Patents by Inventor Naotomo Miyamoto

Naotomo Miyamoto 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: 20240111298
    Abstract: A position obtaining device includes a processor. The processor, in response to a condition being met, derives a first attitude angle as an attitude angle of the device based on first light sources and positions thereof on an image obtained by a first camera; in response to the attitude angle of the device being known, derives a three-dimensional position of the device based on two or more second light sources and positions thereof on an image obtained by a second camera, and in response to a predetermined number of second light sources or more being captured in the image, derives the three-dimensional position and a second attitude angle as the attitude angle of the device; and integrates a result of the first attitude angle and a result of the three-dimensional position and the second attitude angle to estimate the attitude angle and the three-dimensional position of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuo IIZUKA, Naotomo MIYAMOTO, Masaaki KIKUCHI, Taichi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11816861
    Abstract: A position information acquisition device for acquiring position information of a position acquisition target arranged in a space includes a processor configured to detect light that is based on identification information included in-common in captured images that are images of the space captured from a plurality of shooting directions that are different from each other, acquire a three-dimensional position in the space of the position information acquisition target identified by the identification information, based on detection positions of the detected light in the captured images, and position information of image capturing devices during capturing performed by the image capturing devices, acquire reliability degree information of the acquired three-dimensional position of the position information acquisition target, based on information relating to an imaging state of each image capturing device during capturing of the captured images, and store the acquired the reliability degree information in a storag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11758248
    Abstract: An information acquisition method implemented by one or more processor, includes: acquiring, for each of frames, a brightness value corresponding to a position of a color filter from a light receiving device including light receiving elements whose light receiving surfaces are covered with color filters, the color filters including the color filter and the color filters comprising at least first color filters transmitting light of a wavelength band corresponding to a first color and second color filters transmitting light of a wavelength band corresponding to a second color; and acquiring information on a mobile device based on difference between brightness values of the position acquired from a plurality of frames and at least one of a threshold for the first color filters and a threshold for the second color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220277487
    Abstract: When estimating color for a marker candidate region that is smaller in size than a DeBayer filter, a sever estimates the color of the marker candidate region using HSV average values that are the average values of the hue H, the saturation S, and the brightness V of the marker candidate region, in consideration of the Bayer array of color filters. Furthermore, the server appropriately corrects the HSV average values and converts the pixel format to convert the HSV average values to RGB (RGB average value values), and sets the RGB average values in all pixels of a marker region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11361466
    Abstract: A position information acquisition device for acquiring position information of a position acquisition target arranged in a space includes a processor configured to detect light that is based on identification information included in-common in captured images that are images of the space captured from a plurality of shooting directions that are different from each other, acquire a three-dimensional position in the space of the position information acquisition target identified by the identification information, based on detection positions of the detected light in the captured images, and position information of image capturing devices during capturing performed by the image capturing devices, acquire reliability degree information of the acquired three-dimensional position of the position information acquisition target, based on information relating to an imaging state of each image capturing device during capturing of the captured images, and store the acquired the reliability degree information in a storag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220122286
    Abstract: A position information acquisition device for acquiring position information of a position acquisition target arranged in a space includes a processor configured to detect light that is based on identification information included in-common in captured images that are images of the space captured from a plurality of shooting directions that are different from each other, acquire a three-dimensional position in the space of the position information acquisition target identified by the identification information, based on detection positions of the detected light in the captured images, and position information of image capturing devices during capturing performed by the image capturing devices, acquire reliability degree information of the acquired three-dimensional position of the position information acquisition target, based on information relating to an imaging state of each image capturing device during capturing of the captured images, and store the acquired the reliability degree information in a storag
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220036130
    Abstract: An objective is to efficiently store images to be used as training data. A server determines an image area (first image area) including an image of a marker or the like, in a captured image corresponding to image data acquired by image capturing by a camera, for example. The server then determines an image area (second image area) of a moving body (for example, forklift) equipped with the marker or the like. The server generates and stores training data corresponding to the second image area. The training data will be used for machine learning later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20210136331
    Abstract: An information acquisition method implemented by one or more processor, includes: acquiring, for each of frames, a brightness value corresponding to a position of a color filter from a light receiving device including light receiving elements whose light receiving surfaces are covered with color filters, the color filters including the color filter and the color filters comprising at least first color filters transmitting light of a wavelength band corresponding to a first color and second color filters transmitting light of a wavelength band corresponding to a second color; and acquiring information on a mobile device based on difference between brightness values of the position acquired from a plurality of frames and at least one of a threshold for the first color filters and a threshold for the second color filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10922839
    Abstract: A server detects first light sources and the like within each image captured by cameras, and obtains a relative spatial location and shooting direction between the cameras using an algorithm in accordance with a detection count of the first light sources. Further, the server reads location information occurring in a space for the first light sources and the like stored in a memory, finds a spatial location and a shooting direction within the space for the cameras, and further finds a conversion matrix capable of converting a combination of image positions of the first light sources imaged by the camera and image positions of the first light sources imaged by the camera into installation locations of the first light sources and the like within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200175716
    Abstract: A position information acquisition device for acquiring position information of a position acquisition target arranged in a space includes a processor configured to detect light that is based on identification information included in-common in captured images that are images of the space captured from a plurality of shooting directions that are different from each other, acquire a three-dimensional position in the space of the position information acquisition target identified by the identification information, based on detection positions of the detected light in the captured images, and position information of image capturing devices during capturing performed by the image capturing devices, acquire reliability degree information of the acquired three-dimensional position of the position information acquisition target, based on information relating to an imaging state of each image capturing device during capturing of the captured images, and store the acquired the reliability degree information in a storag
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10491833
    Abstract: A position coordinates setter sets position coordinates being coordinates of an image region of an LED in an image. An image region determiner determines whether or not an image region having a predetermined luminance value is present at the position coordinates. If an image region having the predetermined luminance value is not present at the position coordinates, the image region determiner determines whether or not the image region at the position coordinates is overexposed or underexposed, and the exposure controller continues setting, if the image region is overexposed, the exposure time shorter by one degree at a time until the luminance value of the image region at the position coordinates becomes the predetermined luminance value, and continues setting, if the image region is underexposed, the exposure time longer by one degree at a time until the luminance value of the image region at the position coordinates becomes the predetermined luminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10411800
    Abstract: An image area detector detects a high-luminance image area having a luminance value equal to or higher than a predetermined value, having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size, and including two or more high-luminance subject images disposed adjacent to or overlapping with each other, from an input image frame. The enlargement controller controls the detected high-luminance image area to be enlarged and displayed. If any instruction to designate a subarea within a rectangular border surrounding the enlarged high-luminance image area is provided from the user, the position coordinate setter converts the coordinates of the subarea into the coordinates before the enlargement, and stores the converted coordinates into the memory as the coordinates of the LED serving as a light source that transmits information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190139260
    Abstract: A server detects first light sources and the like within each image captured by cameras, and obtains a relative spatial location and shooting direction between the cameras using an algorithm in accordance with a detection count of the first light sources. Further, the server reads location information occurring in a space for the first light sources and the like stored in a memory, finds a spatial location and a shooting direction within the space for the cameras, and further finds a conversion matrix capable of converting a combination of image positions of the first light sources imaged by the camera and image positions of the first light sources imaged by the camera into installation locations of the first light sources and the like within the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10264228
    Abstract: In the case where a phenomenon called brightness saturation occurs due to high brightness of light output from a transmission apparatus and high lightness in a portion of a transmitter (light source) within a frame obtained by imaging in a reception apparatus, a decoder in a reception apparatus performs first image processing of shifting the focus by moving a lens in an imager or a filtering process (gradation filtering process) of an image for replacing the color of a brightness saturation area with the color surrounding the brightness saturation area, before determination of a change area, determination of the color of the change area, and decoding of bit string data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20180323872
    Abstract: An image area detector detects a high-luminance image area having a luminance value equal to or higher than a predetermined value, having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size, and including two or more high-luminance subject images disposed adjacent to or overlapping with each other, from an input image frame. The enlargement controller controls the detected high-luminance image area to be enlarged and displayed. If any instruction to designate a subarea within a rectangular border surrounding the enlarged high-luminance image area is provided from the user, the position coordinate setter converts the coordinates of the subarea into the coordinates before the enlargement, and stores the converted coordinates into the memory as the coordinates of the LED serving as a light source that transmits information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180288302
    Abstract: A position coordinates setter sets position coordinates being coordinates of an image region of an LED in an image. An image region determiner determines whether or not an image region having a predetermined luminance value is present at the position coordinates. If an image region having the predetermined luminance value is not present at the position coordinates, the image region determiner determines whether or not the image region at the position coordinates is overexposed or underexposed, and the exposure controller continues setting, if the image region is overexposed, the exposure time shorter by one degree at a time until the luminance value of the image region at the position coordinates becomes the predetermined luminance value, and continues setting, if the image region is underexposed, the exposure time longer by one degree at a time until the luminance value of the image region at the position coordinates becomes the predetermined luminance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotomo MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9843387
    Abstract: When necessary process times in a reception apparatus for a determination on a change area, a determination on the color of the change area, and a decoding of bit data stream exceed a predetermined time from a frame acquiring timing, and a process delay would occur, an image generator acquires a frame. In addition, a decoder temporarily stores the frame in a memory, and thereafter at a predetermined timing performs the determination on the change area, the determination on the color of the change area, and the decoding of the bit data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotomo Miyamoto, Hideaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 9794478
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Matsumoto, Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9699378
    Abstract: A digital camera 1 includes an image composition unit 52 and a composite position determining unit 53. The image composition unit 52 acquires a plurality of images which have been captured continuously. The composite position determining unit 53 sets candidate areas for determining composite positions in adjacent images, from the plurality of images acquired by the composite position determining unit 52. Furthermore, the composite position determining unit 53 determines composite positions of the adjacent images based on a degree of similarity between the set candidate areas. The image composition unit 52 combines the adjacent images at the determined composite positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotomo Miyamoto, Kosuke Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9503640
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus including a processor and a memory having instructions stored therein which are executable by the processor to cause the processor to: cause a display to separately and simultaneously display (i) a panoramic image in progress corresponding to images which are captured by an image capturing unit, and (ii) a live-view image corresponding to an image that is newly captured by the image capturing unit while images are being captured by the image capturing unit; receive an instruction to terminate image capture processing for generating panoramic image data while the panoramic image in progress and the live-view image are being displayed; and perform, in response to reception of the instruction, control to record, as a completed panoramic image, panoramic image data generated from the images captured by a time when reception of the instruction is finished, even if images have not yet been captured in a predetermined capture range set in advance for a full panoramic image to be generat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotomo Miyamoto, Kosuke Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Nobuyoshi Nishizaka