Patents by Inventor Soya Fujimori

Soya Fujimori 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: 20250113119
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has a plurality of pixels, a control unit, and a generating unit. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a sensor unit that emits a pulse at a frequency corresponding to a photon reception frequency, a first counter and a second counter that count a number of the pulses, and a first memory that stores the count value for the first counter, and a second memory that stores the count value for the second counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Junya YOKOYAMA, Soya FUJIMORI
  • Patent number: 12256178
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an imaging unit having an optical system forming an optical image, including low-distortion and high-distortion regions on a light receiving surface, and to image a side behind a first moving device, an image processing unit to generate image data by distortion correcting image data generated by the imaging unit, a detection unit to detect a second moving device that satisfies a predetermined condition from the image data corresponding to a region including the high-distortion region, and a display control unit to display narrow angle image data corresponding to the low-distortion region in the image data when the detection unit does not detect the second moving device, and to display wide angle image data corresponding to the low-distortion region and the high-distortion region when the detection unit detects the second moving device, to display the wide angle image date including the second moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Soya Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20250088772
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit that emits pulses corresponding to photons, a counter that counts the number of the pulses, and a memory that stores a count value of the counter, a control means for generating a signal based on a difference between a count value of the counter at the start of an accumulation period and a count value at the end of the accumulation period and for performing control so that a signal generated in a first accumulation period is output between the end of the first accumulation period and the end of a second accumulation period, wherein one full frame period includes the first accumulation period and the second accumulation period longer than the first accumulation period, and a recognition processing means for performing recognition processing based on an image signal, and for changing a frequency of recognition within the one full frame period based on subject information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Soya FUJIMORI, Takayuki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240430594
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a plurality of pixels each including a sensor unit configured to output pulses corresponding to photons and a counter configured to count the number of pulses. The imaging system generates a signal on the basis of a difference between count values of the counter when a storage period starts and when the storage period ends, performs storage operations of a first storage period and a second storage period within one full-frame period, and performs a control process in which the first storage period is shorter than the second storage period and a signal generated in the first storage period is output between an end of the first storage period and an end of the second storage period. The imaging system performs a recognition process on the basis of the generated signal and changes a recognition frequency on the basis of driving state information about a driving state of a movable apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu ISHIKAWA, Soya FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240430590
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a sensor unit that emits pulses in accordance with photons and a counter that counts the number of the pulses, generates a signal on the basis of a difference between count values of the counter at the time of a start and an end of an accumulation period, and performs an accumulating operation in a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period within one full frame period, in which the first accumulation period is shorter than the second accumulation period, outputs the signal generated in the first accumulation period from an end of the first accumulation period to an end of the second accumulation period, performs recognition processing on the basis of the generated signal, and determines a reliability of a recognition result based on the signal in the first accumulation period and a reliability of a recognition result based on the signal in the second accumulation period on the basis of a driving condition information rel
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Soya FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240406598
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes: a plurality of pixels each including a sensor portion configured to emit a pulse corresponding to an incident photon, a counter configured to count the number of pulses, and a memory configured to store a count value of the counter; and a control unit configured to generate a signal based on a difference in the count value of the counter between at a start timing and at an end timing of an accumulation period and to output the signal generated in a first accumulation period between an end of the first accumulation period and an end of a second accumulation period, the first accumulation period and the second accumulation period being included in a full frame period, the first accumulation period being shorter than the second accumulation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tadanori SAITO, Takayuki KIMURA, Soya FUJIMORI, Takuya NABESHIMA, Junya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240406574
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a sensor unit that emits pulses according to an reception of photons, and a counter that counts the number of pulses, and a control unit that generates a signal based on a difference between a count value of the counter at the start of an accumulation period and a count value of the counter at the end of the accumulation period, and performs control so that a signal generated during a first accumulation period is output between the end of the first accumulation period and the end of a second accumulation period, the first accumulation period and the second accumulation period being included in a full frame period, and the first accumulation period being shorter than the second accumulation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tadanori SAITO, Takayuki KIMURA, Soya FUJIMORI, Takuya NABESHIMA, Junya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240123989
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to control driving of a caravan of vehicles on a same lane by communication. The control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect that a target vehicle driving in a lane next to the caravan is putting blinker, and change at least one distance between the vehicles in the caravan in a case where it is detected that the target vehicle is putting blinker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Soya FUJIMORI
  • Patent number: 11709627
    Abstract: A recording control apparatus configured to access a plurality of recording media, includes a control unit configured to set a temperature threshold of each of first and second recording media, a functional restriction being imposed on the recording medium at the temperature threshold, wherein the control unit is configured to, in recording data read from the first recording medium into the second recording medium, make a first setting for the first recording medium and a second setting for the second recording medium, where the first setting includes setting the temperature threshold of the recording medium at which the functional restriction is imposed on the recording medium to a default value of the recording medium, and the second setting includes setting the temperature threshold of the recording medium at which the functional restriction is imposed on the recording medium to a value greater than the default value of the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Soya Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20230134184
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an imaging unit including an optical system that forms an optical image including a low-distortion region and a high-distortion region on a light receiving surface and configured to image a side behind a first moving device; an image processing unit configured to generate image data by performing distortion correction on imaged data generated by the imaging unit; a display control unit configured to cause first image data corresponding to the low-distortion region in the image data to be displayed; and a detection unit configured to detect a second moving device that satisfies a predetermined condition from the image data corresponding to a region including the high-distortion region, and the display control unit causes second image data including the second moving device corresponding to the high-distortion region to be displayed in a case where the detection unit detects the second moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Soya Fujimori
  • Patent number: 11334142
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. A recording control unit performs control to record a still image or a moving image into a first recording medium. A control unit controls whether to permit execution of automatic background processing during a power saving period on the first recording medium. The control unit performs control to permit the execution of the automatic background processing during the power saving period when the still image is recorded into the first recording medium, and not to permit the execution of the automatic background processing during the power saving period when the moving image is recorded into the first recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Katsumata, Takashi Hasegawa, Kazuaki Maruhashi, Soya Fujimori, Takutomi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210279006
    Abstract: A recording control apparatus configured to access a plurality of recording media, includes a control unit configured to set a temperature threshold of each of first and second recording media, a functional restriction being imposed on the recording medium at the temperature threshold, wherein the control unit is configured to, in recording data read from the first recording medium into the second recording medium, make a first setting for the first recording medium and a second setting for the second recording medium, where the first setting includes setting the temperature threshold of the recording medium at which the functional restriction is imposed on the recording medium to a default value of the recording medium, and the second setting includes setting the temperature threshold of the recording medium at which the functional restriction is imposed on the recording medium to a value greater than the default value of the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Soya Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20210067706
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. A recording control unit performs control to record a still image or a moving image into a first recording medium. A control unit controls whether to permit execution of automatic background processing during a power saving period on the first recording medium. The control unit performs control to permit the execution of the automatic background processing during the power saving period when the still image is recorded into the first recording medium, and not to permit the execution of the automatic background processing during the power saving period when the moving image is recorded into the first recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei Katsumata, Takashi Hasegawa, Kazuaki Maruhashi, Soya Fujimori, Takutomi Ogawa