Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Asakura

Nobuyuki Asakura 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: 10986264
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, an image sensor, an information processing device, and a program that facilitate cancellation of a locked state. An image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined state, using data from a plurality of sensors; and an imaging unit that captures an image of a predetermined object, in a case where the predetermined state is detected by the detection unit. The image processing device further includes a plurality of input interfaces that input the data from the plurality of sensors. When an application processor switches from an activated state to a non-activated state, detection by the detection unit is started. The present technology can be applied to a smartphone, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ejiri, Masayuki Tachi, Yusuke Minagawa, Teruhiko Mochizuki, Nobuyuki Asakura, Michimasa Obana, Hisashi Nishimaki
  • Publication number: 20190158730
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, an image sensor, an information processing device, and a program that facilitate cancellation of a locked state. An image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined state, using data from a plurality of sensors; and an imaging unit that captures an image of a predetermined object, in a case where the predetermined state is detected by the detection unit. The image processing device further includes a plurality of input interfaces that input the data from the plurality of sensors. When an application processor switches from an activated state to a non-activated state, detection by the detection unit is started. The present technology can be applied to a smartphone, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUN EJIRI, MASAYUKI TACHI, YUSUKE MINAGAWA, TERUHIKO MOCHIZUKI, NOBUYUKI ASAKURA, MICHIMASA OBANA, HISASHI NISHIMAKI
  • Patent number: 10019967
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image reception unit configured to receive an image with markers including a sub image and marker pixels each indicating, using a pixel value, a combining ratio of a main image and the sub image that is combined with the main image, a combining ratio acquisition unit configured to acquire the combining ratio indicated by a pixel value of the marker pixel in the image with markers, and a combining unit configured to combine the main image and the sub image based on the acquired combining ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takumi Takahashi, Nobuyuki Asakura, Etsuro Yamauchi, Junya Kameyama
  • Patent number: 9401549
    Abstract: A wire-equipped crimp terminal includes a wire, a crimp terminal and a coating agent. The wire has a conductor exposed from an insulative sheath. The crimp terminal has a crimping piece which is press-deformed to embrace the conductor. The coating agent is coated to a first part of the crimp terminal. A recess is formed at a non-coating part of the crimp terminal where the coating agent is not coated. The coating agent is cured by irradiating light or an electron beam to the first part in a state where a part of the coating agent flowing out from the first part is received in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Kumakura, Yuichi Ito, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 9287655
    Abstract: A crimped terminal attached aluminum electric wire includes an aluminum electric wire that includes a conductor part made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and an insulative coating part which surrounds the periphery of the conductor part, and a crimped terminal that is crimped to the conductor part which is exposed by removing the insulative coating part at an end of the aluminum electric wire. The crimped terminal includes a conductor crimping part which is crimped to the exposed conductor part, and an end side conductor crimping part which is formed at an end at the side of the crimped terminal to which the aluminum electric wire is connected, and which is crimped to the conductor part at a radial compression rate which is smaller than that at which the conductor part is crimped by the conductor crimping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Sato, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20150140856
    Abstract: A crimped terminal attached aluminum electric wire includes an aluminum electric wire that includes a conductor part made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and an insulative coating part which surrounds the periphery of the conductor part, and a crimped terminal that is crimped to the conductor part which is exposed by removing the insulative coating part at an end of the aluminum electric wire. The crimped terminal includes a conductor crimping part which is crimped to the exposed conductor part, and an end side conductor crimping part which is formed at an end at the side of the crimped terminal to which the aluminum electric wire is connected, and which is crimped to the conductor part at a radial compression rate which is smaller than that at which the conductor part is crimped by the conductor crimping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Sato, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20140285515
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image reception unit configured to receive an image with markers including a sub image and marker pixels each indicating, using a pixel value, a combining ratio of a main image and the sub image that is combined with the main image, a combining ratio acquisition unit configured to acquire the combining ratio indicated by a pixel value of the marker pixel in the image with markers, and a combining unit configured to combine the main image and the sub image based on the acquired combining ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Takahashi, Nobuyuki Asakura, Etsuro Yamauchi, Junya Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20140267924
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a control section configured to allow, upon receipt of a moving image that includes, in time-series order, an original image and a duplicate image, a frame memory to hold a partial region in the original image and a remaining region in the duplicate image, in which the duplicate image is a duplicate of the original image, and the remaining region is a region excluding a region that agrees with the partial region; and an image processing section configured to read a piece of data that includes the partial region and the remaining region from the frame memory a plurality of times, and perform image processing by processing any of the read pieces of data as the original image and the remaining piece of data as the duplicate image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kametani, Nobuyuki Asakura, Junya Kameyama
  • Patent number: 8830403
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a control section configured to allow, upon receipt of a moving image that includes, in time-series order, an original image and a duplicate image, a frame memory to hold a partial region in the original image and a remaining region in the duplicate image, in which the duplicate image is a duplicate of the original image, and the remaining region is a region excluding a region that agrees with the partial region; and an image processing section configured to read a piece of data that includes the partial region and the remaining region from the frame memory a plurality of times, and perform image processing by processing any of the read pieces of data as the original image and the remaining piece of data as the duplicate image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kametani, Nobuyuki Asakura, Junya Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20120214360
    Abstract: A wire-equipped crimp terminal includes a wire, a crimp terminal and a coating agent. The wire has a conductor exposed from an insulative sheath. The crimp terminal has a crimping piece which is press-deformed to embrace the conductor. The coating agent is coated to a first part of the crimp terminal. A recess is formed at a non-coating part of the crimp terminal where the coating agent is not coated. The coating agent is cured by irradiating light or an electron beam to the first part in a state where a part of the coating agent flowing out from the first part is received in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Kumakura, Yuichi Ito, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 7975085
    Abstract: A signal processing device controls a plurality of signal processing units that process an input signal inputted via a signal line with wide bandwidth, via a control line with narrow bandwidth or the signal line, and includes: a storing unit configured to store correspondence information that associates instruction information indicating an instruction of control with respect to each of the signal processing units, with control information related to all of the plurality of signal processing units, among pieces of control information necessary for each of the signal processing units to execute content of control; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the control information associated with the instruction information by the correspondence information, to the plurality of signal processing units via the signal line, when control is instructed with respect to the plurality of signal processing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Hattori, Tetsujiro Kondo, Hideo Nakaya, Nobuyuki Asakura, Toshihiko Hamamatsu, Yasunobu Node, Masanori Machimura, Hiroto Kimura, Yasuhiko Suga
  • Patent number: 7869085
    Abstract: A luminance signal Ya and a color-difference signal Ua/Va constituting an input image signal is transferred to a frame memory (first memory) in the unit of line synchronously with its horizontal synchronous signal and written therein. A memory TG211 reads out a read-out request RRQ. The cycle of this request RRQ is a time computed based on a single vertical effective period of an output image signal Sc and the number of lines objective for rate conversion of an input image signal Sa. The luminance signal Ya and color-difference signal Ua/Va are transferred in the unit of line from the frame memory to rate conversion units (second memory) through buffers. There occurs no deflection in this transfer cycle and in each transfer cycle, the stable data transmission band can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro Nemoto, Tetsujiro Kondo, Nobuyuki Asakura, Satoshi Inoue, Wataru Niitsuma, Tatsuya Ishii, Takahide Ayata, Masanori Yamanaka, Yasushi Tatehira
  • Patent number: 7852404
    Abstract: An information signal processor that is well suitable for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data set corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal is extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective position belongs is then obtained using the pixel data set. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets and values of picture quality adjusting parameters h and v. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi. It is thus possible to save on the storage capacity of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Kei Hiraizumi, Nobuyuki Asakura, Takuo Morimura, Wataru Niitsuma, Takahide Ayata
  • Patent number: 7773150
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data sets of a tap corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal are extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective position belongs is then obtained using the pixel data sets of the tap. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets for each class and values of picture quality adjusting parameters, h and v obtained by user operation. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi of the tap corresponding to the objective position in the HD signal from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal according to an estimation equation using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi corresponding to the class CL read out of a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Kei Hiraizumi, Nobuyuki Asakura, Takuo Morimura, Wataru Niitsuma, Takahide Ayata
  • Patent number: 7705265
    Abstract: After bringing a conductor of an electric wire into press contact to connect with a wire caulking portion of a connection terminal, the conductor and the wire caulking portion are welded to connect by irradiating laser beam to a bottom wall of the wire caulking portion. Laser irradiation is carried out intermittently by three times and the laser irradiation at the second time and thereafter which is carried out later is carried out such that during a time period in which a laser welded portion immediately previously is brought into a predetermined state of elevating temperature, portions or welded regions overlap welded regions in laser irradiation irradiated previously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Asakura, Kei Fujimoto, Masanori Onuma
  • Patent number: 7695332
    Abstract: An intermediate portion of an insulating sheath of a coaxial cable is removed, and a first insulating sheath portion is drawn toward a second insulating sheath portion, so that a braid is projected into an annular shape outwardly from an interval between opposed ends of the first and second insulating sheath portions to form an annular projecting braid portion, and this annular projecting braid portion is fixed so as to be connected to a portion (that is, a braid fixing portion) of a coaxial cable shielding terminal for connection to an end portion of the coaxial cable. This connecting and fixing operation is effected by press-contacting or press-clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Taishi Morikawa, Tetsuro Ide, Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 7688383
    Abstract: An information signal processor that is well suitable for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data set corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal is extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective position belongs is then obtained using the pixel data set. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets and values of picture quality adjusting parameters h and v. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi. It is thus possible to save on the storage capacity of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Kei Hiraizumi, Nobuyuki Asakura, Takuo Morimura, Wataru Niitsuma, Takahide Ayata
  • Patent number: 7632144
    Abstract: A coaxial cable with a terminal is formed by attaching the terminal to an end of the coaxial cable. A braided conductor at the end of the coaxial cable 1 is folded and covers the insulating sheath. A sleeve covers the braided conductor covering the insulating sheath. All around the sleeve is pressed equally. The terminal is attached to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Masanori Onuma, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20090265502
    Abstract: A signal processing device controls a plurality of signal processing units that process an input signal inputted via a signal line with wide bandwidth, via a control line with narrow bandwidth or the signal line, and includes: a storing unit configured to store correspondence information that associates instruction information indicating an instruction of control with respect to each of the signal processing units, with control information related to all of the plurality of signal processing units, among pieces of control information necessary for each of the signal processing units to execute content of control; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the control information associated with the instruction information by the correspondence information, to the plurality of signal processing units via the signal line, when control is instructed with respect to the plurality of signal processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Hattori, Tetsujiro Kondo, Hideo Nakaya, Nobuyuki Asakura, Toshihiko Hamamatsu, Yasunobu Node, Masanori Machimura, Hiroto Kimura, Yasuhiko Suga
  • Patent number: 7562449
    Abstract: Inwardly-directed projecting portions (2, 3) are formed in a bent manner respectively at distal ends of a pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5) which are continuous with each other, and form a wire connection portion (7) of a terminal (1). A conductor portion (9) of a wire (8) is located on the inner sides of the pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5), and the pair of clamping piece portions are pressed over an entire periphery into a circular shape, and are extended in a peripheral direction, thereby causing projecting extension portions (2?, 3?), including the projecting portions (2, 3), to bite into the conductor portion. Before the pressing operation, the pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5) may be provisionally pressed to be curved, thereby causing distal ends of the projecting portions (2, 3) to bite slightly into an outer peripheral surface of the conductor portion (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumichi Kuwayama, Masanori Onuma, Nobuyuki Asakura