Patents by Inventor Yoko Sogabe

Yoko Sogabe 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: 20240121488
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an optical element including a transparent substrate and a plurality of structures disposed on or in the transparent substrate in a plane direction of the transparent substrate, an imaging sensor in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, and a signal processing unit configured to generate an image signal based on an electric signal obtained from the imaging sensor, wherein the optical element outputs light with a different point spread function for each wavelength to form, on the imaging sensor, an image in which the point spread function of each wavelength is convoluted, the plurality of structures have the same height in a side view, and the signal processing unit reconstructs an image in which the point spread function of each wavelength is convoluted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Masashi MIYATA, Yoko SOGABE, Fumihide KOBAYASHI, Shiori SUGIMOTO, Naru NEMOTO, Toshikazu HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230196512
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a learning method for learning a model which reconstructs data and acquires reconstructed data, the learning method includes a plurality of stages, and the learning method includes first sub-processing which is based on an iterative calculation algorithm in which a Lagrange multiplier is not used, second sub-processing which is based on an iterative calculation algorithm in which the Lagrange multiplier is used, and weighting sub-processing which determines processing in each of the plurality of stages based on a weight for determining usage of the first sub-processing and the second sub-processing in each stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko SOGABE, Shiori SUGIMOTO, Takayuki KUROZUMI, Hideaki KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20220394266
    Abstract: Provided is a signal reconstruction method executed by a signal reconstruction apparatus including a processor and a memory that stores a codec. The signal reconstruction method includes reconstructing an input signal according to a desired purpose, and in the reconstructing, a likelihood of the input signal being a predetermined type of signal is considered by executing coding on a processing result of the input signal, based on the codec previously determined according to a type of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko SOGABE, Shiori SUGIMOTO, Takayuki KUROZUMI, Hideaki KIMATA
  • Patent number: 11523132
    Abstract: A predictive image acquisition device is a predictive image acquisition device for associating an observation signal, the observation signal being a signal obtained from an original image serving as a decoding target image and being a lower dimensional signal than the original image, a first predictive image having a high correlation with the original image, and a second predictive image having a high correlation with the original image with each other to obtain a combined predictive image, and includes an interpolation factor acquisition unit configured to obtain an interpolation factor set for each pixel of the combined predictive image from the first predictive image, the second predictive image, and the observation signal, and a combined predictive image acquisition unit configured to combine the first predictive image and the second predictive image for each pixel using the interpolation factor to obtain the combined predictive image, and the pixels constituting the observation signal are expressed by a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Sogabe, Shiori Sugimoto, Seishi Takamura, Atsushi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220007049
    Abstract: A predictive image acquisition device is a predictive image acquisition device for associating an observation signal, the observation signal being a signal obtained from an original image serving as a decoding target image and being a lower dimensional signal than the original image, a first predictive image having a high correlation with the original image, and a second predictive image having a high correlation with the original image with each other to obtain a combined predictive image, and includes an interpolation factor acquisition unit configured to obtain an interpolation factor set for each pixel of the combined predictive image from the first predictive image, the second predictive image, and the observation signal, and a combined predictive image acquisition unit configured to combine the first predictive image and the second predictive image for each pixel using the interpolation factor to obtain the combined predictive image, and the pixels constituting the observation signal are expressed by a
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko SOGABE, Shiori SUGIMOTO, Seishi TAKAMURA, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7176964
    Abstract: An electronic still camera includes an image pickup unit for picking up an object image to generate a frame image, the image pickup unit having a single pickup mode of picking up an object image to generate a single frame image, and a continuous pickup mode of picking up an object image continuously to generate a plurality of continuous frame images, and a display unit for displaying a frame image in a display manner specialized to the pickup mode in which the frame image is generated. Each frame image is stored in a memory, and given with pickup mode information representing which the frame image is generated in the single pickup mode or the continuous pickup mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Sogabe, Toshihiro Hamamura
  • Publication number: 20070013781
    Abstract: An electronic still camera which transmits taken images to a printer connected to the camera to print the images is provided with a microcomputer for generating image data for printing and communicating with the printer. When start of printing is directed, the microcomputer obtains information on characteristics of the printer from the printer, generates image data whose number of pixels differs between when the printing density is a predetermined value or more and when it is less than the predetermined value, and transmits the image data to the printer. A connector is provided for attaching a cable of the printer to the electronic still camera, and a switch for detecting whether the cable is attached or not is provided in the connector. When the cable is attached to the connector, only transmitting images to the printer to print the images is permitted even if taking of images or reproduction display is directed by a manual operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Naohiro Kageyama, Yasuhiko Takeda, Yoko Sogabe, Katsuyuki Nanba