Patents by Inventor Haruo Soeda

Haruo Soeda 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).

  • Patent number: 7310159
    Abstract: An image outputting system that can keep the printed image quality always in good condition by correcting printing color tone based on printing color correcting information received via a network. The image outputting system comprises: an image outputting apparatus including a flat-bed scanner for reading an image, printers for printing the image, a network interface or a modem connectable with external devices via a network, and a correcting device for correcting printing color tone based on printing color correcting information received via the network; and a network server connected to the network for sending the printing color correcting information to the image outputting apparatus via the network. Thus, the network server controls the printing unit based on status information acquired from the image outputting apparatus and always keep the printed image quality in good condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Soeda, Yoshiki Kawaoka, Hiroyuki Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 5504584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video camera having a stroboscopic flash, and a method of photographing a subject with the video tape recorder. The video camera includes a strobe device for illuminating the subject with a flashing light, a movie photographing trigger serving as a movie photographing button, a still photographing trigger for initiating still photography, an image processing unit for energizing the movie photographing trigger so as to measure light quantity from the subject during a movie photography operation, and a control unit for determining based on information about the light quantity measured by the image processing unit whether or not strobe photography is required during a still photography operation. According to the above construction, the strobe photography can automatically and immediately be performed upon the still photography operation when the still photography is initiated in the course of the movie photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Soeda
  • Patent number: 5382974
    Abstract: A movie camera and a method of photographing a still with the movie camera is provided wherein the movie camera is of a type wherein a motionless picture or still can be photographed during a movie photography operation and when the illumination falling on an object is a predetermined value or less at the start in the photography of the still during the movie photography operation, stroboscopic flashes of light are produced from a strobe device to enable still photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited
    Inventors: Haruo Soeda, Makoto Tsugita
  • Patent number: 5018257
    Abstract: A magnetic sheet polishing device including a scraper having a sliding surface and a downstream side surface that is nearly perpendicular or at an acute angle to the sliding surface to ensure that magnetic material powder spontaneously falls away from and does not adhere again to the magnetic material surface of the magnetic sheet after being scraped off by the scraper. Additionally, the scraper has a diagonal groove or a diagonal step formed in a side surface to check for wear of the sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Nagashima, Haruo Soeda, Masamichi Sato, Takashi Kubo
  • Patent number: 4976020
    Abstract: A magnetic sheet polishing device including a scraper having a sliding surface and a downstream side surface that is nearly perpendicular or at an acute angle to the sliding surface to ensure that magnetic material powder spontaneously falls away from and does not adhere again to the magnetic material surface of the magnetic sheet after being scraped off by the scraper. Additionally, the scraper has a diagonal groove or a diagonal step formed in a side surface to check for wear of the sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Nagashima, Haruo Soeda, Masamichi Sato, Takashi Kubo