Patents by Inventor Takushi Kimura
Takushi Kimura 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).
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Patent number: 11388315Abstract: An apparatus includes a generating unit and a transmitting unit. The generating unit generates synchronization format information regarding a vertical synchronizing frequency and a horizontal synchronizing frequency of a first video synchronizing signal, and generates phase difference information indicating a phase difference between the first video synchronizing signal and a first reference signal synchronized with a grand master clock. The transmitting unit transmits the synchronization format information and the phase difference information to an external apparatus that can generates a second video synchronizing signal synchronized with the first video synchronizing signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Hanamoto, Takashi Tokoro, Takushi Kimura, Noriaki Suzuki, Yasuhito Kigure
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Publication number: 20210377424Abstract: An apparatus includes a generating unit and a transmitting unit. The generating unit generates synchronization format information regarding a vertical synchronizing frequency and a horizontal synchronizing frequency of a first video synchronizing signal, and generates phase difference information indicating a phase difference between the first video synchronizing signal and a first reference signal synchronized with a grand master clock. The transmitting unit transmits the synchronization format information and the phase difference information to an external apparatus that can generates a second video synchronizing signal synchronized with the first video synchronizing signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Nobuyuki Hanamoto, Takashi Tokoro, Takushi Kimura, Noriaki Suzuki, Yasuhito Kigure
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Patent number: 11042985Abstract: An electronic apparatus which generates a display image, includes: terminals; and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform the operations of the following units: obtaining unit configured to obtain second images each having a second number of pixels from the terminals, wherein the second images form a first image having a first number of pixels, setting unit configured to set a region of the first image corresponding to the display image based on user input, and generating unit configured to generate the display image on the basis of one of the second images in a case where the number of pixels in the region is greater than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ken Yanagibashi, Hirofumi Urabe, Takushi Kimura
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Patent number: 10636368Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a display unit; a plurality of light emitting units; and a light-emission controller configured to individually control light-emission brightness of each of the light emitting units, wherein in a case where brightness of light applied to a region of the display unit on which a black region of an input image is displayed is less than or equal to predetermined brightness, transmittance of the display unit is controlled such that transmittance of the region of the display unit corresponding to the black region becomes higher than that in a case in which the brightness is higher than the predetermined brightness.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takushi Kimura, Izumi Kanai, Yoshihisa Furumoto, Takeshi Ikeda
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Patent number: 10192495Abstract: A display apparatus includes light-emitting units, a liquid crystal panel, a representative luminance acquisition unit for acquiring luminance values of the light-emitting units, an HPF processing unit for acquiring HPF luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is greater than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, a smoothing processing unit for acquiring correction luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the HPF luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is smaller than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the HPF luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, and a light-emission control unit for controlling light emission of the light-emitting units using the correction luminance vType: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Ikeda, Takushi Kimura, Kousei Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10049613Abstract: An image processing apparatus, includes: a first storage unit configured to store first correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a first gradation value; a second storage unit configured to store second correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a second gradation value which is lower than the first gradation value; and a correction unit configured to correct gradation values, which are not less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the first correction data, and corrects gradation values, which are less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the second correction data.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takushi Kimura, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Shigeki Kondo, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20180040279Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a display unit; a plurality of light emitting units; and a light-emission controller configured to individually control light-emission brightness of each of the light emitting units, wherein in a case where brightness of light applied to a region of the display unit on which a black region of an input image is displayed is less than or equal to predetermined brightness, transmittance of the display unit is controlled such that transmittance of the region of the display unit corresponding to the black region becomes higher than that in a case in which the brightness is higher than the predetermined brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Takushi Kimura, Izumi Kanai, Yoshihisa Furumoto, Takeshi Ikeda
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Publication number: 20170110070Abstract: A display apparatus includes light-emitting units, a liquid crystal panel, a representative luminance acquisition unit for acquiring luminance values of the light-emitting units, an HPF processing unit for acquiring HPF luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is greater than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, a smoothing processing unit for acquiring correction luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the HPF luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is smaller than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the HPF luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, and a light-emission control unit for controlling light emission of the light-emitting units using the correction luminance vType: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Takeshi Ikeda, Takushi Kimura, Kousei Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9607555Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light-emitting unit that includes a plurality of light-emitting devices; a display unit; a first determination unit configured to determine, in a region, whether a ratio of a total number of first type pixels is a first ratio or more; a second determination unit configured to determine, in the region, whether a ratio of a total number of second type pixels is a second ratio or more, when the determination result of the first determination unit is affirmative; and a control unit configured to increase emission brightness of a target device based on the determination result of the second determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takushi Kimura
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Patent number: 9460664Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light emitting unit having a plurality of light sources; a display unit; a determination unit configured to determine, for each light source, a target brightness on the basis of a display image data in region corresponding to the light source; and a control unit configured to control the emission brightness of each light source to the target brightness, wherein when a brightness-insufficient light source is present, the determination unit adjusts the target brightness of light sources around the brightness-insufficient light source, to a value higher than a value corresponding to the display image data in regions corresponding to the light sources around the brightness-insufficient light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takushi Kimura
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Patent number: 9293115Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires, for each of division regions, brightness information; a decision unit that decides light emission brightness for each of the division regions; a light emitting unit; and a display panel, wherein the decision unit sets light emission brightness of a division region, in which a displayed image does not include a predetermined region, at light emission brightness according to brightness information of the division region, and sets light emission brightness of a division region, in which a displayed image includes the predetermined region, at light emission brightness lower than the light emission brightness according to brightness information of the division region.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa Furumoto, Takeshi Ikeda, Takushi Kimura
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Patent number: 9196188Abstract: An image processing unit includes a filter unit which performs high frequency emphasis processing on a image signal of a first sub-frame among a plurality of sub-frames, and performs high frequency suppression processing on a image signal of a second sub-frame different from the first sub-frame; and a level adjustment unit which performs level adjustment processing on the image signal of the first sub-frame, and performs level adjustment processing different from the level adjustment processing on the image signal of the second sub-frame. Alight source control unit controls light quantity of a light source during a period of a sub-frame in which the image signal subjected to the level adjustment processing is outputted, in accordance with the level adjustment performed on the sub-frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takushi Kimura
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Publication number: 20150302794Abstract: An image processing apparatus, includes: a first storage unit configured to store first correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a first gradation value; a second storage unit configured to store second correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a second gradation value which is lower than the first gradation value; and a correction unit configured to correct gradation values, which are not less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the first correction data, and corrects gradation values, which are less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the second correction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Takushi Kimura, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Shigeki Kondo, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20150243228Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light-emitting unit that includes a plurality of light-emitting devices; a display unit; a first determination unit configured to determine, in a region, whether a ratio of a total number of first type pixels is a first ratio or more; a second determination unit configured to determine, in the region, whether a ratio of a total number of second type pixels is a second ratio or more, when the determination result of the first determination unit is affirmative; and a control unit configured to increase emission brightness of a target device based on the determination result of the second determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Takushi Kimura
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Publication number: 20150116376Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light emitting unit having a plurality of light sources; a display unit; a determination unit configured to determine, for each light source, a target brightness on the basis of a display image data in region corresponding to the light source; and a control unit configured to control the emission brightness of each light source to the target brightness, wherein when a brightness-insufficient light source is present, the determination unit adjusts the target brightness of light sources around the brightness-insufficient light source, to a value higher than a value corresponding to the display image data in regions corresponding to the light sources around the brightness-insufficient light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventor: Takushi Kimura
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Patent number: 8787462Abstract: A frame rate conversion apparatus compares a first frame image and a second frame image, detects a motion vector for each of blocks obtained by dividing a frame image into blocks, detects a scroll vector which indicates a uniform motion in an entire frame image based on the detected motion vector, and determines whether frame interpolation using the scroll vector is possible or not for each block in the first frame image, based on a correlation value in block matching of the block in the first frame image with an area obtained by shifting the block in the second frame image by an amount of the scroll vector, and a correlation value in block matching of the block in the first frame image with an area obtained by shifting the block in the second frame image by an amount of the motion vector.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takushi Kimura
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Publication number: 20140092147Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a display unit configured to display an image based on image data; and an output unit configured to generate image data in which, among pixel values of image data generated by applying predetermined image processing to input image data, a pixel value outside a predetermined range is limited to a value within the predetermined range and a pixel value of a pixel around the pixel, the pixel value of which is limited, is adjusted such that a change in brightness due to the limitation of the pixel value outside the predetermined range is suppressed, and configured to output the image data to the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Takushi Kimura, Takeshi Ikeda
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Publication number: 20130265337Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires, for each of division regions, brightness information; a decision unit that decides light emission brightness for each of the division regions; a light emitting unit; and a display panel, wherein the decision unit sets light emission brightness of a division region, in which a displayed image does not include a predetermined region, at light emission brightness according to brightness information of the division region, and sets light emission brightness of a division region, in which a displayed image includes the predetermined region, at light emission brightness lower than the light emission brightness according to brightness information of the division region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa Furumoto, Takeshi Ikeda, Takushi Kimura
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Publication number: 20130257919Abstract: An image display apparatus of the invention includes a storage unit that stores representative point brightness data, which is data of brightnesses in predetermined representative points at the time when only one each of a plurality of light emission blocks is caused to emit light, and brightness distribution data, which is data showing a brightness distribution in individual positions between representative points at the time when only the one light emission block is caused to emit light. An amount of correction corresponding to each representative point is calculated based on an amount of light emission for each light emission block, and representative point brightness data, and an amount of correction for correcting a pixel value of each of pixels other than those at the representative points is calculated based on the amount of correction corresponding to each representative point, and the brightness distribution data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takushi Kimura, Takeshi Ikeda
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Publication number: 20120127216Abstract: An image processing unit includes a filter unit which performs high frequency emphasis processing on a image signal of a first sub-frame among a plurality of sub-frames, and performs high frequency suppression processing on a image signal of a second sub-frame different from the first sub-frame; and a level adjustment unit which performs level adjustment processing on the image signal of the first sub-frame, and performs level adjustment processing different from the level adjustment processing on the image signal of the second sub-frame. Alight source control unit controls light quantity of a light source during a period of a sub-frame in which the image signal subjected to the level adjustment processing is outputted, in accordance with the level adjustment performed on the sub-frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takushi Kimura