Patents by Inventor Muneki Ando

Muneki Ando 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: 10997454
    Abstract: An information-processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation characteristic information which relates to a gradation characteristic; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire axial characteristic information which relates to an axial characteristic including a distribution, on an axis, of graduations corresponding to brightness-related values related to brightness of input image data; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the input image data, the gradation characteristic information, and the axial characteristic information, distribution information indicating a distribution of the brightness-related value of the input image data using the axis according to the axial characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 10567669
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristic information on a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and image brightness of input image data; a converting unit configured to generate display image data by converting gradation values of the input image data based on the characteristic information and a predetermined correspondence relationship between a gradation value of the display image data and display brightness; and a displaying unit configured to display an image based on the display image data, wherein the converting unit converts the gradation values so that a linear characteristic is implemented in a first range, and a non-linear characteristic is implemented in a second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Publication number: 20190370596
    Abstract: An information-processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation characteristic information which relates to a gradation characteristic; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire axial characteristic information which relates to an axial characteristic including a distribution, on an axis, of graduations corresponding to brightness-related values related to brightness of input image data; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the input image data, the gradation characteristic information, and the axial characteristic information, distribution information indicating a distribution of the brightness-related value of the input image data using the axis according to the axial characteristic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 10423853
    Abstract: An information-processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation characteristic information which relates to a gradation characteristic; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire axial characteristic information which relates to an axial characteristic including a distribution, on an axis, of graduations corresponding to brightness-related values related to brightness of input image data; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the input image data, the gradation characteristic information, and the axial characteristic information, distribution information indicating a distribution of the brightness-related value of the input image data using the axis according to the axial characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Publication number: 20190147788
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a light emitting unit configured to emit light onto the display panel; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an expansion parameter to expand a reproducible color gamut, which is a range of colors that the image display apparatus can reproduce, from a reference color gamut to an expanded color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to generate output image data by performing, on input image data, color conversion processing to convert a color outside the expanded color gamut into a color within the expanded color gamut based on the expansion parameter, wherein the light emitting unit increases an emission brightness of the light emitting unit based on the expansion parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 10229623
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a light emitting unit configured to emit light onto the display panel; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an expansion parameter to expand a reproducible color gamut, which is a range of colors that the image display apparatus can reproduce, from a reference color gamut to an expanded color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to generate output image data by performing, on input image data, color conversion processing to convert a color outside the expanded color gamut into a color within the expanded color gamut based on the expansion parameter, wherein the light emitting unit increases an emission brightness of the light emitting unit based on the expansion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Publication number: 20180302547
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristic information on a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and image brightness of input image data; a converting unit configured to generate display image data by converting gradation values of the input image data based on the characteristic information and a predetermined correspondence relationship between a gradation value of the display image data and display brightness; and a displaying unit configured to display an image based on the display image data, wherein the converting unit converts the gradation values so that a linear characteristic is implemented in a first range, and a non-linear characteristic is implemented in a second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Publication number: 20170249528
    Abstract: An information-processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation characteristic information which relates to a gradation characteristic; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire axial characteristic information which relates to an axial characteristic including a distribution, on an axis, of graduations corresponding to brightness-related values related to brightness of input image data; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the input image data, the gradation characteristic information, and the axial characteristic information, distribution information indicating a distribution of the brightness-related value of the input image data using the axis according to the axial characteristic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 9723286
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting unit configured to perform a color adjustment process on an input image and generate an output image: a determining unit configured to determine an approximate expression which approximates conversion characteristics of the color adjustment process; and an outputting unit configured to output color adjustment information including information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit, wherein when the adjusting unit performs the color adjustment process on a partial region of the input image, the outputting unit outputs, as the color adjustment information, information including the information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit and region information representing the partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kinshiro Fujinaka, Katsumasa Tanaka, Takashi Ohki
  • Publication number: 20170169751
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a light emitting unit configured to emit light onto the display panel; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an expansion parameter to expand a reproducible color gamut, which is a range of colors that the image display apparatus can reproduce, from a reference color gamut to an expanded color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to generate output image data by performing, on input image data, color conversion processing to convert a color outside the expanded color gamut into a color within the expanded color gamut based on the expansion parameter, wherein the light emitting unit increases an emission brightness of the light emitting unit based on the expansion parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Publication number: 20170110071
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a setting unit configured to perform setting related to display brightness of the image display apparatus; and a correcting unit configured to reduce saturation of an input color and increase lightness of an input color, wherein the correcting unit determines an amount of increasing the lightness of the input color based on the display brightness, which has been set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 9558688
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a light transmitting unit having transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to each of a plurality of colors; an illuminating unit configured to emit light corresponding to each of the plurality of colors, the illuminating unit being configured to emit, with respect to at least one predetermined color, light including first light and second light whose emission peak wavelengths are both within a range of the transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to the predetermined color and whose emission peak wavelengths differ from one another; and a control unit configured to control an intensity of each of the light of the plurality of emission spectra corresponding to the predetermined color in accordance with a color distribution of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Kousei Sugimoto, Toshiki Nakatani
  • Patent number: 9501962
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a color gamut determining unit configured to determine a color gamut of pixels constituting an image; an image separating unit configured to separate the image into a low chroma image component and a high chroma image component based on a color gamut determination result; and a display unit configured to divide one frame period into subframe periods and temporally separate the low chroma image component and the high chroma image component in each subframe period to form an image. A backlight driving unit causes a broadband light source to emit light when the low chroma image component is being displayed and causes a narrowband light source to emit light when the high chroma image component is being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Yoshiki Ishii, Kousei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140292834
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a color gamut determining unit configured to determine a color gamut of pixels constituting an image; an image separating unit configured to separate the image into a low chroma image component and a high chroma image component based on a color gamut determination result; and a display unit configured to divide one frame period into subframe periods and temporally separate the low chroma image component and the high chroma image component in each subframe period to form an image. A backlight driving unit causes a broadband light source to emit light when the low chroma image component is being displayed and causes a narrowband light source to emit light when the high chroma image component is being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Yoshiki Ishii, Kousei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140286628
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting unit configured to perform a color adjustment process on an input image and generate an output image: a determining unit configured to determine an approximate expression which approximates conversion characteristics of the color adjustment process; and an outputting unit configured to output color adjustment information including information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit, wherein when the adjusting unit performs the color adjustment process on a partial region of the input image, the outputting unit outputs, as the color adjustment information, information including the information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit and region information representing the partial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kinshiro Fujinaka, Katsumasa Tanaka, Takashi Ohki
  • Publication number: 20140267456
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a light transmitting unit having transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to each of a plurality of colors; an illuminating unit configured to emit light corresponding to each of the plurality of colors, the illuminating unit being configured to emit, with respect to at least one predetermined color, light including first light and second light whose emission peak wavelengths are both within a range of the transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to the predetermined color and whose emission peak wavelengths differ from one another; and a control unit configured to control an intensity of each of the light of the plurality of emission spectra corresponding to the predetermined color in accordance with a color distribution of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneki Ando, Kousei Sugimoto, Toshiki Nakatani
  • Patent number: 8204464
    Abstract: An apparatus detects a communication state of a wireless communication, detects posture of the apparatus, and controls communication by a wireless communication unit according to the detected posture if it is detected that field intensity of the wireless communication is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 8179406
    Abstract: A detection unit which includes an image display panel, brightness averaging unit, scene changeover detection unit, and brightness suppression unit in order to provide an image display apparatus having an ABL that does not give the observer any visual sense of incompatibility without increasing the circuit scale determines the presence/absence of a scene changeover on the basis of the frame differential or second order differential of the average brightness. If a scene changeover takes place, the display brightness is changed quickly, and if no scene changeover occurs, changed slowly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makiko Mori, Muneki Ando
  • Patent number: 7889168
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a plurality of display devices, a plurality of scan interconnections and a plurality of modulation interconnections, a scanning circuit for applying a scanning signal to the scan interconnections, and a modulation circuit for applying a modulation signal to the modulation interconnections. The scanning circuit applies the scanning signals to a group of scan interconnections selected from the plurality of scan interconnections in one select period, and applies the scanning signals, in a subsequent select period, to the plurality of scanning interconnections which were shifted with one scan interconnection portion from the group of scanning interconnections to which the scanning signals were applied in a previous select period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuro Yamazaki, Naoto Abe, Eisaku Tatsumi, Makiko Mori, Muneki Ando, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100240322
    Abstract: An apparatus detects a communication state of a wireless communication, detects posture of the apparatus, and controls communication by a wireless communication unit according to the detected posture if it is detected that field intensity of the wireless communication is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Muneki Ando