Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Tanaka
Kazuhiko 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).
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Publication number: 20190394434Abstract: An object is to provide a technology for correcting color of a projected video more suitably. In order to solve the above-described object, a configuration includes a video projector configured to display a plurality of colors in time division and project a video to be displayed, and a color corrector configured to perform color correction on a projected video from the video projector. In the configuration, the projected video projected by the video projector is imaged by an internal imaging apparatus or an external imaging apparatus connected by wire or wireless connection, and the color corrector performs the color correction on the basis of a video corresponding to time division one period of the projected video detected from the imaged image or color information of the video corresponding to N times period of time division one period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Haruhiko HIGUCHI, Kazuhiko TANAKA, Mitsuo NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 10511823Abstract: Even when a watching position or a watching direction of a viewer for a video changes, video display with favorable visibility is obtained. A video display apparatus that receives an input of a video input signal and that displays a video based on the video input signal includes a viewer detection unit that detects a positional relation between a screen on which the video is displayed and a viewer who watches the video and that generates viewer position information including the detection result, an image processing unit that executes image correction processing for a correction region which is such a partial region of an image based on the video input signal as being set in correspondence with viewer position information, and a video display unit that displays, on the screen, a video based on a corrected video signal having been subjected to the image correction processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Nakajima, Nobuhiro Fukuda, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Nobuaki Kabuto
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Patent number: 10455204Abstract: A display system includes: a video display apparatus; and a mobile terminal that communicate with each other. The video display apparatus includes: a measurement pattern generator that generates a plurality of measurement patterns; a projection unit that projects the measurement patterns; a first transceiver that communicates with the mobile terminal to receive information regarding distortion correction of video; and a distortion corrector that corrects the distortion. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit that photographs the projected measurement patterns; a controller that generates the distortion correction information based on the photographed measurement patterns; and a second transceiver that communicates with the first transceiver to transmit the distortion correction information to the video display apparatus. The measurement pattern generator adds a common pattern to each measurement pattern, which indicates a reference position of each of the measurement patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Nakajima, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Haruhiko Higuchi
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Publication number: 20190309900Abstract: The present invention relates to a grease replacement method of replacing grease in a case (84) including a sealable gear chamber (31, 36) accommodating a gear (85) as a member to be lubricated, a grease injection port (61, 62) configured to inject grease into the gear chamber (31, 36), and a discharge port (32, 37) configured to discharge the grease in the gear chamber (31, 36), and a grease suction device to be used to perform this method. The grease replacement method includes a suction step (S2) of sucking the grease in the gear chamber (31, 36) from the grease injection port (61, 62) with the discharge port (32, 37) being open, and discharging the grease outside the case (84), and an injection step (S4) of injecting new grease into the grease injection port (61, 62) and supplying the new grease to the gear (85). This facilitates discharging of old grease.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 10286702Abstract: An electronic circuit board includes an ink receiving layer formed from a resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin as a main component, and an electronic circuit formed in a pattern from an electrically conductive ink. An electronic circuit board production method includes the steps of: applying a liquid resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin as a main component to form a layer of the liquid resin composition; heat-drying the liquid resin composition to form an ink receiving layer; and forming an electronic circuit in a predetermined circuit pattern from an electrically conductive ink by a printing method or a transferring method.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: KOMURA-TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Kawamoto, Shigeru Baba, Youichi Sumoto, Sakae Murata, Kazuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190110033Abstract: A display system includes: a video display apparatus; and a mobile terminal that communicate with each other. The video display apparatus includes: a measurement pattern generator that generates a plurality of measurement patterns; a projection unit that projects the measurement patterns; a first transceiver that communicates with the mobile terminal to receive information regarding distortion correction of video; and a distortion corrector that corrects the distortion. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit that photographs the projected measurement patterns; a controller that generates the distortion correction information based on the photographed measurement patterns; and a second transceiver that communicates with the first transceiver to transmit the distortion correction information to the video display apparatus. The measurement pattern generator adds a common pattern to each measurement pattern, which indicates a reference position of each of the measurement patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo NAKAJIMA, Kazuhiko TANAKA, Haruhiko HIGUCHI
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Patent number: 10244216Abstract: When projecting a video in conformity to the shape of a three-dimensional object using a projector, a pattern such as a grid is projected and the projected pattern is photographed, and then the position or shape of a projection object is calculated, whereby making it possible to apply appropriate geometric transformation to a projected video. However, when a grid is projected in superposition while video content is being displayed, the grid is visible to a viewer, and that the position or shape of a projection video cannot be calculated while a video content is being displayed. The present invention uses the freedom of color representation and the color redundancy of a color wheel, buries an invisible pattern not visible to human eyes in a video, and photographs the video in synchronism with the rotation of the color wheel, thereby making it possible to discriminate the buried invisible pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanaka, Mitsuo Nakajima, Haruhiko Higuchi
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Publication number: 20190050971Abstract: An image signal is subjected to image correction performed by an image correction unit on the basis of retinex processing. The image correction unit performs spectral decomposition for the image signal. A retinex unit performs retinex processing for the image signal subjected to the spectral decomposition, and a spectrum synthesis unit synthesizes the image signal output from the retinex unit. A transformation unit performs transformation from a RGB color space to a HSV color space, and an inverse transformation unit performs transformation from the HSV color space to the RGB color space. The transformation unit transforms an input image signal and outputs the transformed image signal to the spectral decomposition unit. The inverse transformation unit receives the output signal from the spectrum synthesis unit and outputs an image correction signal. Spectral decomposition of the image signal in the spectral decomposition unit is hue-based spectral decomposition in the HSV color space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Mitsuo NAKAJIMA, Kazuhiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180309968Abstract: When projecting a video in conformity to the shape of a three-dimensional object using a projector, a pattern such as a grid is projected and the projected pattern is photographed, and then the position or shape of a projection object is calculated, whereby making it possible to apply appropriate geometric transformation to a projected video. However, when a grid is projected in superposition while video content is being displayed, the grid is visible to a viewer, and that the position or shape of a projection video cannot be calculated while a video content is being displayed. The present invention uses the freedom of color representation and the color redundancy of a color wheel, buries an invisible pattern not visible to human eyes in a video, and photographs the video in synchronism with the rotation of the color wheel, thereby making it possible to discriminate the buried invisible pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko TANAKA, Mitsuo NAKAJIMA, Haruhiko HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180001683Abstract: A reliable electronic circuit board is provided, which maintains the quality and electrical conduction of an electronic circuit thereof even if being produced at an ordinary temperature at an atmospheric pressure. The electronic circuit board includes an ink receiving layer formed from a resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin as a main component, and an electronic circuit formed in a pattern from an electrically conductive ink. An electronic circuit board production method includes the steps of: applying a liquid resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin as a main component to form a layer of the liquid resin composition; heat-drying the liquid resin composition to form an ink receiving layer; and forming an electronic circuit in a predetermined circuit pattern from an electrically conductive ink by a printing method or a transferring method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: KOMURA-TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Kawamoto, Shigeru Baba, Youichi Sumoto, Sakae Murata, Kazuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170324944Abstract: Even when a watching position or a watching direction of a viewer for a video changes, video display with favorable visibility is obtained. A video display apparatus that receives an input of a video input signal and that displays a video based on the video input signal includes a viewer detection unit that detects a positional relation between a screen on which the video is displayed and a viewer who watches the video and that generates viewer position information including the detection result, an image processing unit that executes image correction processing for a correction region which is such a partial region of an image based on the video input signal as being set in correspondence with viewer position information, and a video display unit that displays, on the screen, a video based on a corrected video signal having been subjected to the image correction processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo NAKAJIMA, Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Kazuhiko TANAKA, Nobuaki KABUTO
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Patent number: 9752258Abstract: A fiber made of a polyester copolymer (B), wherein the polyester copolymer (B) comprises a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component, and the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 75 mol % or more of a terephthalic acid component, 1.0 mol % to 3.5 mol % of component (a) derived from a compound represented by formula (I), 2.0 mol % to 10.0 mol % of a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid component (b), and 2.0 mol % to 8.0 mol % of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid component (c). This can afford a polyester fiber that exhibits deep color property to cation dyes and disperse dyes under a normal pressure environment and is superior in color fastness to washing and color fastness to light and can secure good spinnability.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsuka, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Kazuhide Oka, Daisuke Ohga, Shinya Kawakado
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Publication number: 20160138198Abstract: Disclosed is a fiber made of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin is a copolymer including a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component; of the dicarboxylic acid component, 80 mol % or more is accounted for by a terephthalic acid component, 4.0 to 12.0 mol % is accounted for by a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid component, and 2.0 to 8.0 mol % is accounted for by an adipic acid component; and the glycol component contains an ethylene glycol component as a main component thereof. A polyester fiber is thereby provided which can be dyed with excellent deep color property and fastness property in dyeing under a normal pressure environment and which can offer stable quality and processing performance also by a direct spinning stretching method or other general melt-spinning methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhide OKA, Hiroyuki NAKADA, Masao KAWAMOTO, Kazuhiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 9328647Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system structure capable of easily improving output performance in comparison with a two-cylinder internal combustion engine having the same displacement and outputting an appealing and excellent exhaust sound relating to the two-cylinder internal combustion engine, in a four-cylinder internal combustion engine or a three-cylinder internal combustion engine. An exhaust pipe structure for an internal combustion engine is configured such that exhaust pipes are respectively connected to four cylinders of a four-cylinder internal combustion engine, the two exhaust pipes of the exhaust pipes are formed as long exhaust pipes having a long pipe length while the other two exhaust pipes thereof are formed as short exhaust pipes having a short pipe length, and a difference in a pipe length between the long exhaust pipes and the short exhaust pipes is set to 150 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Koyanagi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Yohei Yajima, Kenichi Misaki
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Publication number: 20160034048Abstract: A video display system includes: a display device that displays a video, which constitutes a stereoscopic video, on its surface; and a light beam emitting device capable of pointing to one point with scattering light obtained by projecting a non-visible light beam or a visible light beam onto the surface, the display device has a camera capable of capturing the scattering light and a superimposition unit that superimposes a pointer image on a display video, and the superimposition unit superimposes the pointer image on the display video depending on a position of the scattering light captured by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Kazuhiko TANAKA, Mitsuo NAKAJIMA, Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Nobuaki KABUTO, Hiroki MIZOSOE
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Patent number: 9242599Abstract: A vehicle approach alert device for a saddle-ridden electric vehicle is a vehicle approach alert device for a saddle-ridden electric vehicle that is provided with a sound emitter that is attached on the vehicle body of a saddle-ridden electric vehicle having an electric motor in a power engine, and that emits an alert sound to a surrounding area for notifying the surrounding area of approach of the saddle-ridden electric vehicle, such that sound emission of the sound emitter is controlled, and the sound emitter is arranged so that the direction of sound emission is oriented diagonally downward and forward of the saddle-ridden electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Satoru Shimizu, Masahiro Akiba, Ryuji Akiba, Kazuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 9047829Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a dimming value determination circuit for determining a dimming value of a backlight based on an input image signal, an image signal compensation circuit for compensating the input image signal supplied to a liquid crystal panel in accordance with the dimming value, and a backlight drive circuit for driving and controlling the backlight in accordance with the dimming value. When the light emitting luminance of the present frame of the backlight increases relative to the light emitting luminance of the previous frame, the backlight drive circuit delays the timing for applying the dimming value of the present frame. This makes it possible to reduce power consumption of the backlight by suppressing deterioration in the image quality in spite of the sharp change in the display image luminance.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanaka, Yasutaka Tsuru, Yuya Ogi
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Patent number: 8978797Abstract: Provided is a vehicle approach notification device of a saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle that outputs a notification sound for notifying the approach of a vehicle. The saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle includes a front cover that covers the periphery of a head pipe of a vehicle body frame. The sound emission device is located inside the front cover, the front cover has an air opening for taking in air from an outside, and a ventilation passage that is a passage of the air from the air opening and is used for cooling at least one of a power engine of the saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle and electric components, and the sound emission device is arranged in the ventilation passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Tomoyuki Takewaka, Masahiro Akiba, Ryuji Akiba, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Satoru Shimizu
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Patent number: 8957880Abstract: In a local dimming technology for reducing power consumption of a display device using a backlight as in a liquid crystal display, the backlight is configured by a plurality of independently controllable light sources, an image is divided into areas of the same number as that of the controllable light sources and light emission intensity of the light source is calculated based on a feature value of each area. However, this technology has a problem that when a backlight luminance distribution within each area is not uniform, image quality is deteriorated or a power consumption reduction effect is lowered. In the present invention, the image is divided into areas of the number greater than that of the controllable light sources, and the light emission intensity of each light source is determined based on the feature values of a plurality of areas to reduce the above-described problem.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanaka, Yasutaka Tsuru, Yuya Ogi
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Patent number: 8896638Abstract: An initial light control value calculation section calculates the backlight's initial light control value K0 according to brightness of an inputted image signal for each area. A black area measurement section measures a black area S by obtaining ratio of the number of pixels satisfying Y?Y0 (Y: brightness signal level, Y0: black level threshold) in the screen. A minimum light control value output section determines a minimum light control value Kmin based on comparison between the measured black area S and a black area threshold S0 and outputs a maximum value permissible for the light control value as the value Kmin when the black area S is the threshold value S0 or less. An LED control signal calculation section outputs a control signal to LED light sources based on a light control value K1 as the higher one of K0 and Kmin.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurabayashi, Yasutaka Tsuru, Yuya Ogi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Akihiro Shiraishi