Patents by Inventor Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh 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: 20150123990Abstract: A device comprises an input unit, a motion acquisition unit, a matrix operation unit, and a drawing unit. The input unit implements sequential input of a first frame image and a second frame image. The motion acquisition unit acquires motion data between the first frame image and the second frame image. The matrix operation unit calculates a projection matrix to project the output frame image to the second frame image, from a first matrix including a rolling shutter distortion component, a second matrix including at least one of a parallel translation component in directions perpendicular to an image-shooting direction and a rotation component with respect to the image-shooting direction, and an auxiliary matrix including a motion component not included in the first matrix and the second matrix. The drawing unit generates the output frame image from the second frame image by using the projection matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Morpho, Inc.Inventor: Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20140321703Abstract: It is an object to generate a desired composite image in which a motion area of a subject is correctly composited. A difference image between a base target and an aligned swap target is generated (S1021), and an extracted contour in the difference image is determined according to the active contour model (S1022). The inner area of the contour and the outer area of the contour are painted with different colors to be color-coded so as to generate a mask image for alpha blending (S1023). Using the mask image thus generated, the swap target that is aligned with respect to the base target is composited with the base target of the base image by alpha blending (S1024).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MORPHO, INC.Inventors: Teppei Inomata, Kojiro Kato, Masaki Satoh, Kouta Kurihara, Kazuki Kimura, Ryo Ono
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Patent number: 8531499Abstract: An optical scanner includes a light source, a scan-deflecting portion including a resonance mirror to scan and deflect along a scan line, a plurality of light receiving sensors for synchronous detection provided on the scan line, a phase controller, an amplitude controller, and an offset controller. The phase controller obtains a difference between a true phase and a target phase, and generates a drive signal incorporating the difference between the true phase and the target phase. The amplitude controller incorporates the difference between a value equivalent of a true amplitude and a value equivalent of a target amplitude into the drive signal generated by the phase controller. The offset controller calculates an offset value by obtaining the difference between each of the time intervals, incorporates the difference between the offset value and a target offset value in the amplitude-controlled drive signal, and supply the drive signal to a driving device.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Satoh
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Patent number: 8130435Abstract: An optical scanner is disclosed that has an optical source unit that emits a laser beam; a vibration mirror by which the laser beam from the optical source unit is deflected to scan; a driving circuit that vibrates the vibration mirror based on a driving signal generated from a reference clock; a light-receiving element that receives the laser beam within the scanning area of the laser beam; and a controlling unit that corrects the driving signal so as to make a phase deviation between the reference phase clock and the output signal of the light-receiving element constant.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Suzuki, Masaki Satoh, Haruyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 8036587Abstract: An image forming apparatus 10 includes: a body frame 11 including an image forming section 60; and an image reading section 40, as an upper member openably mounted on top of the body frame, that is provided with a document stage on which a document is loaded and that reads an image of the document. The image forming apparatus further includes: first holding member 6 placing the image reading section 40 over the image forming section and holding it in a closed state; and second holding member 1 holding the image reading section rotatably relative to the image forming section and having a guide shaft and guide slots that are in a disengaged state when the image reading section is in the closed state and that engage with each other so as to function as a hinge when the image reading section is rotated from the closed state to the open state, relative to the image forming section.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventor: Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20110138818Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine capable of achieving high-speed startup of the gas turbine through quick operation control of an ACC system during startup of the gas turbine, improving the cooling efficiency of turbine stationary components, and quickly carrying out an operation required for cat back prevention during shutdown of the gas turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Junichiro Masada, Kazumasa Takata, Yuya Fukunaga, Hiroki Takahashi, Masaki Satoh, Yoshiaki Nishimura, Norio Oogai, Souji Hasegawa, Masato Hayashi
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Publication number: 20100067927Abstract: An optical scanner includes a light source, a scan-deflecting portion including a resonance mirror to scan and deflect along a scan line, a plurality of light receiving sensors for synchronous detection provided on the scan line, a phase controller, an amplitude controller, and an offset controller. The phase controller obtains a difference between a true phase and a target phase, and generates a drive signal incorporating the difference between the true phase and the target phase. The amplitude controller incorporates the difference between a value equivalent of a true amplitude and a value equivalent of a target amplitude into the drive signal generated by the phase controller. The offset controller calculates an offset value by obtaining the difference between each of the time intervals, incorporates the difference between the offset value and a target offset value in the amplitude-controlled drive signal, and supply the drive signal to a driving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Masaki SATOH
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Publication number: 20090219706Abstract: An image forming apparatus 10 includes: a body frame 11 including an image forming section 60; and an image reading section 40, as an upper member openably mounted on top of the body frame, that is provided with a document stage on which a document is loaded and that reads an image of the document. The image forming apparatus further includes: first holding member 6 placing the image reading section 40 over the image forming section and holding it in a closed state; and second holding member 1 holding the image reading section rotatably relative to the image forming section and having a guide shaft and guide slots that are in a disengaged state when the image reading section is in the closed state and that engage with each other so as to function as a hinge when the image reading section is rotated from the closed state to the open state, relative to the image forming section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATIONInventor: Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20090147336Abstract: An optical scanner is disclosed that has an optical source unit that emits a laser beam; a vibration mirror by which the laser beam from the optical source unit is deflected to scan; a driving circuit that vibrates the vibration mirror based on a driving signal generated from a reference clock; a light-receiving element that receives the laser beam within the scanning area of the laser beam; and a controlling unit that corrects the driving signal so as to make a phase deviation between the reference phase clock and the output signal of the light-receiving element constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Mitsuo Suzuki, Masaki Satoh, Haruyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090001995Abstract: A connection failure detection circuit that detects incomplete connection between printed circuit boards. A supervisory signal source is mounted on a first printed circuit board to produce a supervisory signal. A supervisory signal receiver is mounted on the first or second printed circuit board to receive the produced supervisory signal and determine whether the received supervisory signal carries expected logical values. Wiring lines are arranged so as to form a signal path that crosses connectors between the first and second printed circuit boards at at least one point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masaki Satoh, Toshihiro Ohtani
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Patent number: 7454108Abstract: An optical signal propagating through a transmission line of a multimode fiber is branched by an MMF coupler of a reception device, and the intensity of the signal is detected by a MMF monitor PD. After connecting from the multimode fiber to a single-mode fiber, the optical signal is branched by a SMF coupler, and the intensity of the optical signal after the connection by a SMF monitor PD is detected. A coupling loss is calculated from the two detection results and the status of the occurrence of an error rate is estimated from the obtained coupling loss.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshihiro Ohtani, Masaki Satoh
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Patent number: 7258414Abstract: An image-forming apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a paper-carrying belt for carrying paper, drive unit for driving the paper-carrying belt, a scale provided on the paper-carrying belt that indicates position information and that partially has a scale seam portion, position-detection unit for reading the position information from the scale, and control unit for generating position information from an output of the position-detection means and controlling the drive means based on the position information in order to drive and control the paper-carrying belt. A first sensor and a second sensor for reading the position information from the scale are provided as the position-detection means, and the first sensor and the second sensor are provided in order to be separated by a distance which is more than or equal to a gap width of the scale seam.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20060255528Abstract: A sheet separating/conveying mechanism 30 has an upper unit 30a in which a paper feed roller 31 and other components are arranged and a lower unit 30b in which a separating roller 32, an arm member 36, and other components are arranged. The arm member 36 is U-shaped as seen in a plan view by being composed of a left and a right movable lever 36a that are mutually parallel and that make contact with both ends of a center shaft 23b and a pivot shaft 36b that supports the movable levers 36a so that they are rotatable in a direction indicated by arrow BB?. The movable levers 36a have locking holes 39 formed at the tip ends thereof, and the lower ends of tension springs 38 are locked in those locking holes 39. The lower unit 30b is fitted with an applied force adjusting member 45 on which locking portions 42a and 42b are formed to protrude therefrom leftward and rightward that permit adjustment of the positions at which the upper ends of the tension springs 38 are locked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Takehiko Okada, Shinji Yoshinaga, Masaki Satoh, Kazuyoshi Yamamura, Susumu Hanano, Masami Fuchi, Nobuhiro Nishioka, Hironori Daigo
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Publication number: 20060093295Abstract: An optical signal propagating through a transmission line of a multimode fiber is branched by an MMF coupler of a reception device, and the intensity of the signal is detected by a MMF monitor PD. After connecting from the multimode fiber to a single-mode fiber, the optical signal is branched by a SMF coupler, and the intensity of the optical signal after the connection by a SMF monitor PD is detected. A coupling loss is calculated from the two detection results and the status of the occurrence of an error rate is estimated from the obtained coupling loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Toshihiro Ohtani, Masaki Satoh
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Patent number: 7020341Abstract: A compression and decompression apparatus, method and computer program product, wherein compression and decompression of image data is performed via a combination of two-dimensional reversible wavelet transform processing, context model processing, and binary entropy encode/decode processing. Faster processing, as compared to conventional devices and methods, is achieved by performing the context model processing and the binary entropy encoding/decoding processing in parallel, such that two-story pipeline processing is performed, resulting in a reduction of a basic cycle time.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20060061612Abstract: An image-forming apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a paper-carrying belt for carrying paper, drive unit for driving the paper-carrying belt, a scale provided on the paper-carrying belt that indicates position information and that partially has a scale seam portion, position-detection unit for reading the position information from the scale, and control unit for generating position information from an output of the position-detection means and controlling the drive means based on the position information in order to drive and control the paper-carrying belt. A first sensor and a second sensor for reading the position information from the scale are provided as the position-detection means, and the first sensor and the second sensor are provided in order to be separated by a distance which is more than or equal to a gap width of the scale seam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventor: Masaki Satoh
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Patent number: 6967003Abstract: A membrane artificial lung performs gas exchange between blood and a gas via the membrane by flowing the blood in one side of the membrane and flowing oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the other side of the membrane. The membrane has a hollow fiber membrane of poly-4-methylpentene-1 and an oxygen permeation rate Q(O2) at 25° C. of from 1×10?6 to 3×10?3 (cm3(STP)/cm2·sec·cmHg) and an ethanol flux of from 0.1 to 100 ml/min·m2. The membrane has, in the side of the blood flow, a surface having an ionic complex derived from: quaternary aliphatic alkylammonium salts; and heparin or a heparin derivative. The quaternary alkylammonium salts are a quaternary aliphatic alkylammonium salt having from 22 to 26 carbon atoms in total and a quaternary aliphatic alkylammonium salt having from 37 to 40 carbon atoms in total.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignees: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Takehisa, Kazunari Sakai, Susumu Kashiwabara, Hidenori Tanaka, Masaki Satoh, Hisateru Takano, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Eisuke Tatsumi, Tomohiro Nishinaka
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Publication number: 20050190335Abstract: An LCD device includes a pair of transparent substrates bonded together by a seal resin stripe to sandwich therebetween a liquid crystal layer. The seal resin stripe has therein an injection hole plugged with UV-cured resin for sealing the liquid crystal. A dummy wire is provided having a first portion underlying the seal resin stripe and a second portion underlying the UV-cured resin, both portions having a thickness equal to that of gate lines for achieving a uniform gap between the transparent substrates. The second portion is of a comb shape for passing therethrough UV-rays for curing the UV-curable resin to obtain well cured resin, which will not enter the liquid crystal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Muneo Maruyama, Masaki Satoh
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Patent number: 6839039Abstract: A high-performance and compact antenna apparatus is provided which is capable of obtaining a high antenna gain, less susceptible to wind and the like, and advantageously useful as mounted on vehicles or the like. The antenna apparatus includes: a transmitting antenna section 2 having at least one planar antenna element for transmitting a radio wave to a satellite; a receiving antenna section 3 having at least one planar antenna element for receiving a radio wave from the satellite, the transmitting antenna section 2 and the receiving antenna section 3 being positioned to orient to a predetermined satellite and arranged stepwise with a predetermined spacing therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Incorporated Administrative AgencyInventors: Masato Tanaka, Shinsuke Morii, Masaki Satoh
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Publication number: 20040218819Abstract: A compression and decompression apparatus, method and computer program product, wherein compression and decompression of image data is performed via a combination of two-dimensional reversible wavelet transform processing, context model processing, and binary entropy encode/decode processing. Faster processing, as compared to conventional devices and methods, is achieved by performing the context model processing and the binary entropy encoding/decoding processing in parallel, such that two-story pipeline processing is performed, resulting in a reduction of a basic cycle time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventor: Masaki Satoh