Patents by Inventor Yohei Aoki

Yohei Aoki 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: 12231827
    Abstract: A display method includes: acquiring information representing a size of a projection area of a projector; acquiring an input image including a person; generating information representing a size of a face of the person included in the input image, based on the information representing the size of the projection area; correcting the input image in such a way that the size of the face of the person included in the input image becomes closer to life size in the projection area, based on the information representing the size of the face of the person; generating projection image data representing a projection image including the input image; and displaying the projection image in the projection area, based on the projection image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Aoki
  • Patent number: 12229923
    Abstract: A monitoring camera includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an imaging area, and a processor configured to determine a first intensity and a second intensity to be different from each other. The first intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on an attention portion in the captured image of the imaging area, and the second intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on a non-attention portion in the captured image. The first intensity is lower than the second intensity. The processor is configured to execute the noise reduction processing on the attention portion based on the determined first intensity, to execute the noise reduction processing on the non-attention portion based on the determined second intensity, and to output an image after the noise reduction processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nozaki, Jun Ikeda, Yohei Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230300306
    Abstract: A display method includes: acquiring information representing a size of a projection area of a projector; acquiring an input image including a person; generating information representing a size of a face of the person included in the input image, based on the information representing the size of the projection area; correcting the input image in such a way that the size of the face of the person included in the input image becomes closer to life size in the projection area, based on the information representing the size of the face of the person; generating projection image data representing a projection image including the input image; and displaying the projection image in the projection area, based on the projection image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220237747
    Abstract: A monitoring camera includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an imaging area, and a processor configured to determine a first intensity and a second intensity to be different each other. The first intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on an attention portion in the captured image of the imaging area, and the second intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on a non-attention portion in the captured image. The first intensity is lower than the second intensity. The processor is configured to execute the noise reduction processing on the attention portion based on the determined first intensity, to execute the noise reduction processing on the non-attention portion based on the determined second intensity, and to output an image after the noise reduction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka NOZAKI, Jun IKEDA, Yohei AOKI
  • Patent number: 9014549
    Abstract: A dome-type camera includes a camera lens capable of rotating in a tilt direction, a dome cover for covering the camera lens, and an aperture control unit for controlling the amount of aperture of the camera lens. The amount of aperture is set to become smaller from an open value toward a closed value in accordance with the tilt angle of the camera lens becoming smaller from a zenith direction of the dome cover toward a horizontal direction. According to this dome-type camera, a desirable low tilt angle image with a reduced blur may be obtained even with a megapixel dome camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Aoki, Daisuke Hara, Yasuji Nakamura, Ryoko Kato
  • Publication number: 20130272690
    Abstract: A dome-type camera includes a camera lens capable of rotating in a tilt direction, a dome cover for covering the camera lens, and an aperture control unit for controlling the amount of aperture of the camera lens. The amount of aperture is set to become smaller from an open value toward a closed value in accordance with the tilt angle of the camera lens becoming smaller from a zenith direction of the dome cover toward a horizontal direction. According to this dome-type camera, a desirable low tilt angle image with a reduced blur may be obtained even with a megapixel dome camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Aoki, Daisuke Hara, Yasuji Nakamura, Ryoko Kato