Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Nonaka

Ryosuke Nonaka 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: 20150294439
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a distance information acquisition unit, an operation detector and an updating unit. The distance information acquisition unit acquires distance information relating to a distance to an object. The object includes at least a portion of a projection surface where an image is projected. The operation detector detects an operation performed by an indicator. The detecting is based on a reference distance and the distance information. The updating unit updates the reference distance based on a temporal change of the detected operation and a temporal change of the acquired distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Yuma SANO, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20150268476
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display device includes an image converter, a display unit including pixels provided on a first surface, and a first lens unit including lenses. The image converter acquires a first image, and drives second image from the first image. The pixels emit light corresponding to the second image. The emitted light is incident on the lenses. The first surface includes a first display region and a second display region. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels. The first pixels are provided inside the first display region and emit light corresponding to a first portion of the first image. The second pixels are provided inside the second display region and emit light corresponding to the first portion. A position of the first pixels inside the first display region is different from a position of the second pixels inside the second display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 9111377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an apparatus for generating a multi-viewpoint image, a separation unit separates a target image into a first diffuse reflection image and a first non-diffuse reflection image based on a pixel value of each pixel of the target image. The first non-diffuse reflection image has components except for the first diffuse reflection image. A first estimation unit estimates a change amount of each pixel among a plurality of first non-diffuse reflection images corresponding to viewpoints differently. A first generation unit generates a second non-diffuse reflection image by changing at least one of a shape and a luminance of each pixel of the first non-diffuse reflection image, based on the change amount of each pixel. A synthesis unit generates the multi-viewpoint image by synthesizing the first diffuse reflection image with the second non-diffuse reflection image. Each viewpoint image corresponds to each of the viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Hisashi Kobiki, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 9098886
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a chroma calculation unit, a lightness calculation unit, a glossiness calculation unit, and a correction unit. The chroma calculation unit is configured to calculate a chroma of each pixel of an image to be processed. The lightness calculation unit is configured to calculate a lightness of each pixel of the image. The glossiness calculation unit is configured to estimate a glossiness of each pixel of the image, based on the chroma and the lightness. The correction unit is configured to correct each pixel of the image so that a correction amount of a pixel is larger when the glossiness of the pixel is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Masahiro Baba, Ryosuke Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20150195479
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processor includes: an acquisitor; a predictor; a corrector. The acquisitor acquires information regarding shape of a projection surface on which a first image is projected, information regarding position of a viewpoint for observing the first image projected on the projection surface, and information regarding position of a projection point for projecting the first image. The predictor predicts a viewable region in which the first image projected on the projection surface is viewable from the viewpoint based on the acquired information regarding the shape, the acquired information regarding the viewpoint, and the acquired information regarding the projection point. The corrector corrects a second image to generate the first image, the second image being set within the viewable region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yuma SANO, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20150084930
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a detector; a vector calculator; a determiner. The detector detects an object existing over a plurality of detection ranges set at distances different from one another from a reference surface and acquires representative points of the object based on detected position in the detection ranges. The vector calculator acquires a three-dimensional vector based on the representative points. The determiner determines an input operation by the object based on the three-dimensional vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Patent number: 8952881
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, a luminance distribution calculation unit, an error calculation unit, and an emission intensity update unit. The backlight includes a plurality of light sources which emit light. The luminance distribution calculation unit calculates a predicted value for an intensity distribution of light entering the liquid crystal panel if each of the light sources is lit with an emission intensity. The error calculation unit obtains a brightness of a display image which is realized if the each of the light sources is lit with the emission intensity, and the error calculation unit calculates an error between the obtained brightness and an ideal brightness of the display image corresponding to the input video signal. The emission intensity update unit updates the emission intensity of the each of the light sources to reduce the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba, Yuma Sano
  • Publication number: 20150015597
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an image processing apparatus including: first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry sets for first color information in a first color gamut a correction quantity of a brightness defined depending on a lightness and a chroma of the first color information on a basis of a difference between a target brightness and the brightness of the first color information. The second circuitry corrects at least one of the lightness and the chroma of the first color information such that the brightness of the first color information is corrected by the correction quantity to obtain corrected color information in the first color gamut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yuma SANO, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Patent number: 8866728
    Abstract: The liquid crystal panel displays a video in a display area by modulating light from the backlight including a plurality of light sources. The luminance value calculator calculates light source luminance values of the light sources based on an input video signal including signal values of pixels. The luminance distribution calculator calculates luminance distribution of light in illumination areas obtained by tentatively dividing the display area if the light sources emit light according to the light source luminance values. The representative value calculator calculates, based on the input video signal, a representative luminance value in each of divided areas obtained by dividing the display area. The signal corrector corrects the input video signal based on the luminance distribution according to a difference between a maximum value of the representative luminance values and an average value of the representative luminance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 8854295
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display, including: a backlight having a plurality of light sources; a liquid crystal panel configured to display a video picture in a plurality of illumination regions corresponding to the light sources; an intensity value calculator calculating representative intensity values of the illumination regions based on an input video signal; a weight calculator performing a smoothing process on the representative intensity values by using first weights and to calculate second weights of the illumination regions having values which become larger as smoothed values of the representative intensity values becomes smaller than the representative intensity values; an intensity value corrector correcting the representative intensity values of the illumination regions based on the second weights and performe a smoothing process on corrected intensity values by using the first weights to obtain light source intensity values of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 8791967
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a light modulating unit, a light source unit, a luminance setting unit, a luminance distribution calculating unit, a signal level converting unit, and a control unit. The light source unit includes a basic light source and an extended light source illuminating each of divisional areas into which the display area tentatively divided. The basic light source emits white light with first emission peak wavelengths. The extended light source emits light with a second emission peak wavelength being different from the first emission peak wavelengths and being within a range between shortest and longest wavelengths of the first emission peak wavelengths. The control unit is configured to generate a control signal controlling the basic light source and the extended light source so as to provide a period in which the basic light source and the extended light source simultaneously emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Baba, Ryosuke Nonaka, Yuma Sano
  • Patent number: 8760384
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a backlight configured to emit light; a liquid crystal panel configured to modulate light emitted from the backlight to make an image display; a backlight luminance calculating unit configured to calculate a light-emission luminance of the backlight such that a center value of a luminance range displayable on the liquid crystal panel defined depending on the light-emission luminance of the backlight substantially agrees with a center value of luminances of pixels forming an input image; a backlight controlling unit configured to control light emission of the backlight so that the light from the backlight is emitted with the calculated light-emission luminance; a luminance correcting unit configured to correct the luminance of each pixel in the input image in accordance with the calculated light-emission luminance; and a liquid crystal controlling unit configured to control modulation of the liquid crystal panel based upon the corrected input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba, Goh Itoh
  • Patent number: 8749591
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a light source luminance calculating unit which calculates the luminances of the light sources of the plurality of colors of a back light based on an input image, a light source maximum value detecting unit which detects a light source maximum value that is the largest value in the light source luminances of the plurality of colors, a light source luminance correcting unit which corrects the light source luminances to obtain corrected light source luminances so as to reduce the difference among the light source luminances of the plurality of colors if the light source maximum value is smaller than a threshold value, a gradation conversion function calculating unit which calculates a gradation conversion function applied to the input image corresponding to each of the plurality of colors, by using the corrected light source luminance, and a control unit which converts the input image by using the gradation conversion function and outputs the input image to a liquid crystal pan
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Baba, Ryosuke Nonaka, Yuma Sano
  • Publication number: 20140099027
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a chroma calculation unit, a lightness calculation unit, a glossiness calculation unit, and a correction unit. The chroma calculation unit is configured to calculate a chroma of each pixel of an image to be processed. The lightness calculation unit is configured to calculate a lightness of each pixel of the image. The glossiness calculation unit is configured to estimate a glossiness of each pixel of the image, based on the chroma and the lightness. The correction unit is configured to correct each pixel of the image so that a correction amount of a pixel is larger when the glossiness of the pixel is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Masahiro BABA, Ryosuke NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20140092122
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus including: a setting unit, a correcting unit and a displaying unit. The setting unit sets an amount of correction value for at least one of lightness and chroma for each hues, wherein the amount of correction values are determined so that a relative relationship of evaluation values among the hues is kept from varying before and after correction, the evaluation values being values defined depending on lightness and chroma for the hues. The correcting unit obtains a corrected image by correcting at least one of the lightness and the chroma of the input image according to the amount of correction. The displaying unit displays the corrected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuma SANO, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20140093158
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an apparatus for generating a multi-viewpoint image, a separation unit separates a target image into a first diffuse reflection image and a first non-diffuse reflection image based on a pixel value of each pixel of the target image. The first non-diffuse reflection image has components except for the first diffuse reflection image. A first estimation unit estimates a change amount of each pixel among a plurality of first non-diffuse reflection images corresponding to viewpoints differently. A first generation unit generates a second non-diffuse reflection image by changing at least one of a shape and a luminance of each pixel of the first non-diffuse reflection image, based on the change amount of each pixel. A synthesis unit generates the multi-viewpoint image by synthesizing the first diffuse reflection image with the second non-diffuse reflection image. Each viewpoint image corresponds to each of the viewpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Hisashi KOBIKI, Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20140092000
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, there is provided an image display apparatus including: a backlight, a modulation unit, a calculation unit and a control unit. The backlight includes a plurality of light sources, an emission intensity of each light source being controllable. The modulation unit modulates light emitted from the backlight to display an image on a display region. The calculation unit calculates an amount of motion of a video between a previous image and a subsequent image based on an input video signal. The control unit controls the light sources such that a non-uniform distribution of brightness is obtained on the display region as the amount of motion decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryosuke NONAKA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20130251288
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scale down unit, a calculation unit, a scale up unit, and a subtraction unit. The scale down unit generates a scaled down image by scaling down a target image. The scaled down image has a size smaller than the target image. The calculation unit calculates a pixel value of a diffuse reflection component of each pixel in the scaled down image, and generates a first diffuse reflection image having the pixel value and the same size as the scaled down image. The scale up unit generates a second diffuse reflection image by scaling up the first diffuse reflection image. The second diffuse reflection image has the same size as the target image. The subtraction unit generates a specular reflection image by subtracting the second diffuse reflection image from the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Hisashi KOBIKI, Yasutoyo Takeyama, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 8525823
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display device has a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, an intensity setting unit, a presumption unit, a signal correction unit, an error calculation unit and a control unit. The intensity setting unit sets intensities of the light sources, respectively. The presumption unit presumes color information based on intensity information representing the intensities. The signal correction unit corrects an input video signal according to the color information, and obtains a corrected video signal. The error calculation unit presumes a display image from the corrected video signal and the input video signal, and calculates display errors between the presumed display image and an input image corresponding to the input video signal. The control unit controls sets the intensities of the light sources as the emission intensities of the backlight so that the display errors obtained from the error calculation unit can be minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 8488879
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a hue calculation unit configured to calculate a hue of a pixel included in a target image; an extraction unit configured to extract a first group including a pixel, a hue of which is close to a hue of the target pixel; a chromaticity calculation unit configured to calculate a chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; a diffuse reflection factor calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated diffuse reflection factor by using the chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; and a separation unit configured to separate a diffuse reflection component from a pixel value of the target pixel by using the diffuse reflection factor, the diffuse reflection component representing a component in the pixel value that varies as the diffuse reflection factor varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi Kobiki, Yasutoyo Takeyama, Ryosuke Nonaka, Masahiro Baba