Patents by Inventor Noriko Matsuo
Noriko Matsuo 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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Patent number: 9108622Abstract: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine, an electric motor, a clutch mechanism, an engine rotation sensor, a motor rotation sensor, an acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion, and a controller. The controller controls a rotation speed of the engine to be an acceleration intention target value greater than a rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in an acceleration intention mode, and controls the rotation speed of the engine to be a deceleration intention target value smaller than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in a deceleration intention mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriko Matsuo, Yuichiro Kitamura, Yuji Kinutani
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Patent number: 8885062Abstract: According to one embodiment, an auto white balance adjustment system includes a first color judgment gate generation unit and a second color judgment gate generation unit. The second color judgment gate generation unit defines a color-temperature range subject to a white balance adjustment for each light source. The color judgment gate switch unit switches between the first color judgment gate and the second color judgment gate, as a reference for selecting pixel data used for calculating the white balance gain.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira Yoshino, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Patent number: 8817130Abstract: According to one embodiment, a white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to start fine adjustment in white balance using a first threshold value. The white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to keep on performing the fine adjustment using a second threshold value. The second threshold value is set for the fine adjustment based on a second color judgment gate. The second color judgment gate defines the range of a target color temperature in white balance adjustment for each light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira Yoshino, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20130155274Abstract: According to one embodiment, a white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to start fine adjustment in white balance using a first threshold value. The white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to keep on performing the fine adjustment using a second threshold value. The second threshold value is set for the fine adjustment based on a second color judgment gate. The second color judgment gate defines the range of a target color temperature in white balance adjustment for each light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira YOSHINO, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20130029805Abstract: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine, an electric motor, a clutch mechanism, an engine rotation sensor, a motor rotation sensor, an acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion, and a controller. The controller controls a rotation speed of the engine to be an acceleration intention target value greater than a rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in an acceleration intention mode, and controls the rotation speed of the engine to be a deceleration intention target value smaller than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in a deceleration intention mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriko MATSUO, Yuichiro Kitamura, Yuji Kinutani
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Patent number: 8248007Abstract: A control apparatus for an AC motor controls an inverter in a pulse width modulation scheme to feed a coil current to a stator coil of a stator. A pattern switching mechanism switches a control pattern to a first pattern or to a second pattern; a first pattern calculating mechanism calculates a control signal using a first pattern parameter; a second pattern calculating mechanism calculates a control signal using a second pattern parameter; an offset calculating mechanism calculates a difference between a control signal of an old pattern and a control signal of a new pattern, and reflects the offset amount on the control signals; and a control output mechanism calculates a final control output signal on the basis of the control signals, and transmits the final control output signal to the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriko Matsuo, Hiroyuki Inagaki
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Publication number: 20120147211Abstract: According to one embodiment, an auto white balance adjustment system includes a first color judgment gate generation unit and a second color judgment gate generation unit. The second color judgment gate generation unit defines a color-temperature range subject to a white balance adjustment for each light source. The color judgment gate switch unit switches between the first color judgment gate and the second color judgment gate, as a reference for selecting pixel data used for calculating the white balance gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira YOSHINO, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Patent number: 7864222Abstract: An automatic white balance system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a color separation and synchronization unit which has a line memory for generating a white-balance-adjusted YUV signal, a color judgment unit which judges whether or not a white balance adjustment is needed, a white balance adjustment gain computation unit which calculates a white balance adjustment gain on the basis of the result of the judgment at the color judgment unit and the white-balance-adjusted YUV signal, a reciprocal computation unit which outputs the reciprocal transformation value of the white balance adjustment gain, and a second multiplier which multiplies the white-balance-adjusted YUV signal by the reciprocal transformation value.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira Yoshino, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100264859Abstract: A control apparatus for an AC motor controls an inverter in a pulse width modulation scheme to feed a coil current to a stator coil of a stator. A pattern switching mechanism switches a control pattern to a first pattern or to a second pattern; a first pattern calculating mechanism calculates a control signal using a first pattern parameter; a second pattern calculating mechanism calculates a control signal using a second pattern parameter; an offset calculating mechanism calculates a difference between a control signal of an old pattern and a control signal of a new pattern, and reflects the offset amount on the control signals; and a control output mechanism calculates a final control output signal on the basis of the control signals, and transmits the final control output signal to the inverter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriko Matsuo, Hiroyuki Inagaki
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Publication number: 20080111896Abstract: An automatic white balance system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a color separation and synchronization unit which has a line memory for generating a white-balance-adjusted YUV signal, a color judgment unit which judges whether or not a white balance adjustment is needed, a white balance adjustment gain computation unit which calculates a white balance adjustment gain on the basis of the result of the judgment at the color judgment unit and the white-balance-adjusted YUV signal, a reciprocal computation unit which outputs the reciprocal transformation value of the white balance adjustment gain, and a second multiplier which multiplies the white-balance-adjusted YUV signal by the reciprocal transformation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Akira YOSHINO, Keiichiro Yanagida, Noriko Matsuo
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Patent number: 5075268Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for the regeneration of a methanol-reforming talyst reduced in activity due to its use in a reaction in which methanol is modified, in the presence of water if necessary, to produce a hydrogen-containing gas. The catalyst contains copper as a principal component and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, nickel, chromium and aluminum. The method comprises exposing the catalyst to an atmosphere having a temperature of 120.degree.-650.degree. C. and a molecular oxygen concentration not higher than 5 mole %.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1991Date of Patent: December 24, 1991Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Extra Ministerial Bureau of Ministry of International Trade and IndustryInventors: Mitsuhiko Kurashige, Makoto Takiguchi, Noriko Matsuo
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Patent number: 4959866Abstract: In order to simplify a speech synthesizer arrangement concurrently with improvement of operation flexibility thereof, a digital memory is arranged to store at least one voiced sound source and at least one unvoiced sound source. One of the sound sources is selected in accordance with the content of a first register, while the data within the selected source is specified by the content of a shift register sequence generator. Each of the bit patterns obtained at the shift register sequence generator is compared with the content of a second register. In the event that the contents of the sequence generator and the second register coincide, the shift register sequence generator is reset and/or the operating conditions(s) of the synthesizer is changed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1988Date of Patent: September 25, 1990Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Noriko Matsuo, Yukio Mitome