Patents by Inventor Yuka Minegishi

Yuka Minegishi 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).

  • Image processing apparatus and method for controlling image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8837866
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for applying film grain effects on an image of received image data includes a generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of pixel values randomly read from grain data including a plurality of pixel values, a basic grain image having a certain size larger than the grain data; a resizing unit configured to resize the basic grain image generated by the generating unit to have the same size as the received image data; and a combining unit configured to combine the basic grain image resized by the resizing unit with the received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Hiroaki Nashizawa
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120057808
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for applying film grain effects on an image of received image data includes a generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of pixel values randomly read from grain data including a plurality of pixel values, a basic grain image having a certain size larger than the grain data; a resizing unit configured to resize the basic grain image generated by the generating unit to have the same size as the received image data; and a combining unit configured to combine the basic grain image resized by the resizing unit with the received image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Hiroaki Nashizawa