Patents by Inventor Minoru Matsuura
Minoru Matsuura 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: 20200051590Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium substrate including a polycarbonate in which an average molecular weight is in a range from 15000 to 16000, and mass per unit volume at 25° C. is in a range from 1.1930 g/cm3 to 1.2000 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki TAKEMOTO, Minoru KIKUCHI, Minoru MATSUURA
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Patent number: 10218178Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device determines real and reactive power flows at a transformer at a given time, and computes, based on the real power and reactive power flow at the transformer, an amount of reactive power adjustment to produce a desired voltage differential across the transformer. The computing device may then adjust the reactive power flow from a secondary side of the transformer at substantially the given time based on the computed amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: University of Hawai'iInventors: Leon Roy Roose, Staci T. C. L. Sadoyama, Hsun Jou, Marc Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20180013287Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device determines real and reactive power flows at a transformer at a given time, and computes, based on the real power and reactive power flow at the transformer, an amount of reactive power adjustment to produce a desired voltage differential across the transformer. The computing device may then adjust the reactive power flow from a secondary side of the transformer at substantially the given time based on the computed amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Leon Roy Roose, Staci T.C.L. Sadoyama, Hsun Jou, Marc Minoru Matsuura
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Patent number: 9468356Abstract: A lesion evaluation information generator including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a memory, determine a hue value and a saturation value of each of pixels of an endoscopic image based on an acquired endoscopic color image data, determine, for at least a part of the pixels of the endoscopic image, a correlation value between color information of each individual pixel and reference color data, based on a hue correlation value between the hue value of each individual pixel and a reference hue value of the reference color data, and a saturation correlation value between the saturation value of each individual pixel and a reference saturation value of the reference color data, and generate an evaluation value for evaluating a severity of a lesion in the endoscopic image, by integrating the correlation value of each individual pixel.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: HOYA CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Yousuke Ikemoto, Hiroshi Nakase, Minoru Matsuura, Takuya Yoshino, Hirokazu Higuchi
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Patent number: 9400445Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposing device including: light sources including light emitting portions and respectively for photoconductors; a deflector for deflecting light from each light emitting portion; optical systems each for using the deflected light to form an image on the photoconductor; and a first beam detector for detecting reference light deflected by the deflector. A storage stores parameters respectively for the light emitting portions. Each of the parameters relates to a writing time extending from the detection of the reference light to emission of light for exposing a surface of the photoconductor from the light emitting portion. A controller controls the timing of emission of light from each light emitting portion for exposing the surface of the photoconductor, based on a result of the detection of the reference light and a corresponding one of the parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20160026112Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposing device including: light sources including light emitting portions and respectively for photoconductors; a deflector for deflecting light from each light emitting portion; optical systems each for using the deflected light to form an image on the photoconductor; and a first beam detector for detecting reference light deflected by the deflector. A storage stores parameters respectively for the light emitting portions. Each of the parameters relates to a writing time extending from the detection of the reference light to emission of light for exposing a surface of the photoconductor from the light emitting portion. A controller controls the timing of emission of light from each light emitting portion for exposing the surface of the photoconductor, based on a result of the detection of the reference light and a corresponding one of the parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventor: Minoru MATSUURA
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Patent number: 9195059Abstract: Optical scanner for scanning a target surface with a light beam includes: a light deflector deflecting the light beam; a scanning lens made of resin and condensing the light beam deflected by the light deflector onto the target surface to form an image thereon; a frame to which the scanning lens is fixed and having a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the scanning lens. The scanning lens is fixed to the frame at a first attachment portion and at least one second attachment portion of the scanning lens using adhesives. The first attachment portion is located closer to a center portion of a scanning range in a main scanning direction of the scanning lens than the second attachment portion is. A first adhesive used for the first attachment portion has an elastic coefficient greater than that of a second adhesive used for the second attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20150181185Abstract: An image processing device, comprising an image obtaining means that obtains color endoscopic image data, a color space conversion means that converts a color space of the color endoscopic image data to an HSI color space based on hue, saturation and intensity or an HSV color space based hue, saturation and a value, a lesion pixel judgment means that judges, for each of pixels constituting a color endoscopic image, whether or not each pixel is a lesion portion based on the hue and the saturation, a lesion pixel counting means that counts a number of lesion pixels which is a number of pixels judged to be the lesion portion, a lesion index calculation means that calculates a lesion index based on the number of lesion pixels; and a lesion index display means that displays the lesion index.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Hoya Corporation, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Yousuke Ikemoto, Hiroshi Nakase, Minoru Matsuura, Takuya Yoshino, Hirokazu Higuchi
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Publication number: 20140320620Abstract: A lesion evaluation information generator including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a memory, determine a hue value and a saturation value of each of pixels of an endoscopic image based on an acquired endoscopic color image data, determine, for at least a part of the pixels of the endoscopic image, a correlation value between color information of each individual pixel and reference color data, based on a hue correlation value between the hue value of each individual pixel and a reference hue value of the reference color data, and a saturation correlation value between the saturation value of each individual pixel and a reference saturation value of the reference color data, and generate an evaluation value for evaluating a severity of a lesion in the endoscopic image, by integrating the correlation value of each individual pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicants: Kyoto University, HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Yousuke IKEMOTO, Hiroshi NAKASE, Minoru MATSUURA, Takuya YOSHINO, Hirokazu HIGUCHI
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Patent number: 8791973Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus including plural photosensitive members on which developer images are formed by supplying developer to electrostatic latent images, respectively, an exposure device which illuminates light beams onto surfaces of the photosensitive members to form the electrostatic latent images, respectively. The developer images on the respective photosensitive numbers are transferred to a transferred medium which is moved in a moving direction while contacting the respective photosensitive members. The exposure device is configured such that a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-upstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-upstream photosensitive member is larger than a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-downstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-downstream photosensitive member.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Matsushita, Toshio Furukawa, Yosuke Sugiyama, Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20140134440Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium substrate including a polycarbonate in which an average molecular weight is in a range from 15000 to 16000, and mass per unit volume at 25° C. is in a range from 1.1930 g/cm3 to 1.2000 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Minoru Kikuchi, Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20130258024Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus including plural photosensitive members on which developer images are formed by supplying developer to electrostatic latent images, respectively, an exposure device which illuminates light beams onto surfaces of the photosensitive members to form the electrostatic latent images, respectively. The developer images on the respective photosensitive numbers are transferred to a transferred medium which is moved in a moving direction while contacting the respective photosensitive members. The exposure device is configured such that a. beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-upstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-upstream photosensitive member is larger than a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-downstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-downstream photosensitive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Matsushita, Toshio Furukawa, Yosuke Sugiyama, Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20130188234Abstract: Optical scanner for scanning a target surface with a light beam includes: a light deflector deflecting the light beam; a scanning lens made of resin and condensing the light beam deflected by the light deflector onto the target surface to form an image thereon; a frame to which the scanning lens is fixed and having a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the scanning lens. The scanning lens is fixed to the frame at a first attachment portion and at least one second attachment portion of the scanning lens using adhesives. The first attachment portion is located closer to a center portion of a scanning range in a main scanning direction of the scanning lens than the second attachment portion is. A first adhesive used for the first attachment portion has an elastic coefficient greater than that of a second adhesive used for the second attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Minoru MATSUURA
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Patent number: 8085240Abstract: A display apparatus includes a DSD for outputting a digital video signal and a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first wiring portion in which signal lines used to transmit the digital video signal output from the DSD are disposed, a signal generation circuit for generating drive voltage signals, and a second wiring portion in which signal lines used to transmit the drive voltage signals to a panel substrate are disposed. In the first wiring portion, a detection signal line used to transmit the drive voltage signals to the DSD is disposed. In the signal generation circuit, an output wiring portion including output lines used to transmit the drive voltage signals to the signal lines in the second wiring portion and a detection line having one end connected to the detection signal line and the other end connected to the output lines via switches are disposed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Minoru Matsuura
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Patent number: 7880709Abstract: A display with a display unit is configured so that pixels are arrayed in a matrix. A clock pulse generating means generates clock pulses of any frequency. Based on the generated clock pulses, a pulse generating means generates timing signals for parallel arrangement processing video signals in units of a plurality of pixels as pulse signals enabling free setting of a pulse width and a pulse period. A phase deviation detecting means detects the amounts of phase deviation after write signals generated based on the timing signals and for writing video signals into the plurality of pixels pass through the display unit. The timing adjusting means automatically performs adjustment so that the amount of phase deviation is within the predetermined range (so that it becomes almost zero) based on the amounts of phase deviation detected by the phase deviation detecting means.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Asami Yoshida, Minoru Matsuura, Takashi Hirakawa
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Patent number: 7769223Abstract: Wrinkles on polymer film as surface defect are inspected. The film is transported on an inspecting surface having a color for absorbing light. A dot pattern having dots on a transparent test chart sheet, facing the film, is photographed by image pickup upon reflection of the dot pattern on the film positioned on the inspecting surface. A length of the dots being photographed is measured according to image data, to obtain length information of 1-5. A length data table of the dots is created by arranging the length information of 1-5 at locations of the dots. Occurrence of a wrinkle is determined at one of the locations if a difference between the dots occurs in the length information of 1-5 in the length data table. To a rear of the test chart sheet, inspecting light is applied, passes through, and becomes incident upon the film.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Shinohara, Minoru Matsuura
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Patent number: 7719514Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drive apparatus adapted for driving display panel of the active matrix type, which comprises first signal processing means (3), (5), (7) for converting a digital video signal of m (m is natural number) bits which has been converted into data arrangement in conformity with the display format by data arrangement converting means (2) into parallel analog video signals of p (p is natural number)-phase, second signal processing means (4), (6), (8) for developing the analog video signals of p-phase into analog video signals of x/k (k is natural number)-phase to deliver the analog video signals thus developed to the video signal supply lines, and signal line selecting means (14) for sequentially selecting, one by one, at the same timing, desired signal lines from respective groups of the x/k number of signal lines obtained by dividing x number of signal lines to perform sampling of analog video signals delivered via the x/k number of video signal supply lines with respect to thType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20090002296Abstract: A display apparatus includes a DSD for outputting a digital video signal and a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first wiring portion in which signal lines used to transmit the digital video signal output from the DSD are disposed, a signal generation circuit for generating drive voltage signals, and a second wiring portion in which signal lines used to transmit the drive voltage signals to a panel substrate are disposed. In the first wiring portion, a detection signal line used to transmit the drive voltage signals to the DSD is disposed. In the signal generation circuit, an output wiring portion including output lines used to transmit the drive voltage signals to the signal lines in the second wiring portion and a detection line having one end connected to the detection signal line and the other end connected to the output lines via switches are disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20070165941Abstract: Wrinkles on polymer film as surface defect are inspected. The film is transported on an inspecting surface having a color for absorbing light. A dot pattern having dots on a transparent test chart sheet, facing the film, is photographed by image pickup upon reflection of the dot pattern on the film positioned on the inspecting surface. A length of the dots being photographed is measured according to image data, to obtain length information of 1-5. A length data table of the dots is created by arranging the length information of 1-5 at locations of the dots. Occurrence of a wrinkle is determined at one of the locations if a difference between the dots occurs in the length information of 1-5 in the length data table. To a rear of the test chart sheet, inspecting light is applied, passes through, and becomes incident upon the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Shinohara, Minoru Matsuura
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Publication number: 20060262064Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drive apparatus adapted for driving display panel of the active matrix type, which comprises first signal processing means (3), (5), (7) for converting a digital video signal of m (m is natural number) bits which has been converted into data arrangement in conformity with the display format by data arrangement converting means (2) into parallel analog video signals of p (p is natural number)-phase, second signal processing means (4), (6), (8) for developing the analog video signals of p-phase into analog video signals of x/k (k is natural number)-phase to deliver the analog video signals thus developed to the video signal supply lines, and signal line selecting means (14) for sequentially selecting, one by one, at the same timing, desired signal lines from respective groups of the x/k number of signal lines obtained by dividing x number of signal lines to perform sampling of analog video signals delivered via the x/k number of video signal supply lines with respect to thType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: November 23, 2006Inventor: Minoru Matsuura