Patents by Inventor Nao Kataoka

Nao Kataoka 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: 9843737
    Abstract: The imaging device comprises: an imaging unit, a shooting processor, an exposure information setter, and an image processor. The imaging unit stores electric charges in response to an incident light for each frame, thereby outputting an image signal. The shooting processor controls storage times, during which the imaging unit stores the electric charges. The exposure information setter sets first exposure control information that controls brightness of a first image signal generated based on a first storage time and second exposure control information that controls brightness of a second image signal generated based on a second storage time. The image processor combines the first and the second image signal. In the case where the first exposure control information satisfies a given condition, the exposure information setter sets the first and the second exposure control information such that storage times corresponding to frames adjacent to each other become equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tomikura, Nao Kataoka, Yuki Sato, Shuji Goto, Takashi Yamana, Hiroyuki Miyahara
  • Patent number: 9491358
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an axially rotatable imaging unit; a detector that detects a photographing direction of the imaging unit; a processor that performs image processing on image data generated by the imaging unit; and a controller that changes a setting method of an image processing parameter depending on the photographing direction detected by the detector, the image processing parameter being given to the image data by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukitaka Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Tomikura, Masahiro Yamada, Nao Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20160219207
    Abstract: The imaging device comprises: an imaging unit, a shooting processor, an exposure information setter, and an image processor. The imaging unit stores electric charges in response to an incident light for each frame, thereby outputting an image signal. The shooting processor controls storage times, during which the imaging unit stores the electric charges. The exposure information setter sets first exposure control information that controls brightness of a first image signal generated based on a first storage time and second exposure control information that controls brightness of a second image signal generated based on a second storage time. The image processor combines the first and the second image signal. In the case where the first exposure control information satisfies a given condition, the exposure information setter sets the first and the second exposure control information such that storage times corresponding to frames adjacent to each other become equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TOMIKURA, Nao KATAOKA, Yuki SATO, Shuji GOTO, Takashi YAMANA, Hiroyuki MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150181120
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an axially rotatable imaging unit; a detector that detects a photographing direction of the imaging unit; a processor that performs image processing on image data generated by the imaging unit; and a controller that changes a setting method of an image processing parameter depending on the photographing direction detected by the detector, the image processing parameter being given to the image data by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Yukitaka TSUCHIDA, Yoshihiro TOMIKURA, Masahiro YAMADA, Nao KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20130135436
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes an imaging element that captures a subject image and generates video data, an image processor that executes a white balance process on the video data generated by the imaging element based on a predetermined algorithm, a connecting portion connectable with a 3D conversion lens that can simultaneously forming a subject image for left eye and a subject image for right eye on the imaging element, and a detector that detects whether the 3D conversion lens is connected to the connecting portion, wherein the image processor executes the white balance process based on different algorithms in a case where the 3D conversion lens is connected to the connecting portion and a case where the 3D conversion lens is not connected to the connecting portion according to a detected result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hiroto Yamaguchi, Nao Kataoka