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: 20210409664
    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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Akihiro ISHIZUKA, Kazuki INOUE, Kazuki ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11212448
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit and an operation control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, for each predetermined time, a related amount related to an operation recommendation condition under which an operation of a mechanical correction unit which corrects a shake of a subject image by mechanically moving at least one of a correction optical system or an imaging element is recommended. The operation control unit controls the operation of the mechanical correction unit and an operation of an electronic correction unit which corrects the shake by performing image processing on an image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Pan, Masahiko Sugimoto, Tomonori Masuda, Takashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20210396875
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit which captures a subject image formed by an imaging optical system forming the subject image indicating a subject, 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 directional light from the subject, a derivation unit which derives a distance to the 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 the light receiving unit, and a control unit which performs control such that at least a part of an imaging period by the imaging unit overlaps at least a part of a distance measurement period by the emission unit, the light receiving unit, and the derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Hiroshi TAMAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11202009
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit and an operation control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, for each predetermined time, a related amount related to each of a first operation recommendation condition under which an operation of a mechanical correction unit that corrects a shake of a subject image by mechanically moving at least one of a correction optical system or an imaging element is recommended, and a second operation recommendation condition under which an operation of an electronic correction unit that corrects the shake by performing image processing on an image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging element is recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugimoto, Tomonori Masuda, Yi Pan, Takashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20210377446
    Abstract: A blur correction device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an amount of blur correction used to correct blurring of an image obtained through imaging of an imaging element during exposure for one frame in the imaging element; and a correction unit that corrects the blurring by performing image processing on a correction target image, which is an image for one frame included in a moving image obtained through imaging of the imaging element, based on the amount of blur correction acquired by the acquisition unit during exposure necessary to obtain the correction target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Yi PAN, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Patent number: 11181359
    Abstract: A derivation unit derives irradiation position pixel coordinates for specifying the position of a pixel corresponding to an irradiation position of directional light on the real space with respect to a subject, on the basis of the corresponding distance acquired by an acquisition unit, with respect to each of a plurality of second captured images included in a moving image acquired by the acquisition unit, and an execution unit executes a predetermined process as a process to be executed in a position specifiable state with respect to each of the plurality of second captured images, in a case of a position specifiable state where the position of the pixel which is specified by the irradiation position pixel coordinates derived by the derivation unit is the position of a pixel which is specifiable at positions corresponding to each other in the respective first and second captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210319574
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a first captured image, a second captured image, and a distance to a subject, and a derivation unit that derives an imaging position distance which is a distance between the first imaging position and the second imaging position, on the basis of a plurality of pixel coordinates for specifying a plurality of pixels of more than three pixels which are present in the same planar region as an emission position irradiated with the directional light beam on the real space and correspond to the position on the real space in each of the first captured image and the second captured image which are acquired by the acquisition unit, emission position coordinates which are derived on the basis of the distance acquired by the acquisition unit, a focal length of an imaging lens, and dimensions of imaging pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Tomonori MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11137496
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit which captures a subject image formed by an imaging optical system forming the subject image indicating a subject, 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 directional light from the subject, a derivation unit which derives a distance to the 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 the light receiving unit, and a control unit which performs control such that at least a part of an imaging period by the imaging unit overlaps at least a part of a distance measurement period by the emission unit, the light receiving unit, and the derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Hiroshi Tamayama
  • Publication number: 20210281758
    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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Yi PAN, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20210274099
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit and an operation control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, for each predetermined time, a related amount related to an operation recommendation condition under which an operation of a mechanical correction unit which corrects a shake of a subject image by mechanically moving at least one of a correction optical system or an imaging element is recommended. The operation control unit controls the operation of the mechanical correction unit and an operation of an electronic correction unit which corrects the shake by performing image processing on an image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yi PAN, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Tomonori MASUDA, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20210274098
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit and an operation control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, for each predetermined time, a related amount related to each of a first operation recommendation condition under which an operation of a mechanical correction unit that corrects a shake of a subject image by mechanically moving at least one of a correction optical system or an imaging element is recommended, and a second operation recommendation condition under which an operation of an electronic correction unit that corrects the shake by performing image processing on an image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging element is recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Tomonori MASUDA, Yi PAN, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Patent number: 11102419
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a brightness measurer that acquires a first captured image signal obtained from an imager imaging a subject through a focus lens, and obtains brightness of each of divided areas of a focusing target area set in the first captured image signal; an imaging condition controller that controls an imaging condition of the imager to a state where brightness of a lowest divided area which is one of the divided areas having lowest brightness is set to the set value; a transmittance controller that decreases brightness of other divided areas than the lowest divided area by controlling light transmittance of the areas corresponding to the other divided areas; and a focusing controller that performs focusing control for the focus lens based on the focusing target area of a second captured image signal in a specific state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomonori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11095845
    Abstract: A system control unit consecutively images a subject by driving based on a global shutter method, divides captured image data obtained by the imaging into a plurality of areas, and each time each area is generated, compares the generated area with the same area as the area in the captured image data generated by the imaging performed before the imaging, and detects a moving object from the area based on a result of the comparison. Based on a change in position of the detected moving object, the system control unit predicts a timing at which a trigger range TR set in the captured image overlaps with the moving object, and performs automatic imaging in a frame period that includes the timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomonori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11082623
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a transmittance control unit that controls transmittance of each of a plurality of regions in an optical element for controlling a quantity of light incident on an imaging element to a different value; an imaging control unit that causes the imaging element to perform imaging for light measurement in a state where the transmittance of each of the plurality of regions is controlled to the different value; a light measurement processing unit that measures brightness of a subject based on a captured image signal obtained from the imaging element by the imaging for light measurement; an image processing unit that generates image data for display from the captured image signal obtained by the imaging for light measurement; and an output unit that outputs the image data for display to a display unit displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11074705
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a first captured image, a second captured image, and a distance to a subject, and a derivation unit that derives an imaging position distance which is a distance between the first imaging position and the second imaging position, on the basis of a plurality of pixel coordinates for specifying a plurality of pixels of more than three pixels which are present in the same planar region as an emission position irradiated with the directional light beam on the real space and correspond to the position on the real space in each of the first captured image and the second captured image which are acquired by the acquisition unit, emission position coordinates which are derived on the basis of the distance acquired by the acquisition unit, a focal length of an imaging lens, and dimensions of imaging pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11047980
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit, a measurement unit, a change unit that is capable of changing an angle at which the directional light is emitted, a deriving unit that derives an in-image irradiation position corresponding to an irradiation position of the directional light onto the subject which is used in measurement, within a captured image based on the distance measured by the measurement unit and the angle, and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to measure the distance and controls the deriving unit to derive the in-image irradiation position based on the distance measured by the measurement unit and the angle changed by the change unit until the in-image irradiation position falls in a default range within the captured image in a case where the in-image irradiation image is out of the default range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11026763
    Abstract: A received light signal of the measurement light which is reflected from the subject and is then incident on a distance image sensor is acquired from the distance image sensor and a distance image is generated on the basis of the acquired received light signal. The position of a leading end of a medical instrument inserted into the subject is acquired. A leading end position image indicating the position of the leading end of the medical instrument in the subject is acquired. A projection image which is projected to the subject and corresponds to a surface shape of a corresponding part of the subject corresponding to the position of the leading end is generated from the leading end position image, on the basis of the shape of the subject detected from the distance image and the position of the leading end. The projection image is projected to the corresponding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Furuta, Tomoyuki Kawai, Tomonori Masuda, Junya Kitagawa, Yasuhiro Shinkai
  • Patent number: 11012629
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that includes an imaging device in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array and that outputs an image signal obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject by the imaging device; an image processing unit that generates a captured image based on the image signal; and a CPU that performs an exposure control process to determine whether an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a first process in a case where the determination unit determines that an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, and that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a second process in a case where the determination unit determines that no moving-subject image is included in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Mototada Otsuru
  • Patent number: 10992872
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a controller that causes an imager to perform first imaging and further perform second imaging a plurality of times; and a dark image signal acquirer, the controller causes the imager to perform the second imaging in each of a plurality of exposure states where a quantity of light incident on the imager is greater than 0 and is different for each of the exposure states, by controlling the optical element, and the controller obtains, by controlling the movable lens at a time of the second imaging, a state where a first imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at the time of the second imaging is different from a second imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at a time of the first imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Hasegawa, Makoto Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Tomonori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210116565
    Abstract: Disclosed are a distance image acquisition apparatus and a distance image acquisition method capable of achieving high distance measurement accuracy and omitting wasteful imaging or calculation. The distance image acquisition apparatus (10) includes a distance image sensor (14), a drive mode setting unit (20A), a distance image generation unit (20B), a pulse light emission unit (22), and an exposure control unit (24). The exposure control unit (24) controls emission and non-emission of pulse light emitted from the pulse light emission unit (22) according to a drive mode set by the drive mode setting unit (20A), and controls exposure in the distance image sensor (14). The distance image generation unit (20B) performs calculation processing of a sensor output acquired from the distance image sensor (14) according to the drive mode set by the drive mode setting unit (20A) to generate a distance image corresponding to a distance of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Tomoyuki KAWAI