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).

  • Patent number: 10571776
    Abstract: The invention provides a dome cover for a camera and a camera with a cover that can effectively acquire an image in which a visually-recognizable range is wide and blurring is suppressed and that are durable. In one aspect of the invention, a dome cover (10) for a camera includes a curved section (11) of which a front surface and a back surface have a spherical shape; a skirt section (12) of which a front surface and a back surface have a cylinder shape; and a light-shielding part (15) that shields a part or whole of at least one of light that is incident from the skirt section (12) and is emitted from the curved section (11) or light that is incident from the curved section (11) and is emitted from the skirt section (12). The curved section (11) and the skirt section (12) are integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 10567647
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of an object captured through an imaging lens, a coordinate transformation unit that performs coordinate transformation for the captured image such that a sagittal resolution in a direction tangent to circumference having a center of an imaging surface as an origin and a tangential resolution in a radial direction perpendicular to the tangential direction are close to each other at a designated spatial frequency, and a resolution enhancement processing unit that performs a rotationally-symmetric resolution enhancement process for the coordinate-transformed image. According to this aspect, a rotationally-symmetric filter can be used for the resolution enhancement process. It is possible to prevent an increase in filter size or to perform a process at a high speed. It is possible to prevent a process from being complicated due to the use of the filter for coordinate transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 10559068
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing the calculation load of processing of enhancing mutually different resolutions for each of a sagittal direction and a tangential direction of a lens. In the aspect of the present invention, the image processing device 35 includes: an image acquisition section 40 that acquires a first image which is acquired from an imaging element by imaging a subject image using an optical system; a second image generation section 41 that generates a second image which is developed as a panorama by performing polar coordinate transformation on the first image acquired by the image acquisition section; and a resolution enhancement processing section 42 that performs resolution enhancement processing on the second image asymmetrically in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 10514591
    Abstract: A camera apparatus (10) includes a degraded region information storage unit (24) that stores degraded region information for each direction in which degraded region data and an imaging direction are associated with each other, a direction recognition unit (30) that recognizes the imaging direction, and an image correction unit (32) that acquires degraded region data which is associated with the imaging direction recognized by the direction recognition unit (30) on the basis of the degraded region information for each direction and performs an image quality improvement process for the image data on the basis of a peculiar degraded region indicated by the degraded region data. The peculiar degraded region is a region related to a degradation element which is caused by at least one of the dome cover or the optical system and is based on at least one of a spatial frequency or signal intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaru, Yasunobu Kishine, Hiroyuki Oshima
  • Publication number: 20190378259
    Abstract: Provided are an image-processing system, an image-processing device, an image-processing method, and an image-processing program capable of appropriately inspecting, measuring, or recognizing targets by using a plurality of imaging units even in a case where there is an individual difference in performance of each imaging unit. An image correction-processing unit that individually acquires pieces of image data from a first camera and a second camera to individually correct image deterioration caused by each of the cameras by pieces of image-processing and an inspection processing unit that individually acquires the pieces of image data after the correction from the image correction-processing unit to individually inspect imaged targets by pieces of image-processing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yosuke NARUSE, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20190377166
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, a signal processing method for an imaging apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a signal processing program for an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a high quality image with a compact configuration. An imaging lens 10A is composed of, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 that is fixed during variable magnification, a second lens group G2 and a third lens group G3 that move during variable magnification, and a fourth lens group G4 that is fixed during variable magnification. The first lens group G1 is composed, in order from the object side, a first-a lens group G1a that is fixed during focusing, a first-b lens group G1b that moves during focusing, and a first lens group rear group G1c that is fixed during focusing. Fluctuation of an angle of view with focusing is corrected through image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki KOMATSU, Yosuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yoshiaki ISHII, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20190353871
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an image processing program capable of appropriately correcting both of focus breathing and distortion. Focus breathing is corrected by subjecting image data to magnification/reduction processing according to a magnification/reduction rate determined for each focus position. Distortion is corrected through image processing to the image data with focus breathing corrected. In correcting distortion, distortion appearing in image data after correction of focus breathing is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Yosuke Naruse, Yasunobu Kishine, Daiki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20190347773
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a transfer function input unit to which each of transfer functions of a plurality of imaging systems is input, a calculation unit that calculates a target resolution value which is a target value of recovery processing that recovers a plurality of captured images to be output from each of the plurality of the imaging systems based on the input transfer functions and a predetermined criterion, a recovery-filter generation unit that generates a recovery-filter used for the recovery processing with respect to each of the plurality of imaging systems based on the transfer functions of the plurality of imaging systems and a target resolution value, and a recovered image generation unit that performs the recovery processing with respect to the captured images acquired from the plurality of imaging systems by using the recovery-filter generated for each of the plurality of imaging systems to generate recovered images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke NARUSE, Yasunobu KISHINE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yoshiaki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20190340788
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a transfer function input unit to which each of transfer functions of a plurality of imaging-systems is input, a calculation unit that calculates a target resolution value which is a target value of recovery processing that recovers a plurality of captured images to be output from each of the plurality of the imaging-systems based on each of the input transfer functions and a predetermined criterion, a recovery filter generation unit that generates a recovery filter used for the recovery processing with respect to each of the plurality of imaging-systems based on each of the transfer functions of the plurality of imaging-systems and a target resolution value, and a recovered image generation unit that performs the recovery processing with respect to the captured images acquired from the plurality of imaging-systems by using the recovery filter generated for each of the plurality of imaging-systems to generate recovered images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke NARUSE, Yasunobu KISHINE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yoshiaki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20190295215
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program which generate a favorable-quality combination image of which distortion is partially corrected with no calculation cost. A plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras is input, and scaling processing is performed on at least one image of two images to be combined with each other among the plurality of images in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the two images are combined. A continuous combination image is generated by combining the plurality of images after the scaling processing. The scaling processing is performed on at least the one image of the two images according to a predetermined scaling ratio, and a misalignment on an image of a combined portion of the two images to be combined with each other in the perpendicular direction is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu KISHINE, Yoshiaki ISHII, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yosuke NARUSE
  • Patent number: 10412277
    Abstract: A dome-type camera includes a dome cover (11) and a camera unit (12). The dome cover (11) has a front surface (21) and a back surface (22). The camera unit (12) includes an optical system (13) and an imaging element (14). The optical system (13) is disposed on the back surface (22) side of the dome cover (11), and the imaging element (14) outputs image data on the basis of imaging light received via the optical system (13). At least the back surface (22) out of the front surface (21) and the back surface (22) of the dome cover (11) has at least an aspheric shape in which optical properties are continuously changed at a location other than a top t of the dome cover (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Aoi, Kazuya Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Oshima, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 10362200
    Abstract: A dome-type camera includes a dome cover (11) and a camera unit (12). The dome cover (11) has a front surface (21) and a back surface (22). The camera unit (12) includes an optical system (13) and an imaging element (14). The optical system (13) is disposed on the back surface (22) side of the dome cover (11), and the imaging element (14) outputs image data on the basis of imaging light received via the optical system (13). At least the back surface (22) out of the front surface (21) and the back surface (22) of the dome cover (11) has at least an aspheric shape in which optical properties are continuously changed at a location other than a top t of the dome cover (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Aoi, Kazuya Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Oshima, Yasunobu Kishine
  • Publication number: 20190215511
    Abstract: An evaluation system includes an input unit that inputs a test chart image acquired by imaging a test chart including a plurality of characters, an evaluation unit that evaluates performance of an imaging unit using the test chart image, an image generation unit that generates an evaluation image representing an evaluation of the evaluation unit at each position on the test chart image with a color, and a display unit that displays the evaluation image along with the test chart image or in a superimposed manner on the test chart image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu KISHINE, Tatsuro IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180365811
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an imaging device, and an image processing method which are capable of obtaining a captured image with desired image quality. An image processing unit functioning as an image processing device includes a point image restoration processing unit that performs point image restoration processing using a restoration filter based on a point spread function of a lens unit on image data obtained from an imaging element through imaging of a subject using an imaging unit having a lens unit including a lens and the imaging element, and a determination unit that determines whether or not to perform the point image restoration processing using the point image restoration processing unit based on spherical aberration of the lens changed by an imaging condition. The point image restoration processing unit performs the point image restoration processing only in a case where the determination unit determines to perform the point image restoration processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yousuke NARUSE, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20180365812
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an imaging device, and an image processing method which are capable of obtaining a captured image with desired image quality. An image processing unit functioning as an image processing device includes a point image restoration processing unit that performs point image restoration processing using a restoration filter based on a point spread function of a lens unit on image data obtained from an imaging element through imaging of a subject using an imaging unit having the lens unit including a lens and the imaging element, and a determination unit that determines to perform the point image restoration processing using the point image restoration processing unit in a case where a modulation transfer function in a predetermined spatial frequency in which the point image restoration processing contributes is smaller than a threshold value. Here, the modulation transfer function is changed by an imaging condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Yousuke NARUSE, Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Patent number: 10139588
    Abstract: The imaging lens includes a first lens group fixed during focusing and a positive second lens group moving to an object side during focusing from a long-distance object to a short-distance object, in order from a side closest to the object. The field curvature is adjusted by moving the first lens group or a sub-lens group within the first lens group including a lens closest to the object side, as an adjustment group. A stop fixed during the adjustment of the field curvature is disposed closer to an image side than the adjustment group. Conditional expressions relating to the focal length of the whole system, the focal length of the adjustment group, and the height of a paraxial on-axis light ray in the adjustment group are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Takashi Kunugise, Yasunobu Kishine, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20180309926
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of an object captured through an imaging lens, a coordinate transformation unit that performs coordinate transformation for the captured image such that a sagittal resolution in a direction tangent to circumference having a center of an imaging surface as an origin and a tangential resolution in a radial direction perpendicular to the tangential direction are close to each other at a designated spatial frequency, and a resolution enhancement processing unit that performs a rotationally-symmetric resolution enhancement process for the coordinate-transformed image. According to this aspect, a rotationally-symmetric filter can be used for the resolution enhancement process. It is possible to prevent an increase in filter size or to perform a process at a high speed. It is possible to prevent a process from being complicated due to the use of the filter for coordinate transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Publication number: 20180204311
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing the calculation load of processing of enhancing mutually different resolutions for each of a sagittal direction and a tangential direction of a lens. In the aspect of the present invention, the image processing device 35 includes: an image acquisition section 40 that acquires a first image which is acquired from an imaging element by imaging a subject image using an optical system; a second image generation section 41 that generates a second image which is developed as a panorama by performing polar coordinate transformation on the first image acquired by the image acquisition section; and a resolution enhancement processing section 42 that performs resolution enhancement processing on the second image asymmetrically in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu KISHINE
  • Patent number: 9958701
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing an imaging-module and an imaging-module manufacturing device that can increase the flexibility of the component arrangement in an electronic device. A relative position of the lens unit and the imaging device unit, held on an axis perpendicular to a measurement chart, and the measurement chart on the axis is changed and images of the measurement chart are captured at the relative positions in the state where, when the lens unit is installed in an electronic device, a magnetic field having a magnitude equal to a magnitude of a magnetic field applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit is applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit. A compensation amount is calculated using signals acquired by capturing the images of the measurement chart, a tilt of the imaging device unit relative to the lens unit is adjusted, and the imaging device unit is fixed to the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine
  • Patent number: 9952444
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing an imaging module and an imaging-module manufacturing device that can enhance the flexibility of disposition of components in an electronic device. An amount of tilt by which and a direction of tilt in which a movable image-stabilizing unit is tilted in a state where a lens unit is installed in the electronic device including a magnetic-field generating unit are acquired in advance. On the basis of the amount of tilt by which and the direction of tilt in which the movable image-stabilizing unit is tilted, acquired in advance, the lens unit and the imaging device unit are fixed to each other in the state where an optical axis of the lens group is tilted by the amount of tilt in a direction opposite to the direction of tilt from a first reference position perpendicular to an imaging surface of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kishine