Patents by Inventor Yoichi Takikawa

Yoichi Takikawa 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: 20240259667
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first image sensor unit configured to acquire a first image, a second image sensor unit having a characteristic different from that of the first image sensor unit and configured to acquire a second image, and a processor configured to generate detection information about an object based on the first image and to control driving of the second image sensor unit based on the detection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shun MATSUI, Yoichi TAKIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11710217
    Abstract: In an apparatus, it is determined whether a covariance matrix calculated based on a plurality of patches is abnormal. In a case where it is determined that the covariance matrix is not abnormal, the covariance matrix is used to perform first correction on pixels included in the plurality of patches. In a case where it is determined that the covariance matrix is abnormal, second correction, which is different from the first correction, is performed on the pixels included in the plurality of patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoichi Takikawa
  • Publication number: 20210256662
    Abstract: In an apparatus, it is determined whether a covariance matrix calculated based on a plurality of patches is abnormal. In a case where it is determined that the covariance matrix is not abnormal, the covariance matrix is used to perform first correction on pixels included in the plurality of patches. In a case where it is determined that the covariance matrix is abnormal, second correction, which is different from the first correction, is performed on the pixels included in the plurality of patches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Yoichi Takikawa
  • Patent number: 10846839
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus for correcting an influence of atmospheric turbulence by using pieces of image data captured temporally successively. It includes: an obtaining unit that obtains pieces of partial image data corresponding to images of a processing target area in the pieces of image data; a transform unit that transforms the obtained pieces of partial image data into Fourier spectra; an estimation unit that estimates a phase containing a high-frequency component by using phases of low-frequency components in the Fourier spectra; a correction unit that, on the basis of the result of the estimation and reference data determined on the basis of the obtained pieces of partial image data, corrects the result of the estimation on at least one of the pieces of partial image data; and a generation unit that generates output image data corresponding to the pieces of image data on the basis of the corrected result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoichi Takikawa
  • Patent number: 10671006
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an edge determination unit configured to detect an edge pixel to which a white pixel and a black pixel are adjacent in a first direction in an image in which each pixel is represented as a white pixel or a black pixel; a first detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels up to the edge pixel in the first direction in the image; a second detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels whose number of consecutive pixels in the first direction is larger than a first threshold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the image; and a type determination unit configured to determine a type of the edge pixel based on detection results by the first detection unit and detection results by the second detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10545446
    Abstract: The present invention performs inplane uneven density correction that suppresses a number of tone correction properties and has few correction residuals. Accordingly, a holding unit of an apparatus of the present invention holds a plurality of tone correction properties respectively corresponding to a plurality of spot diameters that divide a range of a spot diameter of a light exposed on a surface of a photoreceptor by a predetermined interval. In addition a setting unit sets a tone correction property selected from the plurality of tone correction properties based on a spot diameter on the photoreceptor for a pixel corresponding to pixel data C. A correction unit corrects the pixel data C based on the set tone correction property, to generate tone correction data Cc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi Takikawa, Ryosuke Otani, Hidenori Kanazawa, Go Araki, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190294095
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an edge determination unit configured to detect an edge pixel to which a white pixel and a black pixel are adjacent in a first direction in an image in which each pixel is represented as a white pixel or a black pixel; a first detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels up to the edge pixel in the first direction in the image; a second detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels whose number of consecutive pixels in the first direction is larger than a first threshold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the image; and a type determination unit configured to determine a type of the edge pixel based on detection results by the first detection unit and detection results by the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190295234
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus for correcting an influence of atmospheric turbulence by using pieces of image data captured temporally successively. It includes: an obtaining unit that obtains pieces of partial image data corresponding to images of a processing target area in the pieces of image data; a transform unit that transforms the obtained pieces of partial image data into Fourier spectra; an estimation unit that estimates a phase containing a high-frequency component by using phases of low-frequency components in the Fourier spectra; a correction unit that, on the basis of the result of the estimation and reference data determined on the basis of the obtained pieces of partial image data, corrects the result of the estimation on at least one of the pieces of partial image data; and a generation unit that generates output image data corresponding to the pieces of image data on the basis of the corrected result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Yoichi Takikawa
  • Patent number: 10359727
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an edge determination unit configured to detect an edge pixel to which a white pixel and a black pixel are adjacent in a first direction in an image in which each pixel is represented as a white pixel or a black pixel; a first detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels up to the edge pixel in the first direction in the image; a second detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels whose number of consecutive pixels in the first direction is larger than a first threshold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the image; and a type determination unit configured to determine a type of the edge pixel based on detection results by the first detection unit and detection results by the second detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10194053
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the present invention acquires first correction characteristics representing an output density for an input gradation value at a reference position in a main scanning direction and second correction characteristics representing a relative relationship of an output density at a predetermined position in the main scanning direction with the output density at the reference position in the main scanning direction. Then, the image forming apparatus corrects image data corresponding to the predetermined position in the main scanning direction based on the first correction characteristics and the second correction characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Hidenori Kanazawa, Go Araki, Yoichi Takikawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10073370
    Abstract: The present invention performs inplane uneven density correction that suppresses a number of tone correction properties and has few correction residuals. Accordingly, a correction unit corrects pixel data D based on a plurality of tone correction properties respectively corresponding to a plurality of spot diameters of a light to expose on a surface of a photoreceptor, and to generate a plurality of pieces of correction data D1 and D2. A setting unit sets a ratio Rb based on a spot diameter on the photoreceptor of a pixel corresponding to the pixel data D. A blending unit generates tone correction data Dc by blending the plurality of pieces of correction data D1 and D2 based on the ratio Rb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi Takikawa, Ryosuke Otani, Hidenori Kanazawa, Go Araki, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180253050
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an edge determination unit configured to detect an edge pixel to which a white pixel and a black pixel are adjacent in a first direction in an image in which each pixel is represented as a white pixel or a black pixel; a first detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels up to the edge pixel in the first direction in the image; a second detection unit configured to detect a number of consecutive pixels whose number of consecutive pixels in the first direction is larger than a first threshold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the image; and a type determination unit configured to determine a type of the edge pixel based on detection results by the first detection unit and detection results by the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10068160
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a light emitting element group including a plurality of light emitting elements disposed at first intervals in a first direction, and configured to emit optical beams based on image data, a lens array including a plurality of lenses disposed at second intervals different from the first intervals in the first direction and configured to focus or condense the light emitted from the light emitting element group, and a halftone processing unit configured to perform halftone processing by using a dither matrix corresponding to a relative positional relationship between the plurality of light emitting elements and the plurality of lenses to generate the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa
  • Patent number: 9964888
    Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izuru Horiuchi, Yoichi Takikawa, Jun Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 9883076
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit for sequentially reading, from image data, pieces of pixel data of target pixels along a predetermined direction, a cumulative sum calculation unit for calculating a cumulative sum of gradation values represented by pieces of pixel data of target pixels in a significant image portion read by the reading unit, a determination unit for determining whether the target pixel read by the reading unit is located at a boundary between the significant image portion and a background portion that is a non-significant image portion, and a correction unit for correcting, if the determination unit determines that the target pixel is located at the boundary, a gradation value represented by pixel data of the target pixel by adding a correction amount based on the cumulative sum up to the target pixel calculated by the cumulative sum calculation unit to the gradation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hidenori Kanazawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170285511
    Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Izuru Horiuchi, Yoichi Takikawa, Jun Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 9703230
    Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izuru Horiuchi, Yoichi Takikawa, Jun Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170155797
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit for sequentially reading, from image data, pieces of pixel data of target pixels along a predetermined direction, a cumulative sum calculation unit for calculating a cumulative sum of gradation values represented by pieces of pixel data of target pixels in a significant image portion read by the reading unit, a determination unit for determining whether the target pixel read by the reading unit is located at a boundary between the significant image portion and a background portion that is a non-significant image portion, and a correction unit for correcting, if the determination unit determines that the target pixel is located at the boundary, a gradation value represented by pixel data of the target pixel by adding a correction amount based on the cumulative sum up to the target pixel calculated by the cumulative sum calculation unit to the gradation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Yoichi Takikawa, Hidenori Kanazawa, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170139363
    Abstract: The present invention performs inplane uneven density correction that suppresses a number of tone correction properties and has few correction residuals. Accordingly, a holding unit of an apparatus of the present invention holds a plurality of tone correction properties respectively corresponding to a plurality of spot diameters that divide a range of a spot diameter of a light exposed on a surface of a photoreceptor by a predetermined interval. In addition a setting unit sets a tone correction property selected from the plurality of tone correction properties based on a spot diameter on the photoreceptor for a pixel corresponding to pixel data C. A correction unit corrects the pixel data C based on the set tone correction property, to generate tone correction data Cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Yoichi Takikawa, Ryosuke Otani, Hidenori Kanazawa, Go Araki, Hisashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170139344
    Abstract: The present invention performs inplane uneven density correction that suppresses a number of tone correction properties and has few correction residuals. Accordingly, a correction unit corrects pixel data D based on a plurality of tone correction properties respectively corresponding to a plurality of spot diameters of a light to expose on a surface of a photoreceptor, and to generate a plurality of pieces of correction data D1 and D2. A setting unit sets a ratio Rb based on a spot diameter on the photoreceptor of a pixel corresponding to the pixel data D. A blending unit generates tone correction data Dc by blending the plurality of pieces of correction data D1 and D2 based on the ratio Rb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Yoichi Takikawa, Ryosuke Otani, Hidenori Kanazawa, Go Araki, Hisashi Ishikawa