Patents by Inventor Yousuke NARUSE

Yousuke NARUSE 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: 9851530
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group fixed during focusing, a positive second lens group moved toward the object side during focusing from a distant to a close object, and a third lens group fixed during focusing and including one positive lens. The second group includes, in order from the object side, a first cemented lens including a biconvex lens and a negative lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the object-side surface than of the image-side surface, and a second cemented lens having a positive refractive power and including a negative lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the image-side surface than of the object-side surface and a positive lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the object-side surface than of the image-side surface. The imaging lens satisfies specific condition expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9826150
    Abstract: There are provided a signal processing device, an imaging apparatus, a parameter generating method, a signal processing method, and a program that enable desired frequency component adjustment without complicating the processing. An image processing unit 35 includes a signal processing section that adjusts a signal according to a frequency and a filter processing control section 37 (automatic strength adjustment section 52) that controls the signal processing section. The signal processing section includes a first filter processing section 38 that performs first filter processing and a second filter processing section 39 that performs second filter processing. The automatic strength adjustment section 52 acquires the adjustment magnification (first gain adjustment magnification U and second gain adjustment magnification V) in one of the first filter processing and the second filter processing, and calculates the adjustment magnification in the other processing based on a total gain adjustment rate D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9805452
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium capable of compatibly achieving a high-accuracy filtering process and reduction in a necessary storage capacity. An image processing apparatus 35 includes a filtering process unit 41 that performs an image filtering process including a plurality of filtering processes. The filtering process unit 41 applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, and applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process determined according to a pixel position in original image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9799101
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device that generates a restoration filter to perform restoration processing on luminance system image data that is image data related to luminance, which is generated based on image data of respective colors of multiple colors obtained by an imaging device having an optical system, includes an information acquisition device acquiring transfer function information corresponding to point image distribution in the optical system, for each color of the multiple colors, and a restoration filter generation device generating the restoration filter based on the transfer function information acquired by the information acquisition device and generating the restoration filter that performs phase correction of the luminance system image data according to the transfer function information on a single color of the multiple colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9799104
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium capable of compatibly achieving a high-accuracy filtering process and reduction in a necessary storage capacity. An image processing apparatus includes a filtering process unit that performs an image filtering process including a plurality of filtering processes. The filtering process unit applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, and applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a “target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process” specified based on an optical characteristic of an optical system used when the original image data is acquired, that is, the optical characteristic according to an imaging condition when the original image data is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9799105
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and a program capable of acquiring a moving image with excellent image quality while maintaining continuity of a restoration process between frames even if there is a rapid change of a photographing environment in a moving image. An image processing device includes a restoration control processing unit 36 which subjects a moving image including a plurality of frames acquired by photographing using an optical system to a restoration process based on a point spread function of the optical system to acquire recovered image data. The restoration control processing unit 36 controls the restoration process for a frame to be processed among a plurality of frames based on imaging information of a reference frame including a frame after the frame to be processed in a time series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugimoto, Kenkichi Hayashi, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie
  • Patent number: 9800774
    Abstract: A first restoration processing section 110 and a second restoration processing section 120 perform restoration processing on images (luminance data Y), which are successively captured by an image capture section, using a first filter 102, which is a restoration filter generated corresponding to a point spread function of an optical system, and a second filter 104 of which a restoration strength is weaker than that of the first filter 102. Depending on a result of determination which is input from an in-focus determination section 150 and indicates whether or not the image at the current time point is in a target in-focus state, a selection section 122 selects and outputs either luminance data YA which is processed using the first filter 102 or luminance data YB which is processed using the second filter 104.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto, Kosuke Irie
  • Patent number: 9794500
    Abstract: An imaging device 10 according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a subject distance acquisition section 115; a movement amount acquisition section 120 that acquires an amount of movement of the subject on the basis of the subject distance; a restoration processing determination section 125 that determines, on the basis of the amount of movement acquired by the movement amount acquisition section 120, whether the restoration processing should be performed on the images through a restoration filter, a restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the images, or the restoration processing should not be performed on the images; and a restoration processing execution section 105 that performs the restoration processing on the images through the restoration filter or with the adjusted restoration strength, on the basis of the determination of the restoration processing determination section 125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie
  • Publication number: 20170294003
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170294004
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170294005
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9727955
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Naruse, Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9710895
    Abstract: Source image data is subjected to a logarithmic process (gamma correction process) (S11), and the luminance distribution of source image data is acquired (S12). Then, it is determined whether or not the luminance distribution of source image data corresponds to “a high luminance scene (highlight scene) biased toward a high luminance side” based on a characteristic of a luminance value equal to or greater than a first threshold value in the luminance distribution of source image data (S13). According to the determination result (Y/N of S13), a restoration process based on a point spread function of an optical system is controlled (S14, S15). A restoration filter which is used in the restoration process has a filter coefficient corresponding to image data before the logarithmic process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie
  • Publication number: 20170193642
    Abstract: Further, there are provided a filter acquisition apparatus, a filter acquisition method, a program, and a recording medium, capable of acquiring a filter which is suitably usable in such a filtering process. An image processing apparatus 35 includes a filtering process unit 41 that performs an image filtering process that has a plurality of times of filtering processes. The filtering process unit 41 applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170193643
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium capable of compatibly achieving a high-accuracy filtering process and reduction in a necessary storage capacity. An image processing apparatus 35 includes a filtering process unit 41 that performs an image filtering process including a plurality of filtering processes. The filtering process unit 41 applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, and applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process determined according to a pixel position in original image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9699427
    Abstract: An imaging device 10 according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an image generation section 100 that generates a moving image; a filter acquisition section 105 that acquires a restoration filter corresponding to a transfer function for the point distribution of an optical system; an aperture value detection section 110 that detects an aperture value of the optical system; a restoration processing determination section 115 that determines whether or not the aperture value detected by the aperture value detection section 110 is equal to or greater than a small-aperture-blurring reference aperture value; and a restoration processing execution section 120 that executes the restoration processing on the moving image through the restoration filter, in case where the restoration processing determination section 115 determines that the aperture value detected by the aperture value detection section 110 is equal to or greater than the small-aperture-blurring reference aperture value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie
  • Publication number: 20170161877
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium capable of compatibly achieving a high-accuracy filtering process and reduction in a necessary storage capacity. An image processing apparatus includes a filtering process unit that performs an image filtering process including a plurality of filtering processes. The filtering process unit applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, and applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a “target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process” specified based on an optical characteristic of an optical system used when the original image data is acquired, that is, the optical characteristic according to an imaging condition when the original image data is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170163915
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of realizing a desired image filtering process specified based on an optical characteristic of an individual optical system with high accuracy using a simple computation process. Further, there are provided a filter acquisition apparatus, a filter acquisition method, program, and a recording medium capable of acquiring a filter which is suitably usable in an image filtering process. A filtering process unit 41 (image processing apparatus 35) applies a filter to processing target data to acquire filter application process data, applies a gain to the filter application process data to acquire gain application process data, in each filtering process. In each filtering process, the gain applied to the filter application process data is acquired based on a target frequency characteristic of the image filtering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9633417
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention obtains recovery image data by performing restoration processing using a restoration filter based on a point spread function of an optical system, on original image data obtained from an imaging element by imaging using the optical system. The restoration filter used in this restoration processing (a combination filter and realization filter Fr) is generated by combining multiple base filters Fb. Base filter Fb may be arbitrarily selected from filters that are confirmed beforehand to be effective to prevent image quality degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugimoto, Kenkichi Hayashi, Yousuke Naruse
  • Patent number: 9633418
    Abstract: An image processing unit 36 includes an information acquisition unit 40, a filter acquisition unit 42, and a filter processing unit 44. The information acquisition unit 40 acquires imaging information of original image data which is acquired by capturing an object image using an optical system. In a case in which the imaging information includes the first imaging condition and does not include the second imaging condition, the filter acquisition unit 42 acquires a sharpening filter which is associated with the first imaging condition and is associated with a representative condition of the second imaging condition. The filter processing unit 44 applies the sharpening filter acquired by the filter acquisition unit 42 to the original image data to acquire sharp image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugimoto, Kenkichi Hayashi, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie