Patents by Inventor Yuji Fujimoto

Yuji Fujimoto 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: 20230258801
    Abstract: A control device includes: a distance measuring device that detects an object; a support device that supports the distance measuring device; and a controller configured to detect a prescribed object and to control a state of the support device. When the object has been detected, the controller is configured to cause the distance measuring device to emit electromagnetic waves in a state in which the distance measuring device is supported in a first posture or at a first position and then to cause the distance measuring device to emit electromagnetic waves in a state in which the distance measuring device is supported in a second posture or at a second position to which a direction or a position of the distance measuring device changes in at least one of an upward direction and a downward direction from the first posture or the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Hideki Matsunaga, Takashi Matsumoto, Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20230252804
    Abstract: A learning method includes steps of associating, with an extended area in a bird's-eye view image, an annotation indicating that the extended area is a three-dimensional object; and generating, based on training data in which a bird's-eye view image is associated with an annotated bird's-eye view image obtained by assigning an annotation to a three-dimensional object in the bird's-eye view image, a trained model by learning parameters of a machine learning model so that the trained model receives input of a bird's-eye view image to output a three-dimensional object in the bird's-eye view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Takashi Matsumoto, Gakuyo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230252675
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile object control device comprising a storage medium storing computer-readable commands and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable commands to: acquire a subject bird's eye view image obtained by converting an image, which is photographed by a camera mounted in a mobile object to capture a surrounding situation of the mobile object, into a bird's eye view coordinate system; input the subject bird's eye view image into a trained model, which is trained to receive input of a bird's eye view image to output at least a three-dimensional object in the bird's eye view image, to detect a three-dimensional object in the subject bird's eye view image; detect a travelable space of the mobile object based on the detected three-dimensional object; and cause the mobile object to travel so as to pass through the travelable space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Gakuyo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230234609
    Abstract: A control device mounted on a mobile object acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation of a mobile object recognized by an object recognition device mounted on the mobile object, detects a predetermined reference object present in a traveling direction of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, identifies a travelable area of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, controls traveling of the mobile object such that the mobile object travels in the travelable area, causes the mobile object to move closer to the reference object when the reference object is detected, and detects an accompanying object accompanying the reference object on the basis of the surrounding situation information recognized by the object recognition device after the mobile object moves closer to the reference object, and identifying the travelable area by excluding the reference object and the accompanying object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20230234566
    Abstract: A control system for a mobile object includes: a first sensor; a second sensor, different from the first sensor, that is mounted in the mobile object and is configured to detect an object by causing the mobile object to contact or approach the object; and a control device configured to recognize circumstances of the mobile object on the basis of a detection result from the first sensor and to control movement of the mobile object on the basis of the circumstances. The control device assumes that a second object which is not recognizable or hard to recognize is present at a reference position which is determined on the basis of a position of a prescribed first object when the first object has been recognized and causes the mobile object to move to a position at which the second sensor is able to detect the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Hideki Matsunaga, Takashi Matsumoto, Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20230007241
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image decoding device, an image decoding method, an image encoding device, and an image encoding method that enable further improvement of practicality. Reference image information indicating a reference image to be referred to by a current picture is saved in a header region of an access unit. The reference image information is saved in an AUD NAL unit indicating a delimiter of the access unit or a NEW NAL unit provided separately from the AUD NAL unit, and is applied to all tile group NAL units in the access unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image decoding device and an image encoding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220417499
    Abstract: An image of a fixed subpicture being a subpicture in which a position of a reference pixel is fixed in a time direction, in subpictures that are partial areas obtained by dividing a picture, is encoded with a resolution variable in a time direction. Furthermore, coded data obtained by encoding an image of a fixed subpicture being a subpicture in which a position of a reference pixel is fixed in a time direction, in subpictures that are partial areas obtained by dividing a picture, with a resolution variable in a time direction is decoded to generate the image of the resolution of the fixed subpicture. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Masaru IKEDA, Yoichi YAGASAKI, Yuji FUJIMOTO, Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 11516468
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image decoding device, an image decoding method, an image encoding device, and an image encoding method that enable further improvement of practicality. Reference image information indicating a reference image to be referred to by a current picture is saved in a header region of an access unit. The reference image information is saved in an AUD NAL unit indicating a delimiter of the access unit or a NEW NAL unit provided separately from the AUD NAL unit, and is applied to all tile group NAL units in the access unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image decoding device and an image encoding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220150469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image decoding device, an image decoding method, an image encoding device, and an image encoding method that enable further improvement of practicality. Reference image information indicating a reference image to be referred to by a current picture is saved in a header region of an access unit. The reference image information is saved in an AUD NAL unit indicating a delimiter of the access unit or a NEW NAL unit provided separately from the AUD NAL unit, and is applied to all tile group NAL units in the access unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image decoding device and an image encoding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11297354
    Abstract: The present invention provides an encoding apparatus including a setting section that partitions each of images included in a video to be encoded into a plurality of tiles and sets a partial region including one or more of the plurality of tiles for the image, an encoding section that encodes each image on a per-tile basis to generate an encoded stream, and a transmission control section that controls transmission of the encoded stream to a decoding apparatus that decodes the video. The setting section sets out-of-tile reference for motion compensation for the tiles within the partial region to be prohibited, and the transmission control section restricts, upon detection of a loss or an absence of encoded information at the decoding apparatus, the transmission such that only an encoded stream corresponding to the tiles within the partial region is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220086489
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method capable of reducing a decrease in a degree of parallelism of coding and decoding. Coefficient data associated with an image is coded in parallel for each line of transform blocks each of which is a unit of transforming image data into coefficient data. Moreover, coded data obtained by coding coefficient data associated with an image is decoded in parallel for each line of transform blocks each of which is a unit of transforming image data into coefficient data. The present disclosure is applicable to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, or an image decoding apparatus, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: YUJI FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210392354
    Abstract: Coefficient data related to an image is coded in parallel in each line of coding tree units each including transformation blocks and corresponding to a topmost coding block in a tree structure, and coding of each line is performed so as to be delayed by an amount corresponding to one coding tree unit with respect to coding of a line immediately above the line to be coded. Additionally, coded data obtained by coding coefficient data related to an image is decoded in parallel in each line of coding tree units each including transformation blocks and corresponding to a topmost coding block in a tree structure, and decoding of each line is performed so as to be delayed by an amount corresponding to one coding tree unit with respect to decoding of a line immediately above the line to be decoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10764594
    Abstract: There is provided an image encoding device and an image encoding method, and an image processing device and an image processing method that enable easier bitstream concatenation. A structure according to the present disclosure includes: a setting unit that sets header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position and information about reference, the information about a position and the information about reference being of the current picture of image data to be processed; and an encoding unit that encodes the image data and generates a bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices or image encoding devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Akihiro Imamura, Ohji Nakagami, Takefumi Nagumo, Yuichi Araki, Yuji Fujimoto, Shinobu Hattori, Masakazu Kouno
  • Patent number: 10727189
    Abstract: Provided is a power semiconductor device including a signal terminal and a power semiconductor element. The power semiconductor element is arranged on a substrate. The signal terminal includes a main body portion and a joint portion, and a part of the signal terminal is held by a terminal block. The joint portion includes a distal end portion and a base portion. The distal end portion includes a pad portion that is exposed from the terminal block and connected to a signal line. The base portion includes a thin portion in which a thickness in a vertical direction is set to be smaller than that of the pad portion. The thin portion has an upper surface that is formed at a position lower than an upper surface of the pad portion and is covered with a resin material forming the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Besshi, Ryuichi Ishii, Masaru Fuku, Yuji Fujimoto, Yusuke Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200204831
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to easily implement a mechanism to recover an appropriately decoded video in a situation where encoded information for decoding the video has been lost or is absent. The present invention provides an encoding apparatus including: a setting section configured to partition each of images included in a video to be encoded into a plurality of tiles and set a partial region including one or more of the plurality of tiles for the image; an encoding section configured to encode each image on a per-tile basis to generate an encoded stream; and a transmission control section configured to control transmission of the encoded stream to a decoding apparatus that decodes the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: YUJI FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10609419
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to easily implement a mechanism to recover an appropriately decoded video in a situation where encoded information for decoding the video has been lost or is absent. The present invention provides an encoding apparatus including: a setting section configured to partition each of images included in a video to be encoded into a plurality of tiles and set a partial region including one or more of the plurality of tiles for the image; an encoding section configured to encode each image on a per-tile basis to generate an encoded stream; and a transmission control section configured to control transmission of the encoded stream to a decoding apparatus that decodes the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200044941
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a monitoring control device, an image information providing device, and a client control device. The monitoring control device monitors infrastructure facilities and transmits statuses of the infrastructure facilities acquired on the basis of information input from a sensor to the image information providing device. The image information providing device generates original image information on the basis of the infrastructure facility statuses received from the monitoring control device. The client control device is connected to a display device and an operation device, receives information for designating a partial area of an entire image capable of being generated from the original image information from the operation device, transmits the received information to the image information providing device, and displays an image based on information received from the image information providing device on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masaru KAWAKAMI, Hiroyuki YABE, Yuji FUJIMOTO, Shinobu KAWASHIMA, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190281314
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image encoding device and an image encoding method, and an image processing device and an image processing method that enable easier bitstream concatenation. A structure according to the present disclosure includes: a setting unit that sets header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position and information about reference, the information about a position and the information about reference being of the current picture of image data to be processed; and an encoding unit that encodes the image data and generates a bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices or image encoding devices, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi TANAKA, Akihiro IMAMURA, Ohji NAKAGAMI, Takefumi NAGUMO, Yuichi ARAKI, Yuji FUJIMOTO, Shinobu HATTORI, Masakazu KOUNO
  • Patent number: 10375406
    Abstract: There is provided an image encoding device and an image encoding method, and an image processing device and an image processing method that enable easier bitstream concatenation. A structure according to the present disclosure includes: a setting unit that sets header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position and information about reference, the information about a position and the information about reference being of the current picture of image data to be processed; and an encoding unit that encodes the image data and generates a bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices or image encoding devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Akihiro Imamura, Ohji Nakagami, Takefumi Nagumo, Yuichi Araki, Yuji Fujimoto, Shinobu Hattori, Masakazu Kouno
  • Publication number: 20190206811
    Abstract: Provided is a power semiconductor device including a signal terminal and a power semiconductor element. The power semiconductor element is arranged on a substrate. The signal terminal includes a main body portion and a joint portion, and a part of the signal terminal is held by a terminal block. The joint portion includes a distal end portion and a base portion. The distal end portion includes a pad portion that is exposed from the terminal block and connected to a signal line. The base portion includes a thin portion in which a thickness in a vertical direction is set to be smaller than that of the pad portion. The thin portion has an upper surface that is formed at a position lower than an upper surface of the pad portion and is covered with a resin material forming the terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Besshi, Ryuichi Ishii, Masaru Fuku, Yuji Fujimoto, Yusuke Hirata