Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hoshino

Hiroyuki Hoshino 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: 9930261
    Abstract: In an image generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reference image selecting unit selects an image as a reference image. The image extracting unit extracts at least one related image related to the reference image. The image generating unit generates a new composite image by using the reference image and the at least one related image according to a layout including a definition of at least one kind of information selected from a group including a background image, the number of images to be used, a size of each image to be used, and positional relation among images to be used. The basic control unit issues an instruction to make the reference image selecting unit select an image being displayed as the reference image and make the image generating unit generate the new composite image based on the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170316901
    Abstract: An input device has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second electrode opposes to the first electrode while being spaced apart therefrom. The third electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode and rotatably or slidably provided relative to the second electrode. By the third electrode being brought into contact with or spaced apart from the second electrode, an electrical state between the first electrode and the second electrode changes. Based on this electrical change, a rotary manipulation or a slide manipulation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki SAWADA, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki HOSHINO, Takashi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170272660
    Abstract: An imaging device to control a region of imaging, includes: an imaging unit; a display unit; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: set a first region of a predetermined size at a predetermined position in an imaging range of the imaging unit; make the display unit display an image in the first region as live-view image; fix a position of the first region in the imaging range before a first operation is performed; after the first operation is performed, displace the position of the first region in the imaging range so as to track movement of a specific subject in the imaging range; and when a second operation is performed, following the first operation, record a partial image corresponding to the first region in an entire image taken by the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9754699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor oil that can maintain breakdown voltage at a high level in a wide temperature range of ?50° C. to 30° C., extremely unlikely precipitates as crystals in particular at ?50° C. and thus has excellent properties both at normal temperature and a lower temperature. The capacitor oil of the present invention comprises 1,1-diphenylethane and benzyltoluene, wherein the mass ratio of 1,1-diphenylethane to benzyltoluene is 0.8 to 2.0, the total amount of the ortho-isomer and para-isomer in the benzyltoluene is 90 percent by mass or less, and the composition has a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of 3.00 mm2/s or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kimura, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Takahiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9710319
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory. An area setting unit sets, upon detection of an abnormality in the information processing apparatus, a work area in a storage area except a collection target area of investigation information used for investigation of a cause of the occurrence of the abnormality, in a storage area of the volatile memory. An information collection unit executes a procedure of collecting investigation information from the volatile memory and storing the same into the nonvolatile memory by using the set work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hoshino, Kenji Iwasawa, Masako Nishiyama, Yusuke Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 9630528
    Abstract: An operating lever includes a fixing portion, a handle, and an interface. The fixing portion is to be fixed to a power transmitter. The handle is to be gripped by a user. The interface connects the fixing portion and the handle. The fixing portion, the handle, and the interface are integrally formed. The interface has a weak portion at a portion other than the outer periphery of the interface, the weak portion being weaker than other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takei, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170075581
    Abstract: A control device includes a memory device and a processor. The memory device is configured to store therein log information obtained by accumulating logs received from an apparatus. The logs relate to a plurality of processes. The processor is configured to determine on basis of the log information and preset expectation information whether the plurality of processes are normally terminated in a case where the log information includes information indicating that the plurality of processes are normally terminated. The expectation information includes first state information in association with expected state information. The first state information indicates a first state of an object before execution of the plurality of processes. The expected state information indicates an expected state of the object after the execution. The processor is configured to write the log information into a storage device upon determining that the plurality of processes are abnormally terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji IWASAWA, Masakazu SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki HOSHINO, Yusuke KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160366290
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image shooting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a transmission unit, and a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction. The supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20160225528
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an electrically insulating oil composition that can maintain dielectric breakdown voltage high in a wide temperature range of ?50° C. to 65° C., and can suppress a decrease in dielectric breakdown voltage even in the case of use at high temperature for a long time, and there is provided an electrically insulating oil composition comprising 1,1-diphenylethane and benzyltoluene, wherein the proportion of a para isomer in the benzyltoluene is 45% by mass or more based on a total amount of the benzyltoluene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi MORIKITA, Hiroyuki HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9299334
    Abstract: A sound source detecting system that detects a predetermined sound source on the basis of sounds collected by sound collectors includes: a noise extracting unit that extracts a noise from signals of the collected sounds; and a noise suppressing unit that suppresses a signal component of the noise extracted by the noise extracting unit from the signals of the collected sounds. The sound source detecting unit detects a location of the predetermined sound source, such as an approaching vehicle, using information about the sounds having the signals of which the noise is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIJO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Ryuji Funayama, Tomoya Takatani, Osami Yamamoto, Kensaku Asahi, Hideki Banno, Keiichi Yamada, Akira Ogawa, Yuichi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20160070384
    Abstract: A touch panel includes multiple first electrodes, multiple first wiring lines, multiple second electrodes, multiple second wiring lines, a switch electrode, a third wiring line, and a shield section. The first electrodes are disposed parallel to each other in the first direction. The second electrodes intersect with the first electrodes, and are disposed parallel to each other in the second direction. The shield section is insulated from the second wiring lines and the third wiring lines, and is disposed to cover the second wiring lines and the third wiring lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: HIROYUKI HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20160057359
    Abstract: In an image generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reference image selecting unit selects an image as a reference image. The image extracting unit extracts at least one related image related to the reference image. The image generating unit generates a new composite image by using the reference image and the at least one related image according to a layout including a definition of at least one kind of information selected from a group including a background image, the number of images to be used, a size of each image to be used, and positional relation among images to be used. The basic control unit issues an instruction to make the reference image selecting unit select an image being displayed as the reference image and make the image generating unit generate the new composite image based on the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9258453
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing section, an image capturing control section, an image clipping section, an HDR composing section and a panoramic image composing section. The image capturing control section causes the image capturing section to repeatedly capture an image of different luminance to provide plural images of different luminance. The image clipping section clips respective data of substantially overlapping image regions of the plural images of different luminance. The HDR composing section composes the image regions each clipped by the image clipping section to generate data of plural composite images having a wider dynamic range than the image captured by the image capturing section. The panoramic image composing section joins data of the plural composite images generated by the HDR composing section to generate an image whose range is wider than that of the image captured by the image capturing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Jun Muraki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Erina Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150306983
    Abstract: An operating lever includes a fixing portion, a handle, and an interface. The fixing portion is to be fixed to a power transmitter. The handle is to be gripped by a user. The interface connects the fixing portion and the handle. The fixing portion, the handle, and the interface are integrally formed. The interface has a weak portion at a portion other than the outer periphery of the interface, the weak portion being weaker than other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAKEI, Hiroshi IZAWA, Hiroyuki HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9172868
    Abstract: The present invention can easily acquire images having a uniform aspect ratio. In an imaging device of the invention, a control section detects the movement amount and the movement direction of the imaging device based on output from an acceleration sensor. Then, when the movement direction of the imaging device in its initial movement started at the beginning of imaging is substantially linear and a substantially horizontal or vertical direction, the control section calculates a reference movement amount by which a composite image having a predetermined aspect ratio can be generated, based on the movement amount of the imaging device, and controls the display section to display imaging area information (guide) indicating the final imaging area having the predetermined aspect ratio based on the reference movement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erina Ichikawa, Jun Muraki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 9143701
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, an orthogonal axis information detecting unit that detects orthogonal axis information indicating an inclination of an orthogonal axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging unit after imaging by the imaging unit, and a specifying unit that specifies a shooting posture of an apparatus body at time of imaging, based on the orthogonal axis information detected by the orthogonal axis information detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Muraki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Erina Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 9091751
    Abstract: A sound source detection system for detecting a sound source (e.g., running sound of a vehicle) based on sound collected by microphones extracts characteristic amounts from the sound collected by the microphones, sets a plurality of classes according to the position of the sound source by a multi-class pattern recognition method (e.g., multi-class SVM) using the characteristic amounts, extracts characteristic amounts from sound collected by the microphones for detection of a sound source, determines a class to which the extracted characteristic amounts belong, from the preset plurality of classes, and estimates the sound source based on the class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIJO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Osami Yamamoto, Kensaku Asahi, Hideki Banno, Keiichi Yamada, Akira Ogawa, Yuichi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20150121151
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory. An area setting unit sets, upon detection of an abnormality in the information processing apparatus, a work area in a storage area except a collection target area of investigation information used for investigation of a cause of the occurrence of the abnormality, in a storage area of the volatile memory. An information collection unit executes a procedure of collecting investigation information from the volatile memory and storing the same into the nonvolatile memory by using the set work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HOSHINO, Kenji IWASAWA, Masako Nishiyama, Yusuke Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20150028269
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor oil that can maintain breakdown voltage at a high level in a wide temperature range of ?50° C. to 30° C., extremely unlikely precipitates as crystals in particular at ?50° C. and thus has excellent properties both at normal temperature and a lower temperature. The capacitor oil of the present invention comprises 1,1-diphenylethane and benzyltoluene, wherein the mass ratio of 1,1-diphenylethane to benzyltoluene is 0.8 to 2.0, the total amount of the ortho-isomer and para-isomer in the benzyltoluene is 90 percent by mass or less, and the composition has a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of 3.00 mm2/s or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kimura, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Takahiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150008377
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical insulating oil composition that can maintain breakdown voltage at a high level in a wide temperature range of ?50° C. to 30° C., extremely unlikely precipitates as crystals in particular at ?50° C., and has excellent properties both at ordinary temperature and low temperature. The insulating oil composition comprises diarylalkanes having 14 carbon atoms (C14) and having 15 carbon atoms (C15), wherein the C14 diarylalkane is 1,1-diphenylethane or a mixture of 1,1-diphenylethane and benzyltoluene and the C15 diarylalkane is 1-phenyl-1-methylphenylethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kimura, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Takahiro Kawaguchi