Patents by Inventor Tetsu Ogawa

Tetsu Ogawa 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: 11958633
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an artificial satellite and a control method thereof that enable to ensure quality of a captured image while suppressing battery consumption. An artificial satellite includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging of a predetermined region on the ground; and a management unit configured to change accuracy of attitude control in accordance with a remaining battery amount at an instructed imaging time, and configured to change an imaging condition in accordance with accuracy of the attitude control. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an artificial satellite or the like that performs satellite remote sensing by formation flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ezawa, Itaru Shimizu, Naomi Kurahara, Kazuo Ishigame, Tetsu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20240092181
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solar cell system includes a first solar cell, a first electric circuit and controller. The first solar cell is provided on a hood of a vehicle. The first electric circuit is connected to the first solar cell. The controller is configured to electrically connect the first solar cell with the first electric circuit in a case where a traveling speed of the vehicle is less than a first threshold, and electrically disconnect the first solar cell from the first electric circuit in a case where the traveling speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichirou OGAWA, Tetsu SHIJO, Yasuhiro KANEKIYO
  • Publication number: 20240092213
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a charge/discharge system includes a storage battery and a control device. The storage battery is configured to absorb CO2 during charging and release CO2 during discharging. The control device is configured to control a charge/discharge operation of the storage battery. The control device is configured to calculate a power trading price. The control device is configured to calculate a power trading price. The control device is configured to control the charge/discharge operation of the storage battery to perform charging and discharging when the power trading price during charging is lower than the power trading price during discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaaki ISHIDA, Tetsu SHIJO, Kenichirou OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240097472
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power supply/demand device includes a virtual synchronous inverter and a storage battery. The virtual synchronous inverter is connected to a power system. Charging and discharging of the storage battery are controlled by the virtual synchronous inverter. The virtual synchronous inverter is connected to the power system in parallel with other inverters. The virtual synchronous inverter is capable of calculating a first standby time having any length and performing control of the storage battery corresponding to an operation instruction after a lapse of the first standby time, when receiving the operation instruction accompanied by output of power to the power system or input of power from the power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KANEKIYO, Kenichirou OGAWA, Tetsu SHIJO
  • Patent number: 11922687
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, an a storage device for quantitatively analyzing and storing a relationship between an environment of a measurement target and a response of the measurement target with respect to the environment. The information processing apparatus includes a storage circuitry and an operation circuitry configured to acquire a first physical value by analyzing captured image information, the first physical value being indicative of an environment of a measurement target associated with a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, acquire a second physical value by analyzing the captured image information, the second physical value being indicative of a response of the measurement target with respect to the environment, and control the storage circuitry to store the first physical value and the second physical value in correlation with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20240015375
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present technology includes a light source spectral sensor that obtains a wavelength spectrum for light coming from a light source illuminating a measurement target, to detect light for each wavelength, and a multispectral camera that performs wavelength spectral imaging of the measurement target. The light source spectral sensor is configured to be capable of obtaining a spectrum of more wavelengths than those of the multispectral camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: TETSU OGAWA, HIROSHI MORI, ATSUSHI ITO
  • Publication number: 20230408889
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to the present technology includes an image sensor, and multiple lens sections each configured to form a subject image in a different area of the image sensor via a different wavelength filter. At least one of the multiple lens sections has an angle of view different from an angle of view of the other lens sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu OGAWA, Takumi TSUJI, Takashi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230412772
    Abstract: There is provided a data analysis apparatus capable of selecting observation data suitable for analysis of an image captured by a satellite, a method, and a program. The data analysis apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a satellite image obtained by an artificial satellite imaging a predetermined place on a ground at a predetermined time and acquire ground data corresponding to a condition for capturing the satellite image from the ground data acquired on the ground; and an analysis processing unit configured to analyze the satellite image by using the acquired ground data and the acquired satellite image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a satellite image processing system that uses the satellite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru SHIMIZU, Tetsu OGAWA, Naomi KURAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230412777
    Abstract: There is provided a data analysis apparatus capable of selecting a satellite image suitable for analysis of observation data, a method, and a program. The data analysis apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire ground data at a predetermined place and at a predetermined time, and acquire a satellite image corresponding to the acquired ground data; and an analysis processing unit configured to analyze the ground data by using the acquired ground data and the acquired satellite image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a satellite image processing system that uses the satellite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru SHIMIZU, Tetsu OGAWA, Naomi KURAHARA
  • Patent number: 11823447
    Abstract: There is achieved short-time measurement of a measurement target such as a farm field with high accuracy. Therefore, processing is performed on a sampling image obtained by the imaging of a part of a range as a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera that performs imaging to capture images in a plurality of different wavelength bands. Then, arithmetic processing is performed on the sampling image as a processing target to generate a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the entire measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11763457
    Abstract: A specific environmental stress on vegetation is calculated highly accurately and relatively easily. For generation of environmental stress information, vegetation information is obtained first using an imaging signal of vegetation. Furthermore, reference vegetation information associated with vegetation information in a state of being free of, for example, a specific environmental stress is obtained. Moreover, as information associated with an environmental stress on the vegetation, difference information between vegetation information acquired from an imaging signal of vegetation in a state of being likely to have the specific environmental stress and the reference vegetation information is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11656171
    Abstract: Embodiments include a control apparatus, a control method, and a control system that can effectively utilize an index regarding light incident on a measured object by obtaining the index effective for the measured object. The control apparatus can effectively utilize an effective index by controlling improvement of an environment that affects calculation of the effective index on the basis of the effective index representing an index that is related to light incident on a measured object and that is effectively utilized for the measured object. The measured object may be a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Takashima, Tetsu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11536656
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device capable of obtaining an index effective for a measurement target as an index related to light incident on the measurement target, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing device can obtain an index effective for a measurement target as an index regarding light incident on the measurement target by calculating an effective index representing the degree of light effectively utilized for the measurement target in incident light as an index regarding the light incident on the measurement target, on the basis of a measured value regarding the measurement target which is obtained by sensing performed by a sensor. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an apparatus calculating an index of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Ogawa, Masatoshi Takashima
  • Publication number: 20220366668
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of achieving high accuracy in an index representing vegetation. An image processing apparatus (1) includes a normal map generation unit (12) and a reflection characteristic model generation unit (18). The normal map generation unit (12) obtains a normal vector characteristic based on a polarized image acquired. The reflection characteristic model generation unit (18) estimates a reflection characteristic model based on the normal vector characteristic obtained by the normal map generation unit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: ATSUSHI ITO, TETSU OGAWA, KENICHIRO NAKAMURA, YUSUKE MORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220335292
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to do re-learning when an environment change occurs. A determination unit that determines an action in response to input information on the basis of a predetermined learning model; and a learning unit that performs a re-learning of the learning model when a change in a reward amount for the action is a change exceeding a predetermined standard are included. The learning model is a learning model generated or updated through reinforcement learning. The present technology can be applied to an information processing device that carries out, for example, predetermined reinforcement learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru AOKI, Ryuta SATOH, Tetsu OGAWA, Itaru SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220327820
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing method and a data structure of metadata that allow for image processing on a plurality of captured images obtained by operation of a formation flight. A satellite cluster management device and an image analysis server as image processing apparatuses perform predetermined image processing on the basis of satellite specification information for specifying an artificial satellite associated as metadata with a captured image captured by the artificial satellite. The present technology can be applied to, for example, artificial satellites that perform satellite remote sensing by a formation flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: NAOMI KURAHARA, ITARU SHIMIZU, TETSU OGAWA, SATOSHI EZAWA, KAZUO ISHIGAME
  • Publication number: 20220299433
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a macro measurement analysis calculation section configured to calculate detection data from a macro measurement section adapted to perform sensing at a first spatial resolution for a first measurement range for a measurement target, a micro measurement analysis calculation section configured to calculate detection data from a micro measurement section adapted to perform sensing at a second spatial resolution for a second measurement range, the second spatial resolution being higher than the first spatial resolution, the second measurement range being included in the first measurement range for the measurement target, and an inverse model calculation section configured to acquire a model parameter used for an inverse model calculation using a calculation result from the macro measurement analysis calculation section, on a basis of the detection data from the micro measurement section determined by the micro measurement analysis calculation sectio
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: TETSU OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220254014
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a macro-measurement analysis calculating section that performs calculation of detection data from a macro-measurement section that performs sensing of a first measurement area of a measurement target at first spatial resolution, a micro-measurement analysis calculating section that performs calculation of detection data from a micro-measurement section that performs sensing of a second measurement area included in the first measurement area of the measurement target at second spatial resolution which is resolution higher than the first spatial resolution, and a complementary analysis calculating section that performs complementary analysis calculation by using a result of calculation by the macro-measurement analysis calculating section, and a result of calculation by the micro-measurement analysis calculating section, and generates complementary analysis information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: TETSU OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220242593
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an artificial satellite and a control method thereof that enable to ensure quality of a captured image while suppressing battery consumption. An artificial satellite includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging of a predetermined region on the ground; and a management unit configured to change accuracy of attitude control in accordance with a remaining battery amount at an instructed imaging time, and configured to change an imaging condition in accordance with accuracy of the attitude control. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an artificial satellite or the like that performs satellite remote sensing by formation flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: SATOSHI EZAWA, ITARU SHIMIZU, NAOMI KURAHARA, KAZUO ISHIGAME, TETSU OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220247981
    Abstract: To enable tunable wavelength extraction and detection of a narrow band, while maintaining resolution. Provided is a signal processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires a signal of a first wavelength band in which wavelength extraction is possible in a tunable manner by means of postprocessing and a signal of a second wavelength band to be used for a special purpose; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing using the signal of the first wavelength band and the signal of the second wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Masatoshi Takashima, Tetsu Ogawa, Takayoshi Oomori, Hiroshi Mori