Patents by Inventor Sinji Harada

Sinji Harada 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).

  • Image acquisition device removing distortion in image signals
    Patent number: 6618081
    Abstract: The image acquisition device of the present invention includes an image forming lens to form a condensed image, a CCD to convert a condensed image to electric signals, and flag table memory to store predetermined correction flags, which indicate whether or not to cull a pixel so as to correct distortion caused by the image forming lens. The image acquisition device further includes a distortion correction circuit to execute the culling of pixels included in image signals in accordance with a correction flag for each pixel. The image acquisition device removes the distortion component contained in the image signal in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sinji Harada, Takahiro Mouri, Masumi Shoji, Iwao Adachi