Patents by Inventor Tomohide Maeda

Tomohide Maeda 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: 10346956
    Abstract: Included are a fiducial frame adjustment unit (18) that displays a parameter used when an image of a fiducial frame and a high-resolution image are generated, updates display contents of the image of the fiducial frame based on adjustment of the displayed parameter, and stores the adjusted parameter as parameters for the fiducial frame and a reference frame in a fiducial point position holding memory (17A) and a blur PSF parameter holding memory (17B), and a reference frame adjustment unit (19) that displays a parameter for the reference frame when an image of a reference frame is displayed, updates display contents of the image of the reference frame based on adjustment of the displayed parameter, and stores the adjusted parameter as the parameter for the reference frame in the fiducial point position holding memory (17A) and the blur PSF parameter holding memory (17B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide Maeda, Akihiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180204309
    Abstract: Included are a fiducial frame adjustment unit (18) that displays a parameter used when an image of a fiducial frame and a high-resolution image are generated, updates display contents of the image of the fiducial frame based on adjustment of the displayed parameter, and stores the adjusted parameter as parameters for the fiducial frame and a reference frame in a fiducial point position holding memory (17A) and a blur PSF parameter holding memory (17B), and a reference frame adjustment unit (19) that displays a parameter for the reference frame when an image of a reference frame is displayed, updates display contents of the image of the reference frame based on adjustment of the displayed parameter, and stores the adjusted parameter as the parameter for the reference frame in the fiducial point position holding memory (17A) and the blur PSF parameter holding memory (17B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide MAEDA, Akihiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20130336597
    Abstract: Image stabilization apparatus includes: layout marker detection unit that detects a layout marker from a photographed image; estimation marker position calculation unit that obtains a position of a PSF estimation marker; estimation marker size calculation unit that obtains a size of the PSF estimation marker; estimation marker reference image generating unit that generates an image of the PSF estimation marker to be a reference; PSF calculation unit that estimates a PSF by using the estimation marker image to be the reference and an estimation marker image corresponding thereto in the photographed image; and image stabilization unit that corrects blurring in the photographed image by using the estimated PSF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Maeda, Mariko Takenouchi, Mikio Morioka
  • Publication number: 20130294708
    Abstract: An apparatus that can obtain a clear image by correcting blurs of respective object images even in a case where a plurality of objects with different blurs exists within an image. Local PSF estimating section estimates a PSF for each small region. PSF form identifying section identifies forms of the estimated PSFs of the small regions and groups local estimated PSFs such that small regions having the PSF forms with high similarity belong to the same group. Small region integrating section integrates adjacent small regions that are grouped in the same group. Due to this, object images blurring in a similar way can be accurately separated. As a result of this, a perspective separation of the objects and a separation of moving objects become possible from just one input image without using a plurality of cameras or additional devices (a distance sensor, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Maeda, Kenji Tabei