Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Nishiyama

Tomohiro Nishiyama 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: 20160000045
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided which, even when the electronic apparatus configuring a node is implanted in the body of an object animal, makes the object animal hard to feel stress and can acquire effective data about the natural behavior and state of the object animal. As shown in FIG. 12, a module unit and a battery are arranged separated from each other. That is, an electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment 1 adopts a case including a first capacity part and a second capacity part both arranged separated from each other to thereby accommodate the module unit in an internal space of the first capacity part and accommodate the battery in an internal space of the second capacity part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Takuo Funaya, Tomohiro Nishiyama, Hiroki Shibuya, Manabu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9208396
    Abstract: In image processing of multi-viewpoint image data including image data captured with different focal lengths, an image of high quality, distance information with high precision, etc., are obtained by utilizing image data with different angles of view (focal lengths). An image processing device for generating combined image data using multi-viewpoint image data including image data acquired with different focal lengths, includes a resolution converting unit configured to perform resolution conversion for at least part of image data in multi-viewpoint image data in accordance with a focal length to be output and an image combining unit configured to generate combined image data with the focal length to be output using the resolution-converted image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150177062
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain first beam information and second beam information. The first beam information indicates a direction and intensity of a first beam from an object as seen from a first viewpoint and defined by a first coordinate system; the second beam information indicates a direction and an intensity of a second beam from the object as seen from a second viewpoint which is different from the first viewpoint and defined by a second coordinate system which is different from the first coordinate system. A synthesizing unit is configured to synthesize the first beam information and the second beam information with each other after performing a coordinate transform of at least one of the first beam information and the second beam information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150178595
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image of a subject viewed from a first point of view and a second image of the subject viewed from a second point of view different from the first point of view, wherein the first image and the second image have different blurred states from each other; a processing unit configured to change a blurred state of at least one of the first image and the second image; and a determining unit configured to compare the first image and the second image after the blurred state of at least one of the first image and the second image is changed by the processing unit to determine image regions corresponding to the subject between the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sawada, Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9055218
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that generates composite image data using multi-viewpoint image data obtained by capturing images from a plurality of viewpoints may include a filter processing unit configured to perform filter processing on the multi-viewpoint image data based on distance information indicative of a distance to a subject and a generation unit configured to generate composite image data by combining the multi-viewpoint image data on which the filter processing has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishiyama, Yuichi Nakada
  • Publication number: 20150130995
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize novel information processing which uses light field data. To attain the object, light field data which represents directions of light beams which are emitted from an object to an image pickup unit and intensity of the light beams is obtained, and the light field data is corrected on a coordinate of the light field data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Yuichi Nakada, Satoru Torii, Masato Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140368690
    Abstract: An image generation method is provided for generating an output image from an input image acquired by an image sensor that has an array of multiple pixels, each of which has arranged therein multiple sub-pixels that each receive a light beam that passes through a different pupil sub-area of an imaging optical system. The method includes a step of generating multiple parallax images that respectively correspond to the different pupil sub-areas; a step of generating multiple pixel shifted images by performing different shifting for each of the parallax images according to a virtual image forming plane of the imaging optical system; and a step of generating an output image that has a higher resolution than the resolution of the parallax images from the pixel shifted images through composition processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Koichi Fukuda, Masafumi Kimura, Koshi Hatakeyama, Norihito Hiasa, Shohei Tsutsumi, Tomohiro Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Yahata
  • Publication number: 20140329476
    Abstract: A compact electronic device as a constituent element of a wireless communication system using a sensor. A first feature of the device is that a first semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a front surface of a first wiring board in the form of a chip and a second semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a second wiring board in the form of a chip. A second feature is that a wireless communication unit and a data processing unit which configure a module are separately mounted. A third feature is that the first and second wiring boards are stacked in the board thickness direction to make up the module (electronic device).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro YAMAMICHI, Hirokazu HONDA, Masaki WATANABE, Junichi ARITA, Norio OKADA, Jun UENO, Masashi NISHIMOTO, Michitaka KIMURA, Tomohiro NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8810672
    Abstract: In accordance with an object desired to be brought into focus, aliasing is canceled, and the resolution of an output image data is increased. When a plurality of pieces of image data captured at multiple viewpoints is synthesized at a predetermined focus position, a weight for the synthesis is determined so as to reduce aliasings included in frequency characteristics of the plurality of pieces of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8774545
    Abstract: A plurality of representative filters are held, and weight vectors containing weight values for the respective representative filters as components are acquired for respective pixels which form an image. The respective representative filters act on the respective pixels which form the image, and the results of the action are weighted with the weight vectors and added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8687084
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for generating virtual image data at high resolution which is obtained when imaging is performed using a light ray incident on an imaging apparatus at a virtual position different from the actual position of an image sensor. A method for image processing includes acquiring light ray information, inputting virtual position information, generating first virtual image data which is obtained if the light ray is imaged at the virtual position with first resolution based on the light ray information and the virtual position information and inputting high resolution image data with second resolution higher than the first resolution, and generating second virtual image data which is obtained if the light ray is imaged at the virtual position with third resolution higher than the first resolution, based on the first virtual image data and the high resolution image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8605159
    Abstract: Image data captured by a capturing unit is inputted. Exposure information of the captured image data is inputted. Rotary-vibration information, which indicates rotary vibration of the capturing unit at the time of image capture, is inputted. A blur, which is caused by the rotary vibration, of the captured image data is corrected based on the exposure information and an angle of rotation of the capturing unit, which is indicated by the rotary-vibration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8606035
    Abstract: An exposure condition when obtaining a sensed image is input. Shake information when obtaining the sensed image is input. A filter to be used to correct a blur of the sensed image is generated based on the exposure condition and a weight value including a non-integer obtained from the shake information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8411450
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a semiconductor package and the like realizing reduced manufacturing cost and improved reliability by enhancing a ground line and/or a power supply line. A semiconductor package 50 includes: a semiconductor device 1 including a circuit face on which an external electrode is formed; an insertion substrate 2 forming a housing part in which the semiconductor device 1 is disposed; and an interposer substrate 5 including a wiring pattern 7 and whose both ends are bent along the insertion substrate 2. The insertion substrate 2 is made of a conductive material and is electrically connected to a ground line or a power supply line in the wiring pattern 7 in the interposer substrate 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Yamazaki, Yoshimichi Sogawa, Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20130058591
    Abstract: In the conventional method, the burden of the processing is very heavy because tracking of light beams is performed and an erroneous estimation of a shape causes a factor to deteriorate image quality. An image processing apparatus that generates composite image data using multi-viewpoint image data obtained by capturing images from a plurality of viewpoints is characterized by including a filter processing unit configured to perform filter processing on the multi-viewpoint image data based on distance information indicative of a distance to a subject and a generation unit configured to generate composite image data by combining the multi-viewpoint image data on which the filter processing has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishiyama, Yuichi Nakada
  • Publication number: 20120314104
    Abstract: In accordance with an object desired to be brought into focus, aliasing is canceled, and the resolution of an output image data is increased. When a plurality of pieces of image data captured at multiple viewpoints is synthesized at a predetermined focus position, a weight for the synthesis is determined so as to reduce aliasings included in frequency characteristics of the plurality of pieces of image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8314971
    Abstract: Image data including color separation data and gloss data of an image is input. The color separation data is quantized to generate a color signal. The gloss data of the image is quantized on the basis of the color signal and gloss data related to a recording medium, a color material, and a gloss control material to generate a gloss signal. An image is formed on the recording medium on the basis of the color signal and the gloss signal using the color material and the gloss control material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120155784
    Abstract: A plurality of representative filters are held, and weight vectors containing weight values for the respective representative filters as components are acquired for respective pixels which form an image. The respective representative filters act on the respective pixels which form the image, and the results of the action are weighted with the weight vectors and added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120002071
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for generating virtual image data at high resolution which is obtained when imaging is performed using a light ray incident on an imaging apparatus at a virtual position different from the actual position of an image sensor. A method for image processing includes acquiring light ray information, inputting virtual position information, generating first virtual image data which is obtained if the light ray is imaged at the virtual position with first resolution based on the light ray information and the virtual position information and inputting high resolution image data with second resolution higher than the first resolution, and generating second virtual image data which is obtained if the light ray is imaged at the virtual position with third resolution higher than the first resolution, based on the first virtual image data and the high resolution image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20110254973
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image selected according to specified viewpoint information from a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imaging units at different viewpoint positions, a generation unit configured to generate an image according to the specified viewpoint information using the viewpoint information of the selected captured image and the specified viewpoint information from the selected captured image, and a blurring processing unit configured to execute blurring processing on the generated image, wherein, when an imaging unit corresponding to a captured image for a target frame is different from an imaging unit corresponding to a captured image for a frame adjacent to the target frame, the blurring processing unit executes blurring processing on the generated image corresponding to the target frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nishiyama