Patents by Inventor Seiji Tanaka

Seiji 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).

  • Publication number: 20240137128
    Abstract: An optical transmission system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device that receives, via an optical transmission line, a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device, the optical transmission system including a transmission-mode selection unit that selects transmission mode information in descending order of priority out of transmission mode information, which is combinations of a plurality of parameters concerning transmission performance, the transmission mode information being a plurality of kinds of the transmission mode information common to the transmission performance of the optical transmission device and the optical reception device, a signal transmission unit that transmits, to the optical reception device, a signal modulated based on the selected transmission mode information, and a signal reception unit that receives the signal and modulates the received signal based on the transmission mode information selected by the transmission-mode selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuro Inui, Hideki Nishizawa, Seiji Okamoto, Akira Hirano, Shokei Kobayashi, Fumikazu Inuzuka, Seiki Kuwabara, Takafumi Tanaka, Kei Kitamura, Takuya Oda
  • Publication number: 20240092608
    Abstract: To provide a wound yarn package and a method for manufacturing the same in which even if sea-island type fibers are wound around a bobbin one by one by a traverse mode, cob-webbing and curling are less likely to occur, and the variation in the heat shrinkage rate between layers constituting the yarn layer is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Seiji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11935801
    Abstract: An electronic component built-in wiring board includes a substrate having a cavity, an electronic component accommodated in the cavity of the substrate and having pads on a surface of the component, a coating insulating layer formed on the substrate such that the insulating layer is covering the component and has via holes, via conductors formed in the via holes such that the via conductors are penetrating through the insulating layer, and a resin coating formed between the component and the insulating layer and having through holes such that the through holes are partially exposing the pads in the via holes and that the coating has adhesion to the component that is stronger than adhesion of the insulating layer to the component. The via conductors are formed in the via holes and the through holes such that the via conductors are connected to the pads on the surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Tomohiro Futatsugi, Yuichi Nakamura, Yoshiki Matsui, Keinosuke Ino, Tomohiro Fuwa, Seiji Izawa
  • Publication number: 20240080398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain plural page images obtained by reading pages; identify, in two page images that are target pages among the plural page images, a torn part in edge parts adjacent to each other when the target pages are two facing pages that show one image; and detect and output the two facing pages by using an obtained result of identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Nagamasa MISU, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11891860
    Abstract: Provided is a casing protection bit mounted on a casing tube in combination with a cutter bit to prevent abrasion or chipping of the cutter bit. The present invention is to provide a casing protection bit 1 to be mounted on a casing tube, the casing protection bit including: a base portion 2 that protrudes in an axial direction of the casing tube, the base portion having a mountain shape; and two leg portions 3 and 4 extending continuously with the base portion 2 and facing each other at a predetermined distance. In the casing protection bit cemented carbide tips 5a to 5j are disposed on all planes of the base portion 2 except for a plane from which the leg portions 3 and 4 extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Takemi Ishizuka, Seiji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11869681
    Abstract: A multicore cable includes a twisted wire portion including a plurality of Twinax cables and a plurality of coaxial cables, and a shield layer disposed on an outer periphery of the twisted wire portion. The twisted wire portion includes a first twisted wire layer and a second twisted wire layer in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable. The first twisted wire layer is closest to the shield layer, and the second twisted wire layer is located on a center side from the first twisted wire layer and is adjacent to the first twisted wire layer. A closest Twinax cable is disposed in the second twisted wire layer. The closest Twinax cable is closest to the shield layer among the plurality of Twinax cables included in the twisted wire portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230048028
    Abstract: A multicore cable includes a twisted wire portion including a plurality of Twinax cables and a plurality of coaxial cables, and a shield layer disposed on an outer periphery of the twisted wire portion. The twisted wire portion includes a first twisted wire layer and a second twisted wire layer in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable. The first twisted wire layer is closest to the shield layer, and the second twisted wire layer is located on a center side from the first twisted wire layer and is adjacent to the first twisted wire layer. A closest Twinax cable is disposed in the second twisted wire layer. The closest Twinax cable is closest to the shield layer among the plurality of Twinax cables included in the twisted wire portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Seiji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11496666
    Abstract: In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11459040
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle having an improved obstacle detection accuracy. The work vehicle includes: a bonnet provided on a front portion of a travelling vehicle body; an obstacle sensor that detects an obstacle on a front side; and a sensor attaching stay configured to extend toward a front side of the bonnet and to allow the obstacle sensor to be attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamoda, Itsuki Doi, Yutaka Kajino, Akihiro Machida, Seiji Tanaka, Shiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11427134
    Abstract: A working vehicle may be provided that detects obstacles around a self-traveling tractor in a wide range, with reduced erroneous detection. A tractor may include a vehicle body including a front wheel and a rear wheel; a rear wheel fender covering the front and top of the rear wheel; a rear stay in a shape that extends along the rear wheel fender, a rear first obstacle sensor provided at the front of the rear stay; and a rear second obstacle sensor provided at the rear of the rear stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamoda, Itsuki Doi, Yutaka Kajino, Akihiro Machida, Seiji Tanaka, Shiro Ito, Hisasada Fujiie
  • Patent number: 11363807
    Abstract: A leader 10 for fly fishing proposed herein is formed of a single monofilament line. The leader 10 for fly fishing includes a tippet section 11 to which a fly is tied, a butt section 12 to which a fly line is tied, and an intermediate section 13 provided between the tippet section 11 and the butt section 12. Herein, the butt section 12 is thicker than the tippet section 11. The intermediate section 13 includes a front tapered portion 13a having a thickness that gradually increases from the tippet section 11, a rear tapered portion 13b having a thickness that gradually increases from the butt section 12, and a thicker portion than the butt section 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Varivas Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Ichiro Arai
  • Publication number: 20220106839
    Abstract: Provided is a casing protection bit mounted on a casing tube in combination with a cutter bit to prevent abrasion or chipping of the cutter bit. The present invention is to provide a casing protection bit 1 to be mounted on a casing tube, the casing protection bit including: a base portion 2 that protrudes in an axial direction of the casing tube, the base portion having a mountain shape; and two leg portions 3 and 4 extending continuously with the base portion 2 and facing each other at a predetermined distance. In the casing protection bit cemented carbide tips 5a to 5j are disposed on all planes of the base portion 2 except for a plane from which the leg portions 3 and 4 extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Takemi ISHIZUKA, Seiji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11290635
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an image processing method capable of increasing correction accuracy of a phase difference detection pixel even in a case where the phase difference detection pixel is densely arranged in an imaging element in order to secure AF performance are provided. An imaging element includes normal pixels of RGB and first and second phase difference pixels of which opening portions are adjacently arranged to face each other in a horizontal direction and in which a G filter is arranged. A pixel value addition unit (64) generates an addition pixel corresponding to a virtual G pixel at a pixel position between the first and second phase difference pixels by adding pixel values of the pair of the first and second phase difference pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Seiji Tanaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220070383
    Abstract: In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Seiji TANAKA, Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11225392
    Abstract: There is provided a wound thread package that is unlikely to cause problems such as cob-webbing and collapse at the time of unwinding even when the wound thread is a multi-filament thread or tape-like thread, and a manufacturing method for the same. To manufacture a wound thread package 1 by winding a plurality of multi-filament threads or tape-like threads having a total fineness of 100 to 6400 dtex per thread around a bobbin 2 by a traverse method, the threads constituting a thread layer 3 are arranged at intervals therebetween and wound with the same in traverse width w and at different traverse reverse positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: UBE EXSYMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Yasushi Kato, Kousuke Kanno, Kazuyoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11184523
    Abstract: In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11167566
    Abstract: A method of apparatus handling description by a device executing simulation processing that includes a step of displaying an operation unit image, which is an image of an operation unit of an apparatus including the operation unit, by a device display unit, a step of detecting an operation of the operation unit image by a detection unit, and a step of displaying an operation image, which is an image resulted from operation of the apparatus by an operation of the operation unit based on detection of an operation of the operation unit image, by the device display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Oikawa, Seiji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210244009
    Abstract: A leader 10 for fly fishing proposed herein is formed of a single monofilament line. The leader 10 for fly fishing includes a tippet section 11 to which a fly is tied, a butt section 12 to which a fly line is tied, and an intermediate section 13 provided between the tippet section 11 and the butt section 12. Herein, the butt section 12 is thicker than the tippet section 11. The intermediate section 13 includes a front tapered portion 13a having a thickness that gradually increases from the tippet section 11, a rear tapered portion 13b having a thickness that gradually increases from the butt section 12, and a thicker portion than the butt section 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Morris Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Ichiro Arai
  • Publication number: 20210160430
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an image processing method capable of increasing correction accuracy of a phase difference detection pixel even in a case where the phase difference detection pixel is densely arranged in an imaging element in order to secure AF performance are provided. An imaging element includes normal pixels of RGB and first and second phase difference pixels of which opening portions are adjacently arranged to face each other in a horizontal direction and in which a G filter is arranged. A pixel value addition unit (64) generates an addition pixel corresponding to a virtual G pixel at a pixel position between the first and second phase difference pixels by adding pixel values of the pair of the first and second phase difference pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Seiji TANAKA, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10958824
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an image processing method capable of increasing correction accuracy of a phase difference detection pixel even in a case where the phase difference detection pixel is densely arranged in an imaging element in order to secure AF performance are provided. An imaging element includes normal pixels of RGB and first and second phase difference pixels of which opening portions are adjacently arranged to face each other in a horizontal direction and in which a G filter is arranged. A pixel value addition unit (64) generates an addition pixel corresponding to a virtual G pixel at a pixel position between the first and second phase difference pixels by adding pixel values of the pair of the first and second phase difference pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Seiji Tanaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai