Patents by Inventor NORIMITSU OKIYAMA

NORIMITSU OKIYAMA 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: 11785340
    Abstract: A signal processing device according to the present technology includes a stacked auto encoder that processes an input signal from a sensor, a control line associated learner including a neural network and subjected to control line associated learning for performing learning by associating different event aspects related to a specific event with values of different control lines with a feature quantity obtained in an intermediate layer of the stacked auto encoder after pretraining as an input, and a refactorer that obtains a difference between a first output that is an output of the control line associated learner when a first value is given to the control line, and a second output that is an output of the control line associated learner when a second value different from the first value is given to the control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arai, Yuriko Ohtsuka, Kenichiro Nishi, Takeshi Masuura, Norimitsu Okiyama, Yuji Matsui, Satoshi Takashima
  • Publication number: 20230308759
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes an approximate curved surface conversion unit that includes a first stacked autoencoder pretrained on the basis of learning input data constituted by coordinate data acquired for each of multiple elements of an object, and that obtains approximate curved surface data indicating an approximate curved surface of the object in an intermediate layer of the first stacked autoencoder, on the basis of input data constituted by the coordinate data acquired for each of the elements, and a geometric modulation processing unit that includes a second stacked autoencoder having learned by machine learning on the basis of learning input data constituted by the approximate curved surface data and on the basis of training data constituted by a result obtained by coordinate conversion for each of the elements in a geometric modulation process performed for the object, and performs the geometric modulation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARAI, Yuriko OHTSUKA, Kenichiro NISHI, Takeshi MASUURA, Norimitsu OKIYAMA, Yuji MATSUI, Satoshi TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230156331
    Abstract: A signal processing device according to the present technology includes a feature quantity extraction unit including a neural network and trained to extract a feature quantity for a specific event with respect to an input signal from a sensor. and a correction unit that performs correction of the input signal on the basis of the feature quantity extracted by the feature quantity extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARAI, Yuriko OHTSUKA, Kenichiro NISHI, Takeshi MASUURA, Norimitsu OKIYAMA, Yuji MATSUI, Satoshi TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230135628
    Abstract: A signal processing device according to the present technology includes a stacked auto encoder that processes an input signal from a sensor, a control line associated learner including a neural network and subjected to control line associated learning for performing learning by associating different event aspects related to a specific event with values of different control lines with a feature quantity obtained in an intermediate layer of the stacked auto encoder after pretraining as an input, and a refactorer that obtains a difference between a first output that is an output of the control line associated learner when a first value is given to the control line, and a second output that is an output of the control line associated learner when a second value different from the first value is given to the control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARAI, Yuriko OHTSUKA, Kenichiro NISHI, Takeshi MASUURA, Norimitsu OKIYAMA, Yuji MATSUI, Satoshi TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230108850
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: a data input unit to which image data is input; an output unit configured to output an output value based on the data input to the data input unit; an expectation feedback calculator configured to calculate a difference between an expectation based on the input data and the output value; and a Bayesian estimator to which information on the difference and information based on the image data are input and which is configured to perform machine learning in order to approximate the output value to the expectation based on the input information and to search for an optimum configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARAI, Yuriko OHTSUKA, Kenichiro NISHI, Takeshi MASUURA, Norimitsu OKIYAMA, Yuji MATSUI, Satoshi TAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11196929
    Abstract: Posture information corresponding to a line of an input image is calculated. Then, a first virtual line, which is a line in a line direction of the input image for which the posture information calculated is common, is rotated according to the posture information to obtain a second virtual line on the output image. For each pixel of the output image, a corresponding second virtual line is calculated, and posture information is obtained on the basis of the corresponding second virtual line. Then, for coordinates of each pixel of the output image, the reference coordinates on the input image corresponding to the pixel coordinates is calculated using the associated posture information. By cutting out the output image from the input image on the basis of the reference pixel, highly accurate distortion correction can be realized even in a case where the camera posture differs depending on the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimitsu Okiyama, Hiroshi Arai, Yumi Nagaoka, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210314473
    Abstract: The accuracy of rolling shutter distortion correction for captured images is improved. Posture information corresponding to a line of an input image is calculated. Then, a first virtual line, which is a line in a line direction of the input image for which the posture information calculated is common, is rotated according to the posture information to obtain a second virtual line on the output image. For each pixel of the output image, a corresponding second virtual line is calculated, and posture information is obtained on the basis of the corresponding second virtual line. Then, for coordinates of each pixel of the output image, the reference coordinates on the input image corresponding to the pixel coordinates is calculated using the associated posture information. By cutting out the output image from the input image on the basis of the reference pixel, highly accurate distortion correction can be realized even in a case where the camera posture differs depending on the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: NORIMITSU OKIYAMA, HIROSHI ARAI, YUMI NAGAOKA, HIROAKI TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10863165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to information processing apparatus and method configured so that more information can be obtained without the need for a frame memory. Scan of a point light source or a line light source configured to project a pattern image on an object is performed, and exposure and reading by line scan for capturing an image of the object is performed multiple times during a single cycle of the scan as projection of the pattern image. The present disclosure is, for example, applicable to an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, a projection image capturing system, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Norimitsu Okiyama, Hiroyuki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20200145641
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to information processing apparatus and method configured so that more information can be obtained without the need for a frame memory. Scan of a point light source or a line light source configured to project a pattern image on an object is performed, and exposure and reading by line scan for capturing an image of the object is performed multiple times during a single cycle of the scan as projection of the pattern image. The present disclosure is, for example, applicable to an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, a projection image capturing system, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: HIROAKI TAKAHASHI, NORIMITSU OKIYAMA, HIROYUKI KASAHARA