Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Shima

Nobuyuki Shima 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: 20230086700
    Abstract: A photodetection device includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units. The plurality of pixel units includes a pixel unit including a first photodetector in an active area, and a pixel unit including a second photodetector in an inactive area. The first photodetector includes a first lower electrode layer, a first lower extrinsic semiconductor layer, a first intrinsic semiconductor layer, a first upper extrinsic semiconductor layer, and a first upper electrode layer. The second photodetector includes a second lower electrode layer, a second lower extrinsic semiconductor layer, a second intrinsic semiconductor layer, a second upper extrinsic semiconductor layer, and a second upper electrode layer. The second lower electrode layer is covered with the second lower extrinsic semiconductor layer and the second intrinsic semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Noboru NOGUCHI, Yasuhiro YANAGIHARA, Nobuyuki SHIMA
  • Patent number: 10984550
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a signal processing device, and the signal processing device is configured to perform distance determination processing of determining, based on a depth map concerning an image displayed on a display, an image portion inside a target distance range which is a predetermined distance range in the image, and an image portion outside the target distance range, and perform image processing of subjecting at least the image portion outside the target distance range to image processing of monotonizing visibility based on a determination result of the distance determination processing and displaying the image on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Matsunaga, Tatsuya Kino, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Nobuyuki Shima, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10819903
    Abstract: An imaging device, comprising an image sensor that images a shooting target and outputs image data, a memory that stores inference models for performing guidance display or automatic control, when shooting the shooting target, an inference engine that performs inference for the control of the guidance display or automatic control, using the inference model, and a controller that determines whether or not the inference model is suitable for shooting a shooting target that the user wants, and if it is determined that the inference model is not suitable for shooting, requests generation of an inference model that is suitable for a shooting target the user wants to an external learning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuhiko Shimura, Hisashi Yoneyama, Zhen Li, Atsushi Kohashi, Dai Ito, Nobuyuki Shima, Yoichi Yoshida, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10571689
    Abstract: A display system, that is capable of displaying substantially the same content on a wearable terminal that is attached to the head of a user and has a first display section, and on a unit other than the wearable terminal that has a second display, comprises a controller that determines an object the user is gazing at, and a display controller that controls update of display states based on the object that has been determined, when an image, that has been displayed on the second display, is displayed on the first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Kazuo Kanda, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Nobuyuki Shima, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10559132
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit to acquire a first image by imaging, an information acquisition unit to acquire first imaging range information including information on a first imaging, range of the imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a communication unit, to perform communication to acquire, from an external device acquiring a second image by imaging, second imaging range information including information on a second imaging range of the imaging acquired by the external device. The display apparatus also includes a controller to acquire an area included in the first imaging range and the second imaging range as a corresponding range, and a display controller to generate display information indicative of the corresponding range, and a display to display the display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Kazuo Kanda, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Nobuyuki Shima
  • Patent number: 10440285
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a record processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in exposure conditions to generate HDR moving image frames. The first image processor subjects the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups to first composition processing, to generate HDR moving image data comprising HDR moving image frames. The record processor is configured to record image data for still images so that the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups are subjected to second composition processing different from the first composition processing, to generate HDR still image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Kazuo Kanda, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Nobuyuki Shima, Shinya Takasumi
  • Publication number: 20190304122
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a signal processing device, and the signal processing device is configured to perform distance determination processing of determining, based on a depth map concerning an image displayed on a display, an image portion inside a target distance range which is a predetermined distance range in the image, and an image portion outside the target distance range, and perform image processing of subjecting at least the image portion outside the target distance range to image processing of monotonizing visibility based on a determination result of the distance determination processing and displaying the image on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MATSUNAGA, Tatsuya KINO, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Kazuhiko OSA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20190253615
    Abstract: An imaging device, comprising an image sensor that images a shooting target and outputs image data, a memory that stores inference models for performing guidance display or automatic control, when shooting the shooting target, an inference engine that performs inference for the control of the guidance display or automatic control, using the inference model, and a controller that determines whether or not the inference model is suitable for shooting a shooting target that the user wants, and if it is determined that the inference model is not suitable for shooting, requests generation of an inference model that is suitable for a shooting target the user wants to an external learning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Hisashi YONEYAMA, Zhen LI, Atsushi KOHASHI, Dai ITO, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Yoichi YOSHIDA, Kazuhiko OSA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10284774
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes a communication section configured to perform communication with an image pickup apparatus capable of performing time-lapse photographing, a signal processing section configured to generate, halfway in a photographing period by the image pickup apparatus, a check image based on a plurality of picked-up images transmitted from the image pickup apparatus and acquired via the communication section, and a display control section configured to display the check image generated by the signal processing section. Halfway in photographing of the time-lapse photographing, a time-lapse moving image is generated using a photographing result of the time-lapse photographing performed to that point and displayed, whereby quality of the time-lapse moving image is made predictable. A change of setting of the time-lapse photographing is received and reflected on subsequent time-lapse photographing, whereby a user easily obtains a desired picked-up image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuhiko Shimura, Nobuyuki Shima, Kazuo Kanda, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20180122145
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit to acquire a first image by imaging, an information acquisition unit to acquire first imaging range information including information on a first imaging, range of the imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a communication unit, to perform communication to acquire, from an external device acquiring a second image by imaging, second imaging range information including information on a second imaging range of the imaging acquired by the external device. The display apparatus also includes a controller to acquire an area included in the first imaging range and the second imaging range as a corresponding range, and a display controller to generate display information indicative of the corresponding range, and a display to display the display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA
  • Patent number: 9948867
    Abstract: An apparatus including a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a selection operation of selecting one or more pickup images among a time-sequential series of pickup images; perform a correction operation to correct a brightness of the one or more pickup images selected by the selection operation; and generate a composite image based on: one or more pickup images among the series of pickup images not selected; and a result of the correction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda, Nobuyuki Shima, Tomohiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20180077332
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a record processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in exposure conditions to generate HDR moving image frames. The first image processor subjects the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups to first composition processing, to generate HDR moving image data comprising HDR moving image frames. The record processor is configured to record image data for still images so that the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups are subjected to second composition processing different from the first composition processing, to generate HDR still image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Shinya TAKASUMI
  • Publication number: 20180067309
    Abstract: A display system, that is capable of displaying substantially the same content on a wearable terminal that is attached to the head of a user and has a first display section, and on a unit other than the wearable terminal that has a second display, comprises a controller that determines an object the user is gazing at, and a display controller that controls update of display states based on the object that has been determined, when an image, that has been displayed on the second display, is displayed on the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170187954
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes a communication section configured to perform communication with an image pickup apparatus capable of performing time-lapse photographing, a signal processing section configured to generate, halfway in a photographing period by the image pickup apparatus, a check image based on a plurality of picked-up images transmitted from the image pickup apparatus and acquired via the communication section, and a display control section configured to display the check image generated by the signal processing section. Halfway in photographing of the time-lapse photographing, a time-lapse moving image is generated using a photographing result of the time-lapse photographing performed to that point and displayed, whereby quality of the time-lapse moving image is made predictable. A change of setting of the time-lapse photographing is received and reflected on subsequent time-lapse photographing, whereby a user easily obtains a desired picked-up image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Kazuo KANDA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9541805
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; gate wirings disposed on the second substrate; source wirings disposed to intersects with the gate wirings; light shielding films provided to cover the source wirings; a first insulating film provided to cover the gate wirings, the source wirings and the light shielding films; signal electrodes provided on the first insulating film, each of which is located in a region surrounded with the gate wirings and the source wirings; a common electrode provided on the first insulating film so as not to be overlapped on the signal electrodes; and shield electrode disposed between each of the signal electrodes and each of the source wirings, the respective shield electrodes being overlapped on the light shielding films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakai, Nobuyuki Shima, Masahiko Nishide
  • Publication number: 20160269652
    Abstract: An apparatus including a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a selection operation of selecting one or more pickup images among a time-sequential series of pickup images; perform a correction operation to correct a brightness of the one or more pickup images selected by the selection operation; and generate a composite image based on: one or more pickup images among the series of pickup images not selected; and a result of the correction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Tomohiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20160257931
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of culturing a corneal endothelial cell by use of a culture medium containing an ascorbic acid derivative and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: CORNEA REGENERATION INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHIMA, Miwa YAMAUCHI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Satoru YAMAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160198084
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup portion that obtains an image pickup image based on an object optical image obtained by an optical system that can vary a focus position; an object distance determination portion that determines an object distance of each portion in the image pickup image; a continuity determination portion that determines the continuity of the object distance and the image pickup image; and a display control portion that, in a depth synthesis mode that subjects a plurality of image pickup images that are obtained while varying a focus position of the optical system to depth synthesis, based on a determination result with respect to the continuity, causes a guide display for supporting the depth synthesis operation to be displayed on a display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Nobuyuki SHIMA
  • Patent number: 9376661
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of culturing a corneal endothelial cell by use of a culture medium containing an ascorbic acid derivative and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Cornea Regeneration Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shima, Miwa Yamauchi, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Satoru Yamagami
  • Publication number: 20150374881
    Abstract: The present invention provides a human corneal endothelial cell sheet having a curvature fitting a human corneal endothelial surface, particularly, the human corneal endothelial cell sheet supported by a cell support having a curvature fitting a human corneal endothelial surface, and a production method of a human corneal endothelial cell sheet having a curvature fitting a human corneal endothelial surface, which includes the following steps: (1) a step of gelling a gelatin aqueous solution poured into a template having a curvature fitting a human corneal endothelial surface; (2) a step of forming a sheet-like gelatin by drying the gelled gelatin obtained in (1); (3) a step of obtaining a gelatin sheet by thermally crosslinking the sheet-like gelatin obtained in (2); (4) a step of seeding human corneal endothelial cells on the gelatin sheet obtained in (3) to form a human corneal endothelial cell layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Satoru YAMAGAMI, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Miwa YAMAUCHI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Yosuke HIRAOKA