Patents by Inventor Junichi Tanaka

Junichi Tanaka 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: 10973441
    Abstract: A display control device (10) comprises an image acquisition component (11), an orientation estimation component (12), and a controller (13). The image acquisition component (11) acquires an infrared image (G1) sensed by infrared array sensors (21a and 21b) installed in a room. The orientation estimation component (12) estimates the orientation of a care receiver (P1) in a room (30) on the basis of the infrared image (G1) acquired by the image acquisition component (11). The controller (13) controls a display device (22) so that a dummy image (D1), which shows a simplified view of the orientation of the care receiver (P1) estimated by the orientation estimation component (12), is displayed superimposed over the infrared image (G1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Masatoshi Oba, Fumiji Aita
  • Patent number: 10967431
    Abstract: A metal powder for additive manufacturing includes: not less than 0.2 mass % and not more than 1.3 mass % of aluminum; and a balance including copper and an incidental impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: DAIHEN CORPORATION, FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Tsubota, Junichi Tanaka, Yohei Oka, Akira Okamoto, Masato Kikukawa, Hiroaki Okubo, Yoshito Nishizawa, Takeshi Maruyama, Motonori Nishida
  • Patent number: 10970916
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that enable generation of only a 3D model of a foreground. A reconstruction unit generates a 3D model of the foreground, on the basis of depth images of a plurality of viewpoints and foreground images of the plurality of viewpoints. The present disclosure can be applied to a decoding apparatus or the like that decodes an encoded stream of depth-related images and color images of a 3D model of a plurality of viewpoints, and generates a 3D model of the foreground on the basis of the resultant depth-related images and color images, and virtual viewpoint information including internal parameters and external parameters for virtual cameras of the respective viewpoints, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Araki, Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10931955
    Abstract: An image processing device including a decoding section configured to decode an image from an encoded stream, a determination section configured to perform determination processes of determining whether to apply a deblocking filter to neighboring blocks neighboring across a block boundary within an image to be decoded by the decoding section, a filtering section configured to apply a deblocking filter to neighboring blocks to which the determination section has determined to apply a deblocking filter, and a control section configured to allow the determination section to perform the determination processes for a vertical block boundary and a horizontal block boundary using pixels of the neighboring blocks of a reconstruct image as reference pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Ikeda, Junichi Tanaka, Yoshitaka Morigami
  • Publication number: 20210043419
    Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam apparatus and a charged particle beam inspection system capable of estimating electrical characteristics of a sample including capacitance characteristics. The charged particle beam apparatus estimates electrical characteristics of the sample using the correspondence data representing the correspondence between the node of the netlist and the coordinate on the sample and the pulsing condition when the sample is irradiated with the charged particle beam in a pulsed manner. The charged particle beam optical system irradiates a predetermined coordinate on the sample with a charged particle beam based on a pulsing condition, and the detector actually measures an emission amount of electrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yohei Nakamura, Natsuki Tsuno, Heita Kimizuka, Takafumi Miwa, Muneyuki Fukuda, Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10911786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing device and method enabling deterioration in encoding efficiency to be suppressed. A control information adding unit 184 embeds one picture worth of control information held in a control information holding unit 183 into a slice header of a predetermined slice, in encoded data held in an encoded data holding unit 182. For example, the control information adding unit 184 embeds one picture worth of control information in the slice header of the first-transmitted slice in the frame to be processed in the encoded data. The control information adding unit 184 outputs encoded data to which the control information has been added, in a predetermined order. The present invention can be applied to, for example, an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10906592
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure satisfies at least one of the following (A), (B), and (C): (A) an adhesive amount per unit area of a first adhesive in a second adjacent part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the first adhesive in a first adjacent part; (B) an adhesive amount per unit area of a panel adhesive in a second panel adjacent part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the panel adhesive in a first panel adjacent part; and (C) an adhesive amount per unit area of a second adhesive in a stacking adjacent part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the second adhesive in a non-stacking adjacent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Miyoshi, Tomoya Yoshida, Junichi Tanaka, Masanobu Kobashi
  • Patent number: 10901308
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes a controller provided inside a projection optical system that projects an image on a projection surface and configured to control driving of a focus unit that provides focusing of a projection image on the projection surface, a shifter configured to move the projection optical system on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the projection optical system, and an acquirer configured to acquire positional information of the shift unit. The controller sets a driving condition of the focus unit using positional information of the shift unit and a relationship between an image height and a depth of field of the projection optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210013444
    Abstract: An organic EL element (10) has two first light emitting units (13A) which each include a first light emitting layer (16A) having one or two peak wavelengths in a wavelength region of 440 nm to 490 nm. The first light emitting units (13A) are respectively disposed at positions adjacent to inner sides of a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (12), and a substrate is disposed on outer sides of the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (12). White light obtained by light emission of the plurality of light emitting units has a continuous emission spectrum over at least a wavelength region of 380 nm to 780 nm and, in terms of light distribution characteristics of light emitted to the outside of a substrate (18), a luminance of the white light obtained through the substrate (18) has a substantially constant value in an angle range of 0 degrees to 30 degrees from an axis perpendicular to a surface direction of the substrate (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Lumiotec Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10887571
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that make it possible to generate a texture image of high picture quality at a predetermined viewpoint using an omnidirectional image. A plurality of real cameras image a plurality of reference images at a plurality of viewpoint positions in a plurality of sight line directions. A great weight is applied to a reference image in a sight line direction close to a virtual viewpoint specified in response to a movement of a head mounted display and having a virtual viewpoint position and a sight line direction to generate a virtual viewpoint image by weighted averaging, and the virtual viewpoint image is displayed on the head mounted display. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a home server or the like that generates a display image of a predetermined viewpoint from an omnidirectional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kendai Furukawa, Junichi Tanaka, Hiroshi Oryoji, Yuichi Hasegawa, Goh Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200410754
    Abstract: Image processing apparatus responsive to successive groups of images of an object captured at the same time by two or more spaced apart image capturing devices and to depth information indicating a three-dimensional location of the object relative to at least one distance measuring device includes: a frame selecting unit configured to select a set of the successive image groups; a model generating unit configured to generate a three dimensional model, for each image group in the set of image groups, from images captured at the same time by the two or more spaced apart image capturing devices and from the depth information, and to map a texture to the generated three dimensional model; and a composition unit configured to generate a stroboscopic image, with respect to a stroboscopic image viewpoint, by superposing the three dimensional models generated by the model generating unit on a predetermined background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisako SUGANO, Junichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10879496
    Abstract: This organic EL element comprises a first light emitting unit that contains a red phosphorescent light emitting layer and a green phosphorescent light emitting layer, a second light emitting unit that contains a blue fluorescent light emitting layer, and a third light emitting unit that contains a blue fluorescent light emitting layer; and this organic EL element has a structure in which a positive electrode, the third light emitting unit, a second charge generating layer, the second light emitting unit, a first charge generating layer, the first light emitting unit and a negative electrode are sequentially laminated in this order. The white light obtained through light emission of the first, second and third light emitting units has one peak wavelength within the red wavelength range, one peak wavelength within the green wavelength range, and one or two peak wavelengths within the blue wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LUMIOTEC INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Morimoto, Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10879497
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having a white light, obtained by light emission from a plurality of light emission units, that comprises red light, green light, and blue light. Among the distribution characteristics of light emitted inside a substrate, the brightness of the white light has a maximum value within an angle range of 0-15° from an axis perpendicular to the planar direction of the substrate and the spectral radiance of the blue light at the maximum emission wavelength has a maximum value within the angle range of 0-20° from the axis perpendicular to the planar direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LUMIOTEC INC.
    Inventor: Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10879483
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device wherein, among the distribution characteristics of light emitted inside a substrate: the brightness of white light has a maximum value within an angle range of 20-60° from an axis perpendicular to the planar direction of the substrate; the spectral radiance of red light at the maximum emission wavelength and the spectral radiance of green light at the maximum emission wavelength have maximum values within the angle range of 30-70° from the axis perpendicular to the planar direction of the substrate; and the maximum values are greater than the value for spectral radiance of red light at the maximum emission wavelength and the value for the spectral radiance of green light at the maximum emission wavelength, in the axial direction perpendicular to the planar direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LUMIOTEC INC.
    Inventor: Junichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200380775
    Abstract: There is provided a transmitting device, a transmitting method, and a receiving device that enables generation of 3D data. A flag generating device generates information based on the degree of difference between two frames of a 3D image. The transmitting device transmits information based on the generated degree of difference. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a transmitting device or the like that transfers 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi ARAKI, Junichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200374565
    Abstract: An image processing device including a decoding section configured to decode an image from an encoded stream, a horizontal filtering section configured to apply a deblocking filter to a vertical block boundary within an image to be decoded by the decoding section, a vertical filtering section configured to apply a deblocking filter to a horizontal block boundary within an image to be decoded by the decoding section, and a control section configured to cause the horizontal filtering section to filter in parallel a plurality of vertical block boundaries included in a processing unit containing a plurality of coding units and cause the vertical filtering section to filter in parallel a plurality of horizontal block boundaries included in the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru IKEDA, Junichi TANAKA, Yoshitaka MORIGAMI
  • Patent number: 10843742
    Abstract: A body structure of a vehicle satisfy at least one of the following (A), (B), and (C): (A) an adhesive amount per unit area of a first adhesive in a crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the first adhesive in an adjacent part; (B) an adhesive amount per unit area of a panel adhesive in a panel crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the panel adhesive in a panel adjacent part; and (C) an adhesive amount per unit area of a second adhesive in a second joining part crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the second adhesive in a second joining part adjacent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Miyoshi, Tomoya Yoshida, Masanobu Kobashi, Junichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200328101
    Abstract: A search apparatus receives each input of a target value and a reference value indicated by the target value; generates a prediction model indicating a relation between the condition and the result based on a setting value of the condition inside the search area and a measured value of the result; acquires a prediction value from the prediction model by assigning the target value to the prediction model and specifies a presence area of the prediction value from the search area; determines whether the prediction value is closer to the target value than the reference value; sets the measured value of the result corresponding to the prediction value to the reference value when the prediction value is closer to the target value, and sets the prediction value presence area to the search area; and outputs a prediction value satisfying an achievement condition when the prediction value satisfies the achievement condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi OHMORI, Junichi TANAKA, Hikaru KOYAMA, Masaru KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 10804483
    Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element has a structure in which, between a first electrode and a second electrode, a plurality of light-emitting units are layered with a charge generation layer 14 interposed therebetween, and comprises a red light-emitting unit and a green light-emitting unit. In the organic electroluminescent element, yellow or orange light obtained by light emission from the two light-emitting units has a peak wavelength in each of a red wavelength range of 590-640 nm and a green wavelength range of 500-560 nm, and the difference between the peak wavelength of the yellow or orange light and the dominant wavelength of the yellow or orange light is 15-25 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LUMIOTEC INC.
    Inventor: Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: PP32830
    Abstract: ‘Kiyoka’ is a new variety of tea plant bred by crossbreeding FYZ-41 (‘Yabukita’ x ‘Shizuinzatsu 131’), a hybrid, as the female parent and ‘Saemidori’ as the male parent. The steamed leaves and leaf buds of ‘Kiyoka’ have a distinctive floral aroma, and excellent taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yoshida, Akiko Ogino, Atsushi Nesumi, Tetsuji Saba, Junichi Tanaka, Fumiya Taniguchi, Shuya Yamashita, Hiroshi Yorozuya, Akiko Matsunaga, Yoshiyuki Takeda, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Hitoshi Yoshitomi