Patents by Inventor Masaya Igarashi

Masaya Igarashi 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: 9842570
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a display device and method, and a program for presenting high-quality stereoscopic images in a simpler manner. A display unit is a four-viewpoint display device having a parallax barrier. On the display unit, block regions that are formed with pixels of channels CH0 through CH3 aligned in the parallax direction are aligned in the parallax direction. An allocation control unit allocates a parallax image for the left eye or a parallax image for the right eye to the pixels of each channel in block regions, in accordance with the viewpoint position of the user. For example, the same parallax image is allocated to pixels of two different channels adjacent to each other in the parallax direction. A generating unit generates a combined image by combining the parallax image for the right eye and the parallax image for the left eye in accordance with the allocation performed by the allocation control unit, and causes the display unit to stereoscopically display the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masaya Igarashi, Noriyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9791933
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projection type image display apparatus, including: a projecting portion projecting an input image on an image projected body; a camera portion photographing the image projected body; a display control block controlling display of a projected image projected by the projecting portion; and a gesture recognizing unit recognizing a gesture manipulation of a user contained in the image photographed by the camera portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Igarashi, Kentarou Kunikane, Naomasa Takahashi, Hideo Nagasaka, Jun Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140176730
    Abstract: There is provided a projection-type image display device including a projection section configured to project an image onto a projection body, a camera section, provided at a position different to an irradiation position of the projection section, configured to image the image projected onto the projection body, a correction amount detection section configured to remove a background from a test image imaged by the camera section at a time when a test pattern is projected onto the projection body from the projection section, detect information of coordinates related to the test pattern within the test image after background removal, and calculate correction parameters for correcting the image projected from the projection section based on the information of the coordinates, and an image correction section which corrects the image projected from the projection section based on the correction parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kaji, Yoichi Hirota, Naomasa Takahashi, Noriyuki Yamashita, Masaya Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20140049622
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device, a method, and a program for allowing a high quality stereoscopic image to be presented more easily. A display unit is a display device for four viewpoints, including a parallax barrier, and a plurality of block regions, each including pixels in channels CH0 to CH3 arranged in a parallax direction, are arranged on the display unit in the parallax direction. An assignment control unit assigns a parallax image for a left eye or for a right eye to a pixel in each channel in a block region according to the viewpoint position of a user. For example, the same parallax image is assigned to pixels in two different channels that are adjacent to each other in the parallax direction. A generation unit generates a combined image by combining parallax images for a left eye and for a right eye according to the assignment by the assignment control unit, and causes the combined image to be stereoscopically displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Noriyuki Yamashita, Masaya Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20140028670
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a display device and method, and a program for presenting high-quality stereoscopic images in a simpler manner. A display unit is a four-viewpoint display device having a parallax barrier. On the display unit, block regions that are formed with pixels of channels CH0 through CH3 aligned in the parallax direction are aligned in the parallax direction. An allocation control unit allocates a parallax image for the left eye or a parallax image for the right eye to the pixels of each channel in block regions, in accordance with the viewpoint position of the user. For example, the same parallax image is allocated to pixels of two different channels adjacent to each other in the parallax direction. A generating unit generates a combined image by combining the parallax image for the right eye and the parallax image for the left eye in accordance with the allocation performed by the allocation control unit, and causes the display unit to stereoscopically display the combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masaya Igarashi, Noriyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130328766
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projection type image display apparatus, including: a projecting portion projecting an input image on an image projected body; a camera portion photographing the image projected body; a display control block controlling display of a projected image projected by the projecting portion; and a gesture recognizing unit recognizing a gesture manipulation of a user contained in the image photographed by the camera portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: MASAYA IGARASHI, KENTAROU KUNIKANE, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, HIDEO NAGASAKA, JUN KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8564725
    Abstract: A video data processing apparatus includes: a contrast correction calculating section correcting the contrast of input luminance data by performing a calculation using a contrast correction value; an error diffusion section performing an error diffusion process on the luminance data whose contrast has been corrected; an error diffusion setting section setting whether to perform the error diffusion process at the error diffusion section; a correction value setting section detecting black and white peak values of an input luminance signal and setting the contrast correction value using the detected black and white peak values; and a correction amount adjusting section adjusting the contrast correction value set by the correction value setting section depending on whether the error diffusion process is performed at the error diffusion section according to an instruction from the error diffusion setting section and supplying the adjusted contrast correction value to the contrast correction calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hirai, Makoto Tsukamoto, Masaya Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20120044423
    Abstract: A video data processing apparatus includes: a contrast correction calculating section correcting the contrast of input luminance data by performing a calculation using a contrast correction value; an error diffusion section performing an error diffusion process on the luminance data whose contrast has been corrected; an error diffusion setting section setting whether to perform the error diffusion process at the error diffusion section; a correction value setting section detecting black and white peak values of an input luminance signal and setting the contrast correction value using the detected black and white peak values; and a correction amount adjusting section adjusting the contrast correction value set by the correction value setting section depending on whether the error diffusion process is performed at the error diffusion section according to an instruction from the error diffusion setting section and supplying the adjusted contrast correction value to the contrast correction calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hirai, Makoto Tsukamoto, Masaya Igarashi