Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kirihara

Satoshi Kirihara 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: 9142183
    Abstract: The display management system includes an operation display apparatus, a master display apparatus, and a management server. The management server has a selection unit that causes the user to select image processing that is executed by the master display apparatus when the image edited by the user by using the operation display apparatus is checked using the master display apparatus, and an instruction unit that instructs the operation display apparatus to execute the image processing selected by the selection unit in a case where this image processing can be executed by the operation display apparatus. The operation display apparatus has an image processing unit that subjects the inputted image to the image processing performed under instruction by the instruction unit and a display unit that displays on a display unit the image subjected to the image processing by the image processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20130016031
    Abstract: The display management system includes an operation display apparatus, a master display apparatus, and a management server. The management server has a selection unit that causes the user to select image processing that is executed by the master display apparatus when the image edited by the user by using the operation display apparatus is checked using the master display apparatus, and an instruction unit that instructs the operation display apparatus to execute the image processing selected by the selection unit in a case where this image processing can be executed by the operation display apparatus. The operation display apparatus has an image processing unit that subjects the inputted image to the image processing performed under instruction by the instruction unit and a display unit that displays on a display unit the image subjected to the image processing by the image processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Kirihara
  • Patent number: 8144999
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus determines an image frame to extract as a reference image frame from a plurality of image frames constituting a moving image, using a histogram, for example, and generates a reference image data file. An encoder unit encodes the plurality of image frames after reducing the resolution thereof, and generates an encoded moving image data file. A list associating the reference image frame with information specifying the corresponding reference image data file is generated with a content information list generating unit. The reference image data file, the encoded moving image data file and the list are then recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Morikawa, Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani, Eiichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8115789
    Abstract: An analyzer of a display control apparatus analyzes image characteristics of an image that has been pixel-converted by a pixel converter. A number-of-pixels determining unit compares the analysis result obtained by the analyzer with predetermined deterioration determination thresholds and determines the number of display pixels that is optimal for content. A pixel converter converts the number of pixels of the content into the determined optimal number of display pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani, Eiichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7916955
    Abstract: In a first image processing apparatus, a first image processing unit 104 applies image processing to video content stored in a first storage unit. At this time, the first image processing unit stores information relating to detail and progress of the applied image processing in an image processing information storage unit as image processing information. In a case in which the first image processing unit interrupts the image processing being applied and the interrupted image processing is taken over and executed by a second image processing apparatus, the partially processed video content and the corresponding image processing information are transferred to the second image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani
  • Patent number: 7508989
    Abstract: An image processing method comprising: a decoding processing step of applying decoding processing to a first kind of image data and a second kind of image data; a first resolution conversion processing step of applying first resolution conversion processing to the first kind of image data subjected to decoding processing; a parameter acquisition step of acquiring a parameter for resolution conversion of the second kind of image data subjected to decoding processing, on the basis of a result of the first resolution conversion processing; and a second resolution conversion processing step of applying a second resolution conversion processing to the second kind of image data subjected to decoding processing by using the acquired parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20080247654
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus determines an image frame to extract as a reference image frame from a plurality of image frames constituting a moving image, using a histogram, for example, and generates a reference image data file. An encoder unit encodes the plurality of image frames after reducing the resolution thereof, and generates an encoded moving image data file. A list associating the reference image frame with information specifying the corresponding reference image data file is generated with a content information list generating unit. The reference image data file, the encoded moving image data file and the list are then recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Morikawa, Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani, Eiichi Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20080247673
    Abstract: In a first image processing apparatus, a first image processing unit 104 applies image processing to video content stored in a first storage unit. At this time, the first image processing unit stores information relating to detail and progress of the applied image processing in an image processing information storage unit as image processing information. In a case in which the first image processing unit interrupts the image processing being applied and the interrupted image processing is taken over and executed by a second image processing apparatus, the partially processed video content and the corresponding image processing information are transferred to the second image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani
  • Publication number: 20080165191
    Abstract: An analyzer of a display control apparatus analyzes image characteristics of an image that has been pixel-converted by a pixel converter. A number-of-pixels determining unit compares the analysis result obtained by the analyzer with predetermined deterioration determination thresholds and determines the number of display pixels that is optimal for content. A pixel converter converts the number of pixels of the content into the determined optimal number of display pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Shuntaro Aratani, Eiichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7260149
    Abstract: A multiplexer 106 conducts time division multiplexing on various data trains input from a digital broadcast reception tuner 103 and various interfaces 104 and 105 while adding packet arrival time correction information. A demultiplexer 109 demultiplexes time division multiplexed data multiplexed by the multiplexer 106, corrects packet arrival time on the basis of the packet arrival time correction information. A PCR correction section 110 corrects a system clock on the basis of the packet arrival time correction information added by the multiplexer 106. As a result, it becomes possible to transfer an MPEG2 stream and other data in concurrent while maintaining program synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Noriyuki Yoshigahara
  • Publication number: 20050196054
    Abstract: An image processing method comprising: a first decoding processing step of applying decoding processing to a first kind of image data; a first resolution conversion processing step of applying first resolution conversion processing to the first kind of image data subjected to decoding processing; a parameter acquisition step of acquiring a parameter for resolution conversion of a second kind of image data before or after the decoding processing, on the basis of a data to which the first resolution conversion processing is applied; and a second resolution conversion processing step of applying second resolution conversion processing to the second kind of image data on the basis of the second kind of image data before or after the decoding processing and the acquired parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20050013377
    Abstract: A multiplexer 106 conducts time division multiplexing on various data trains input from a digital broadcast reception tuner 103 and various interfaces 104 and 105 while adding packet arrival time correction information. A demultiplexer 109 demultiplexes time division multiplexed data multiplexed by the multiplexer 106, corrects packet arrival time on the basis of the packet arrival time correction information. A PCR correction section 110 corrects a system clock on the basis of the packet arrival time correction information added by the multiplexer 106. As a result, it becomes possible to transfer an MPEG2 stream and other data in concurrent while maintaining program synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kirihara, Noriyuki Yoshigahara