Patents by Inventor Shigenori YATSURI

Shigenori YATSURI 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: 20180338095
    Abstract: An imaging system includes first imaging device (10a) and second imaging device (10b). First imaging device (10a) includes a first optical system having a first view angle, and a first imaging element. Second imaging device (10b) includes a second optical system having a second view angle that is wider than the first view angle, and a second imaging element. The second optical system is configured to form an image including a first region and a second region, which do not overlap each other, such that a resolution in the second region is higher than a resolution in the first region corresponding to an imaging range of the first view angle, in an imaging surface of a subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Yoshio MATSUMURA, Shigenori YATSURI, Hiroyuki SHOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180332243
    Abstract: Imaging system (70) disposed at a rear part of moving body (100) includes imaging device (10) and image processing device (20). Imaging device (10) includes an imaging element and an optical system. The imaging element has a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner and generates image data. The optical system forms a subject image on an imaging surface of the imaging element. Image processing device (20) generates a captured image based on the image data. The imaging surface includes a first region corresponding to a first view angle and a second region corresponding to a second view angle that is larger than the first view angle. The optical system is configured so that resolution of the first region is higher than resolution of the second region excluding the first region. A center of the first region is disposed at a position deviated from a center of the imaging surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: MASAYUKI AIHARA, YOSHIO MATSUMURA, SHIGENORI YATSURI, HIROYUKI SHOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180225961
    Abstract: A speed limit violation control system of the present disclosure includes: imaging units (320, 330) which image a running vehicle; recorder (420) that records one of videos imaged by the imaging units (320, 330); and controller (360) that calculates a speed of the vehicle based on the videos of imaging units (320, 330) and determines a starting point and an ending point of the one of the videos, which is to be recorded in recorder (420), based on the calculated speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiyuki OKAMURA, Hisayoshi YAMAMOTO, Mitsuru KASHIHARA, Shigenori YATSURI, Hiroyuki KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20180160052
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: a first imaging apparatus including a first imaging element and a first optical system; and a generator that generates an image based on image data acquired from the first imaging element. The first optical system includes a first free-form surface lens that has a shape that allows an image to be formed on the first imaging element such that a resolution is different between a portion of a predetermined region and another portion of the predetermined region, the resolution being defined as a total number of imaging pixels that capture an image within a unit field angle on a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Shigenori YATSURI, Yoshio MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180120545
    Abstract: A distance measurement system includes: an imaging device including an imaging element where a plurality of imaging pixels are arranged in matrix, and an optical system forming an image of a predetermined region on an imaging surface of the imaging element; and a distance measurer determining a distance to a target object based on data of the image obtained from the imaging element, wherein the optical system includes a free-form surface lens having a rotationally asymmetric shape that forms the image on the imaging surface such that a resolution of a first region in front of the region is higher than that of a second region at a lateral side of the region, each of the resolutions being a ratio of the number of ones of the imaging pixels used to pick up an image included in per unit angle of view to a total number of the imaging pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki AIHARA, Shigenori YATSURI, Yoshio MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 9832362
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a focus lens, an image sensor that captures an object image formed via the focus lens and generates image data, and an image processor that calculates a value relating to an in-focus position in a state of setting resolution of an object distance according to a first moving amount of the focus lens based on (i) first image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is at a first position and (ii) second image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is moved from the first position by a first moving amount and located at a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonori Ogura, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Shigenori Yatsuri
  • Publication number: 20170217371
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted stereo camera device that achieves high-precision distance detection is provided. The provided vehicle-mounted stereo camera device includes a left camera and right camera disposed on a vehicle to cause a visual field of the left camera and a visual field of the right camera to overlap each other, a stereo processor that calculates a distance to a body outside the vehicle based on images captured by the left camera and right camera and on positions of the left camera and right camera on the vehicle, and sensors disposed near the left camera and right camera for detecting displacement amounts of the left camera and right camera. The stereo processor changes a cutout positions in the images captured by the left camera and right camera based on the displacement amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: SHIGENORI YATSURI, NORIKAZU YAMAMOTO, MITSURU KASHIHARA, YUICHI SUZUKI, KEN ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170217370
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted stereo camera device that achieves high-precision distance detection is provided, including a left camera and a right camera disposed to cause visual fields to overlap each other, a first enclosure and a second enclosure that enclose the left camera and the right camera and have portions within the visual fields of the left camera and the right camera, respectively, and a stereo processor that calculates a distance to a body outside the vehicle based on images captured by the left camera and the right camera and on positions of the left camera and the right camera on the vehicle. The stereo processor detects displacement amounts of the left camera and the right camera based on amounts of change in positions of the first enclosure and the second enclosure within the visual fields of the left camera and the right camera, and changes a cutout position in the images captured by the left camera and the right camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: SHIGENORI YATSURI, NORIKAZU YAMAMOTO, MITSURU KASHIHARA, YUICHI SUZUKI, KEN ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170223341
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted stereo camera device that achieves high-precision distance detection is provided. The provided vehicle-mounted stereo camera device includes a left camera and right camera disposed on a vehicle via a holder to cause visual fields to overlap each other, a stereo processor that calculates a distance to a body outside the vehicle based on images captured by the left camera and right camera and on positions on the vehicle, first and second geomagnetic sensors respectively disposed near the left camera and right camera, and a third geomagnetic sensor disposed on the holder. The stereo processor compares a geomagnetic value detected by the first or second geomagnetic sensor with a geomagnetic value detected by the third geomagnetic sensor, detects a displacement amount of the left camera or right camera, and changes a cutout position in the image captured by the left camera or right camera based on the displacement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: SHIGENORI YATSURI, NORIKAZU YAMAMOTO, MITSURU KASHIHARA, YUICHI SUZUKI, KEN ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 9667853
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image-capturing apparatus for determining an object distance with higher accuracy. An image-capturing apparatus includes an optical system that forms an object image of an object, the optical system including a focus lens, an image sensor that captures the object image formed via the optical system and generates image data, and a controller that determines an object distance according to information representing a state of the optical system based on (i) first image data generated when the focus lens is at a first focus lens position and (ii) second image data generated when the focus lens is at a second focus lens position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonori Ogura, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Shigenori Yatsuri
  • Patent number: 9571719
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a focus lens, an image sensor that captures an object image formed via the focus lens and generates image data, and a controller that calculates a value relating to an in-focus position based on (i) first image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is at a first position and (ii) second image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is moved from the first position by a first moving amount and located at a second position, and the controller changing a next moving amount of the focus lens from the first moving amount based on the calculated value relating to the in-focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonori Ogura, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Shigenori Yatsuri
  • Publication number: 20160173762
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a focus lens, an image sensor that captures an object image formed via the focus lens and generates image data, and an image processor that calculates a value relating to an in-focus position in a state of setting resolution of an object distance according to a first moving amount of the focus lens based on (i) first image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is at a first position and (ii) second image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is moved from the first position by a first moving amount and located at a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Motonori OGURA, Mitsuyoshi OKAMOTO, Shigenori YATSURI
  • Patent number: 9247220
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a prism for separating a first luminous flux into a plurality of second luminous fluxes, a plurality of imaging sensors disposed corresponding to the second luminous fluxes, an image generator for generating image data based on output image signals, and focus controller for executing a focusing operation based on focus detection image signals. The imaging sensors each have a plurality of imaging pixels and a plurality of phase difference pixels disposed in a specific pattern. An arrangement of a first imaging sensor, which is one of the plurality of imaging sensors, is different from an arrangement of a second imaging sensor, which is another one of the plurality of imaging sensors. The specific pattern is such that a position of a phase difference pixel of the first imaging sensor does not overlap with a position of a phase difference pixel of the second imaging sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigenori Yatsuri
  • Publication number: 20150138429
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a focus lens, an image sensor that captures an object image formed via the focus lens and generates image data, and a controller that calculates a value relating to an in-focus position based on (i) first image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is at a first position and (ii) second image data generated by the image sensor when the focus lens is moved from the first position by a first moving amount and located at a second position, and the controller changing a next moving amount of the focus lens from the first moving amount based on the calculated value relating to the in-focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Motonori OGURA, Mitsuyoshi OKAMOTO, Shigenori YATSURI
  • Publication number: 20150138430
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image-capturing apparatus for determining an object distance with higher accuracy. An image-capturing apparatus includes an optical system that forms an object image of an object, the optical system including a focus lens, an image sensor that captures the object image formed via the optical system and generates image data, and a controller that determines an object distance according to information representing a state of the optical system based on (i) first image data generated when the focus lens is at a first focus lens position and (ii) second image data generated when the focus lens is at a second focus lens position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Motonori OGURA, Mitsuyoshi OKAMOTO, Shigenori YATSURI
  • Publication number: 20140347547
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a prism for separating a first luminous flux into a plurality of second luminous fluxes, a plurality of imaging sensors disposed corresponding to the second luminous fluxes, an image generator for generating image data based on output image signals, and focus controller for executing a focusing operation based on focus detection image signals. The imaging sensors each have a plurality of imaging pixels and a plurality of phase difference pixels disposed in a specific pattern. An arrangement of a first imaging sensor, which is one of the plurality of imaging sensors, is different from an arrangement of a second imaging sensor, which is another one of the plurality of imaging sensors. The specific pattern is such that a position of a phase difference pixel of the first imaging sensor does not overlap with a position of a phase difference pixel of the second imaging sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Shigenori YATSURI