Patents by Inventor Noriaki Kozuka

Noriaki Kozuka 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: 11792534
    Abstract: A signal processing device, on the basis of an image capture signal acquired by an image capture device provided with an anamorphic lens, performs a detection process each in a vertical direction of the anamorphic lens and in a horizontal direction of the anamorphic lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Miyatani, Norihiko Akamatsu, Noriaki Kozuka, Shinichi Fujii, Genta Yagyu
  • Patent number: 11483481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic instrument capable of downsizing an electronic instrument having a function of imaging at least a part of a user. In an electronic instrument worn or used by a user, the electronic instrument includes an imaging unit arranged at a position where at least a part of the user wearing or using the electronic instrument is capturable, the imaging unit including two or more pixel output units that each receive incident light from a subject incident not via either an imaging lens or a pinhole and output one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tokuse, Yoshitaka Miyatani, Noriaki Kozuka
  • Patent number: 11460666
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and method, and an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to expand a range of a subject that can be imaged. A subject is imaged by an imaging element including a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light from the subject entering without passing through either an imaging lens or a pinhole and entering through an optical system that is not an imaging lens and has a negative power, and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Kozuka, Yoshitaka Miyatani
  • Patent number: 11368609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic instrument capable of downsizing an electronic instrument having a function of imaging surroundings of a user. In an electronic instrument worn or used by a user, the electronic instrument includes an imaging unit arranged at a position where surroundings of the user wearing or using the electronic instrument is capturable, the imaging unit including a plurality of pixel output units that each receive incident light from a subject incident not via either an imaging lens or a pinhole and output one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tokuse, Yoshitaka Miyatani, Noriaki Kozuka
  • Patent number: 11350053
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a method thereof, and an imaging element capable of controlling resolution of a detection image. Provided is a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light incident without intervention of either an imaging lens or a pinhole and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light, and a signal processing unit provided so as to be associated with an area in which at least two pixel output units out of the plurality of pixel output units are formed that processes signals read out from the pixel output units formed in the area and obtains output pixel values. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an imaging element, an imaging device, an image processing device, an electronic device, a system and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Kozuka, Akira Matsui, Yoshitaka Miyatani
  • Publication number: 20210203841
    Abstract: A signal processing device, on the basis of an image capture signal acquired by an image capture device provided with an anamorphic lens, performs a detection process each in a vertical direction of the anamorphic lens and in a horizontal direction of the anamorphic lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHITAKA MIYATANI, NORIHIKO AKAMATSU, NORIAKI KOZUKA, SHINICHI FUJII, GENTA YAGYU
  • Publication number: 20200348491
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and method, and an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to expand a range of a subject that can be imaged. A subject is imaged by an imaging element including a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light from the subject entering without passing through either an imaging lens or a pinhole and entering through an optical system that is not an imaging lens and has a negative power, and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: NORIAKI KOZUKA, YOSHITAKA MIYATANI
  • Publication number: 20200314306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic instrument capable of downsizing an electronic instrument having a function of imaging surroundings of a user. In an electronic instrument worn or used by a user, the electronic instrument includes an imaging unit arranged at a position where surroundings of the user wearing or using the electronic instrument is capturable, the imaging unit including a plurality of pixel output units that each receive incident light from a subject incident not via either an imaging lens or a pinhole and output one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira TOKUSE, Yoshitaka MIYATANI, Noriaki KOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200288076
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a method thereof, and an imaging element capable of controlling resolution of a detection image. Provided is a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light incident without intervention of either an imaging lens or a pinhole and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light, and a signal processing unit provided so as to be associated with an area in which at least two pixel output units out of the plurality of pixel output units are formed that processes signals read out from the pixel output units formed in the area and obtains output pixel values. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an imaging element, an imaging device, an image processing device, an electronic device, a system and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: NORIAKI KOZUKA, AKIRA MATSUI, YOSHITAKA MIYATANI
  • Publication number: 20200260012
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic instrument capable of downsizing an electronic instrument having a function of imaging at least a part of a user. In an electronic instrument worn or used by a user, the electronic instrument includes an imaging unit arranged at a position where at least a part of the user wearing or using the electronic instrument is capturable, the imaging unit including two or more pixel output units that each receive incident light from a subject incident not via either an imaging lens or a pinhole and output one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira TOKUSE, Yoshitaka MIYATANI, Noriaki KOZUKA
  • Patent number: D252391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Ohya, Noriaki Kozuka
  • Patent number: D622257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Martin Hansson, Noriaki Kozuka, Noriko Arakawa
  • Patent number: D624899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Hansson, Noriaki Kozuka, Noriko Arakawa