Patents by Inventor Shingo Hikosaka

Shingo Hikosaka 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: 20240022117
    Abstract: A power receiving antenna is provided, which is capable of efficiently receiving electric power from a distant power transmitting device, and allows a change of its size within a certain range. A power receiving antenna used for wireless power feeding includes: a first conductive plate; a second conductive plate that faces the first conductive plate; a feeder connecting a first end portion of the first conductive plate and a second end portion of the second conductive plate facing the first end portion; and a conductive member connecting a first other end portion opposite to the first end portion and a second other end portion opposite to the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji TANABE, Shingo HIKOSAKA, Naoto KODATE
  • Publication number: 20230388678
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit configured to output a pulse in response to incidence of a photon, a counting unit including a plurality of counters each configured to count pulses output from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a calculation unit configured to perform calculation processing on a plurality of count values held by the plurality of counters, and an output line connected to the pixel. The calculation unit outputs a determination value indicating a relationship between the plurality of count values. The pixel outputs a pixel signal including a determination value to the output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: SATOSHI OMODANI, Shingo Hikosaka, TAKERU OHYA
  • Publication number: 20230224609
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit that outputs a pulse in response to incidence of a photon and a pulse counting unit that counts the pulse. The pulse counting unit includes first and second counters, a selection circuit for selecting a signal input to the first and second counters, and a control unit. The control unit controls the selection circuit to perform a first connection mode in which a counter of a first number of bits is configured by the first and second counters, and a second connection mode in which a counter of a second number of bits smaller than the first number of bits is configured by at least one of the first and second counters. The second connection mode includes a third connection mode in which pulses are counted in parallel by the first and second counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: SHINGO HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20210407058
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image data that is captured based on visible light and a second image data that is captured based on infrared light, a composition coefficient calculating unit configured to calculate a composition coefficient based on the second image data and a third image data including a luminance information that is extracted from the first image data, and a composition unit configured to calculate a fourth image data by a weighted addition of the second image data and the luminance information by using the composition coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shingo Hikosaka
  • Patent number: 11146761
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first interpolation unit that generates luminance interpolation values at a plurality of second pixels based on luminance values at a plurality of first pixels; a select unit that selects the plurality of second pixels at each of which an absolute value of a difference between each of the luminance interpolation values at the plurality of second pixels generated by the first interpolation unit and the luminance value at the plurality of first pixels of the first pixels is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a second interpolation unit that generates a color interpolation value corresponding to one color component at the predetermined first pixel based on color values at the plurality of second pixels selected by the select unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Hikosaka
  • Patent number: 10674129
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging element including first pixels, each outputs a signal including color information, and second pixels having higher sensitivity than the first pixels, and a signal processing unit including a luminance value acquisition unit that acquires luminance values in the first pixels based on signals from the second pixels and a color acquisition unit that acquires color ratios by using color and luminance values in the first pixels. When a color value in the first pixels corresponding to one color is larger than a luminance value, the color acquisition unit corrects the luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to the one color so that a ratio of the color value and the luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to the one color is closer to a ratio of a color value and a luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to another color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fujio Kawano, Shingo Hikosaka
  • Publication number: 20200162706
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first interpolation unit that generates luminance interpolation values at a plurality of second pixels based on luminance values at a plurality of first pixels; a select unit that selects the plurality of second pixels at each of which an absolute value of a difference between each of the luminance interpolation values at the plurality of second pixels generated by the first interpolation unit and the luminance value at the plurality of first pixels of the first pixels is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a second interpolation unit that generates a color interpolation value corresponding to one color component at the predetermined first pixel based on color values at the plurality of second pixels selected by the select unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Shingo Hikosaka
  • Publication number: 20200065987
    Abstract: Parallax information in a first direction is obtained from a first imaging device and a second imaging device. Parallax information in a second direction differing from the first direction is obtained from a first photoelectric conversion portion included in the first imaging device and a second photoelectric conversion portion included in the first imaging device. Distance information on a distance to an object is obtained from the parallax information in the first direction and the parallax information in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shingo Hikosaka, Tomoya Onishi
  • Patent number: 10567712
    Abstract: A disclosed imaging device includes an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixels including a plurality of first pixels each of which outputs a signal including color information and a plurality of second pixels each of which has higher sensitivity than the first pixels, and a signal processing unit that processes a signal output from the imaging element. The signal processing unit includes a luminance signal processing unit that generates luminance values of the first pixels based on signals output from the second pixels and a false color determination unit that determines a presence or absence of false color based on a result of comparison between the luminance values of the first pixels generated by the luminance signal processing unit and a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Hikosaka
  • Publication number: 20190182465
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging element including first pixels, each outputs a signal including color information, and second pixels having higher sensitivity than the first pixels, and a signal processing unit including a luminance value acquisition unit that acquires luminance values in the first pixels based on signals from the second pixels and a color acquisition unit that acquires color ratios by using color and luminance values in the first pixels. When a color value in the first pixels corresponding to one color is larger than a luminance value, the color acquisition unit corrects the luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to the one color so that a ratio of the color value and the luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to the one color is closer to a ratio of a color value and a luminance value in the first pixels corresponding to another color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Fujio Kawano, Shingo Hikosaka
  • Publication number: 20190149780
    Abstract: A disclosed imaging device includes an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixels including a plurality of first pixels each of which outputs a signal including color information and a plurality of second pixels each of which has higher sensitivity than the first pixels, and a signal processing unit that processes a signal output from the imaging element. The signal processing unit includes a luminance signal processing unit that generates luminance values of the first pixels based on signals output from the second pixels and a false color determination unit that determines a presence or absence of false color based on a result of comparison between the luminance values of the first pixels generated by the luminance signal processing unit and a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Shingo Hikosaka