Patents by Inventor Tarou Hizume

Tarou Hizume 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: 8682069
    Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus includes: a color-data generator that generates color data of a correction coordinate point by interpolating color data of pixels in the same color line above and below the correction coordinate point; a first luminance generator that generates first luminance data of the correction coordinate point by interpolating the luminance data of the pixels in the same color line above and below the correction coordinate point; a second luminance generator that generates second luminance data of the correction coordinate point by interpolating the luminance data of the pixels above and below the correction coordinate point; and a complementary-color-data generator that generates the complementary-color data of the correction coordinate point based on the generated color data, the first luminance data, and the second luminance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tarou Hizume, Toshiyuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20120169904
    Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus (1) includes: a frame memory (12) that stores image data of a complementary-color-field color-difference sequential system; an address generation unit (24) that generates the address of a correction coordinate point based on previously-provided distortion information; a color-data generation unit (28) that generates the color data of the correction coordinate point by interpolating other color data of pixels in the same color line above and below the correction coordinate point; a color-data-related luminance-data generation unit (34) that generates the first luminance data of the correction coordinate point by interpolating the luminance data of the pixels in the same color line above and below the correction coordinate point; a luminance-based-data generation unit (36) that generates the second luminance data of the correction coordinate point by interpolating the luminance data of the pixels above and below the correction coordinate point; and a complementary-color-data
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tarou Hizume, Toshiyuki Sano
  • Patent number: 7961961
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing program in which motion information detected from an image is used for a different image processing corresponding to image information so that the detected motion information capable of easily synchronizing the image with the motion information to reduce a circuit scale is shared in a signal processing requiring a plurality of motion information. Motion information is detected by a motion detecting portion (102) from an image signal input to an image acquiring portion (101) and an image signal stored in a memory (104), a noise is reduced by a noise reducing portion (103) using the motion information which is detected, a moving object is detected by a motion detector portion (105), and an interlace progressive conversion is carried out in an IP converting portion (106), and furthermore, an image is coded in a coding portion (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tarou Hizume, Manabu Yata, Kazunori Sumiya, Toshiyuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20090022408
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing program in which motion information detected from an image is used for a different image processing corresponding to image information so that the detected motion information capable of easily synchronizing the image with the motion information to reduce a circuit scale is shared in a signal processing requiring a plurality of motion information. Motion information is detected by a motion detecting portion (102) from an image signal input to an image acquiring portion (101) and an image signal stored in a memory (104), a noise is reduced by a noise reducing portion (103) using the motion information which is detected, a moving object is detected by a motion detector portion (105), and an interlace progressive conversion is carried out in an IP converting portion (106), and furthermore, an image is coded in a coding portion (107).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tarou Hizume, Manabu Yata, Kazunori Sumiya, Toshiyuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20060177148
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, comprising: an image signal inputting unit 11 for inputting a plurality of image signals different from one another in exposure time, first and second level converting factor calculating units 12, 13 for calculating a level converting factor for each of the image signals, a weighting factor calculating unit 14 for calculating a weighting factor for each of the image signals; and an adding unit 17 for adding up the image signals respectively multiplied by the level converting factors multiplied by the weighting factors. The image processing apparatus thus constructed can obtain images of wide dynamic range in a simply manner as well as reduce loss of minute image information due to accumulated processing delays and computing errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sumiya, Manabu Yata, Tarou Hizume, Makoto Sube