Patents by Inventor Tetsurou Kitashou
Tetsurou Kitashou 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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Publication number: 20210250486Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an exposure time control unit, a gain control unit, and a synchronization control unit. The exposure time control unit is configured to control exposure time of each of divided areas of an imaging area of an image sensor that is configured to convert light into an electric charge and to store the electric charge. The gain control unit is configured to control an analog gain of an output of each of the areas of the image sensor when an analog-to-digital conversion is executed on the output of each of the areas of the image sensor. The synchronization control unit is configured to synchronize and control the exposure time control unit and the gain control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Toshiyuki Fukui, Susumu Igarashi, Osamu Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 10325345Abstract: An image processing device that transforms an image includes a storage unit configured to store coordinate values in a coordinate system of a pre-transformed image, each of the coordinate value corresponding to a grid point in a coordinate system of a transformed image, a selection unit configured to select a grid point in the vicinity of a target pixel in the transformed image, a calculation unit configured to refer to the pre-transformed coordinate value, corresponding to the selected grid point and stored in the storage unit, and to calculate a pre-transformed coordinate value corresponding to the target pixel, using the referred coordinate value, and an output unit configured to output a pixel value of the coordinate value calculated in the pre-transformed image, as a pixel value of the target pixel in the transformed image.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Tadayoshi Nakayama
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Patent number: 10229474Abstract: A pixel position to be mapped to each pixel position on an output image by deformation is obtained as an input pixel position. A filter coefficient group to be used for pixel interpolation at the time of deformation is adjusted by using the pixel values of pixels positioned around an input pixel position on the input image. A pixel value at the pixel position on the output image which corresponds to the input pixel position is calculated by using the pixel values of the pixels positioned around the input pixel position on the input image and the filter coefficient group after adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 10154237Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a transformation unit, an identification unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The transformation unit is configured to perform transformation processing on an input image based on a transformation parameter. The identification unit is configured to identify transformation information related to amounts of transformation respectively between a first plurality of coordinates on a transformed image generated based on the transformation processing and a second plurality of coordinates on the input image corresponding to the first plurality of coordinates. The determination unit is configured to determine a smoothing parameter related to an intensity of smoothing processing for each region of the transformed image based on the transformation information. The processing unit is configured to perform smoothing processing on an image based on the input image, based on the smoothing parameter for each region.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Hirokazu Isobe, Naoki Kojima
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Patent number: 9854215Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates image data for projection by applying a deformation process to obtained image data based on an input parameter related to the deformation process. The image processing apparatus prohibits execution of the deformation process if it is determined that a magnification related to the deformation process based on the input parameter with respect to the obtained image data is out of a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Akihiro Takamura
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Publication number: 20170301059Abstract: An image processing device that transforms an image includes a storage unit configured to store coordinate values in a coordinate system of a pre-transformed image, each of the coordinate value corresponding to a grid point in a coordinate system of a transformed image, a selection unit configured to select a grid point in the vicinity of a target pixel in the transformed image, a calculation unit configured to refer to the pre-transformed coordinate value, corresponding to the selected grid point and stored in the storage unit, and to calculate a pre-transformed coordinate value corresponding to the target pixel, using the referred coordinate value, and an output unit configured to output a pixel value of the coordinate value calculated in the pre-transformed image, as a pixel value of the target pixel in the transformed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Tadayoshi Nakayama
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Publication number: 20170064274Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a transformation unit, an identification unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The transformation unit is configured to perform transformation processing on an input image based on a transformation parameter. The identification unit is configured to identify transformation information related to amounts of transformation respectively between a first plurality of coordinates on a transformed image generated based on the transformation processing and a second plurality of coordinates on the input image corresponding to the first plurality of coordinates. The determination unit is configured to determine a smoothing parameter related to an intensity of smoothing processing for each region of the transformed image based on the transformation information. The processing unit is configured to perform smoothing processing on an image based on the input image, based on the smoothing parameter for each region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Hirokazu Isobe, Naoki Kojima
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Publication number: 20160309128Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates image data for projection by applying a deformation process to obtained image data based on an input parameter related to the deformation process. The image processing apparatus prohibits execution of the deformation process if it is determined that a magnification related to the deformation process based on the input parameter with respect to the obtained image data is out of a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Akihiro Takamura
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Patent number: 9414033Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates image data for projection by applying a deformation process to obtained image data based on an input parameter related to the deformation process. The image processing apparatus prohibits execution of the deformation process if it is determined that a magnification related to the deformation process based on the input parameter with respect to the obtained image data is out of a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Akihiro Takamura
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Patent number: 9332238Abstract: The distance between projection coordinates to which the center of an image are projected and the center coordinates are added to the projection coordinates to obtain projection center coordinates. The distance is added to the coordinates to which the four corners of the image are projected to obtain projection four-corner coordinates. A distance shorter than the minimum of the distances between the projection four-corner coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an output margin distance. Projection source coordinates to be projected to coordinates apart from the projection center coordinates by the output margin distance are obtained. A maximum of the distances between the projection source coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an input margin distance. Divided images decided based on ½ of horizontal size of the image and the input margin distance are deformed and outputted.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 9270900Abstract: A movie processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs an input image. A memory control unit stores, in a memory, a deformation image obtained by executing an image deformation process for the input image using a deformation parameter. A determination unit determines, from a memory region in which the deformation image is stored, a readout region to be accessed for obtaining an output image, on the basis of a size of the input image, a size of the output image, and the deformation parameter. A readout unit configured to access the readout region reads out pixel data included in the deformation image. An output unit outputs the image based on the pixel data readout by the readout unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Publication number: 20150281662Abstract: The distance between projection coordinates to which the center of an image are projected and the center coordinates are added to the projection coordinates to obtain projection center coordinates. The distance is added to the coordinates to which the four corners of the image are projected to obtain projection four-corner coordinates. A distance shorter than the minimum of the distances between the projection four-corner coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an output margin distance. Projection source coordinates to be projected to coordinates apart from the projection center coordinates by the output margin distance are obtained. A maximum of the distances between the projection source coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an input margin distance. Divided images decided based on ½ of horizontal size of the image and the input margin distance are deformed and outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 9131182Abstract: An image processing apparatus discriminates between a first region, which is a consecutive region existing on a region exceeding a predetermined area in an input image, and a second region, which is other than the first region, performs smoothing processing of differing strengths on the first region and the second region, and performs image transformation processing on the image on which smoothing processing was performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Publication number: 20150213585Abstract: A pixel position to be mapped to each pixel position on an output image by deformation is obtained as an input pixel position. A filter coefficient group to be used for pixel interpolation at the time of deformation is adjusted by using the pixel values of pixels positioned around an input pixel position on the input image. A pixel value at the pixel position on the output image which corresponds to the input pixel position is calculated by using the pixel values of the pixels positioned around the input pixel position on the input image and the filter coefficient group after adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Publication number: 20150205434Abstract: An input control apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information representing an input position, on an input screen, of each of a plurality of input operations performed on the input screen at a corresponding timing, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information representing a position, on the input screen, of each of a plurality of objects displayed on the input screen, a determination unit configured to determine an operation area, on the input screen, corresponding to each of the objects based on the second information, and an association unit configured to associate the input operation with each of the objects based on the first information and the operation area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 9082186Abstract: The distance between projection coordinates to which the center of an image are projected and the center coordinates are added to the projection coordinates to obtain projection center coordinates. The distance is added to the coordinates to which the four corners of the image are projected to obtain projection four-corner coordinates. A distance shorter than the minimum of the distances between the projection four-corner coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an output margin distance. Projection source coordinates to be projected to coordinates apart from the projection center coordinates by the output margin distance are obtained. A maximum of the distances between the projection source coordinates and the projection center coordinates is decided as an input margin distance. Divided images decided based on ½ of horizontal size of the image and the input margin distance are deformed and outputted.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 8988311Abstract: A video output apparatus of the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about display states of a plurality of display devices, a video output unit configured to output video data to the display devices, and a control unit configured to, when a display device to which the video data is output by the video output unit is in a display state of OFF, control the video output unit to output the video data to a display device whose display state is ON based on the information about the display state acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Patent number: 8947723Abstract: An output control apparatus which performs output control of data displayed on a display unit includes a detection unit configured to detect an output apparatus located near the display unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrangement position information indicating an arrangement position of the output apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine an output layout of the data according to a relationship between the arrangement position of the output apparatus indicated by the arrangement position information and a display position of the data displayed on the display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to output the data from the output apparatus with the output layout determined by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsurou Kitashou
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Publication number: 20150029407Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates image data for projection by applying a deformation process to obtained image data based on an input parameter related to the deformation process. The image processing apparatus prohibits execution of the deformation process if it is determined that a magnification related to the deformation process based on the input parameter with respect to the obtained image data is out of a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Tetsurou Kitashou, Akihiro Takamura
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Publication number: 20140333972Abstract: An image processing apparatus discriminates between a first region, which is a consecutive region existing on a region exceeding a predetermined area in an input image, and a second region, which is other than the first region, performs smoothing processing of differing strengths on the first region and the second region, and performs image transformation processing on the image on which smoothing processing was performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Tetsurou Kitashou