Patents by Inventor Taro Sawaki

Taro Sawaki 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: 9374568
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a white-balance processing unit that multiplies a first pixel that includes a plurality of colors constituting a pickup image that is picked up by an imaging unit by a gain value according to the colors and thereby generates a second pixel; a value adjusting unit that generates a third pixel by maintaining the second pixel that is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value out of the second pixel as it is, and by replacing, with the predetermined value, the second value that is larger than the predetermined value out of the second pixel; and a restoration processing unit that restores, by a restoration filter, resolution that has been reduced due to an optical system, on the third pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Go Maruyama, Ryosuke Kasahara, Taro Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20150248776
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises: an optical system that imparts aberration to incident light; an image capturing unit that transforms the light having passed through the optical system to pixels and captures an image; and an inverse transforming unit that performs inverse transform processing on a captured image captured by the image capturing unit in a given range on an optical axis of the optical system by an inverse transform filter that restores the aberration so as to extend a depth of field, wherein the optical system and the image capturing unit are disposed to form an in-focus plane with an in-focus position stretched in a direction of the optical axis, and the inverse transforming unit extends the depth of field at each position of the in-focus plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryosuke KASAHARA, Taro SAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20150092080
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a white-balance processing unit that multiplies a first pixel that includes a plurality of colors constituting a pickup image that is picked up by an imaging unit by a gain value according to the colors and thereby generates a second pixel; a value adjusting unit that generates a third pixel by maintaining the second pixel that is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value out of the second pixel as it is, and by replacing, with the predetermined value, the second value that is larger than the predetermined value out of the second pixel; and a restoration processing unit that restores, by a restoration filter, resolution that has been reduced due to an optical system, on the third pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Go MARUYAMA, Ryosuke Kasahara, Taro Sawaki