Patents by Inventor Hiroki Saito

Hiroki Saito 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: 20240004167
    Abstract: The imaging lens includes, successively in order from a position closest to an object side: a first lens group that remains stationary with respect to an image plane during focusing; and a focus lens group that moves along an optical axis during focusing. Assuming that a maximum image height is Ymax, and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, and a sum of a back focal length in terms of an air-equivalent distance and a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side to a lens surface closest to the image side is TL, the imaging lens satisfies Conditional Expressions (1) and (2). 0.1<Ymax/f<0.26??(1): 0.4<TL/f<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIYAGISHIMA, Hiroki SAITO, Kosuke TAKAHASHI, Tomoki OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20230368876
    Abstract: A medical support system includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire medical data on a patient over time; cause a display to display a display screen on which one or more measurement values in the medical data are displayed; detect an alert value that satisfies a determination condition from the one or more measurement values included in the medical data every time the medical data is acquired; and highlight an area in which the alert value is displayed on the display screen, and cause the display screen to display information on the determination condition for all detected alert values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nao WARIISHI, Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230368749
    Abstract: A medical support system includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire medical data on a specific patient over time; cause a display to display a display screen on which one or more measurement values in the medical data are displayed; detect an alert value that satisfies a determination condition from the one or more measurement values included in the medical data every time the medical data is acquired; and highlight a warning area in which the alert value is displayed on the display screen, and change a dept of a background color of the warning area in accordance with an importance degree relating to the alert value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nao WARIISHI, Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230370712
    Abstract: Provided is an observation apparatus capable of adjusting visibility of an image and of an optical image of a subject in consideration of an intensity of ambient light in a case where the image is displayed by being superimposed on the optical image. The observation apparatus (30) includes an optical system (32), a display mechanism (34) that displays an image based on a signal generated by an imaging element (20), and a light shielding mechanism (36) of which a light shielding rate is variable, and the optical image has a first optical region (OP1) and a second optical region (OP2). The display mechanism (34) superimposes the image on the first optical region (OP1) to display both the image and the optical image in an observable manner by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke TAKAHASHI, Shunsuke MIYAGISHIMA, Hiroki SAITO, Tomoki OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20230350172
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a variable magnification optical system provided with a stop that adjusts a light amount and a processor that controls an opening amount of the stop based on information on a magnification change of the variable magnification optical system. In a case where a maximum value and a minimum value of an F-Number in the entire variable magnification region of the variable magnification optical system are respectively Fmax and Fmin and an average value of an F-Number at a wide angle end and an F-Number at a telephoto end of the variable magnification optical system is Fave, the processor is configured to control the opening amount within a range satisfying 3 < {(Fmax - Fmin)/Fave} × 100 < 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoko TOMIOKA, Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230324767
    Abstract: Provided is a finder device capable of preventing dust on a display surface of a display element and reducing an influence of heat which is generated from the display element on an optical system. An EVF 1 includes: an optical system 20 that includes a display element 10, a first lens group G1 disposed in order from the display element 10 side, and a second lens group G2; a first holding frame 30 that holds the display element 10 and the first lens group G1 to seal a space between the display element 10 and the first lens group G1; a second holding frame that holds the second lens group G2; and a diopter adjustment unit 50 that adjusts a diopter by integrally moving the display element 10 and the first lens group G1 relative to the second lens group G2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KOBORI, Shunsuke MIYAGISHIMA, Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230298440
    Abstract: A claw gaming machine may comprise a cabinet, a claw assembly, prize objects, and a shooter unit. The machine may be configured to: determine an outcome of a claw game; allow an input device to control the claw assembly; end the claw game when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome; cause the claw assembly to move and release the picked-up object away from the shooter unit when the claw assembly does pick-up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome, cause the claw assembly to drop the picked-up object on the shooter unit when the claw assembly picks-up the object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome; and cause a winning game presentation display when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takaki NARITA, Kenji ENOKIDO, Hiroki SAITO, Satoshi JOKO, Go MIYAMOTO, Akira SHIMIZU, Hiromu SAIGUSA, Jyunichi MURAKAMI, Satoshi NAKATA, Masahiro SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230296184
    Abstract: The invention suppresses hysteresis. A relief valve switching between whether to discharge oil through movement of a valve body includes: a first spacing part, in which the valve body moves; a second space part, connected with the first space part and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first space part; an elastic body, connected with the valve body; a seal part, disposed in a circumferential direction of the valve body; and a third space part, formed in the first space part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: HIROKI SAITO, YUSUKE FUJITA, HIROSHI OOKA, MASAHIKO TSUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11727765
    Abstract: A claw gaming machine may comprise a cabinet, a claw assembly, prize objects, and a shooter unit. The machine may be configured to: determine an outcome of a claw game; allow an input device to control the claw assembly; end the claw game when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome; cause the claw assembly to move and release the picked-up object away from the shooter unit when the claw assembly does pick-up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome, cause the claw assembly to drop the picked-up object on the shooter unit when the claw assembly picks-up the object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome; and cause a winning game presentation display when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Takaki Narita, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Saito, Satoshi Joko, Go Miyamoto, Akira Shimizu, Hiromu Saigusa, Jyunichi Murakami, Satoshi Nakata, Masahiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20230228980
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a front group, an aperture stop, and a rear group, in order from an object side. The rear group includes at least one Lp lens that is made of a resin, has a positive refractive power, and is cemented to a lens. Assuming that an Abbe number and a refractive index of the Lp lens are respectively ?p and Np, the Lp lens satisfies Conditional Expression represented by 120<?p+94.24×Np<180. The imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki SAITO, Ryoko TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 11692847
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes an illuminance sensor mounted on a vehicle and configured to detect an illuminance outside the vehicle as a detected illuminance, a location sensor mounted on the vehicle and configured to detect a location of the vehicle as a detected location, and a controller configured to store one or more illuminance thresholds that are thresholds of the illuminance and monitor whether there is a crossover phenomenon that the detected illuminance crosses one of the one or more illuminance thresholds. The controller is configured to transmit crossing data, including information indicating the detected location when the crossover phenomenon occurs and information indicating the detected illuminance when the crossover phenomenon occurs, to a management apparatus outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Akishino, Hiroki Saito
  • Publication number: 20230204205
    Abstract: Provided is an abnormality detection device, including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire operation data of one or a plurality of extraction devices configured to extract water from a water circulation system in a boiler to an outside of the circulation system, and acquire an actually measured value of a makeup water amount supplied to the circulation system; a prediction unit configured to derive a predicted value of the makeup water amount based on the operation data acquired by the data acquisition unit; and a comparison unit configured to compare the actually measured value of the makeup water amount, which is acquired by the data acquisition unit, and the predicted value of the makeup water amount, which is derived by the prediction unit, with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki SAITO, Hirotaka KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20230194852
    Abstract: An observation optical system includes a display element and an eyepiece lens disposed on an eyepoint side of the display element. The eyepiece lens includes a first lens having positive optical power, a second lens having negative optical power, and a third lens consecutively in order from closest to a display element side to the eyepoint side. In a case where a half value of a longest diameter of a display region in the display element is denoted by H, and a focal length of the eyepiece lens in a state where diopter is ?1 diopter is denoted by f, the observation optical system satisfies a conditional expression represented by 0.35<H/f<0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230115405
    Abstract: An observation optical system includes a display element and an eyepiece lens arranged on an eyepoint side of the display element. The eyepiece lens includes at least one negative lens. In a case where a half value of a longest diameter of a display region in the display element is denoted by H, and a focal length of the eyepiece lens is denoted by f, the observation optical system satisfies a conditional expression represented by 0.35<H/f<0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki SAITO, Shunsuke MIYAGISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230083774
    Abstract: A piston ring includes a substrate, and a film covering at least a part of a surface of the substrate. The film includes Si and N. A Si content of the film is in a range of 1.1 to 7.5 at %, a crystallite size of the film is in a range of 10 to 30 nm, and a compressive residual stress of the film is 400 to 800 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki SAITO, Keiji HONDA, Yuji SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230043840
    Abstract: A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a subsequent group that has a plurality of lens groups, wherein: the zoom lens includes an aperture stop at a position closer to the image side than a lens surface closest to the image side in the second lens group, a lens group closest to the image side in the subsequent group includes at least one negative lens of which an object side lens surface is a concave surface being in contact with air, during zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group changes, a spacing between the second lens group and the subsequent group changes, and spacings between all adjacent lens groups in the subsequent group change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki SAITO, Tatsuyuki OGINO, Masato KONDO, Takuya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230005276
    Abstract: A signal recognizing apparatus detects a target traffic light from an image showing surroundings of a host vehicle and generates traffic light detecting information including a traffic light image. The apparatus recognizes a lighting state of the target traffic light and specifies a positional relationship between the host vehicle and the target traffic light on the basis of position information of the host vehicle and the traffic light detecting information, and determines a center of a lighting area corresponding to a lighting portion of the target traffic light in the traffic light image, and performs a predetermined conversion process on the traffic light image on the basis of the positional relationship in order to compare with the lighting pattern information, and recognizes the lighting state by comparing the center of the lighting area in a traffic light image with the lighting pattern information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230003968
    Abstract: An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a front group; a stop; and a rear group that has a positive refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke NAGAMI, Hiroki SAITO
  • Patent number: 11524664
    Abstract: A control device is provided with a flow rate derivation part for deriving a pressure-holding-valve flow rate on the basis of a pressure command value and a previous pressure command value; a differential pressure derivation part for deriving a differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value so that the differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value increases with an increase in the difference obtained by subtracting the pressure-holding-valve flow rate from a pump-discharge flow rate; and a pressure-holding-valve processing part for performing an aperture derivation process to derive a command aperture so that the command aperture decreases with an increase in the difference obtained by subtracting the pressure command value from the sum of an pressure value and the differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value, and driving a holding pressure valve at the command aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koya Motoyama, Hiroki Saito, Masayuki Naito
  • Patent number: 11500220
    Abstract: The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a front group, an aperture stop, and a rear group. The front group includes a diffractive optical element having a positive lens and a negative lens in order from the object side. A diffractive surface is provided between an object side surface of the positive lens and an image side surface of the negative lens. Assuming that a distance on an optical axis from the diffractive surface to the aperture stop in a state in which an object at infinity is in focus is Ddoe, and a focal length of the whole system in a state in which the object at infinity is in focus is f, the imaging lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1): 0.02<Ddoe/f<0.11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Saito