Patents by Inventor Tomoki Oku
Tomoki Oku 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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Patent number: 8428275Abstract: In a wind noise reduction device that reduces wind noise contained in an input sound signal to generate a corrected sound signal, when a predetermined band including the band of the wind noise is a first band and a predetermined band higher in frequency than the first band is a second band, the wind noise reduction device includes: a first corrector that has a signal generator generating, based on a sound signal (i) contained in the input sound signal and lying in a band higher in frequency than the first band, a sound signal (ii) lying in the first band and different from a sound signal (iii) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the first band, and that generates a first corrected sound signal based on the sound signal (ii) generated by the signal generator; a second corrector that reduces the signal level of a sound signal (iv) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the second band to thereby generate a second corrected sound signal as a sound signal (v) having the wind noise reduced aType: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Tomoki Oku
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Patent number: 8401364Abstract: The imaging device is provided with at least one imaging part to obtain images through shooting and at least one sound-collection part to obtain audio, collecting it together with the shooting of the imaging part, and at least one display part to display images. It performs audio-correction processing of audio obtained through the sound-collection part according to the relative relationship between the direction in which the display part displays images and the direction in which the imaging part shoots.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tomoki Oku
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Publication number: 20130021502Abstract: Sound correction processing is performed for a sound signal obtained from a sound collecting portion. In particular, sound correction processing is performed after determining what is performed as the sound correction processing based on an image signal paired with a sound signal, the image signal obtained from an imaging portion, the sound signal, control data of the imaging portion, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki OKU, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Makoto YAMANAKA, Haruhiko MURATA
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Publication number: 20120218377Abstract: An image sensing device includes: an image sensing portion; a microphone portion; an image combination portion which combines a plurality of input images shot to generate a panorama image; a recording medium which records, together with an image signal of the panorama image, a sound signal based on an output of the microphone portion produced in a period during which the input images are shot; a reproduction control portion which updates and displays the panorama image on a display portion on an individual partial image basis so as to reproduce the entire panorama image; and a sound signal processing portion which generates, from the output of the microphone portion, a directional sound signal, in which, when the reproduction control portion reproduces the panorama image, the reproduction control portion simultaneously reproduces the directional sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoki OKU
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Patent number: 8218033Abstract: Sound correction processing is performed for a sound signal obtained from a sound collecting portion. In particular, sound correction processing is performed after determining what is performed as the sound correction processing based on an image signal paired with a sound signal, the image signal obtained from an imaging portion, the sound signal, control data of the imaging portion, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoki Oku, Masahiro Yoshida, Makoto Yamanaka, Haruhiko Murata
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Publication number: 20120060614Abstract: An image sensing device according to the present invention includes: an optical portion that is driven to form an optical image in any state; a sensor portion that acquires, as an image signal, the optical image formed by the optical portion; a sound collection portion that acquires an acoustic signal by collecting sound; an image sensing environment determination portion that determines an image sensing environment which is an environment under which the sensor portion acquires the image signal; and an operation determination portion that determines, based on the image sensing environment determined by the image sensing environment determination portion, at least one of a drive speed of the optical portion and a method of processing the acoustic signal acquired by the sound collection portion when the optical portion is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Tomoki Oku, Tatsuo Koga, Kazuma Hara, Hisatoshi Oomae, Hideto Shimaoka
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Patent number: 8050142Abstract: A sound collection environment deciding device for deciding whether the sound was collected in air or in water by utilizing an audio signal of collected sound is provided. Methods of Utilizing the audio signal of collected sound include, for instance, utilizing a difference of frequency characteristics between in-air and in-water of the audio signal of collected sound, utilizing a difference of propagation characteristics between in-air and in-water of the audio signal of collected sound, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuma Hara, Makoto Yamanaka, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomoki Oku
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Publication number: 20110052139Abstract: The imaging device is provided with at least one imaging part to obtain images through shooting and at least one sound-collection part to obtain audio, collecting it together with the shooting of the imaging part, and at least one display part to display images. It performs audio-correction processing of audio obtained through the sound-collection part according to the relative relationship between the direction in which the display part displays images and the direction in which the imaging part shoots.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoki OKU
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Publication number: 20100302401Abstract: An image audio processing portion includes an image analysis portion for analyzing an input image, a directivity control portion for controlling a directivity of an input audio signal based on a result of analysis by the image analysis portion so as to generate an output audio signal, and a display image generating portion for generating a display image by superimposing an image indicating a state of the output audio signal on the input image. A user can recognize a state of the output audio signal by checking the display image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki OKU, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Makoto YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20100185308Abstract: A sound signal processing device has a signal outputter which outputs a target sound signal obtained by collecting sounds from a plurality of sound sources, and a sound volume controller which adjusts the sound volumes of the individual sound sources in the target sound signals according to the directions or locations of the sound sources and according to the types of the sound sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Tomoki OKU, Makoto YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20100105214Abstract: Passivation films including first and second layers (first passivation film) are formed on a GaAs substrate (semiconductor substrate). A SiN film (second passivation film) is formed on the passivation films as a top layer passivation film by catalytic chemical vapor deposition. The SiN film formed by catalytic chemical vapor deposition has a lower degree of hygroscopicity than that of a conventional SiN film formed by plasma chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2010Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hisayuki Saeki, Masahiro Totsuka, Tomoki Oku
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Patent number: 7704556Abstract: The silicon nitride film forming method deposits a silicon nitride film on the substrate surface by maintaining the heating element at a predetermined temperature and by decomposing and/or activating a raw material gas supplied from the gas supply system.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Morisaki, Yasushi Kamiya, Shuji Nomura, Masahiro Totuka, Tomoki Oku, Ryo Hattori
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Publication number: 20100079589Abstract: An imaging apparatus incorporating a plurality of scene modes is provided with: an automatic appropriate mode determining portion that, while shooting of a moving image is in progress, automatically determines at least one scene mode appropriate for a shooting scene of the moving image; and a scene mode comparison portion that compares a currently selected scene mode with the at least one scene mode automatically determined by the automatic appropriate scene mode determining portion, and that thereby confirms whether or not the currently selected scene mode corresponds to any one of the at least one scene mode automatically determined by the automatic appropriate scene mode determining portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Tomoki OKU, Kazuma HARA, Makoto YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20100074557Abstract: An image processing device has: a main subject detector that detects the position of a main subject in an input image; a clipping region setter that determines a clipping region including the position of the main subject detected by the main subject detector; and a clipper that generates a clipped image by cutting out the clipping region from the input image. The clipping region setter determines the clipping region such that the position of the main subject detected by the main subject detector coincides with a predetermined position in the clipping region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki OKU, Masahiro YOKOHATA
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Publication number: 20090147624Abstract: A sound collection environment deciding device for deciding whether the sound was collected in air or in water by utilizing an audio signal of collected sound is provided. Methods of Utilizing the audio signal of collected sound include, for instance, utilizing a difference of frequency characteristics between in-air and in-water of the audio signal of collected sound, utilizing a difference of propagation characteristics between in-air and in-water of the audio signal of collected sound, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuma HARA, Makoto YAMANAKA, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Tomoki OKU
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Publication number: 20090066798Abstract: Sound correction processing is performed for a sound signal obtained from a sound collecting portion. In particular, sound correction processing is performed after determining what is performed as the sound correction processing based on an image signal paired with a sound signal, the image signal obtained from an imaging portion, the sound signal, control data of the imaging portion, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki OKU, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Makoto YAMANAKA, Haruhiko MURATA
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Publication number: 20090002498Abstract: Provided that ? is a wind noise reduction filter factor derived by a wind noise analyzer, filtering units 5 and 6 use ? as an exponent and raise the levels of frequency-base signals Ln(f) and Rn(f) to the ?th power to thereby produce and output the signals Ln?(f) and Rn?(f), respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoki OKU
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Publication number: 20080317261Abstract: In a wind noise reduction device that reduces wind noise contained in an input sound signal to generate a corrected sound signal, when a predetermined band including the band of the wind noise is a first band and a predetermined band higher in frequency than the first band is a second band, the wind noise reduction device includes: a first corrector that has a signal generator generating, based on a sound signal (i) contained in the input sound signal and lying in a band higher in frequency than the first band, a sound signal (ii) lying in the first band and different from a sound signal (iii) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the first band, and that generates a first corrected sound signal based on the sound signal (ii) generated by the signal generator; a second corrector that reduces the signal level of a sound signal (iv) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the second band to thereby generate a second corrected sound signal as a sound signal (v) having the wind noise reduced aType: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Tomoki OKU
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Publication number: 20080296741Abstract: Passivation films including first and second layers (first passivation film) are formed on a GaAs substrate (semiconductor substrate). A SiN film (second passivation film) is formed on the passivation films as a top layer passivation film by a catalytic chemical vapor deposition. The SiN film formed by catalytic chemical vapor deposition has a lower degree of hygroscopicity than that of a conventional SiN film formed by plasma chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hisayuki Saeki, Masahiro Totsuka, Tomoki Oku
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Publication number: 20080020140Abstract: A silicon nitride film forming method makes possible the high reproducibility of film quality or film thickness. The silicon nitride film forming method deposits a silicon nitride film on the substrate surface by maintaining the heating element at a predetermined temperature and by decomposing and/or activating a raw material gas supplied from the gas supply system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Hitoshi Morisaki, Yasushi Kamiya, Shuji Nomura, Masahiro Totuka, Tomoki Oku, Ryo Hattori