Patents by Inventor Yukio Hiraki
Yukio Hiraki 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).
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Patent number: 8958657Abstract: An image processing apparatus that converts a frame rate by creating a sub-frame from an input frame and outputting the sub-frame, the image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the sub-frame from the input frame, a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of brightness of the input frame, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to reduce luminance of the sub-frames generated by the generation unit based on the feature amount calculated by the calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Hiraki, Eisaku Tatsumi
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Publication number: 20110249040Abstract: A color signal processing apparatus which performs a linear matrix transformation includes: an approximate coefficient storage unit that stores approximate coefficients of approximate expressions, which approximate values of the matrix coefficients, respectively, and in which a value of a first color among three primary colors of RGB is made a variable, a matrix coefficient calculation unit that calculates 3×3 matrix coefficients according to an input RGB signal by substituting a value of the first color in the input RGB signal for the approximate expressions given by the approximate coefficients readout from the approximate coefficient storage unit; and a conversion unit that performs color conversion by multiplying the input RGB signal by the matrix coefficients calculated by the matrix coefficient calculation unit, and outputs color-converted RGB signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukio Hiraki
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Publication number: 20110110602Abstract: An image processing apparatus that converts a frame rate by creating a sub-frame from an input frame and outputting the sub-frame, the image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the sub-frame from the input frame, a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of brightness of the input frame, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to reduce luminance of the sub-frames generated by the generation unit based on the feature amount calculated by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Hiraki, Eisaku Tatsumi
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Patent number: 7924243Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus for forming an image with a plurality of luminescent spots to be precisely aligned in a matrix. For example, a spacer disposed between an electron source and a face plate causes luminescent spots on the face plate spaced unevenly. The luminescent spots spaced unevenly will produce a visual unevenness in luminance which deteriorates the quality of produced image. By modifying the quantity of light of luminescent spots spaced unevenly, the visual unevenness in luminance is compensated.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Izumi Kanai, Yukio Hiraki, Makiko Mori, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Toshiyuki Kanda, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7787055Abstract: A signal processing method comprises the steps of: inputting three signals specifying a color of one pixel; and generating four signals from the input three signals, wherein each of said four signals represents intensities of four different colors to display a color of one pixel by mixing colors, wherein said generating step includes a first converting step of converting the input three signals to two signals representing intensities of two colors among the four colors and a signal representing intensity of a mixed color obtained by mixing (a) the four colors or (b) a plurality of colors among the four colors; and a second converting step of converting the signal representing intensity of the mixed color to a plurality of signals representing intensities of a plurality of colors including at least other two colors different from the two colors.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seiji Osawa, Yukio Hiraki, Izumi Kanai, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Nobuhiro Hoshi
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Patent number: 7643677Abstract: In the image display device according to the present invention, control is performed such that a condition of not using a subsidiary pixel which corresponds to a specific color among the subsidiary pixels constituting a first pixel is selected as a condition for signal processing to output a signal for designating intensity of each subsidiary pixels constituting the first pixel, and a condition of using a subsidiary pixel which corresponds to a specific color among the subsidiary pixel constituting a second pixel is selected as a condition for signal processing to output a signal for designating intensity of each subsidiary pixels constituting the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Hiraki, Izumi Kanai, Kohei Inamura, Seiji Osawa, Masaru Tada, Nobuhiro Hoshi
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Publication number: 20070052861Abstract: A signal processing method comprises the steps of: inputting three signals specifying a color of one pixel; and generating four signals from the input three signals, wherein each of said four signals represents intensities of four different colors to display a color of one pixel by mixing colors, wherein said generating step includes a first converting step of converting the input three signals to two signals representing intensities of two colors among the four colors and a signal representing intensity of a mixed color obtained by mixing (a) the four colors or (b) a plurality of colors among the four colors; and a second converting step of converting the signal representing intensity of the mixed color to a plurality of signals representing intensities of a plurality of colors including at least other two colors different from the two colors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seiji Osawa, Yukio Hiraki, Izumi Kanai, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Nobuhiro Hoshi
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Patent number: 7142177Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus for forming an image with a plurality of luminescent spots to be precisely aligned in a matrix. For example, a spacer disposed between an electron source and a face plate causes luminescent spots on the face plate spaced unevenly. The luminescent spots spaced unevenly will produce a visual unevenness in luminance which deteriorates the quality of produced image. By modifying the quantity of light of luminescent spots spaced unevenly, the visual unevenness in luminance is compensated.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Izumi Kanai, Yukio Hiraki, Makiko Mori, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Toshiyuki Kanda, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20060209097Abstract: In the image display device according to the present invention, control is performed such that a condition of not using a subsidiary pixel which corresponds to a specific color among the subsidiary pixels constituting a first pixel is selected as a condition for signal processing to output a signal for designating intensity of each subsidiary pixels constituting the first pixel, and a condition of using a subsidiary pixel which corresponds to a specific color among the subsidiary pixel constituting a second pixel is selected as a condition for signal processing to output a signal for designating intensity of each subsidiary pixels constituting the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Hiraki, Izumi Kanai, Kohei Inamura, Seiji Osawa, Masaru Tada, Nobuhiro Hoshi
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Publication number: 20060187152Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus for forming an image with a plurality of luminescent spots to be precisely aligned in a matrix. For example, a spacer disposed between an electron source and a face plate causes luminescent spots on the face plate spaced unevenly. The luminescent spots spaced unevenly will produce a visual unevenness in luminance which deteriorates the quality of produced image. By modifying the quantity of light of luminescent spots spaced unevenly, the visual unevenness in luminance is compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Izumi Kanai, Yukio Hiraki, Makiko Mori, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Toshiyuki Kanda, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6590617Abstract: This invention can suppress overshoot/undershoot, and can maintain the improvement effect of the leading edge of an edge portion. For this purpose, a second derivative signal generator (1) generates a second derivative signal (s5) on the basis of time-serially input three successive pixels. A second derivative signal suppression unit (2) generates a signal (s8) obtained by suppressing the second derivative signal, and a signal (s9) indicating the sign of the second derivative signal. The absolute values of the differences between the pixel of interest, and its neighboring pixels are computed, and a smaller one of the absolute values is selected as a signal (s14) by a minimum value selection circuit (18). By multiplying the obtained signals (s8, s9, s14) by a multiplier (19), an edge-emphasizing signal (s15) is generated. The edge-emphasizing signal (s15) is added to the signal of the pixel of interest by an adder (20), thus obtaining an edge-emphasized signal s16.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Izumi Kanai, Yukio Hiraki, Kohei Inamura
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Publication number: 20020171608Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus for forming an image with a plurality of luminescent spots to be precisely aligned in a matrix. For example, a spacer disposed between an electron source and a face plate causes luminescent spots on the face plate spaced unevenly. The luminescent spots spaced unevenly will produce a visual unevenness in luminance which deteriorates the quality of produced image. By modifying the quantity of light of luminescent spots spaced unevenly, the visual unevenness in luminance is compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Izumi Kanai, Yukio Hiraki, Makiko Mori, Kohei Inamura, Masaru Tada, Toshiyuki Kanda, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6392674Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying a pointer mark preferable for an application to a presentation system and the like. With a reference point on a display screen being preset, when an arbitrary point is pointed on the display screen, a pointer mark is generated in a direction from the preset reference point to a pointing point related to the pointing and an image (including the pointer mark) displayed on this display screen is transferred to a projector so as to be projected on a large-sized screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Hiraki, Kohei Inamura, Izumi Kanai