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Makibi Nakamura
Also filed as: NAKAMURA MAKIBI
29 granted patents·6 pending applications·649 citations·filing 1994–2018
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35 records- 0197US8553093B2Method and apparatus for super-resolution imaging using digital imaging devicesWONG EARL QUONG·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 8, 2013·193 cites·20 claims
- 0297US8280194B2Reduced hardware implementation for a two-picture depth map algorithmWONG EARL QUONG·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 2, 2012·195 cites·20 claims
- 0397US7711201B2Method of and apparatus for generating a depth map utilized in autofocusingSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·62 cites·30 claims
- 0494US7616254B2Simple method for calculating camera defocus from an image sceneSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·25 cites·20 claims
- 0593US8194995B2Fast camera auto-focusWONG EARL QUONG·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·24 cites·13 claims
- 0691US7929801B2Depth information for auto focus using two pictures and two-dimensional Gaussian scale space theorySONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 19, 2011·29 cites·40 claims
- 0786US6970647B2Image projection apparatus, projection image pattern, laser drive apparatus, camera apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 29, 2005·6 cites·1 claims
- 0883US7656436B2Flicker reduction method, image pickup device, and flicker reduction circuitSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 2, 2010·24 cites·40 claims
- 0979US7990462B2Simple method for calculating camera defocus from an image sceneSONY CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 2, 2011·4 cites·24 claims
- 1077US10453183B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 22, 2019·2 cites·14 claims
- 1175US6973263B2Image projection apparatus, projection image pattern, laser drive apparatus, camera apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 6, 2005·2 cites·1 claims
- 1268US8724982B2Focus control device, focus control method, lens system, focus lens driving method, and programISHIWATA HISASHI·Filed 2011·Granted May 13, 2014·2 cites·18 claims
- 1368US6229568B1Automatic focus control method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted May 8, 2001·35 cites·6 claims
- 1467US10748264B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 18, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 1565US7545408B2Image pickup apparatus and image pickup methodSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 9, 2009·7 cites·4 claims
- 1663US10853648B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 1, 2020·1 cites·9 claims
- 1763US7746386B2Image pickup device and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 29, 2010·6 cites·14 claims
- 1858US6356304B1Method for processing video signal and apparatus for processing video signalSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 12, 2002·22 cites·20 claims
- 1957US7248795B2Image projection apparatus, projection image pattern, laser drive apparatus, camera apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 24, 2007·0 cites·11 claims
- 2051US6990292B2Image projection apparatus, projection image pattern, laser drive apparatus, camera apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 24, 2006·0 cites·1 claims
- 2150US11336803B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and interchangeable lensSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted May 17, 2022·0 cites·7 claims
- 2250US11175568B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program as well as in interchangeable lensSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·11 claims
- 2348US9007515B2Lens-interchangeable camera system, lens data transmission method and lens data acquisition programSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 14, 2015·0 cites·10 claims
- 2448US7228070B2Image projection apparatus, projection image pattern, laser drive apparatus, camera apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·0 cites·1 claims
- 2548US2007285527A1Imaging apparatus and method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2645US2007189750A1Method of and apparatus for simultaneously capturing and generating multiple blurred imagesSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2744US8503871B2Imaging system, mount adaptor, imaging apparatus, and programMURASHIMA NOBUHARU·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 6, 2013·0 cites·8 claims
- 2844US2021377432A1Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and interchangeable lensSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 2944US2014198239A1Imaging apparatus and imaging methodSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3043US6892027B2Image projector, projected image pattern, laser driver, imaging deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 10, 2005·0 cites·5 claims
- 3142US10868978B2Image processing device and image processing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 15, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
- 3241US5764290AFlange-back adjusting method and apparatus for a video camera using an inner focus lens assemblySONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 9, 1998·9 cites·6 claims
- 3339US8964112B2Interchangeable lens, imaging apparatus, imaging system, method for controlling interchangeable lens, and programNAKAMURA MAKIBI·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 24, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 3437US2007019883A1Method for creating a depth map for auto focus using an all-in-focus picture and two-dimensional scale space matchingWONG EARL Q·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3536US2007273783A1Autofocus-Control Device and Autofocus-Control Method, Recording Medium, and ProgramOKAZAKI SAKAE·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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