Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kondo

Satoshi Kondo 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).

  • Three-dimensional image generating device, three-dimensional image generating method, program, and information storage medium
    Patent number: 10484661
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image generating device, a three-dimensional image generating method, a program, and an information storage medium provide for the ability to set the amount of disparity of a generated three-dimensional image to the amount of disparity according to the kind of display on which this three-dimensional image is displayed. A set value identifying section identifies the kind of display to which a three-dimensional image is output. An image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with the amount of disparity according to the kind of the display identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kondo
  • DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190308618
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus is provided with: an executor configured to perform a collision avoidance assist control, on a first vehicle; an acquirer configured to obtain surrounding information including information about a second vehicle, which has a possibility of colliding with the first vehicle, and information about a third vehicle, which has a possibility of colliding with the second vehicle; a predictor configured to predict whether or not the second vehicle changes a travel aspect due to a presence of the third vehicle, on the basis of the surrounding information; and a controller programmed to control the executor not to perform the collision avoidance assist control if it is predicted that the second vehicle changes the travel aspect, and to control the executor to perform the collision avoidance assist control if it is predicted that the second vehicle does not change the travel aspect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Yuji Yoshioka
  • Motion vector calculation method
    Patent number: 10440386
    Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD FOR DECODING A CURRENT BLOCK IN A TEMPORAL DIRECT MODE
    Publication number: 20190306492
    Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyofumi ABE, Shinya KADONO, Satoshi KONDO
  • MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD FOR DECODING A CURRENT BLOCK IN A TEMPORAL DIRECT MODE
    Publication number: 20190306493
    Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Shinya Kadono, Satoshi Kondo
  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 10431528
    Abstract: A leadframe of a semiconductor device includes a die pad, first and second suspension leads, and a frame. The main surfaces of the die pad and the frame are located on different planes, and the die pad and the frame are connected to each other by the first and second suspension leads. A first boundary line between the first suspension lead and the die pad runs on a straight line different from a second boundary line between the second suspension lead and the die pad. A third boundary line between the first suspension lead and the frame runs on a straight line different from a fourth boundary line between the second suspension lead and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Iwai, Satoshi Kondo, Hiroshi Kawashima, Junji Fujino, Ken Sakamoto
  • Field/frame adaptive decoding with field/frame index
    Patent number: 10412405
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method for coding a picture with switching between frame coding and field coding adaptively on a block-by-block basis includes: determining the maximum number of reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, using the maximum number of reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding; and assigning to fields the reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, within a range of the determined maximum number thereof, using the reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Shinya Kadono, Satoshi Kondo
  • Analog-to-digital converter and signal processing apparatus
    Patent number: 10404269
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter has a switched capacitor comprising a capacitor to perform charging and discharging by switching a switch, the switched capacitor varying a charge amount of the capacitor in accordance with a frequency of an oscillation signal in accordance with a differential signal between an input signal and a feedback signal, capacitance of the capacitor, and a predetermined bias voltage, a feedback signal generator to generate the feedback signal based on an output signal of the switched capacitor, and a digital converter to generate a digital signal by digital conversion of the input signal based on the oscillation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihide Sai, Satoshi Kondo, Kentaro Yoshioka, Tetsuro Itakura
  • Motion vector calculation method
    Patent number: 10404995
    Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Motion vector calculation method
    Patent number: 10397602
    Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Moving picture decoding method for decoding a current block in a temporal direct mode
    Patent number: 10375388
    Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Shinya Kadono, Satoshi Kondo
  • Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method
    Patent number: 10362328
    Abstract: A motion vector coding unit executes processing including a neighboring block specification step of specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of a current block; a judgment step of judging whether or not the neighboring block has been coded using a motion vector of another block; a prediction step of deriving a predictive motion vector of the current block using a motion vector calculated from the motion vector of the other block as a motion vector of the neighboring block; and a coding step of coding the motion vector of the current block using the predictive motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20190221283
    Abstract: With the use of nucleotide sequence data concerning transcription products, transcriptome analysis is performed with higher precision. Concerning a plurality of data sets including the objective variable data and the gene expression level data, a plurality of subdata sets are generated by randomly deleting the gene expression level data, and the method of regularization is applied to the plurality of subdata sets to calculate relevant estimation formulae and then generate the lists of genes included in the estimation formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Madoka ABE, Naohiro AOKI, Akari FUKUDA, Tatsuro HIROSE, Atsushi NAGANO
  • Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method
    Patent number: 10356412
    Abstract: A variable length coding method is comprised of: a coefficient value scanning step in which an RL sequence generation unit, a reordering unit, and a binarization unit scan coefficient values within a block in a predetermined scanning order starting at a higher-frequency component toward a lower-frequency component; and an arithmetic coding step in which an arithmetic coding unit and a table storage unit perform arithmetic coding on the absolute values of the coefficient values according to the scanning order used in the coefficient value scanning step, by switching between probability tables for use, wherein, in the arithmetic coding step, a probability table to be used is switched to another probability table in one direction, when the arithmetic-coded absolute values of the coefficient values include an absolute value exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Watchdog circuit, power IC and watchdog monitor system
    Patent number: 10346231
    Abstract: A watchdog timer circuit for use in microcomputer monitor systems is disclosed. This circuit includes a timer circuit responsive to receipt of a count clock signal for counting it up, and a timer control circuit which loads an externally inputted data signal (stn) in sync with a timer refresh instruction (prun) and holds therein a sequentially loaded latest multi-bit data signal as reference data. When the reference data agrees with a predefined pattern and simultaneously another prespecified condition is met, the timer control circuit interrupts the clock signal counting operation of the timer circuit. During interruption of the counting operation, when the reference data does not agree with the predefined pattern or when the above-stated another prespecified condition becomes unsatisfied, the control circuit allows the timer circuit to restart the clock signal counting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Furuya, Osamu Watanabe, Satoshi Kondo
  • Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method
    Patent number: 10349054
    Abstract: A variable length coding method is comprised of: a coefficient value scanning step in which an RL sequence generation unit, a reordering unit, and a binarization unit scan coefficient values within a block in a predetermined scanning order starting at a higher-frequency component toward a lower-frequency component; and an arithmetic coding step in which an arithmetic coding unit and a table storage unit perform arithmetic coding on the absolute values of the coefficient values according to the scanning order used in the coefficient value scanning step, by switching between probability tables for use, wherein, in the arithmetic coding step, a probability table to be used is switched to another probability table in one direction, when the arithmetic-coded absolute values of the coefficient values include an absolute value exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Shinya Kadono, Makoto Hagai, Kiyofumi Abe
  • MOTION VECTOR DERIVATION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190200037
    Abstract: A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the maximum value of a pre-stored parameter TR and the parameter TR1 according to the comparison result by the comparison unit; a multiplier parameter table (for multipliers); and a multiplier parameter table (for divisors) for associating the parameter TR1 with a value approximate to the inverse value (1/TR1) of this parameter TR1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya KADONO, Satoshi KONDO, Makoto HAGAI, Kiyofumi ABE
  • MOTION VECTOR DERIVATION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190200036
    Abstract: A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the maximum value of a pre-stored parameter TR and the parameter TR1 according to the comparison result by the comparison unit; a multiplier parameter table (for multipliers); and a multiplier parameter table (for divisors) for associating the parameter TR1 with a value approximate to the inverse value (1/TR1) of this parameter TR1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya KADONO, Satoshi KONDO, Makoto HAGAI, Kiyofumi ABE
  • MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190191179
    Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a counter unit which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded picture or the following pictures, selected from among a reference picture Ref1, a reference picture Ref2 and a reference picture Ref3 stored in memories, with a picture signal, and determines the reference picture whose inter picture differential value is smallest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya KADONO, Satoshi KONDO, Makoto HAGAI
  • PRESS FORMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190176209
    Abstract: A press forming system includes a press working unit, a material supply device, a detection device, and a control device. The press working unit includes a slide that moves in accordance with an operation pattern in which the slide passes through an advance position where press forming is formed from a withdrawal position, and returns to the withdrawal position. The material supply device starts a supply operation at a synchronous timing before the slide returns from the advance position to the withdrawal position. The control device performs a control for stopping the slide before the slide reaches the withdrawal position from the advance position in a case where the suppliable state of the forming material is not detected within a predetermined determination period by the detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Junpei Kajitani, Satoshi Kondo