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).

  • Patent number: 12097864
    Abstract: A hardware processor of a mobile object executes the program stored in a storage device to acquire reference information with which a facility where an occupant is likely to stop by is identifiable; to recognize whether a mobile object is moving on a roadway or a predetermined region different from the roadway; to recognize presence of a contact portion between the predetermined region and the roadway in a traveling direction of the mobile object; to partially control a speed of the mobile object; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the roadway to a first speed; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the predetermined region to a second speed lower than the first speed; and to bring a speed of the mobile object to the second speed when the mobile object is moving on the roadway, the contact portion is recognized within a predetermined range from the mobile object, and it is determined with reference to the reference information that there is a facility where the occupant is likely to stop
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Gakuyo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240308539
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a vehicle is configured to identify a risk factor present in surroundings of the vehicle and a direction of the risk factor with respect to the vehicle, display, on the display device, risk information indicating the direction of the risk factor with a first emphasis degree, and take a guidance action using the steering operation element. The guidance action guides a driver of the vehicle to operate the steering operation element to avoid the risk factor. When the guidance action using the steering operation element is taken, avoidance information indicating an advancing direction of the vehicle to avoid the risk factor is displayed on the display device, and the risk information is displayed with a second emphasis degree lower than the first emphasis degree, or the risk information is not displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Gakuyo FUJIMOTO, Misako YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12077522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Fujimoto, Koichiro Fukuda, Hiromichi Sugimoto, Kentaro Rikimaru, Yoshihiro Banno, Takahiro Matsumoto, Norihito Tokunaga, Yoshihide Tomata, Yuji Ishichi, Shogo Marui, Tsuneo Oda, Tohru Miyazaki, Yasutaka Hoashi, Yasushi Hattori, Yuichi Kajita, Yuhei Miyanohana, Tatsuki Koike
  • Publication number: 20240275985
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and a method enabling suppression of reduction in subjective image quality while suppressing reduction in coding efficiency. An influence on a subjective image quality of a decoded image by applying ZeroOut to quantization coefficients corresponding to an image when coding the image is estimated, and division of a block is controlled on the basis of the estimated influence when setting a size of the block serving as a unit of processing in the coding of the image. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an information processing device, a coding device, an electronic device, an information processing method, a program or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: YUSUKE MIYAGI, YUJI FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240040137
    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: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11831865
    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: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11800123
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Fujimoto
  • 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