Patents by Inventor Hirofumi KASUGA

Hirofumi KASUGA 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: 20140035964
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a master set and a plurality of lighting devices controlled by the master set. At least one of the plurality of lighting devices is a bulb-type lighting device having a lighting function and an image displaying function and including a light source for lighting and a light source for image display provided in common or separately, an image forming unit configured to modulate light from the light source for image display on the basis of image information for image display and form image light, a lens configured to project the image light formed by the image forming unit on a projection surface, and a connecting unit electrically connectable to a lighting device fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi KASUGA
  • Publication number: 20140022515
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source; a spatial light modulation device which modulates light from the light source according to an image that is written; a light diffusion device which adjusts a degree of diffusion of the light incident on the spatial light modulation device or the light emitted from the spatial light modulation device; and a light diffusion controller which controls the light diffusion device so that the light diffusion device diffuses the light when the light source starts to light up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru YAMAGUCHI, Tadashi KINEBUCHI, Shuji NARIMATSU, Hiroyuki MOTEKI, Hirofumi KASUGA, Hidehito IISAKA
  • Patent number: 8439508
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image on a screen, includes: plural image generating units that generate an image lights representing the image; a main body housing that houses the plural image generating units; and plural projection optical units that are provided in the main body housing to respectively correspond to the plural image generating units and project the image lights generated by the image generating units on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Matsuo, Takeshi Ishikawa, Hirofumi Kasuga, Hiroshi Midorikawa, Masahiko Nunokawa
  • Publication number: 20120154543
    Abstract: An document camera used by being connected to a display apparatus is provided. The document camera includes a plurality of imagers, an image processing unit that produces two sets of image data by using two of the plurality of imagers to capture images of a single target object from different imaging positions, a parameter acquisition unit that acquires a parameter for determining an inter-image distance between the two sets of image data to be displayed by the display apparatus, and an output unit that outputs the two sets of image data and the parameter or the inter-image distance to the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi KASUGA
  • Publication number: 20110194155
    Abstract: A document camera includes: n (n?2) imagers; a temporal storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1?m?n) imagers among the n imagers; an image processor that performs predetermined image processing according to the number of image data sets m on the m sets of image data stored in the temporal storage; and an output image data output unit that outputs output image data to a display apparatus, the output image data being a single output image data set produced in the predetermined image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kasuga
  • Publication number: 20100128228
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image on a screen, includes: plural image generating units that generate an image lights representing the image; a main body housing that houses the plural image generating units; and plural projection optical units that are provided in the main body housing to respectively correspond to the plural image generating units and project the image lights generated by the image generating units on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji MATSUO, Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Hirofumi KASUGA, Hiroshi MIDORIKAWA, Masahiko NUNOKAWA