Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Kuroki

Yoshihiko Kuroki 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: 11895254
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device including: an ultraviolet LED unit for irradiating an object with ultraviolet rays of a wavelength between 200 nm or more and less than 400 nm; an image sensor unit for capturing, as a ultraviolet irradiation region, the ultraviolet rays irradiated from the ultraviolet LED unit, an image sensor part for converting into image data the ultraviolet irradiation region captured by the image sensor unit; and a display and touch panel unit for displaying, as image information, the ultraviolet irradiation region converted into image data by the image sensor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: COMFORT VISION RESEARCH LABORATORY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20210377371
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device including: an ultraviolet LED unit for irradiating an object with ultraviolet rays of a wavelength between 200 nm or more and less than 400 nm; an image sensor unit for capturing, as a ultraviolet irradiation region, the ultraviolet rays irradiated from the ultraviolet LED unit, an image sensor part for converting into image data the ultraviolet irradiation region captured by the image sensor unit; and a display and touch panel unit for displaying, as image information, the ultraviolet irradiation region converted into image data by the image sensor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshihiko KUROKI
  • Patent number: 11146779
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit configured to display an image for right eye and an image for left eye. Resolution of the display unit is P pixels or more per inch. Pixel shift of the image for right eye and the image for left eye displayed on the display unit is 0.021×P pixels or less and one pixel or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Patent number: 10070114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for splitting light received from at least one subject into at least first and second components of light, converting the first component of light into a first electrical signal representing a base image of the at least one subject, dispersing the second component of light into at least a right component of light and a left component of light; converting the right component of light into a second electrical signal representing a right detection image at a first angle; and converting the left component of light into a third electrical signal representing a left detection image at a second angle different from the first angle. Additionally, the right detection image may be used to transform the base image into a right parallax image, and the left detection image may be used to transform the base image into a left parallax image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuroki, Eiji Otani
  • Publication number: 20180213211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit configured to display an image for right eye and an image for left eye. Resolution of the display unit is P pixels or more per inch. Pixel shift of the image for right eye and the image for left eye displayed on the display unit is 0.021×P pixels or less and one pixel or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Yoshihiko KUROKI
  • Patent number: 9609298
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of processing imaging data in a manner similar to that of a normal frame rate. Image data captured by a solid-state imaging element capable of performing imaging at a high resolution and a high frame rate is supplied to a memory control. The memory control, at the same time as writing the imaging data input from the imaging element in a frame memory, reads preceding frames of imaging data that are recorded on the frame memory, and sequentially respectively outputs them in parallel, as video image data items, for each frame, to respective camera signal processing units. In the camera signal processing units, a video output, a viewfinder output, codec units, and recording units, processing similar to that when a frame rate that is ¼ the imaging frame rate is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Isao Ohashi, Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Patent number: 9541430
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a measurement tube having a flange part, the flange part being configured to be coupled to a piping-side flange by a bolt fastening, a lining material configured to cover an inside of the measurement tube and an inner periphery area having a predetermined diameter of a coupling-side surface of the flange part, and an earth ring configured to be placed between the flange part and the piping-side flange. The earth ring has a ring plate part and a wall part formed along an outer periphery of the ring plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamashita, Yoichi Imai, Yoshihiko Kuroki, Koji Omura
  • Patent number: 9239464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method so as to be able to obtain disparity information, without deteriorating the image quality of the image. Incident light from a subject is made to be parallel light by a relay lens unit 33, part thereof is reflected by a transmissive mirror 35, and the remaining incident light transmits the transmissive mirror 35. An imaging device 39 performs photoelectric conversion on the incident light which has transmitted the transmissive mirror 35 and images a basic image, and an imaging device 40 performs photoelectric conversion on the incident light which has reflected off of the transmissive mirror 35 and images disparity detection images. A disparity image generating unit 44 replaces pixel values of each pixel on the disparity detection images into the pixel values on the pixels on the basic image corresponding to these pixels and generates right and left disparity images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20150271462
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of processing imaging data in a manner similar to that of a normal frame rate. Image data captured by a solid-state imaging element capable of performing imaging at a high resolution and a high frame rate is supplied to a memory control. The memory control, at the same time as writing the imaging data input from the imaging element in a frame memory, reads preceding frames of imaging data that are recorded on the frame memory, and sequentially respectively outputs them in parallel, as video image data items, for each frame, to respective camera signal processing units. In the camera signal processing units, a video output, a viewfinder output, codec units, and recording units, processing similar to that when a frame rate that is ¼ the imaging frame rate is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji KOBAYASHI, lsao OHASHI, Yoshihiko KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20150260554
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a measurement tube having a flange part, the flange part being configured to be coupled to a piping-side flange by a bolt fastening, a lining material configured to cover an inside of the measurement tube and an inner periphery area having a predetermined diameter of a coupling-side surface of the flange part, and an earth ring configured to be placed between the flange part and the piping-side flange. The earth ring has a ring plate part and a wall part formed along an outer periphery of the ring plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki YAMASHITA, Yoichi IMAI, Yoshihiko KUROKI, Koji OMURA
  • Patent number: 9071813
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of processing imaging data in a manner similar to that of a normal frame rate. Image data captured by a solid-state imaging element capable of performing imaging at a high resolution and a high frame rate is supplied to a memory control. The memory control, at the same time as writing the imaging data input from the imaging element in a frame memory, reads preceding frames of imaging data that are recorded on the frame memory, and sequentially respectively outputs them in parallel, as video image data items, for each frame, to respective camera signal processing units. In the camera signal processing units, a video output, a viewfinder output, codec units, and recording units, processing similar to that when a frame rate that is ¼ the imaging frame rate is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Isao Ohashi, Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20150116202
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device and a method thereof, and a program which can present a more natural stereoscopic image. A photographing unit photographs a plurality of pairs of images, each of which is formed of a right eye image and a left eye image. In addition, the photographing unit also photographs a wide angle right eye image in which an object of each right eye image is included, and a wide angle left eye image in which an object of each left eye image is included. A position determination unit arranges a plurality of the right eye images on a coordinate system in which the wide angle right eye image is a standard, and arranges a plurality of the left eye images on a coordinate system in which the wide angle left eye image is a standard based on a plurality of pairs of images of which convergence points are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Patent number: 8896723
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a binning unit configured to calculate, based on, as a binning area, an area including two or more adjacent pixels in a unit area including m pixels in a lateral direction and n pixels in a perpendicular direction on an image sensor, a sum of output values of the pixels in the binning area as an addition output value for each of m×n binning areas that are different to each other; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a pixel value of each pixel in the binning area based on m×n addition output values obtained for the unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Patent number: 8842164
    Abstract: A light ray output from a subject is separated into left and right light rays by mirrors in an area in which a diverging light ray output from a point of the subject is converted into a parallel light ray. When a subject is looked at from the right side or the left side, the light rays are reflected by various mirrors. The light rays reflected by the mirrors are made incident on image forming lenses. These light rays form an image on a light receiving surface of an imaging device. In this way, a high-quality 3D image having an appropriate parallax level and a small chromatic aberration is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20140225993
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for splitting light received from at least one subject into at least first and second components of light, converting the first component of light into a first electrical signal representing a base image of the at least one subject, dispersing the second component of light into at least a right component of light and a left component of light; converting the right component of light into a second electrical signal representing a right detection image at a first angle; and converting the left component of light into a third electrical signal representing a left detection image at a second angle different from the first angle. Additionally, the right detection image may be used to transform the base image into a right parallax image, and the left detection image may be used to transform the base image into a left parallax image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuroki, Eiji Otani
  • Publication number: 20140161424
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of processing imaging data in a manner similar to that of a normal frame rate. Image data captured by a solid-state imaging element capable of performing imaging at a high resolution and a high frame rate is supplied to a memory control. The memory control, at the same time as writing the imaging data input from the imaging element in a frame memory, reads preceding frames of imaging data that are recorded on the frame memory, and sequentially respectively outputs them in parallel, as video image data items, for each frame, to respective camera signal processing units. In the camera signal processing units, a video output, a viewfinder output, codec units, and recording units, processing similar to that when a frame rate that is ¼ the imaging frame rate is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji KOBAYASHI, Isao OHASHI, Yoshihiko KUROKI
  • Patent number: 8687079
    Abstract: An imaging method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of processing imaging data of a high rate in a manner similar to that of a normal frame rate. Image data captured by a solid-state imaging element capable of performing imaging at a high resolution and a high frame rate is supplied to a memory control unit. The memory control unit, at the same time as writing the imaging data input from the imaging element in a frame memory, reads preceding frames of imaging data that are recorded on the frame memory, and sequentially respectively outputs them in parallel, as video image data items for each frame, to respective camera signal processing units. Then, in the camera signal processing units, a video output unit, a viewfinder output unit, codec units, and recording units, processing similar to that in the case of a frame rate that is ¼ the imaging frame rate is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Isao Ohashi, Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20130258069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method so as to be able to obtain disparity information, without deteriorating the image quality of the image. Incident light from a subject is made to be parallel light by a relay lens unit 33, part thereof is reflected by a transmissive mirror 35, and the remaining incident light transmits the transmissive mirror 35. An imaging device 39 performs photoelectric conversion on the incident light which has transmitted the transmissive mirror 35 and images a basic image, and an imaging device 40 performs photoelectric conversion on the incident light which has reflected off of the transmissive mirror 35 and images disparity detection images. A disparity image generating unit 44 replaces pixel values of each pixel on the disparity detection images into the pixel values on the pixels on the basic image corresponding to these pixels and generates right and left disparity images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20130235238
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a binning unit configured to calculate, based on, as a binning area, an area including two or more adjacent pixels in a unit area including m pixels in a lateral direction and n pixels in a perpendicular direction on an image sensor, a sum of output values of the pixels in the binning area as an addition output value for each of m×n binning areas that are different to each other; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a pixel value of each pixel in the binning area based on m×n addition output values obtained for the unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20130229443
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a gamma value calculation unit that calculates a gamma value for a pixel of an input image based on a grayscale value of the pixel, the gamma value being varied depending on the grayscale value, and an image generation unit that performs grayscale correction on the input image by raising the grayscale value of the pixel of the input image to a power of the gamma value, the grayscale value being normalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiko KUROKI