Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Ishii
Hirofumi Ishii 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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Publication number: 20100141764Abstract: A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized image showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio Nobori, Masaki Sato, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Hirofumi Ishii
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Patent number: 7726569Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprises: a photoelectric converter that converts image data into an electric signal and outputs the image data; a clock controller that generates a plurality of sampling signals having different phases to sample a level of an output signal of the photoelectric converter; a phase determination unit that compares signal levels in a sampling order, each of the signals obtained by sampling, using a respective sampling signal, the output signal of the photoelectric converter, so as to determine an optimum phase of the plurality of the sampling signals when a condition is fulfilled in which an absolute value of a variation between signal levels being compared is less than a threshold value; a storage unit in which the optimum phase is stored; and a sampling unit that samples the output signal of the photoelectric converter using the sampling signal having the optimum phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirofumi Ishii
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Patent number: 7714887Abstract: The image processor of the present invention generates a more natural synthesized image from camera images taken with a plurality of cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle. A parameter storage section stores a plurality of image synthesis parameter groups representing the correspondence between the camera images and the synthesized image and having different spatial or temporal resolution relations. A parameter selection section selects the image synthesis parameter group according to the output of a vehicle motion detection section for detecting the motion of the vehicle such as the driving speed and direction. An image synthesis section generates the synthesized image from the camera images according to the selected image synthesis parameter group.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kunio Nobori, Masamichi Nakagawa, Hirofumi Ishii, Shusaku Okamoto
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Patent number: 7693303Abstract: A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized image showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kunio Nobori, Masaki Sato, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Hirofumi Ishii
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Patent number: 7512251Abstract: A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized mage showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kunio Nobori, Masaki Sato, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Hirofumi Ishii
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Publication number: 20090080034Abstract: There is provided a data processing device comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains a first image data set, a second image data set, and a property data set, the second image data set being generated by reading an image which is formed on a recording medium in accordance with the first image data set by an image forming device, and the property data set indicating a property of the recording medium; and a specifying unit that determines a threshold for a density difference between the first image data set and the second image data set, depending on the property data set, and specifies, as an error area, an area where the density difference between images expressed by the first and second image data sets is equal to or greater than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigekazu YAMAGISHI, Hirofumi Ishii, Tohru Yamano, Yosuke Takebe, Hiroshi Yoshihara
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Publication number: 20090082367Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound which may be used in treating diseases in which 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1) is concerned, especially diabetes and insulin resistance. [Means for Solution] It was found that a triazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which the 3-position of triazole ring is substituted with a trisubstituted methyl group and the 5-position is substituted with a lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or the like, has a strong 11?-HSD1-inhibitory activity. In addition, since the triazole derivative of the present invention shows excellent blood glucose-lowering action, it may be used in the treatment of diabetes and insulin resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Seiji Yoshimura, Ryota Shiraki, Tomoaki Kawano, Daisuke Sasuga, Mitsuru Hosaka, Hiroki Fukudome, Kazuo Kurosawa, Hirofumi Ishii, Takanori Koike
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Publication number: 20090067677Abstract: A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized image showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kunio Nobori, Masaki Sato, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Hirofumi Ishii
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Publication number: 20090040309Abstract: It is provided to a monitoring apparatus in which a supervisor can monitor intuitively and operate when the supervisor monitors a trespasser or the like in a building. The monitoring apparatus includes a plurality of cameras 1 for picking up images of the inside of the building and a displaying unit 4 for displaying an image obtained by pasting picked-up images onto surfaces of a floor, a passage, and a wall of the building by a texture mapping based on camera parameters of the plurality of cameras 1 and structure data of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2005Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventor: Hirofumi Ishii
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Publication number: 20080151053Abstract: It is an object to provide an operation support device which can produce an image to be displayed on a screen at a relatively high quality without being affected by the swing of the rod-like retaining means. The operation support device includes a rod-like retaining unit 12 projected from an automotive vehicle 11, a camera unit 13 mounted on the rod-like retaining unit 12, the camera unit 13 being adapted to take an image of an object around the automotive vehicle 11, and a swing compensation image processing unit 14 for processing the image taken by the camera unit 13 on the basis of the estimated swing of the camera unit 13 to a road surface (a special distance plane), the processed image beings in parallel relationship with the taken image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2005Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Tuyoshi Okada
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Publication number: 20080033606Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
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Publication number: 20070299572Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku OKAMOTO, Hirofumi ISHII, Masamichi NAKAGAWA, Kunio NOBORI, Atsushi MORIMURA
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Publication number: 20070299584Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku OKAMOTO, Hirofumi ISHII, Masamichi NAKAGAWA, Kunio NOBORI, Atsushi MORIMURA
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Publication number: 20070259854Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a compound which can be used for therapy of diseases in which 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1) participates, in particular diabetes, insulin resistance. [Means for Solution] It has been found that a triazole derivative wherein the triazole ring is substituted with a trisubstituted methyl group in the 2-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has a strong 11?-HSD1 inhibitory activity. Moreover, the triazole derivative of the invention exhibits an excellent blood-glucose level-lowering action and hence can be used for therapy of diabetes, insulin resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2005Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Takeshi Murakami, Tomoaki Kawano, Ryota Shiraki, Hirofumi Ishii, Seiji Yoshimura, Takehiko Ohkawa, Mitsuru Hosaka, Hiroki Fukudome, Yutaka Inoki
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Patent number: 7277123Abstract: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Okamoto, Hirofumi Ishii, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kunio Nobori, Atsushi Morimura
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Patent number: 7247851Abstract: An optical lens 1 makes three components of visible light and near infrared light in different wavelength regions severally form images at different locations according to their wavelengths. An imaging element 2 has a plurality of pixels, which include pixels having a visible light detection section 6 and pixels having a near infrared light detection section 8. The visible light detection section 6 has three detectors 3, 4, and 5 which detect three components of visible light which form images at locations of different depths in the same pixel according to their wavelengths. The near infrared light detection section 8 has a near infrared light detector 7 which detects near infrared light which forms an image at a location of a depth different from the depths at which the three components of visible light form images.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okada, Hirofumi Ishii, Kazufumi Mizusawa
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Publication number: 20070125858Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprises: a photoelectric converter that converts image data into an electric signal and outputs the image data; a clock controller that generates a plurality of sampling signals having different phases to sample a level of an output signal of the photoelectric converter; a phase determination unit that compares signal levels in a sampling order, each of the signals obtained by sampling, using a respective sampling signal, the output signal of the photoelectric converter, so as to determine an optimum phase of the plurality of the sampling signals when a condition is fulfilled in which an absolute value of a variation between signal levels being compared is less than a threshold value; a storage unit in which the optimum phase is stored; and a sampling unit that samples the output signal of the photoelectric converter using the sampling signal having the optimum phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirofumi Ishii
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Patent number: 7218758Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide driving support apparatus which allows the driver to intuitively and more accurately recognize the situation around an obstacle thus reducing a burden of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Ishii, Kazufumi Mizusawa, Tsuyoshi Okada
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Patent number: 7175742Abstract: In a doctor blade, which suppresses abrasion of a mating member and excels in water removal capability and shape retention capacity over a long time, resin is impregnated into a fibrous laminate composed of base materials and batt layers integrated by needle punching, and an adjustment is made so that the void content is between 50% and 80%.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Takeuchi, Hirofumi Ishii
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Publication number: 20060203092Abstract: The image processor of the present invention generates a more natural synthesized image from camera images taken with a plurality of cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle. A parameter storage section stores a plurality of image synthesis parameter groups representing the correspondence between the camera images and the synthesized image and having different spatial or temporal resolution relations. A parameter selection section selects the image synthesis parameter group according to the output of a vehicle motion detection section for detecting the motion of the vehicle such as the driving speed and direction. An image synthesis section generates the synthesized image from the camera images according to the selected image synthesis parameter group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Masamichi Nakagawa, Hirofumi Ishii, Shusaku Okamoto