Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Chino

Shunsuke Chino 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: 20240080425
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an influence of infrared light on a color of an input image, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance control value based on the input image, a determination unit configured to perform determination of whether the first white balance control value is effective, and a setting unit configured to set a predetermined white balance control value based on a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: TAISUKE NISHIO, SHUNSUKE CHINO
  • Publication number: 20240048852
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of communicating with a capturing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by the capturing apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire first exposure information determined by the capturing apparatus based on a luminance of a first region in the image, a first determination unit configured to determine second exposure information based on a luminance of a second region, a second determination unit configured to determine correction information based on a difference between the first exposure information and the second exposure information, and an output unit configured to output the correction information to the capturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki Maruyama, Toshiyuki Dobashi, Shunsuke Chino, Seiya Ohta
  • Patent number: 11843848
    Abstract: A control apparatus is operable to control capturing by an image capturing apparatus. The control apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a feature portion included in an image that was captured by the image capturing apparatus; and a determination unit configured to, based on a subject region that surrounds a subject including a feature portion detected by the detection unit, determine an exposure region for calculating an exposure. The determination unit determines the exposure region by extending the subject region in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Toshiyuki Dobashi, Seiya Ohta
  • Patent number: 11825204
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of communicating with a capturing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by the capturing apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire first exposure information determined by the capturing apparatus based on a luminance of a first region in the image, a first determination unit configured to determine second exposure information based on a luminance of a second region, a second determination unit configured to determine correction information based on a difference between the first exposure information and the second exposure information, and an output unit configured to output the correction information to the capturing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Maruyama, Toshiyuki Dobashi, Shunsuke Chino, Seiya Ohta
  • Patent number: 11750939
    Abstract: In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato, Naoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230276134
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image, a first detection unit that detects a subject from the image acquired by the acquisition unit, a second detection unit that detects a part of the subject from the image acquired by the acquisition unit, and a determination unit that determines exposure based on a luminance of the subject detected by the first detection unit to decrease a difference between the luminance of the subject and a first luminance which is a target luminance of the subject, and subsequently determines exposure based on a luminance of the part of the subject detected by the second detection unit to decrease a difference between the luminance of the part of the subject and a second luminance which is a target luminance of the part of the subject, the second luminance being different from the first luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: SHUNSUKE CHINO, TOSHIYUKI DOBASHI, SEIYA OHTA
  • Patent number: 11722775
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system, and a controlling unit configured to, in tilt imaging that changes a tilt angle, set a focal plane to any position such that an angle between the focal plane and the optical axis is changed, by controlling at least one of a position of a focus lens in the image pickup optical system and the tilt angle. The controlling unit controls the at least one so as not to set the focal plane to a first position corresponding to a position of a first target object that is an imaging target, but to set the focal plane to a second position that is different from the first position and at which the position of the first target object is included in a depth of field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Natsuko Sato, Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11627481
    Abstract: To provide a mobile communication terminal test device and a mobile terminal test method capable of easily generating test cases for a mobile communication terminal supporting 5G NR at low cost without omissions. Provided is a mobile terminal test device 1 that tests a mobile communication terminal 2 by simulating a mobile communication base station, the mobile terminal test device including: an acquisition unit (141) that acquires terminal capability information, which is information related to a capability of the mobile communication terminal, by communicating with the mobile communication terminal; an extraction unit (142) that extracts first capability information related to a first wireless communication method from the terminal capability information; and a generation unit (144) that generates a test case as a combination (210) of parameter setting values to be set in test parameters in the first wireless communication method, based on the first capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Tsuyoshi Sato, Takuma Goto, Ryoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230055269
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system, and a controlling unit configured to, in tilt imaging that changes a tilt angle, set a focal plane to any position such that an angle between the focal plane and the optical axis is changed, by controlling at least one of a position of a focus lens in the image pickup optical system and the tilt angle. The controlling unit controls the at least one so as not to set the focal plane to a first position corresponding to a position of a first target object that is an imaging target, but to set the focal plane to a second position that is different from the first position and at which the position of the first target object is included in a depth of field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Natsuko Sato, Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11582394
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to tilt at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a focus driving unit configured to perform focus driving by moving a focus lens that constitutes at least part of the imaging optical system in an optical axis direction, and a controlling unit configured to control the focus driving unit and the tilt driving unit so as to adjust a focal plane to a predetermined surface. The controlling unit moves the focal plane in a vertical direction to the focal plane while maintaining the focal plane substantially parallel to the predetermined plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Natsuko Sato, Ryo Kawasaki, Shunsuke Chino
  • Patent number: 11575841
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires a captured image. A human body detection unit detects a human body area from the image. A first exposure determination unit determines exposure based on luminance of the human body area detected by the human body detection unit. A face detection unit detects a face area from an image captured at the exposure determined by the first exposure determination unit. A second exposure determination unit determines exposure based on luminance of the face area detected by the face detection unit and to maintain the exposure until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Dobashi, Keiichi Yamamoto, Seiya Ohta, Shunsuke Chino
  • Patent number: 11483725
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal test device that tests a mobile communication terminal by simulating a mobile communication base station, the mobile terminal test device including: an acquisition unit that acquires terminal capability information, which is information related to a capability of the mobile communication terminal, by communicating with the mobile communication terminal; a generation unit that generates a test case as a combination of parameter setting values set in test parameters based on the terminal capability information; an execution unit that sequentially executes the test cases; an identification unit that identifies a parameter condition in which an error occurs, from a set of test cases in which the error occurred among the executed test cases; and a management unit that excludes unexecuted test cases that meet the identified parameter condition from subsequent execution targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Takuma Goto, Shunsuke Chino, Ryoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220321764
    Abstract: To realize an illumination control device and the like that can make color reproductivity of an image compatible with an S/N ratio at the time of infrared illumination, the illumination control device includes a visible light measurement unit configured to measure an amount of visible light components; an infrared illumination unit configured to perform infrared illumination; and a control unit configured to cause an intensity of the infrared illumination by the infrared illumination unit to gradually change as the amount of visible light components measured by the visible light measurement unit decreases from a first threshold to a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kentaro Kogure, Shunsuke Chino, Seiya Ohta
  • Publication number: 20220321790
    Abstract: In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11381731
    Abstract: In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11378774
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus includes a control unit that controls a position of a zoom lens and a position of a focus lens, a storage unit that stores cam tracks, an object distance acquisition unit that acquires an object distance, and a target position acquisition unit that acquires information of a first track corresponding to the object distance acquired by the object distance acquisition unit before movement of the zoom lens and a second track corresponding to an object distance longer than that of the first track, and the target position of the focus lens so as to move a focal position of an imaging optical system including the zoom lens and the focus lens based on the first track and the second track when zoom magnification of the imaging optical system including the zoom lens and the focus lens is increased by the movement of the zoom lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunsuke Chino
  • Patent number: 11343432
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a controller configured to change a tilt angle between an image sensor and a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an optical system by adjusting a tilt of the image sensor or the optical system, an evaluation value acquirer configured to acquire contrast evaluation values of a plurality of areas in an image by changing the tilt angle through the controller, and a determiner configured to determine the tilt angle for each of the plurality of areas based on the contrast evaluation values of the plurality of areas acquired by the evaluation value acquirer, and to determine the tilt angle based on the tilt angle of each determined area. The controller adjusts the tilt of the image sensor or the optical system based on the tilt angle determined by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Natsuko Sato, Shunsuke Chino
  • Patent number: 11297220
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controlling unit configured to control tilt driving for tilting at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis and focus driving for moving a focus lens in an optical axis direction, an acquiring unit configured to acquire focus levels in a first area and a second area in an image captured by an image pickup apparatus, a first determining unit configured to determine whether to perform the tilt driving or the focus driving, based on an in-focus level, and a second determining unit configured to determine a driving direction of the tilt driving or the focus driving based on the in-focus level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220078325
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of communicating with a capturing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by the capturing apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire first exposure information determined by the capturing apparatus based on a luminance of a first region in the image, a first determination unit configured to determine second exposure information based on a luminance of a second region, a second determination unit configured to determine correction information based on a difference between the first exposure information and the second exposure information, and an output unit configured to output the correction information to the capturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki Maruyama, Toshiyuki Dobashi, Shunsuke Chino, Seiya Ohta
  • Publication number: 20220078336
    Abstract: A control apparatus is operable to control capturing by an image capturing apparatus. The control apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a feature portion included in an image that was captured by the image capturing apparatus; and a determination unit configured to, based on a subject region that surrounds a subject including a feature portion detected by the detection unit, determine an exposure region for calculating an exposure. The determination unit determines the exposure region by extending the subject region in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Toshiyuki Dobashi, Seiya Ohta