracking an object is configured to be controlled by using object information acquired from a captured image and image-capturing-direction information corresponding to a horizontal synchronization signal used in an image capturing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 11272115
    Abstract: A multi-camera control apparatus identifies an adjusted camera setting for a first image pickup apparatus to achieve a uniform brightness in a stitched portion of a composite image, the composite image including at least a portion of an image captured by the first image pickup apparatus and at least a portion of an image captured by a second image pickup apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20210375323
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes displaying video content on a first display region in a display section as a first video, displaying the above-mentioned video content on a second display region in the above-mentioned display section as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and setting a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: SHIGEO NAKATSUKA, MASASHI WAKATSUKI, TETSUO KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11114129
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that displays video content on a first display region in a display section as a first video, displays the above-mentioned video content on a second display region in the above-mentioned display section as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and sets a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakatsuka, Masashi Wakatsuki, Tetsuo Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210168297
    Abstract: Accuracy of drive control in an image capturing direction for object tracking is improved. Therefore, a drive amount in an image capturing direction for tracking an object is configured to be controlled by using object information acquired from a captured image and image-capturing-direction information corresponding to a horizontal synchronization signal used in an image capturing action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Masashi WAKATSUKI
  • Patent number: 10834315
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having no synchronization support function by a time code and to cut down a system cost, in synchronizing respective moving images in the case of outputting and displaying moving images input from a plurality of imaging apparatuses through network transmission. A vertical synchronization signal input from a particular imaging apparatus among a plurality of imaging apparatuses is used as a reference to select frame image data items from moving image data input from the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and the selected frame image data items are integrated into a single stream and sent. Even in a case where the plurality of imaging apparatuses captures videos asynchronously, it becomes possible to select, from the respective moving images, frame images with a small imaging timing difference on the basis of the vertical synchronization signal of the particular imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kaneko, Yasuhiro Iizuka, Kazuhiro Uchida, Shigeo Nakatsuka, Masashi Wakatsuki, Shinnosuke Usami
  • Publication number: 20200154025
    Abstract: A multi-camera control apparatus identifies an adjusted camera setting for a first image pickup apparatus to achieve a uniform brightness in a stitched portion of a composite image, the composite image including at least a portion of an image captured by the first image pickup apparatus and at least a portion of an image captured by a second image pickup apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi WAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200082849
    Abstract: This information processing apparatus includes: displaying video content on a first display region 110 in a display section 240 as a first video, displaying the above-mentioned video content on a second display region 120 in the above-mentioned display section 240 as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and setting a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo NAKATSUKA, Masashi WAKATSUKI, Tetsuo KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20190349502
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, an imaging control method, and a program that enable a plurality of imaging devices to be synchronized with each other, without connection by a cable. The imaging device includes a rolling shutter type imaging element; an analysis unit analyzing a light reception distribution to be a distribution of a light reception amount of a pixel column direction of the imaging element for pulsed light of a predetermined frequency; and an imaging control unit adjusting an imaging timing of the imaging element, on the basis of the light reception distribution. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device including a rolling shutter type CMOS image sensor, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: MASASHI WAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20190260929
    Abstract: An object of the present technology is to make it possible to use an inexpensive imaging apparatus having no synchronization support function by a time code or the like, and to cut down a system cost, in synchronizing respective moving images in the case of outputting and displaying moving images input from a plurality of imaging apparatuses through network transmission. A vertical synchronization signal input from a particular imaging apparatus among a plurality of imaging apparatuses that capture moving images is used as a reference to select frame image data items from moving image data input from the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and the selected frame image data items are integrated into a single stream and sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: TETSUO KANEKO, YASUHIRO IIZUKA, KAZUHIRO UCHIDA, SHIGEO NAKATSUKA, MASASHI WAKATSUKI, SHINNOSUKE USAMI
  • Patent number: 8237812
    Abstract: Imaging signal obtained through exposure for divided exposure times is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored in a first memory. Next, exposure for divided exposure times is performed with the imaging device shielded from light. The obtained imaging signal is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored sequentially in a second memory. The digital imaging signal stored in the second memory is subtracted from the digital imaging signal stored in the first memory. Then the result of subtraction is output. The word length allocated to one pixel in the first and second memories is longer than the word length of one A/D converted pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kita, Nobuyuki Sato, Masashi Wakatsuki, Shinya Ishibashi, Jun Minakuti, Takahiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20100182451
    Abstract: Imaging signal obtained through exposure for divided exposure times is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored in a first memory. Next, exposure for divided exposure times is performed with the imaging device shielded from light. The obtained imaging signal is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored sequentially in a second memory. The digital imaging signal stored in the second memory is subtracted from the digital imaging signal stored in the first memory. Then the result of subtraction is output. The word length allocated to one pixel in the first and second memories is longer than the word length of one A/D converted pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kita, Nobuyuki Sato, Masashi Wakatsuki, Shinya Ishibashi, Jun Minakuti, Takahiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080087363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire capable of enhancing durability and reducing rolling resistance while maintaining lateral stiffness. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is provided with at least one carcass ply laid therein so as to extend between a pair of bead portions and formed of organic fiber cords. The tire has a casing structure where a bead filler is arranged to an outer periphery of a bead core buried in the bead portion. Additionally, an air pressure corresponding to the maximum load capacity of the tire is in a range from 350 to 650 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: D458587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Shimizu, Masashi Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Tokizaki, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D475010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadakazu Takei, Susumu Watanabe, Masashi Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: D397972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Tokizaki