Patents by Inventor Shin Yoshimura
Shin Yoshimura 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).
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Patent number: 11926038Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a controller that, when an autonomous mobile object estimates a self-position, determines which of a first estimation method using a result of sensing by a first sensor unit configured to sense internal world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object and a second estimation method using a result of sensing by a second sensor unit configured to sense external world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object is used by the autonomous mobile object based on whether a state of the autonomous mobile object is a stopped state.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Watanabe, Shin Yoshimura, Toshihisa Sanbommatsu
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Publication number: 20230007146Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program that are able to effectively reduce noise. The image processing device according to the present technology includes a feedback rate setting section, a blending section, and a calculation section. The feedback rate setting section sets a feedback rate for pixels in a current line on the basis of a count that is set for pixels in a previous line. The current line and the previous line are among a plurality of lines forming an image. The pixels in the current line are to be subjected to a blending process of blending inputted pixels in the current line and already outputted pixels in the previous line. The blending section blends the pixels in the current line and the pixels in the previous line in accordance with the feedback rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: HIROSUKE NAGANO, SHIN YOSHIMURA, ATSURO KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220291686Abstract: A self-location estimation device includes a first self-location estimation unit, a second self-location estimation unit, and a first integration unit. The first self-location estimation unit estimates a current first self-location of an autonomous mobile body based on current image information acquired by an image sensor and environmental map information stored in an environmental map information storage unit. The second self-location estimation unit estimates a current second self-location of the autonomous mobile body based on the current image information and a learned parameter learned using the environmental map information. The first integration unit estimates a current self-location of the autonomous mobile body by integrating the first self-location and the second self-location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: SHIN YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 11218679Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and an imaging device that enable high-precision image processing. The image processing device generates a high-resolution image obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of invisible light, the high-resolution image resolution of which is higher than resolution of an image of a subject obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of visible light on the basis of a projection image obtained by projecting light of the wavelength band of the invisible light to the subject. The present technology may be applied to, for example, an image processing device that processes images for viewing purposes and sensing purposes.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Shin Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11212489Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, an electronic apparatus, and an onboard electronic apparatus for suppressing the flicker caused by light sources over a wide range of frequencies. With the present technology, multiple images are captured consecutively at uneven intervals in a single-frame period of a video before being blended. This removes the flicker efficiently. The uneven capture timing in the single-frame period is made the same for multiple frames. This makes it possible to prevent low-frequency flicker from getting higher in frequency. The present disclosure may be applied to onboard cameras, for example.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Shin Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20210203899Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and an imaging device that enable high-precision image processing. The image processing device generates a high-resolution image obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of invisible light, the high-resolution image resolution of which is higher than resolution of an image of a subject obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of visible light on the basis of a projection image obtained by projecting light of the wavelength band of the invisible light to the subject. The present technology may be applied to, for example, an image processing device that processes images for viewing purposes and sensing purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventor: SHIN YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20210053232Abstract: [Problem] An information processing apparatus capable of determining a method of estimating a self-position of an autonomous mobile object adaptively to the state of the autonomous mobile object, an information processing method, and a program are provided. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a controller that, when an autonomous mobile object estimates a self-position, determines which of a first estimation method using a result of sensing by a first sensor unit configured to sense internal world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object and a second estimation method using a result of sensing by a second sensor unit configured to sense external world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object is used by the autonomous mobile object based on whether a state of the autonomous mobile object is a stopped state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Ryo WATANABE, Shin YOSHIMURA, Toshihisa SANBOMMATSU
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Image processing apparatus, image pickup device, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method
Patent number: 10594996Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separation unit, a Bayer image signal supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The separation unit separates and removes, in input image signals in which pixel signals each including an invisible light component are arranged in an array different from a Bayer array, the invisible light components from the pixel signals. The Bayer image signal supply unit arranges the pixel signals from which the invisible light components have been removed in the Bayer array and supplies the pixel signals as Bayer image signals. The signal processing unit subjects the Bayer image signals to predetermined signal processing.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Yasushi Sato, Koji Kurata, Yuta Okano, Shin Yoshimura, Tamaki Eyama, Ryuhei Hata, Masatsugu Fukunaga, Masahiro Ito -
Patent number: 9979951Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light input through a first filter to output a first image signal, the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than that of visible light from being transmitted; a second imaging device arranged at a different position from the first imaging device and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Akihisa Yamazaki, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Shun Kaizu, Shin Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20180077388Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, an electronic apparatus, and an onboard electronic apparatus for suppressing the flicker caused by light sources over a wide range of frequencies. With the present technology, multiple images are captured consecutively at uneven intervals in a single-frame period of a video before being blended. This removes the flicker efficiently. The uneven capture timing in the single-frame period is made the same for multiple frames. This makes it possible to prevent low-frequency flicker from getting higher in frequency. The present disclosure may be applied to onboard cameras, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Shin Yoshimura
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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
Publication number: 20170280122Abstract: To facilitate design and development of an apparatus that processes images. An image processing apparatus includes a separation unit, a Bayer image signal supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The separation unit separates and removes, in input image signals in which pixel signals each including an invisible light component are arranged in an array different from a Bayer array, the invisible light components from the pixel signals. The Bayer image signal supply unit arranges the pixel signals from which the invisible light components have been removed in the Bayer array and supplies the pixel signals as Bayer image signals. The signal processing unit subjects the Bayer image signals to predetermined signal processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Yasushi Sato, Koji Kurata, Yuta Okano, Shin Yoshimura, Tamaki Eyama, Ryuhei Hata, Masatsugu Fukunaga, Masahiro Ito -
Publication number: 20170150125Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light input through a first filter to output a first image signal, the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than that of visible light from being transmitted; a second imaging device arranged at a different position from the first imaging device and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Akihisa YAMAZAKI, Tomoo MITSUNAGA, Shun KAIZU, Shin YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 9596454Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device including a first filter, and configured to output a first image signal, and the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than visible light; a second imaging device arranged at a different position and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Akihisa Yamazaki, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Shun Kaizu, Shin Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9569821Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata
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Publication number: 20160125575Abstract: An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Masaki Handa, Haruka Asai, Shin Yoshimura, Yasushi Shibata
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Patent number: 9240065Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit which performs image processing on each of a plurality of images of a same subject having different resolutions, and an image combining unit which combines an image processing result of each of the plurality of images obtained by the image processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Masanori Kasai, Daisuke Kawazoe, Shin Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20150302541Abstract: [Problem] To provide an image data distribution server that is capable of distributing digitally watermarked image data that correspond to the ranks of user access rights to client terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: THE INTELLIGENT WILLPOWER CORPORATIONInventors: Shin YOSHIMURA, Toshiki FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20140347449Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light input through a first filter to output a first image signal, the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than that of visible light from being transmitted; a second imaging device arranged at a different position from the first imaging device and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihisa YAMAZAKI, Tomoo MITSUNAGA, Shun KAIZU, Shin YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20140341483Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit which performs image processing on each of a plurality of images of a same subject having different resolutions, and an image combining unit which combines an image processing result of each of the plurality of images obtained by the image processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Masanori Kasai, Daisuke Kawazoe, Shin Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20140223431Abstract: There is provided a system for providing virtual machines which enables users to effectively use the virtual machines without any waste. The system (10) for providing virtual machines is configured to include first to n-th virtual routers (141 to 14n) virtualized on a physical router (11), first to n-th virtual firewalls (151 to 15n) virtualized on a physical firewall (12), and a plurality of virtual machines (161 to 16n) virtualized on physical server (13). The system (10) executes a virtual machine generating means for generating the virtual machines (161 to 16n) on the physical server (13) in accordance with a request of the user, and a first virtual machine assigning means for assigning the generated virtual machines (161 to 16n) to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: The Intelligent Willpower CorporationInventors: Shin Yoshimura, Toshiki Fujiwara