Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Sonoda

Shinichiro Sonoda 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: 11893594
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that can provide recommendation information according to a disposable income estimated on the basis of an analysis result of an image group. The image processing system, the image processing method, and the program include recognizing an object of an analysis target image of a user (44), converting information on the object into disposable income range information of the user (50), acquiring accessory information including imaging date information of the analysis target image, and deriving an appearance frequency of the object on the basis of the imaging date information (52), deriving a weighting coefficient on the basis of the appearance frequency information of the object (54), estimating the disposable income of the user using the disposable income range information and the weighting coefficient (56), and transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the disposable income of the user (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20240004186
    Abstract: A control device includes a first measurement portion that measures, as a first elapsed time, an elapsed time from a first reference point at which a deflection angle of a movable mirror about a first axis becomes equal to a first reference angle, a second measurement portion that measures, as a second elapsed time, an elapsed time from a second reference point at which a deflection angle of the movable mirror about a second axis becomes equal to a second reference angle, an information storage portion in which intensity information representing a correspondence relationship between the first elapsed time and the second elapsed time, and a signal intensity of the input image is stored, a readout portion that reads out the signal intensity corresponding to the first elapsed time and to the second elapsed time from the information storage portion, and a light emission control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuya TANAKA, Shinichiro SONODA
  • Publication number: 20230360453
    Abstract: A first processor is configured to acquire a first facial image of the user; extract first facial feature information from the first facial image; generate an authentication code representing the first facial feature information; and cause a printer to print the authentication code and a display facial image of the user on a card medium to create the ID card, and a second processor is configured to acquire the authentication code printed on the ID card possessed by the user and a second facial image of the user; decode the first facial feature information from the authentication code; extract second facial feature information from the second facial image using the same algorithm as used in a case of extracting the first facial feature information from the first facial image; collate the first facial feature information with the second facial feature information; and perform the determination based on a collation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime TERAYOKO, Shinichiro Sonoda, Natsuko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20230325436
    Abstract: Provided are an information suggestion system, an information suggestion method, a program, and a recording medium capable of suggesting information of interest to many users to a product provider related to the information from an image group of a plurality of users. In the information suggestion system, the information suggestion method, the program, and the recording medium, an image group acquisition unit acquires an image group of a plurality of users, and an image analysis unit detects an imaging location of each image and an object appearing in each image. An imaging number count unit counts an imaging number of same-type images which are captured at the same imaging location and in which the same object appears, and an imaging frequency calculation unit calculates an imaging frequency of the same-type images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro SONODA, Nobuya TANAKA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Tetsuya MATSUMOTO, Kei YAMAJI
  • Publication number: 20230314793
    Abstract: A driving controller provides a first driving signal having a first driving frequency corresponding to a first set value to a first actuator, provides a second driving signal having a second driving frequency corresponding to a second set value to a second actuator, changes the first driving frequency by changing the first set value in units of a first number obtained by dividing the first set value by a greatest common divisor of the first set value and the second set value, and changes the second driving frequency by changing the second set value in units of a second number obtained by dividing the second set value by the greatest common divisor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya TANAKA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230305293
    Abstract: A driving controller derives a first integrated value by integrating a first phase delay time of an output signal of a first angle detection sensor with respect to a first signal to be referred to corresponding to a first driving signal, the number of times that is greater by a factor of a natural number than the number of times corresponding to a period of time of one frame of a motion image to be drawn, and derives a second integrated value by integrating a second phase delay time of an output signal of a second angle detection sensor with respect to a second signal to be referred to corresponding to a second driving signal, the number of times that is greater by a factor of a natural number than the number of times corresponding to the period of time of one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230252508
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that can provide recommendation information according to a disposable income estimated on the basis of an analysis result of an image group. The image processing system, the image processing method, and the program include recognizing an object of an analysis target image of a user (44), converting information on the object into disposable income range information of the user (50), acquiring accessory information including imaging date information of the analysis target image, and deriving an appearance frequency of the object on the basis of the imaging date information (52), deriving a weighting coefficient on the basis of the appearance frequency information of the object (54), estimating the disposable income of the user using the disposable income range information and the weighting coefficient (56), and transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the disposable income of the user (58).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei YAMAJI, Tetsuya MATSUMOTO, Shinichiro SONODA, Nobuya TANAKA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11720625
    Abstract: Provided are an information suggestion system, an information suggestion method, a program, and a recording medium capable of suggesting information of interest to many users to a product provider related to the information from an image group of a plurality of users. In the information suggestion system, the information suggestion method, the program, and the recording medium, an image group acquisition unit acquires an image group of a plurality of users, and an image analysis unit detects an imaging location of each image and an object appearing in each image. An imaging number count unit counts an imaging number of same-type images which are captured at the same imaging location and in which the same object appears, and an imaging frequency calculation unit calculates an imaging frequency of the same-type images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kei Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20230230112
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor, in which the processor is configured to acquire an image of a participant participating in an event, and output a two-dimensional code in which attribute information indicating an attribute of the participant estimated based on the image and identification information assigned for each participant are coded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Terayoko, Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20230185083
    Abstract: An FPGA of a control device performs the following control in a case where laser light which is spatially modulated according to a Lissajous curve is scanned and an intensity of the laser light is time-modulated according to an image formed for each partial region divided from a scanning region of the laser light to form the image. The FPGA performs control of a region surrounded by a grid line passing through a plurality of intersections which are continuous in an X direction and a grid line passing through a plurality of intersections which are continuous in a Y direction that intersects the X direction among a plurality of intersections of the Lissajous curve to be the partial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuya TANAKA, Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230185179
    Abstract: An image exposure device includes: an image display device that has a plurality of pixels and irradiates a photosensitive recording medium with light from the plurality of pixels; a support member that supports the photosensitive recording medium in a state in which an exposure surface of the photosensitive recording medium faces the image display device; a limiting member that is provided between the image display device and the support member and limits an angle of the light emitted from the image display device to the photosensitive recording medium; and a processor. The processor controls the image display device to display a display image generated by emphasizing only a dark portion among density differences of high-frequency components of an input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro SONODA
  • Patent number: 11663619
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that can provide recommendation information according to a disposable income estimated on the basis of an analysis result of an image group. The image processing system, the image processing method, and the program include recognizing an object of an analysis target image of a user (44), converting information on the object into disposable income range information of the user (50), acquiring accessory information including imaging date information of the analysis target image, and deriving an appearance frequency of the object on the basis of the imaging date information (52), deriving a weighting coefficient on the basis of the appearance frequency information of the object (54), estimating the disposable income of the user using the disposable income range information and the weighting coefficient (56), and transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the disposable income of the user (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20230105955
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a visible-light image capturing device that images an object with light including visible light to acquire a visible-light image, a millimeter-wave image capturing device that images the object with an electromagnetic wave in a millimeter-wave band to acquire a millimeter-wave image, a distance measurement device that measures an imaging distance to the object, a memory in which information indicating end points and/or edges of the millimeter-wave image in the visible-light image is stored in correspondence with the imaging distance; and a processor. The processor acquires information in correspondence with the imaging distance by referring to the memory and generates a superimposed image in which the visible-light image and the millimeter-wave image are superimposed based on the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi KASAMATSU, Shinichiro SONODA, Makoto YONAHA
  • Patent number: 11620695
    Abstract: There are provided an information suggestion system, an information suggestion method, a program, and a recording medium capable of suggesting, to a user, information on a product matching a hobby and the preference of the user from an image group of the user. In the information suggestion system, the information suggestion method, the program, and the recording medium, an image group acquisition unit acquires an image group of a user, and an image analysis unit detects an attribute of each image. An imaging number count unit counts an imaging number of same-attribute images, and an imaging frequency calculation unit calculates an imaging frequency of the same-attribute images. An imaging purpose estimation unit estimates an imaging purpose of the same-attribute images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kei Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20230005297
    Abstract: An information management system includes a reception device including a camera that images a face of a participant, and an information management apparatus. The information management apparatus issues a digital key assigned for each participant independently of personal information of the participant and transmits the digital key to the reception device. In a case where the reception device outputs an ID image of the participant, the information management apparatus acquires a face image from the reception device and stores the face image and the digital key in a database in association with each other. In a case where information including the digital key is received from a reading device installed in an event venue, the information management apparatus stores the received information in the database in association with the digital key as behavior information representing a behavior of the participant in the event venue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime TERAYOKO, Shinichiro SONODA, Nobuya TANAKA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11536556
    Abstract: Provided are a measurement support device, an endoscope system, a processor for an endoscope system, and a measurement support method capable of easily and highly accurately measuring the size of a subject. In the measurement support device related to one aspect of the invention, the position of a spot by measurement auxiliary light is measured, and information indicating the actual size of a subject is acquired on the basis of the measurement result to create and display a marker. Moreover, an optical axis of the measurement auxiliary light has an inclination angle that is not 0 degrees with respect to an optical axis of the imaging optical system in a case where the optical axis of the measurement auxiliary light is projected on a plane including the optical axis of the imaging optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sonoda, Takeichi Tatsuta
  • Publication number: 20220404613
    Abstract: A driving controller derives a first shift time that is a shift time used for correcting a generation timing of a first reference signal representing that an angle of a mirror portion around a first axis is equal to a first reference angle, and is a shift time of a point in time when the angle of the mirror portion around the first axis is equal to the first reference angle with respect to a point in time when an output signal of a first angle detection sensor represents that the angle of the mirror portion around the first axis is equal to the first reference angle, based on an output signal of a photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro SONODA, Yoshikazu HISHINUMA, Nobuya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220390739
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a light emitting device that emits light, a movable mirror that reflects the light emitted from the light emitting device, a first actuator that causes the movable mirror to swing about a first axis, a first reference signal output portion that outputs a first reference signal by estimating a point in time when a deflection angle of the movable mirror about the first axis becomes equal to a first reference angle, a light emission controller that causes the light emitting device to emit the light based on the first reference signal output from the first reference signal output portion, an imaging apparatus that images the light reflected by the movable mirror, and a correction portion that corrects a timing of the first reference signal output by the first reference signal output portion based on imaging information acquired by the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuya TANAKA, Shinichiro SONODA
  • Publication number: 20220385866
    Abstract: A driving controller provides a first driving signal having a first driving frequency to a first actuator, provides a second driving signal having a second driving frequency to a second actuator, derives a first average phase delay time by averaging a first phase delay time of an output signal of a first angle detection sensor with respect to the first driving signal in a plurality of cycles, derives a second average phase delay time by averaging a second phase delay time of an output signal of a second angle detection sensor with respect to the second driving signal in a plurality of cycles, generates a first reference signal based on the first driving signal and the first average phase delay time, and generates a second reference signal based on the second driving signal and the second average phase delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro SONODA, Yoshikazu HISHINUMA, Nobuya TANAKA, Yasushi ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220382043
    Abstract: A driving controller provides a first driving signal having a first driving frequency to a first actuator that causes a mirror portion to swing around a first axis, provides a second driving signal having a second driving frequency to a second actuator that causes the mirror portion to swing around a second axis intersecting with the first axis, and derives a first driving condition of the first actuator under which the first driving frequency is less than a first resonance frequency around the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro SONODA, Yoshikazu HISHINUMA, Nobuya TANAKA