Patents by Inventor Tomonori Masuda

Tomonori Masuda 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: 20220294990
    Abstract: A processor measures a first distance to an object in a distance measurement target region on the basis of an irradiation timing when a light irradiator performs surface irradiation on the distance measurement target region with light and a light receiving timing when a light receiver receives reflected light of the light from distance measurement target region. In a case in which a specific pixel included in the light receiver generates a plurality of signals at different timings within a light receiving period corresponding to the surface irradiation by the light irradiator, the processor measures the first distance on the basis of a relationship between the plurality of signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220295028
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes: a projection portion; and a processor, and the processor is configured to: cause a user to select, among end parts of a projection region irradiated with projection light by the projection portion, a part of an end part of the projection region; and in a state where a position of the part of the end part is sensed as being a first position, maintain the position of the part of the end part and execute, by a control of changing an optical system of the projection portion, a control of performing enlargement or reduction of the projection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Kazuki INOUE, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11438560
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires first and second image data for projecting the image from the first and second projection units respectively; a superimposed region information acquisition unit that acquires information on a superimposed region between the projection range of the first projection unit and the projection range of the second projection unit; a first image processing unit that performs first image processing on a first portion in the first image data corresponding to the superimposed region; a second image processing unit that performs second image processing on a second portion in the second image data corresponding to the superimposed region; and an output unit that outputs the first image data after the first image processing as image data for the first projection unit and outputs the second image data after the second image processing as image data for the second projection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Akihiro Ishizuka, Kazuki Inoue, Kazuki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20220264063
    Abstract: A projection system includes a set of a first projection apparatus and a first imaging unit and a set of a second projection apparatus and a second imaging unit. A first projection range of the first projection apparatus and a second projection range of the second projection apparatus have an overlapping part. A control device of the projection system determines whether or not an operation for an operating part projected to the overlapping part is performed based on a captured image of the first projection range and a captured image of the second projection range, and executes a predetermined control in a case where it is determined that the operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki INOUE, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220256092
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory connected to or built in the processor, in which the processor performs first distance measurement of measuring a distance to an imaging region based on an irradiation timing at which a light irradiator emits light to the imaging region and a light-receiving timing at which a light receiver receives reflected light of the light from the imaging region, performs second distance measurement of measuring the distance to the imaging region based on a first image obtained by imaging the imaging region by an imaging apparatus, and executes a specific process in a case in which a first distance measurement result obtained by performing the first distance measurement and a second distance measurement result obtained by performing the second distance measurement are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220239841
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Hiroshi TAMAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220217313
    Abstract: A control device controls projection by a plurality of projection units having different projection ranges. A control unit projects, by the plurality of projection units a first image in which a content is disposed on a first projection range having the projection ranges of the plurality of projection units. An acquisition unit acquires first attribute information associated with the content and indicating whether an aspect ratio is made to be changeable or is maintained in a case in which a size of the content is adjusted. The control unit projects a second image in which at least a part of the contents is disposed on a second projection range, and, in a state in which projection is performed by a projection unit except a part of the plurality of projection units, adjusts the size of the content in generation of the second image based on the first attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki ISHIDA, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220206159
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a control of performing an imaging operation by an imaging unit that images an imaging region, and a distance measurement operation in which a distance measurement unit performs distance measurement by emitting light to the imaging region and receiving reflected light of the light from the imaging region, an acquisition unit that acquires reflectivity information for specifying a reflectivity in the imaging region, and a change unit that changes irradiation energy of the light according to the reflectivity information acquired by the acquisition unit in a state in which the imaging operation and the distance measurement operation are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Tomonori MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20220210311
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a control of performing, a plurality of times in parallel, a recognition operation in which a recognition unit recognizes a specific subject included in an imaging region based on a captured image obtained by imaging the imaging region by an imaging unit, and a distance measurement operation in which a distance measurement unit performs distance measurement by emitting light to the imaging region and receiving reflected light of the light from the imaging region, and a change unit that changes irradiation energy of the light to the imaging region for each distance measurement operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Tomonori MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11368629
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that includes an imaging device and outputs an image signal obtained by image capturing of a subject by the imaging device through an image capturing optical system; a control unit that, in a case of controlling an exposure for each of three or more division regions obtained by dividing an image represented by the image signal and in a case of dividing the image into a plurality of segment regions that are different from the division regions and among which a segment region extends across a boundary between some of the division regions, controls an exposure of the segment region in accordance with information about at least one division region among the some of the division regions over which the segment region extends; and a display unit that displays the image for which the exposure is controlled by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Masahiko Sugimoto, Kosuke Irie
  • Publication number: 20220180780
    Abstract: A system control portion generates corrected image data by performing reduction processing of reducing input image data input into a display portion at a first reduction rate and image shifting processing of shifting positions of R image data and B image data of a specific color component included in reduced image data obtained by the reduction processing. The system control portion projects a corrected image based on the corrected image data to a screen by inputting the corrected image data into the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki INOUE, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11336816
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Hiroshi Tamayama
  • Publication number: 20220146918
    Abstract: A control device of a projection apparatus that projects an image from a display portion displaying the image based on input image data to a projection object through an optical system, includes: a correction portion that corrects the input image data by performing first processing of increasing pixel values of pixels of the input image data corresponding to a specific region determined by a light quantity distribution in a surface of the projection object in the image projected to the projection object, and second processing of uniformly decreasing each of pixel values of pixels of the input image data by a first pixel amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki INOUE, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220132080
    Abstract: A control device of a projection system including an optical system that projects an image generated in a display portion based on input image data to a projection object, and an imaging portion that images the projection object, includes: a distance determination portion that acquires first captured image data of the image projected to the projection object from the imaging portion and determines a distance from an object present between the projection object and the optical system to the optical system based on a first sharpness of a part or an entire part of the first captured image data and a second sharpness of the input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki ISHIDA, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Kazuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220094852
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes a processor that acquires imaging information for selecting mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image. The processor performs a switching control from either of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction to the other of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction, and synchronizes shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction during the switching control, and changes an operation ratio of the mechanical correction and the electrical correction in accordance with passage of time during the switching control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Yi PAN, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20220090911
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit which captures a subject image formed by an imaging optical system, an emission unit which emits directional light as light having directivity along an optical axis direction of the imaging optical system, a light receiving unit which receives reflected light of the directional light from the subject, a derivation unit which derives a distance to the subject based on the timing at which the directional light is emitted and the timing at which the reflected light is received, a display unit which displays the subject image, and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case of performing a distance measurement, the display unit displays the subject image as a motion image and transition is made to a state where actual exposure by the imaging unit is possible at the timing of the end of the distance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Hiroshi TAMAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11228711
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires imaging information for selecting mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image, and a shake correction control unit. The shake correction control unit performs a first control for performing a switching control from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction by synchronizing shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction and a second control, different from the first control, for performing a switching control from the electronic correction to the mechanical correction based on the imaging information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yi Pan, Takashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20220014719
    Abstract: An image processing device for a projection system includes an image generation unit and a brightness acquisition unit, and the image generation unit generates data for projecting the specific image, as a first portion in the first data for display, which corresponds to the first superimposed region, generates a second portion in the first data for display, which corresponds to the first non-superimposed region based on first input image data in the data of the projection target image, which corresponds to the first non-superimposed region, and the second brightness, and generates a third portion in the second data for display, which corresponds to the second superimposed region based on second input image data in the data of the projection target image, which corresponds to the second superimposed region, and the first brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki ISHIDA, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220013092
    Abstract: A projection control device that controls a projection portion which projects an image to a projection surface includes a ray position detection portion that detects an irradiation position of a ray irradiated on the projection surface, and a specific image superimposition control portion that superimposes a predetermined specific image on a region corresponding to the irradiation position in the image. In a state where the specific image is superimposed on a first region corresponding to a first position detected by the ray position detection portion in the image, the specific image superimposition control portion, in a case where the irradiation position moves out of a predetermined range including the first position, moves the specific image to a region corresponding to the irradiation position that has moved, and in a case where the irradiation position moves within the range, continues superimposition of the specific image on the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki INOUE, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Tomonori MASUDA, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11221208
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit which captures a subject image formed by an imaging optical system, an emission unit which emits directional light as light having directivity along an optical axis direction of the imaging optical system, a light receiving unit which receives reflected light of the directional light from the subject, a derivation unit which derives a distance to the subject based on the timing at which the directional light is emitted and the timing at which the reflected light is received, a display unit which displays the subject image, and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case of performing a distance measurement, the display unit displays the subject image as a motion image and transition is made to a state where actual exposure by the imaging unit is possible at the timing of the end of the distance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Hiroshi Tamayama