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).
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Patent number: 9842570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masaya Igarashi, Noriyuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 9791933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Igarashi, Kentarou Kunikane, Naomasa Takahashi, Hideo Nagasaka, Jun Kimura
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Publication number: 20140176730Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yohsuke Kaji, Yoichi Hirota, Naomasa Takahashi, Noriyuki Yamashita, Masaya Igarashi
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Publication number: 20140049622Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Noriyuki Yamashita, Masaya Igarashi
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Publication number: 20140028670Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shingo Tsurumi, Masaya Igarashi, Noriyuki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20130328766Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: MASAYA IGARASHI, KENTAROU KUNIKANE, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, HIDEO NAGASAKA, JUN KIMURA
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Patent number: 8564725Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Hirai, Makoto Tsukamoto, Masaya Igarashi
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Publication number: 20120044423Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Hirai, Makoto Tsukamoto, Masaya Igarashi