Patents by Inventor Shinichi Takayama
Shinichi Takayama 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: 11954888Abstract: A device includes an image processing unit configured to calculate color information of at least one cell in a captured image and a determination unit configured to determine a cultured state of the cell on the basis of the color information calculated by the image processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Kii, Shinichi Takayama
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Patent number: 11941801Abstract: A device includes: a distribution information acquiring part configured to acquire, based on an image in which a plurality of cells that are cultivated in a predetermined area are imaged, distribution information relating to a distribution in the predetermined area of the plurality of cells; and a determination part configured to determine a cultivated state of the plurality of cells based on the distribution information acquired by the distribution information acquiring part.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Kii, Shinichi Takayama
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Patent number: 11665459Abstract: A noise reduction device includes a processor that converts a noise signal collected by a microphone disposed in a control space into a noise signal in a frequency domain, a storage that stores the converted noise signal in the frequency domain as a reference signal, and a signal generator that generates a noise reduction signal for reducing the noise signal collected by the microphone at a control position of the control space. The processor determines whether or not the noise signal is non-stationary noise based on a frequency characteristic of the converted noise signal in the frequency domain and a frequency characteristic of the reference signal. When it is determined that the noise signal is the non-stationary noise, the processor controls the signal generator so as to cancel generation of the noise reduction signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Araki, Shinichi Takayama
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Publication number: 20220415336Abstract: A voice communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with one or more another terminals via a network, a voice signal processing unit configured to acquire a first voice signal collected from a voice input terminal, acquire a second voice signal output from another terminal, and detect whether there is howling based on the first and second voice signals, a control unit configured to determine whether a device connected to the voice input terminal or a device connected to the voice output terminal is a howling cause based on a detection result of the voice signal processing unit, and an alert notification unit configured to generate and output an alert screen when the control unit determines that the device connected to the voice input terminal or the device connected to the voice output terminal is the howling cause.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220322005Abstract: An audio feedback detection apparatus including: a first audio signal input unit configured to acquire a first audio signal collected by a microphone; a second audio signal input unit configured to acquire a second audio signal from an audio communication application to be output to a speaker; and an audio feedback determination unit configured to determine whether an audio feedback is present based on a correlation between a frequency characteristic of the first audio signal input to the audio communication application and a frequency characteristic of the second audio signal input to the speaker. One of the microphone and the speaker is located on a path in which the audio feedback occurs, and the other of the microphone and the speaker is located on a path in which the audio feedback does not occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Takayama, Hiromasa Ohashi
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Publication number: 20220256267Abstract: A noise reduction device includes a processor that converts a noise signal collected by a microphone disposed in a control space into a noise signal in a frequency domain, a storage that stores the converted noise signal in the frequency domain as a reference signal, and a signal generator that generates a noise reduction signal for reducing the noise signal collected by the microphone at a control position of the control space. The processor determines whether or not the noise signal is non-stationary noise based on a frequency characteristic of the converted noise signal in the frequency domain and a frequency characteristic of the reference signal. When it is determined that the noise signal is the non-stationary noise, the processor controls the signal generator so as to cancel generation of the noise reduction signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Junji ARAKI, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11350197Abstract: A noise reduction device includes a processor that converts a noise signal collected by a microphone disposed in a control space into a noise signal in a frequency domain, a storage that stores the converted noise signal in the frequency domain as a reference signal, and a signal generator that generates a noise reduction signal for reducing the noise signal collected by the microphone at a control position of the control space. The processor determines whether or not the noise signal is non-stationary noise based on a frequency characteristic of the converted noise signal in the frequency domain and a frequency characteristic of the reference signal. When it is determined that the noise signal is the non-stationary noise, the processor controls the signal generator so as to cancel generation of the noise reduction signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Araki, Shinichi Takayama
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Publication number: 20210125335Abstract: A device includes an image processing unit configured to calculate color information of at least one cell in a captured image and a determination unit configured to determine a cultured state of the cell on the basis of the color information calculated by the image processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki KII, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210110542Abstract: A device includes: a distribution information acquiring part configured to acquire, based on an image in which a plurality of cells that are cultivated in a predetermined area are imaged, distribution information relating to a distribution in the predetermined area of the plurality of cells; and a determination part configured to determine a cultivated state of the plurality of cells based on the distribution information acquired by the distribution information acquiring part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki KII, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210014593Abstract: A noise reduction device includes a processor that converts a noise signal collected by a microphone disposed in a control space into a noise signal in a frequency domain, a storage that stores the converted noise signal in the frequency domain as a reference signal, and a signal generator that generates a noise reduction signal for reducing the noise signal collected by the microphone at a control position of the control space. The processor determines whether or not the noise signal is non-stationary noise based on a frequency characteristic of the converted noise signal in the frequency domain and a frequency characteristic of the reference signal. When it is determined that the noise signal is the non-stationary noise, the processor controls the signal generator so as to cancel generation of the noise reduction signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Junji ARAKI, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10811081Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for charging memory data lines when a high charge level is to be written to a memory. The apparatus may include a write amplifier that includes one or more additional pull-up drivers for charging the memory data lines. Control logic may control when additional pull-up drivers are activated. Control logic may control when main data lines are coupled to shared data lines. Methods for charging memory data lines may include providing control signals that indicate which main data lines are coupled to shared data lines and when a write command is received. Methods may include providing a signal that is indicative of the data to be written. The control signals and signal indicative of the data to be written may be used to activate one or more pull-up drivers to charge one or more data lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Takayama, Ken Saito
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Publication number: 20200194051Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for charging memory data lines when a high charge level is to be written to a memory. The apparatus may include a write amplifier that includes one or more additional pull-up drivers for charging the memory data lines. Control logic may control when additional pull-up drivers are activated. Control logic may control when main data lines are coupled to shared data lines. Methods for charging memory data lines may include providing control signals that indicate which main data lines are coupled to shared data lines and when a write command is received. Methods may include providing a signal that is indicative of the data to be written. The control signals and signal indicative of the data to be written may be used to activate one or more pull-up drivers to charge one or more data lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Takayama, Ken Saito
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Patent number: 10687159Abstract: In a noise reduction device that generates and outputs a control sound signal for reducing noise, an internal loop control unit controls an internal loop in which a pre-output control sound signal that is acquired from a control sound output unit before output to a speaker is input to a sound receiver. A measurement unit measures an input level of a microphone sound signal and an input level of the pre-output control sound signal that has been input to the sound receiver in the internal loop. A fault detector uses the input level of the microphone sound signal and the input level of the pre-output control sound signal measured by the measurement unit to detect a fault in any one of the microphone, the sound receiver, the speaker, and the control sound output unit. A transmitter sends a result of fault detection performed by the fault detector to a management device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Ezaki, Kenichi Kubota, Masaru Matsuoka, Yuji Suzuki, Junji Araki, Shinichi Takayama
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Patent number: 10595125Abstract: An audio processing system is provided with a speaker, a plurality of microphones, and an audio processing device. The audio processing device includes a plurality of filters that allow audio signals of audio collected by the plurality of microphones to pass any respective first bands included in a band of the audio output from the speaker, a plurality of delayers that delay the audio signals passed through the plurality of filters by delay times corresponding to the first bands respectively, a correlation value calculator that calculates a correlation value of a plurality of audio signals delayed respectively by the plurality of delayers and an audio signal of the audio output from the speaker, and a determinator that determines presence or absence of abnormality in the plurality of microphones and the speaker based on the correlation value.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinichi Takayama
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Publication number: 20190281398Abstract: In a noise reduction device that generates and outputs a control sound signal for reducing noise, an internal loop control unit controls an internal loop in which a pre-output control sound signal that is acquired from a control sound output unit before output to a speaker is input to a sound receiver. A measurement unit measures an input level of a microphone sound signal and an input level of the pre-output control sound signal that has been input to the sound receiver in the internal loop. A fault detector uses the input level of the microphone sound signal and the input level of the pre-output control sound signal measured by the measurement unit to detect a fault in any one of the microphone, the sound receiver, the speaker, and the control sound output unit. A transmitter sends a result of fault detection performed by the fault detector to a management device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Toshihiro EZAKI, Kenichi KUBOTA, Masaru MATSUOKA, Yuji SUZUKI, Junji ARAKI, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20190149916Abstract: An audio processing system is provided with a speaker, a plurality of microphones, and an audio processing device. The audio processing device includes a plurality of filters that allow audio signals of audio collected by the plurality of microphones to pass any respective first bands included in a band of the audio output from the speaker, a plurality of delayers that delay the audio signals passed through the plurality of filters by delay times corresponding to the first bands respectively, a correlation value calculator that calculates a correlation value of a plurality of audio signals delayed respectively by the plurality of delayers and an audio signal of the audio output from the speaker, and a determinator that determines presence or absence of abnormality in the plurality of microphones and the speaker based on the correlation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20170255324Abstract: A card type device includes a base having flexibility and a display having flexibility arranged on the base. A first touch sensor arranged on a first surface of the base or the display, a second touch sensor arranged on a second surface of the base or the display, the second surface being on the opposite side of the first surface, and a control circuit connected to the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor may be further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Shinichiro OKA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Shinya IUCHI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Shinichi TAKAYAMA, Takenori HIROTA, Yosuke HYODO, Takuma NISHINOHARA, Yasukazu KIMURA, Hajime YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9665904Abstract: There is provided an order entry system including: a first microphone that picks up speech regarding order details of a first speaker; a second microphone that picks up speech regarding the order details of a second speaker for checking the order details of the first speaker; a speech recognizer that recognizes the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker which is picked up by the first microphone and the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker which is picked up by the second microphone; and an order data output that displays on a display, a display screen of order data regarding the order details of the first speaker, including a first speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker and a second speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Ryota Fujii, Hisahiro Tanaka, Koshi Tanaka, Akitoshi Izumi, Masanari Miyamoto, Shinichi Takayama
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Patent number: 9420153Abstract: An electronic endo scope system includes a light source that emits light including at least a visible light band, an optical filter that has a transmittance peak at a particular wavelength within a continuous wavelength band including at least the visible light band and that has a transmittance distribution which is based on the transmittance peak within an entire of the continuous wavelength band except the transmittance peak, an optical filter switching unit that inserts and retracts the optical filter into and out of an illumination optical path of the light source, a color solid state image pick-up device that receives reflected light from a subject illuminated with illumination light which has passed, or not passed, through the optical filter, and an image generating unit that generates a color image displayable on a monitor by processing an imaging signal output by the solid state image pick-up device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Chinari Tanaka, Shinichi Takayama, Tetsuya Utsui, Yoshimi Obara
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Publication number: 20160019888Abstract: There is provided an order entry system including: a first microphone that picks up speech regarding order details of a first speaker; a second microphone that picks up speech regarding the order details of a second speaker for checking the order details of the first speaker; a speech recognizer that recognizes the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker which is picked up by the first microphone and the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker which is picked up by the second microphone; and an order data output that displays on a display, a display screen of order data regarding the order details of the first speaker, including a first speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker and a second speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Ryota FUJII, Hisahiro TANAKA, Koshi TANAKA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Masanari MIYAMOTO, Shinichi TAKAYAMA