Patents by Inventor Yukinao KENJO

Yukinao KENJO 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: 20240061123
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to apply a reflectance sharpening filter to a reflectance image obtained according to an indirect Time-of-Flight, iToF, principle to obtain a filtered reflectance value for a pixel of the reflectance image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinao KENJO
  • Publication number: 20220146648
    Abstract: A distance measuring device of the present disclosure includes: a light source that irradiates a subject with light; a light detection unit that receives reflected light from the subject based on irradiation light from the light source; and a control unit that performs exposure control according to a distance between the distance measuring device and the subject. Furthermore, an electronic device of the present disclosure includes the distance measuring device having the configuration described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: HIRONAGA SANO, YASUHIRO OKAMOTO, HIROAKI ONO, YUKINAO KENJO, TAKASHI KUSAKARI
  • Patent number: 11064129
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an imaging apparatus, and a program that enable motion correction to be performed more appropriately. Provided are a synthesizing unit that synthesizes a plurality of images captured at different timings; and a motion correction unit that performs correction that reduces influence on the images relating to motion, in which the motion correction unit sets a criterion of a section for which motion amount information relating to a motion amount supplied at a predetermined interval is referred to, on the basis of a synthesis ratio when the plurality of images is synthesized, and refers to the motion amount information according to the set criterion to perform the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Patent number: 10979653
    Abstract: A capacity of a frame memory is reduced in an apparatus that performs image processing using the frame memory. An image processing apparatus includes a cutout processing unit, a frame memory, and a synthesis processing unit. Each time an input frame is imaged by an imaging unit, the cutout processing unit cuts out a part of the input frame as a current cutout frame on the basis of motion of the imaging unit. The frame memory holds the current cutout frame as a past cutout frame. The synthesis processing unit synthesizes the current cutout frame and the past cutout frame, and outputs a result as a synthesis frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Patent number: 10834294
    Abstract: To facilitate conversion of a frame rate of moving image data in an imaging element that images the moving image data. A pixel array unit is divided into a plurality of divided regions each including a plurality of partial regions. A scanning circuit sequentially performs control of exposing a predetermined number of regions of the plurality of partial regions as first partial regions to output first pixel data in each of the plurality of divided regions, and control of exposing a region different from the first partial regions of the plurality of partial regions as a second partial region to output second pixel data in each of the plurality of divided regions. An image processing unit sequentially performs processing of arraying the first pixel data to generate a first frame and processing of arraying the second pixel data to generate a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20200228728
    Abstract: A capacity of a frame memory is reduced in an apparatus that performs image processing using the frame memory. An image processing apparatus includes a cutout processing unit, a frame memory, and a synthesis processing unit. Each time an input frame is imaged by an imaging unit, the cutout processing unit cuts out a part of the input frame as a current cutout frame on the basis of motion of the imaging unit. The frame memory holds the current cutout frame as a past cutout frame. The synthesis processing unit synthesizes the current cutout frame and the past cutout frame, and outputs a result as a synthesis frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20200221007
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an imaging apparatus, and a program that enable motion correction to be performed more appropriately. Provided are a synthesizing unit that synthesizes a plurality of images captured at different timings; and a motion correction unit that performs correction that reduces influence on the images relating to motion, in which the motion correction unit sets a criterion of a section for which motion amount information relating to a motion amount supplied at a predetermined interval is referred to, on the basis of a synthesis ratio when the plurality of images is synthesized, and refers to the motion amount information according to the set criterion to perform the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20190289171
    Abstract: To facilitate conversion of a frame rate of moving image data in an imaging element that images the moving image data. A pixel array unit is divided into a plurality of divided regions each including a plurality of partial regions. A scanning circuit sequentially performs control of exposing a predetermined number of regions of the plurality of partial regions as first partial regions to output first pixel data in each of the plurality of divided regions, and control of exposing a region different from the first partial regions of the plurality of partial regions as a second partial region to output second pixel data in each of the plurality of divided regions. An image processing unit sequentially performs processing of arraying the first pixel data to generate a first frame and processing of arraying the second pixel data to generate a second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: YUKINAO KENJO
  • Patent number: 9930258
    Abstract: An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a determination unit configured to determine a scheme of capturing a pixel value of an imaging element at a time of imaging operation of moving image contents using a feature amount which is obtained from a plurality of regions in a frame which configures the moving image contents; and a correction unit configured to perform a correction of focal plane distortion with respect to the moving image contents based on the determined capturing scheme. An image processing system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20160295114
    Abstract: An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a determination unit configured to determine a scheme of capturing a pixel value of an imaging element at a time of imaging operation of moving image contents using a feature amount which is obtained from a plurality of regions in a frame which configures the moving image contents; and a correction unit configured to perform a correction of focal plane distortion with respect to the moving image contents based on the determined capturing scheme. An image processing system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Yukinao KENJO
  • Patent number: 9398219
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a determination unit which determines a scheme of capturing a pixel value of an imaging element at a time of imaging operation of moving image contents using a feature amount which is obtained from a plurality of regions in a frame which configures the moving image contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20150042826
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a determination unit which determines a scheme of capturing a pixel value of an imaging element at a time of imaging operation of moving image contents using a feature amount which is obtained from a plurality of regions in a frame which configures the moving image contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Yukinao KENJO
  • Patent number: 8661180
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a memory controlling device including: an address converting section configured to convert a logical address included in a request issued from a plurality of clients into a physical address of a memory; a request dividing section configured to divide a converted request converted by the address converting section by a command unit for the memory on a basis of the physical address of the converted request; and an arbitrating section configured to perform arbitration on a basis of the physical address indicated in a divided request output from the request dividing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Yasuhiro Matsui, Masao Tanaka, Takahiro Ikarashi, Akihiko Saotome, Hiroshi Sumihiro, Yukinao Kenjo
  • Publication number: 20100281232
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a memory controlling device including: an address converting section configured to convert a logical address included in a request issued from a plurality of clients into a physical address of a memory; a request dividing section configured to divide a converted request converted by the address converting section by a command unit for the memory on a basis of the physical address of the converted request; and an arbitrating section configured to perform arbitration on a basis of the physical address indicated in a divided request output from the request dividing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKAGI, Yasuhiro MATSUI, Masao TANAKA, Takahiro IKARASHI, Akihiko SAOTOME, Hiroshi SUMIHIRO, Yukinao KENJO