Patents by Inventor Takuya Kitamura
Takuya Kitamura 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: 11923862Abstract: A first reception processing unit performs a process of receiving a first signal transmitted on a first transmission line, a second reception processing unit performs a process of receiving a second signal transmitted on a second transmission line, and an output speed control unit controls output speeds of the first signal and the second signal subjected to the reception process. A system switching unit selects and outputs the first signal or the second signal subjected to a reception process, and an output processing unit performs a process for output to another apparatus on the output from the system switching unit. A reception side clock output unit outputs a clock signal giving a processing timing of each process, and a clock frequency control unit adjusts a frequency of the clock signal giving the processing timing to the output processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Fumikazu Inuzuka, Kei Kitamura, Akira Hirano, Masahito Tomizawa, Takuya Ohara
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Patent number: 11916685Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes redundant first communication devices configured to communicate with a communication apparatus provided in a first network, and redundant second communication devices configured to communicate with a communication apparatus provided in a second network. The second communication devices include respective first ends that are ends of redundant communication paths of the first communication devices, and the first communication devices include respective second ends that are ends of redundant communication paths of the second communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Kei Kitamura, Fumikazu Inuzuka, Akira Hirano, Masahito Tomizawa, Takuya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240048779Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of achieving code quantity control while securely retaining some of pixel values of sensing data. Whether or not each of pixel values of sensing data is a reserved word that is a predetermined value determined beforehand is determined. A flag map that indicates a position of a reserved word pixel that is a pixel having the reserved word as a pixel value and non-reserved word data that includes a pixel value of a non-reserved word pixel that is a pixel other than the reserved word pixel are generated. The generated flag map is subjected to lossless coding to generate a flag stream. The generated non-reserved word data is coded to generate a pixel stream. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to an information processing device, an image processing device, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, an image processing method, a program, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Takefumi Nagumo, Takuya Kitamura, Sinsuke Hishinuma
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Publication number: 20240033797Abstract: A method of detecting chattering in a cold rolling mill, the method includes: a step of predicting occurrence of chattering during rolling of a material to be rolled, by inputting second multidimensional data to a prediction model, the second multidimensional data having been generated based on condition data corresponding to array data related to the material to be rolled, and the prediction model having been trained with an explanatory variable and an objective variable, the explanatory variable being first multidimensional data generated based on one-dimensional array data representing a past rolling record of rolling of rolled materials by means of a cold rolling mill, and the objective variable being a past record of occurrence of chattering corresponding to the past rolling record.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Noriki Fujita, Takuya Kitamura, Tetsuya Arakawa
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Patent number: 11758298Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method that can suppress the increase in the load of processing multi-wavelength data. A subject is imaged to generate multi-wavelength data that is image data including four or more wavelength components, the generated multi-wavelength data is encoded to generate encoded data of the multi-wavelength data, and the generated encoded data is transmitted. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an imaging element, an imaging apparatus, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takefumi Nagumo, Toshinori Ihara, Takuya Kitamura
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Patent number: 11601685Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an image processing device that includes circuitry configured to perform a decoding process on an encoded stream for generating an image. The encoded stream is arranged into largest coding units (LCUs), and filtering parameters applicable to each LCU are provided at a beginning portion of the corresponding LCU. The circuitry is further configured to perform adaptive offset filtering on portions of the image that correspond to the LCUs using the filtering parameters set at the beginning portions of the LCUs, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hironari Sakurai, Ohji Nakagami, Takuya Kitamura, Yoichi Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20230066438Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in load of processing of sensing data. A bit depth of intermediate data generated from sensing data obtained in a sensor of an indirect time-of-flight (TOF) system is corrected, and the intermediate data with the bit depth corrected is encoded, and coded data is generated. For example, the bit depth of the intermediate data is corrected using a gamma curve that is a predetermined curve indicating input-output characteristics. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, an imaging element, an imaging device, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: TAKEFUMI NAGUMO, TAKUYA KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20230055659Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an image processing device that includes circuitry configured to perform a decoding process on an encoded stream for generating an image. The encoded stream is arranged into largest coding units (LCUs), and filtering parameters applicable to each LCU are provided at a beginning portion of the corresponding LCU. The circuitry is further configured to perform adaptive offset filtering on portions of the image that correspond to the LCUs using the filtering parameters set at the beginning portions of the LCUs, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hironari SAKURAI, Ohji NAKAGAMI, Takuya KITAMURA, Yoichi YAGASAKI
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Publication number: 20220332921Abstract: The present invention provides boron nitride particles that can be used for preparation of a thermally conductive material having excellent thermally conductive properties and peel strength. In addition, the present invention provides a composition for forming a thermally conductive material, a thermally conductive material, a thermally conductive sheet, and a device with a thermally conductive layer, in relation to the boron nitride particles. In the boron nitride particles of the present invention, an atomic concentration ratio of oxygen atomic concentration to boron atomic concentration on a surface, detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is 0.12 or greater, and a D value obtained by Equation (1) is 0.010 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Aki NAKAMICHI, Takuya KITAMURA, Kengo SAITO, Daigo MURAI
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Publication number: 20220213371Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a thermally conductive material, from which a thermally conductive material having excellent thermally conductive properties and adhesiveness can be obtained. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a thermally conductive material, a thermally conductive sheet, and a device with a thermally conductive layer. A composition for forming a thermally conductive material of the present invention contains a thermosetting compound A, boron nitride particles B containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 25.0 ?m or more, and boron nitride particles C containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 15.0 ?m or less, in which an oxygen atom concentration on a surface of the boron nitride particles C detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis is 1.5 atomic % or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takuya KITAMURA, Hirotaka KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20220178571Abstract: A device management system includes a device installed in a building, a control terminal connected to the device, and a management apparatus connected to the control terminal via a network. Both the control terminal and the management apparatus are configured to be capable of acquiring a control command that is created by a user. The control command that is created by the user is acquired by at least one of the control terminal and the management apparatus. Based on the control command that is acquired, control of the device is shared and executed in at least one of the control terminal and the management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Takuya KITAMURA, Kenji KITA
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Publication number: 20220030159Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capturing element, an image capturing device, and a method that are capable of preventing a reduction in communication safety. By capturing an image of a subject, and generating a captured image, a predetermined feature amount to be output to the outside is extracted from the generated captured image. For example, an image capturing section that captures an image of a subject to generate a captured image, and a feature amount extracting section that extracts, from the captured image generated by the image capturing section, a predetermined feature amount to be output to the outside, are packaged and are formed in respective substrates different from each other. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image capturing element, an image capturing device, an image processing device, a transmission device, or a communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: TAKUYA KITAMURA, TAKEFUMI NAGUMO
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Patent number: 11202088Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method allowing suppression of a decrease in coding efficiency. Coded data obtained by coding a captured image captured by a moving body with an image capturing section is transcoded on the basis of positional information indicating a position where the captured image has been generated. For example, the positional information includes at least one of GPS information indicating the position of the moving body or IMU information indicating movement of the moving body, and captured images are coded in frame images of a moving image on the basis of the information. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, a communication apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya Kitamura
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Publication number: 20210375003Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of reducing an increase in a load imposed by processing of multispectral image data. Multispectral image data including components in four or more wavelength bands is simple-coded at a fixed compression rate. Alternatively, coded data generated by simple coding at a fixed compression rate for multispectral image data including components in four or more wavelength bands is simple-decoded. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an imaging element, an imaging apparatus, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: TOSHINORI IHARA, TAKUYA KITAMURA, TAKEFUMI NAGUMO
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Publication number: 20210266478Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method that can suppress the increase in the load of processing multi-wavelength data. A subject is imaged to generate multi-wavelength data that is image data including four or more wavelength components, the generated multi-wavelength data is encoded to generate encoded data of the multi-wavelength data, and the generated encoded data is transmitted. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an imaging element, an imaging apparatus, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: TAKEFUMI NAGUMO, TOSHINORI IHARA, TAKUYA KITAMURA
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Patent number: 10935904Abstract: When a new development device is mounted, a control unit of an image forming apparatus identifies a development device type. When an identification result corresponds to a first development device containing a first amount of developer, an agitation member operates in a first mode. When the identification result corresponds to a second development device containing a second amount of developer higher than the first amount, the agitation member operates in a second mode. A second operation amount of the agitation member in the second mode is higher than a first operation amount of the agitation member in the first mode. A developer containing chamber of the development device is provided with a discharge opening from which the developer is discharged. The operations in the first and second modes are performed after a sealing member sealing the discharge opening is removed and also before a normal image forming process is executed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Miura, Takuya Kitamura, Kazunari Hagiwara, Takashi Hiramatsu, Koji An
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Publication number: 20210051338Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method allowing suppression of a decrease in coding efficiency. Coded data obtained by coding a captured image captured by a moving body with an image capturing section is transcoded on the basis of positional information indicating a position where the captured image has been generated. For example, the positional information includes at least one of GPS information indicating the position of the moving body or IMU information indicating movement of the moving body, and captured images are coded in frame images of a moving image on the basis of the information. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, a communication apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210032496Abstract: A coating agent includes a hydrolyzate of a compound represented by General Formula (1), silica particles, a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 120° C. or higher, and a resin having a pyrrolidone group in a side chain. In General Formula (1), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a monovalent organic group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki YONEZAWA, Aki Nakamichi, Takuya Kitamura, Yusuke Hatanaka
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Patent number: 10855982Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method intended to be capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality. [Solution] A predicated image is generated using inter-prediction and constrained intra-prediction, the inter-prediction using as a reference image an image of a past frame processed before a current frame, the constrained intra-prediction using no neighboring pixels subjected to inter-prediction, the image of the past frame being encoded, stored in a frame memory, read from the frame memory, and then decoded. The present disclosure is applicable to, in one example, an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kitamura, Nobuo Ueki
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Patent number: 10747140Abstract: A developing apparatus, includes: a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer; and a regulating member that is disposed in contact with a surface of the developer bearing member, and configured to regulate the developer borne on the developer bearing member. On the surface of the developer bearing member, a conductive portion having a first surface roughness and first electric resistance, and a dielectric portion having a second surface roughness, which is smaller than the first surface roughness, and second electric resistance, which is larger than the first electric resistance, are disposed. In a case where the developer borne on the developer bearing member is charged by friction with the regulating member, a charging polarity of the dielectric portion is the same polarity as a charging polarity of the developer.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kitamura, Kenji Shindo, Kazunari Hagiwara, Takahiro Kawamoto, Ryo Sugiyama