Patents by Inventor Testsushi Kokubo

Testsushi Kokubo 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).

  • Publication number: 20090322891
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit receiving a first image generated by a first camera and higher-resolution second images generated by a plurality of second cameras; a similar portion detecting unit detecting a similar portion between part of a subject included in the first image and a subject included in each of the second images; an image synthesizing unit pasting the second images at positions corresponding to the detected similar portions within the first image to generate a synthesized image; an imaging area detecting unit detecting an area, for which image information is insufficient in the first image and is difficult to complement by the second cameras, as a non-imageable area from the synthesized image; and a camera parameter calculation unit changing a camera parameter for controlling the second camera that captures the second image by which the image information insufficient in the first image is complemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro KONDO, Testsushi Kokubo, Kenji Tanaka, Hitoshi Mukai, Kazumasa Tanaka, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Hrofumi Hibi