Patents by Inventor Suguru Onda

Suguru Onda 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: 9974434
    Abstract: A processor extracts a reference signal of a scanner included in an adaptive optics SLO apparatus output while the scanner performs reciprocating scanning once on a region of an eye, generates sampling data strings of reciprocating scanning based on an electric signal obtained by a photoelectric conversion unit included in the adaptive optics SLO apparatus using the reference signal as a sampling reference position, and compares, among the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning, a sampling data string of forward scanning with a sampling data string of backward scanning so as to evaluate the correlation between the sampling data strings, and compensates a sampling reference position based on a result of the evaluation. An image construction unit assembles image data to construct an image of the region of the eye based on the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning in accordance with the compensated sampling reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Suguru Onda
  • Patent number: 9971137
    Abstract: A processor extracts a reference signal of a scanner included in an adaptive optics SLO apparatus output while the scanner performs reciprocating scanning on a region of an eye to be inspected, generates sampling data strings of reciprocating scanning for individual imaging units included in the adaptive optics SLO apparatus using the reference signal as a sampling reference position, and compares, among the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning, a sampling data string of forward scanning with a sampling data string of backward scanning so as to evaluate the correlation between the sampling data strings, compares evaluation results obtained for the individual imaging units so as to evaluate reliability, and compensates a sampling reference position based on the evaluation results. An image construction unit assembles image data to construct an image of the region of the eye based on the compensated sampling reference position for each imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Suguru Onda
  • Patent number: 9613419
    Abstract: To enable accurate stitching of images in generating a panoramic image by performing position adjustment of an image group with few characters, an image processing device includes: a calculation unit that calculates degrees of correlation between a plurality of images; a second calculation unit that calculates character amounts of a plurality of images; and an order determination unit that determines an order of performing position adjustment of the plurality of images for generating a panoramic image generated by stitching the plurality of images based on calculation results of the calculation unit and the second calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Suguru Onda, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160377849
    Abstract: A processor extracts a reference signal of a scanner included in an adaptive optics SLO apparatus output while the scanner performs reciprocating scanning on a region of an eye to be inspected, generates sampling data strings of reciprocating scanning for individual imaging units included in the adaptive optics SLO apparatus using the reference signal as a sampling reference position, and compares, among the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning, a sampling data string of forward scanning with a sampling data string of backward scanning so as to evaluate the correlation between the sampling data strings, compares evaluation results obtained for the individual imaging units so as to evaluate reliability, and compensates a sampling reference position based on the evaluation results. An image construction unit assembles image data to construct an image of the region of the eye based on the compensated sampling reference position for each imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Suguru Onda
  • Publication number: 20160374548
    Abstract: A processor extracts a reference signal of a scanner included in an adaptive optics SLO apparatus output while the scanner performs reciprocating scanning once on a region of an eye, generates sampling data strings of reciprocating scanning based on an electric signal obtained by a photoelectric conversion unit included in the adaptive optics SLO apparatus using the reference signal as a sampling reference position, and compares, among the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning, a sampling data string of forward scanning with a sampling data string of backward scanning so as to evaluate the correlation between the sampling data strings, and compensates a sampling reference position based on a result of the evaluation. An image construction unit assembles image data to construct an image of the region of the eye based on the sampling data strings of the reciprocating scanning in accordance with the compensated sampling reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Suguru Onda
  • Publication number: 20150339822
    Abstract: To enable accurate stitching of images in generating a panoramic image by performing position adjustment of an image group with few characters, an image processing device includes: a calculation unit that calculates degrees of correlation between a plurality of images; a second calculation unit that calculates character amounts of a plurality of images; and an order determination unit that determines an order of performing position adjustment of the plurality of images for generating a panoramic image generated by stitching the plurality of images based on calculation results of the calculation unit and the second calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Suguru Onda, Hiroshi Imamura