Patents by Inventor Yuji Kato

Yuji Kato 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: 20210232307
    Abstract: A viewpoint control unit 204 detects a user operation on a display surface for displaying a virtual-viewpoint video (S801) and controls at least one of the position and the orientation of a virtual viewpoint concerning generation of the virtual-viewpoint video in accordance with the user operation (S805, S808, S812, S814).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20210217854
    Abstract: The semiconductor element and the semiconductor device according to the disclosure is excellent in electrical characteristics are provided. A semiconductor element, including: an electrode, and the electrode having a corundum structure. The semiconductor element is used to make a semiconductor device such as a power card. Also, the semiconductor element and the semiconductor device are used to make a semiconductor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryohei KANNO, Osamu IMAFUJI, Kazuyoshi NORIMATSU, Yuji KATO
  • Publication number: 20210217869
    Abstract: A crystal that is useful for semiconductor element and a semiconductor element that has enhanced electrical properties are provided. A crystal, including: a corundum structured crystalline oxide, the crystalline oxide including gallium and/or indium, and the crystalline oxide further including a metal of Group 4 of the periodic table. The crystal is used to make a semiconductor element, and the obtained semiconductor element is used to make a semiconductor device such as a power card. Also, the semiconductor element and the semiconductor device are used to make a semiconductor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryohei KANNO, Osamu IMAFUJI, Kazuyoshi NORIMATSU, Yuji KATO
  • Publication number: 20210144358
    Abstract: An information-processing apparatus 100 generates camera path information that represents changes with time in the position and posture of a virtual viewpoint (S309) and provides another apparatus with the generated camera path information (S312).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 11003350
    Abstract: A viewpoint control unit 204 detects a user operation on a display surface for displaying a virtual-viewpoint video (S801) and controls at least one of the position and the orientation of a virtual viewpoint concerning generation of the virtual-viewpoint video in accordance with the user operation (S805, S808, S812, S814).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 10890864
    Abstract: A belt device includes a belt configured to rotate, a plurality of stretch rollers configured to stretch the belt wound around the plurality of stretch rollers, and a belt alignment mechanism configured to align the belt. At least one of the plurality of stretch rollers has a diameter at a center greater than diameters at both ends in an axial direction of the at least one of the plurality of stretch rollers. The diameter at the center and the diameters at both ends are different from a diameter of the other of the plurality of stretch rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20200241449
    Abstract: A belt device includes a belt configured to rotate, a plurality of stretch rollers configured to stretch the belt wound around the plurality of stretch rollers, and a belt alignment mechanism configured to align the belt. At least one of the plurality of stretch rollers has a diameter at a center greater than diameters at both ends in an axial direction of the at least one of the plurality of stretch rollers. The diameter at the center and the diameters at both ends are different from a diameter of the other of the plurality of stretch rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yuji KATO
  • Publication number: 20200236346
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a virtual viewpoint image on a display unit, an identification unit configured to identify a selected reproduction mode from among a plurality of reproduction modes including a first reproduction mode in which a position of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image displayed on the display unit is determined regardless of a position of an object in an image-capturing region, and a second reproduction mode in which the position of the virtual viewpoint changes in accordance with the position of the object in the image-capturing region, and a control unit configured to change at least either one of a position and an orientation of the virtual viewpoint in response to a user operation. The change to be made in response to an identical user operation differs between the first reproduction mode and the second reproduction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 10664947
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a conversion unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire at least one or more pieces of input image data used to represent an image. The determination unit is configured to determine a region of interest in the input image data. The conversion unit is configured to convert, based on the region of interest, the input image data into output image data representing at least a part of the image in equidistant cylindrical projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20200084431
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image includes a generation unit. The generation unit generates a virtual viewpoint image in which in accordance with a virtual viewpoint specified by the virtual viewpoint information. The degree of transparency of a specific object at a position a specific distance apart from a position of a first virtual viewpoint in a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with the first virtual viewpoint corresponding to a first angle of view, which is generated by the generation unit, is higher than a degree of transparency of an object at a position the specific distance apart from a position of a second virtual viewpoint in a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with the second virtual viewpoint corresponding to a second angle of view larger than the first angle of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20200012421
    Abstract: A viewpoint control unit 204 detects a user operation on a display surface for displaying a virtual-viewpoint video (S801) and controls at least one of the position and the orientation of a virtual viewpoint concerning generation of the virtual-viewpoint video in accordance with the user operation (S805, S808, S812, S814).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 10277891
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire orientation information of a viewer, and an extraction unit configured to extract an overlapping region being a region in which relative positions from points intersecting with optical axes of lenses disposed in front of respective eyes of the viewer are equal, for a right eye display image and a left eye display image to be presented to the viewer. In addition, the image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the display image from a predetermined reference image, based on the orientation information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and the overlapping region extracted by the extraction unit. In the overlapping region, the generation unit shares information about generation processing of the display image, between the right eye display image and the left eye display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20190037199
    Abstract: A display control apparatus configured to control displaying of a virtual viewpoint video image generated based on a plurality of captured images acquired from a plurality of cameras configured to capture an image of an image capturing target space from a different direction includes a reception unit configured to receive a user operation relating to a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint, a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint video image based on the user operation received by the reception unit, and a switch unit configured to switch a mode from a first mode of displaying a virtual viewpoint video image received from a server to a second mode of displaying the virtual viewpoint video image generated by the generation unit based on the user operation, in response to detection of a predetermined user operation during the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 10175100
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus including: a light source unit; at least one light modulation device configured to modulate light from the light source unit, and to emit a modulated light beam; and a sensor configured to receive diffracted light of the modulated light beam emitted from the at least one light modulation device, and to measure intensity of the modulated light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Homma, Yoshihisa Aikoh, Yuji Kato, Kazumasa Ikeura, Tomomi Yuno, Shiun Sakai
  • Publication number: 20190005609
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a conversion unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire at least one or more pieces of input image data used to represent an image. The determination unit is configured to determine a region of interest in the input image data. The conversion unit is configured to convert, based on the region of interest, the input image data into output image data representing at least a part of the image in equidistant cylindrical projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Patent number: 10113625
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shift power transmission apparatus for readily suppressing or avoiding size increase thereof. The apparatus includes an input shaft (22) receiving engine drive force, a hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) driven by the input shaft (22), a planetary power transmission section (40) combining drive force from the input shaft (22) and output from the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) for outputting the combined drive force, and an output rotary member (24) outputting power to a travel apparatus. The planetary power transmission section (40) and the output rotary member (24) are arranged on a side of the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) associated with an engine-coupled side of the input shaft (22). The drive force is inputted to the planetary power transmission section (40) from a portion between the engine-coupled side and the hydraulic continuously variable transmission-coupled side of the input shaft (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kato, Seiji Ohkubo, Go Takaki, Seiji Norita, Takashi Okuyama, Kozo Nishikawa, Fumitake Okunishi, Yukifumi Yamanaka, Takahiro Uchi
  • Patent number: 10027949
    Abstract: Based on a disparity amount of an object image in a left-eye viewpoint and a right-eye viewpoint and a seam position decided for one of the left-eye viewpoint and the right-eye viewpoint, a seam position of the other viewpoint is decided, and a panoramic image for left eye and a panoramic image for right eye are generated by using the decided seam position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20180184077
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to generate a display image to be displayed in a display apparatus from a parallax image includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire posture information of the display apparatus, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire a parallax amount in the parallax image, an adjusting unit configured to adjust postures of virtual cameras disposed virtually on viewpoints corresponding to the parallax image based on the posture information of the display apparatus and the parallax amount in the parallax image, and a generating unit configured to generate the display image from the parallax image based on the posture information of the display apparatus and adjusted postures of the virtual cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20180142770
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shift power transmission apparatus for readily suppressing or avoiding size increase thereof. The apparatus includes an input shaft (22) receiving engine drive force, a hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) driven by the input shaft (22), a planetary power transmission section (40) combining drive force from the input shaft (22) and output from the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) for outputting the combined drive force, and an output rotary member (24) outputting power to a travel apparatus. The planetary power transmission section (40) and the output rotary member (24) are arranged on a side of the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) associated with an engine-coupled side of the input shaft (22). The drive force is inputted to the planetary power transmission section (40) from a portion between the engine-coupled side and the hydraulic continuously variable transmission-coupled side of the input shaft (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Kato, Seiji Ohkubo, Go Takaki, Seiji Norita, Takashi Okuyama, Kozo Nishikawa, Fumitake Okunishi, Yukifumi Yamanaka, Takahiro Uchi
  • Patent number: 9897185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shift power transmission apparatus for readily suppressing or avoiding size increase thereof. The apparatus includes an input shaft (22) receiving engine drive force, a hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) driven by the input shaft (22), a planetary power transmission section (40) combining drive force from the input shaft (22) and output from the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) for outputting the combined drive force, and an output rotary member (24) outputting power to a travel apparatus. The planetary power transmission section (40) and the output rotary member (24) are arranged on a side of the hydraulic continuously variable transmission (30) associated with an engine-coupled side of the input shaft (22). The drive force is inputted to the planetary power transmission section (40) from a portion between the engine-coupled side and the hydraulic continuously variable transmission-coupled side of the input shaft (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kato, Seiji Ohkubo, Go Takaki, Seiji Norita, Takashi Okuyama, Kozo Nishikawa, Fumitake Okunishi, Yukifumi Yamanaka, Takahiro Uchi