Patents by Inventor Yasunobu Kishine

Yasunobu Kishine 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: 20240129603
    Abstract: An imaging method of imaging a subject through a multispectral camera including a processor, includes: causing the processor to perform: a data acquisition step of acquiring first spectral data of a first subject, second spectral data of a second subject, and third spectral data of a third subject; a wavelength selection step of selecting a plurality of wavelengths from a wavelength region of the acquired first to third spectral data, the wavelength selection step being for determining, as a computational amount, a difference or a ratio between feature amounts of two pieces of spectral data, from among the first spectral data, the second spectral data, and the third spectral data, and obtaining computational amounts to select the plurality of wavelengths; and an imaging step of imaging a subject including at least one of the first subject, the second subject, or the third subject at the plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu KISHINE, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Atsushi KAWANAGO, Yuya HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11960200
    Abstract: A lens device includes an imaging optical system and an optical member. The optical member is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The optical member includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions. The lens barrel has a slit, and the optical member is insertable into and removable from the imaging optical system through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawanago, Kazuyoshi Okada, Yasunobu Kishine, Yuya Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11930256
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device which can simultaneously capture images in different wavelength ranges and can improve a focusing accuracy of each image, an imaging optical system, and an imaging method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Yasunobu Kishine, Atsushi Kawanago
  • Publication number: 20240019762
    Abstract: A lens device includes an imaging optical system and an optical member. The optical member is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The optical member includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions. The lens barrel has a slit, and the optical member is insertable into and removable from the imaging optical system through the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KAWANAGO, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yasunobu KISHINE, Yuya HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230419458
    Abstract: An image data processing device processes image data captured by an imaging device that includes an optical system which spectrally separates incident light and polarizes light with the spectrally separated wavelengths, and emits the polarized light in a specific direction and an imaging element including a plurality of pixel sets each of which includes different types of polarizers. The image data processing device performs processes of: acquiring the image data; detecting a pixel whose pixel value is out of a predetermined range as an abnormal pixel from the acquired image data; correcting a pixel value of the abnormal pixel on the basis of pixel values of peripheral pixels in a case in which the abnormal pixel is detected; and generating images of the spectrally separated wavelengths from the image data in which the pixel value of the abnormal pixel has been corrected when the abnormal pixel is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya HIRAKAWA, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Atsushi KAWANAGO, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20230393059
    Abstract: Provided are a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, a data processing program, an optical element, an imaging optical system, and an imaging apparatus which can select two or more wavelengths suitable for discrimination of a desired subject among a plurality of subjects. In a data processing apparatus (10-1) including a processor, the processor performs data acquisition processing of acquiring first spectral data of a first subject and second spectral data of a second subject, and wavelength selection processing of selecting a plurality of specific wavelengths from wavelength ranges of the acquired first spectral data and second spectral data, and in the wavelength selection processing, the plurality of specific wavelengths are selected based on a difference in a feature amount between the first spectral data and the second spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KAWANAGO, Yasunobu KISHINE, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yuya HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230370723
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes a processor that selects 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 during the switching control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Yi PAN, Takashi HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20230370700
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor executes data acquisition processing of acquiring spectral data of a plurality of subjects, calculation processing of calculating intensity characteristics at a first wavelength and a second wavelength selected from wavelength ranges of the acquired spectral data of the plurality of subjects based on a relationship between two wavelengths which are the first wavelength and the second wavelength, data conversion processing of converting the intensity characteristics calculated in the calculation processing into discrimination data of a specific subject for the wavelength range, and output processing of outputting the discrimination data to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi KAWANAGO, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yuya HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230341262
    Abstract: Provided are a lens device, a filter unit, and an imaging apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of ghosts. The lens device includes a filter unit in an optical path. The filter unit has a plurality of opening portions including a first opening portion and a second opening portion. At least the first opening portion and the second opening portion each include a band-pass filter, and each include an optical element on at least one of an object side or an image side of the band-pass filter. The optical element is composed of a polarized light filter and a wave plate which converts linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light or elliptically polarized light. The first opening portion and the second opening portion pass light in different wavelength regions and different polarization directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi KAWANAGO, Yuya HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11796722
    Abstract: One embodiment according to the technology of the present disclosure provides an optical element, an optical device, and an imaging apparatus, which can acquire a multispectral image having a good image quality. An optical element according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a frame having a plurality of aperture regions; and a plurality of optical filters that are mounted in the plurality of aperture regions, the plurality of optical filters including at least two types of filters having different wavelength ranges of transmitted light, and centroids of at least two types of aperture regions coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Kishine, Kazuyoshi Okada, Atsushi Kawanago
  • Publication number: 20230319385
    Abstract: An optical member includes aperture regions, a lens device, and an imaging apparatus. A lens device includes: an imaging optical system; a first polarizing part that polarizes at least a part of rays transmitted through the imaging optical system; and a filter unit that is disposed at a pupil position of the imaging optical system or near the pupil position, and includes aperture regions transmitting the rays of the imaging optical system and including a first aperture region and a second aperture region, wavelength selective filters disposed in the first aperture region and the second aperture region and transmitting pieces of light of which at least a part of wavelength ranges are different from each other, and a second polarizing filter including polarizing filters disposed in the first aperture region and the second aperture region and having polarization directions different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya HIRAKAWA, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi KAWANAGO
  • Patent number: 11758270
    Abstract: A shake correction control device includes a processor that selects 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 during the switching control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yi Pan, Takashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20230258851
    Abstract: There are provided an optical member and an imaging apparatus. An optical member includes a plurality of aperture regions which transmit a ray of an optical system and include a first aperture region and a second aperture region and of which the first aperture region and the second aperture region are adjacent to each other, a plurality of optical filters disposed in the first aperture region and the second aperture region transmit light having at least a part of wavelength ranges different from each other, a plurality of polarizing filters disposed in the first aperture region and the second aperture region have polarization directions different from each other, and a ray incidence-reduction part that reduces incidence of a ray, which is incident on the first aperture region, on at least one of the optical filter or the polarizing filter disposed in the second aperture region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya HIRAKAWA, Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi KAWANAGO
  • Patent number: 11726389
    Abstract: Provided are a lens device, an imaging apparatus, an optical member, an imaging method, and an imaging program that are used to acquire multispectral images having a good image quality. According to one aspect, a lens device includes: an imaging optical system that includes a lens forming an optical image of a subject; and an optical member that is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawanago, Kazuyoshi Okada, Yasunobu Kishine, Yuya Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11706506
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that captures a multispectral image having a good image quality. An imaging apparatus (1) includes an imaging optical system (10) that includes a pupil region which is split into a plurality of regions including a first pupil region and a second pupil region different from the first pupil region, and a polarization filter which polarizes light beams passing through the first pupil region and the second pupil region in directions different from each other, an imaging element (100) that includes a first pixel which receives the light beam passing through the first pupil region and a second pixel which receives the light beam passing through the second pupil region, and a signal processing unit (200) that processes signals output from the imaging element (100), and outputs at least first image data consisting of an output signal of the first pixel and second image data consisting of an output signal of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Yasunobu Kishine, Atsushi Kawanago
  • Patent number: 11706529
    Abstract: A blur correction device includes a processor and a memory that is built into or coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to acquire an amount of blur correction used to correct blurring of an image obtained by imaging of an imaging element during exposure for one frame in the imaging element, and correct the blurring by performing image processing based on a most recently acquired amount of blur correction, on an unfinished image that is the image less than one frame that is being read from the imaging element. In a case in which a first reading period does not overlap with a second reading period, the processor corrects the blurring by performing the image processing based on the amount of blur correction acquired during exposure between the first reading period and the second reading period, on the unfinished image of the subsequent frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yi Pan, Takashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20230204950
    Abstract: An imaging device, an adjustment method, and an adjustment program can acquire multispectral images having good image quality. The imaging device is disposed on an image side of another optical system, and includes a multispectral camera that acquires images in a plurality of wavelength ranges, a field lens that relays the other optical system to the multispectral camera, and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a conjugate relationship between an emission pupil position of the other optical system and an incident pupil position of the multispectral camera. The multispectral camera includes: a wavelength polarizing filter unit that includes an optical member disposed at a pupil position or near the pupil position and including a plurality of aperture regions having different centroids, a plurality of optical filters arranged in the aperture regions, and a plurality of polarizing filters arranged in the aperture regions; an imaging element; and a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi OKADA, Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi KAWANAGO
  • Patent number: 11627263
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that captures a multispectral image of four bands or more. An imaging apparatus (1) includes an imaging optical system (10), an image sensor (100), and a signal processing unit (200). The imaging optical system (10) includes a bandpass filter unit (16) of which at least one of aperture regions transmits light beams of a plurality of wavelength ranges, and a polarization filter unit (18) that polarizes the light beams transmitted through the bandpass filter unit (16) in a plurality of directions, in a vicinity of a pupil thereof. The image sensor (100) receives light beams transmitted through a plurality of types of spectral filter elements and a plurality of types of polarization filter elements. The signal processing unit (200) processes signals output from the image sensor (100) to generate a plurality of image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Kishine, Shuji Ono, Kazuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20230106512
    Abstract: A lens device and an imaging apparatus that can emit illumination light coaxial with a lens optical system are proposed herein. A lens device includes an optical system that includes a first lens and a second lens forming an optical image of a subject; a first optical member that includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that include two or more optical filters transmitting lights having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that have different polarization directions; and a second optical member that is provided outside the optical system and closer to a subject side than the first optical member and emits illumination light, which is incident from the outside of the optical system, to the subject side via the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KAWANAGO, Yasunobu Kishine, Kazuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20230103720
    Abstract: There are provided a lens device, an imaging apparatus, and an imaging method that suppress the occurrence of overexposure by dimming or blocking totally reflected light. The lens device (100) includes: an optical system (100A); a wavelength polarizing filter unit (130) that is disposed at a pupil position of the optical system (100A) or near the pupil position and includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting lights having a part of wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of first polarizing filters that are disposed in the plurality of aperture regions and are at least two first polarizing filters having polarization directions different from each other; and a first circularly polarizing optical element (101) that is provided between a subject and the wavelength polarizing filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu KISHINE, Atsushi Kawanago, Kazuyoshi Okada