Patents by Inventor Shinya Kawasaki
Shinya Kawasaki 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: 9350910Abstract: An operation device includes an operation unit, a command generation unit configured to generate an operation command for an imaging device provided in the operation unit, a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the operation command to the imaging device, and receive image data transmitted from the imaging device, based on a QoS representing a priority of transmission/reception, and a QoS setting unit configured to set a QoS of a priority command to a value which is higher than a QoS of the image data when the operation command generated by the command generation unit is the priority command having a higher transmission priority than the image data received by the wireless communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shinya Kawasaki, Akihiko Sakamoto, Kiyoshi Toyoda
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Patent number: 9197987Abstract: A wireless communication terminal includes: a wireless communication module, a power supply unit configured to perform electric power supply to the wireless communication module, a power supply control unit configured to perform power supply control of the power supply unit, a control unit configured to set parameters of a layer higher than a data link layer to parameters of the wireless communication module, an RFID module configured to store wireless communication setting information and data presence/absence information and wirelessly transmit the wireless communication setting information, and a data update unit configured to update the data presence/absence information stored in the RFID module.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9143639Abstract: Communication-identifier-assigned image data is transmitted via a set channel using the same as a communication identifier set for each image transmitter and a channel set in transmission. Then, a receiver which has received a plurality of image data items stores the received image data items, communication identifiers, and channels in such a manner that the received image data items are related to the communication identifiers and channels. Thumbnailed images in each image data item are displayed on one screen. When an image is selected from the thumbnailed images, an image transmitter that has transmitted the image is determined on the basis of the communication identifier and channel related to the selected image and is connected exclusively to the receiver. Images acquired from this time on are enlarged and displayed chronologically on a display section. The image transmitter and receiver constitute a wireless communication system.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Koichi Niida
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Publication number: 20150245315Abstract: Provided is a multicast transmission terminal including: a transmission/reception unit that performs multicast transmission using a predetermined center frequency and a bandwidth, and receives acknowledgement transmitted using a center frequency different from the center frequency of the multicast transmission and a bandwidth narrower than the bandwidth of the multicast transmission; a discovery unit that transmits an inquiry packet in a broadcast manner and discovers reception terminals (destinations of the multicast transmission); an allocation unit that allocates a center frequency used when the reception terminal transmits the acknowledgement in response to the number of reception terminals discovered by the discovery unit, allocates the center frequency different from the center frequency of the multicast transmission to the reception terminal, and generates an allocation list indicating the allocation; and a notification control unit that allows the transmission/reception unit to transmit the allocationType: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9094711Abstract: A video transmitter includes: a video resolution acquisition unit that acquires a resolution of a video signal; a wireless communication unit wirelessly transmitting the video signal and wirelessly receiving, from a terminal wirelessly receiving a video signal wirelessly transmitted, a received radio wave intensity and a minimum reception sensitivity at a time when wirelessly receiving the video signal; and a communication rate setting unit that sets a communication rate at a time when wirelessly transmitting the video signal according to the acquired resolution of the video signal. The wireless communication unit includes a transmission output control unit that controls the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the video signal at the communication rate set by the communication rate setting unit and controls a wireless transmission output of the wireless communication unit to suppress a difference between the radio wave intensity and the minimum reception sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9071791Abstract: A receiving device provided with: a receiving unit for receiving image data from a transmitting device with which the receiving device has established wireless communication; a display unit for displaying setting data for a different transmitting device from the aforementioned transmitting device to establish wireless communication with the receiving device and the image data; and a display control unit for controlling the display of the display unit such that, in the frames displayed before and after a frame containing the setting data, the image data is displayed in the same display region as the display region for the display unit in which the setting data is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20150031302Abstract: A wireless communication terminal includes: a wireless communication module, a power supply unit configured to perform electric power supply to the wireless communication module, a power supply control unit configured to perform power supply control of the power supply unit, a control unit configured to set parameters of a layer higher than a data link layer to parameters of the wireless communication module, an RFID module configured to store wireless communication setting information and data presence/absence information and wirelessly transmit the wireless communication setting information, and a data update unit configured to update the data presence/absence information stored in the RFID module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8908756Abstract: An image transmission apparatus may include a transmission unit that transmits a moving image compressed by lossy compression as first image data to an external apparatus through wireless communication, the transmission unit transmitting image data corresponding to one image in the moving image as second image data, the second image data being image data compressed at a lower compression rate than the lossy compression or not compressed, an instructing unit that outputs a disconnection signal to disconnect the wireless communication in response to an external manipulation, and a control unit that receives the disconnection signal from the instructing unit, the control unit controlling to disconnect the wireless communication in the transmission unit after the transmission of the second image data in the transmission unit has been completed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Takemitsu Honda
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Patent number: 8888682Abstract: A wireless image acquisition system includes an image acquisition apparatus configured to transmit acquired image information by radio waves, and an image receiving unit configured to receive and display the image information transmitted from the image acquisition apparatus. A display unit of the image receiving unit displays wireless communication setting information. An image acquisition unit of the image acquisition apparatus captures the wireless communication setting information, and a communication setting unit makes wireless communication setting of the image acquisition apparatus based on the captured wireless communication setting information.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Koichi Niida
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Publication number: 20140313357Abstract: An operation device includes an operation unit, a command generation unit configured to generate an operation command for an imaging device provided in the operation unit, a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the operation command to the imaging device, and receive image data transmitted from the imaging device, based on a QoS representing a priority of transmission/reception, and a QoS setting unit configured to set a QoS of a priority command to a value which is higher than a QoS of the image data when the operation command generated by the command generation unit is the priority command having a higher transmission priority than the image data received by the wireless communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro HASEGAWA, Shinya KAWASAKI, Akihiko SAKAMOTO, Kiyoshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20140289782Abstract: A video transmitter includes: a video resolution acquisition unit that acquires a resolution of a video signal; a wireless communication unit wirelessly transmitting the video signal and wirelessly receiving, from a terminal wirelessly receiving a video signal wirelessly transmitted, a received radio wave intensity and a minimum reception sensitivity at a time when wirelessly receiving the video signal; and a communication rate setting unit that sets a communication rate at a time when wirelessly transmitting the video signal according to the acquired resolution of the video signal. The wireless communication unit includes a transmission output control unit that controls the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the video signal at the communication rate set by the communication rate setting unit and controls a wireless transmission output of the wireless communication unit to suppress a difference between the radio wave intensity and the minimum reception sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20140028916Abstract: A received image displaying apparatus comprises: a wireless communication unit that wirelessly receives the frame images transmitted by the image transmitting apparatus with which the received image displaying apparatus has established a connection of wireless communication; and a displaying unit that displays the frame images, which were wirelessly received by the wireless communication unit, in an order in which the frame images were captured.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Toyoda, Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8553996Abstract: The present invention is an image transmission terminal including: an image capture unit (17, 47) that outputs pixel signals; an image data generating unit (18, 48) that generates and outputs image frame data; a first image data compression unit (19, 49) that compresses and outputs the image frame data; a second image data compression unit (21, 51) that either leaves the image frame data uncompressed or else compresses and outputs the image frame data; an image selection unit (11, 13, 41, 43) that receives an operation input from a user, and selects the image frame data; an image data storage unit (22, 38, 52, 69) that stores the image frame data output from the second image data compression unit; and an image transmission unit (20, 50, 38) that wirelessly transmits the image frame data.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Takemitsu Honda
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Publication number: 20120200685Abstract: An endoscope scope is provided with a generation unit that photographs a subject and generates moving image data and still image data, a reception unit that receives a transmission instruction for the still image data, a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the still image data, the moving image data, and instruction information to instruct prohibition of wireless transmission by another wireless device, and a transmission control unit that causes the instruction information to be transmitted and then the still image data to be transmitted when receiving the transmission instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicants: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya KAWASAKI, Takemitsu HONDA
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Publication number: 20120134410Abstract: An image transmission apparatus may include a transmission unit that transmits a moving image compressed by lossy compression as first image data to an external apparatus through wireless communication, the transmission unit transmitting image data corresponding to one image in the moving image as second image data, the second image data being image data compressed at a lower compression rate than the lossy compression or not compressed, an instructing unit that outputs a disconnection signal to disconnect the wireless communication in response to an external manipulation, and a control unit that receives the disconnection signal from the instructing unit, the control unit controlling to disconnect the wireless communication in the transmission unit after the transmission of the second image data in the transmission unit has been completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicants: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Takemitsu Honda
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Patent number: 8156446Abstract: A digital camera as an information processing device comprises a storage unit which stores a taken still image and which includes a history information storage section to store history information associated with the still image, a CPU which includes a history information processing unit to perform processing regarding the history information and which controls the processing in each unit of the digital camera, a communication unit which communicates with other digital cameras in a wired or wireless manner, and a display unit which displays the still image and the history information.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Shinya Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20120082390Abstract: The present invention is an image transmission terminal including: an image capture unit (17, 47) that outputs pixel signals; an image data generating unit (18, 48) that generates and outputs image frame data; a first image data compression unit (19, 49) that compresses and outputs the image frame data; a second image data compression unit (21, 51) that either leaves the image frame data uncompressed or else compresses and outputs the image frame data; an image selection unit (11, 13, 41, 43) that receives an operation input from a user, and selects the image frame data; an image data storage unit (22, 38, 52, 69) that stores the image frame data output from the second image data compression unit; and an image transmission unit (20, 50, 38) that wirelessly transmits the image frame data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicants: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Takemitsu Honda
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Publication number: 20110090056Abstract: Communication-identifier-assigned image data is transmitted via a set channel using the same as a communication identifier set for each image transmitter and a channel set in transmission. Then, a receiver which has received a plurality of image data items stores the received image data items, communication identifiers, and channels in such a manner that the received image data items are related to the communication identifiers and channels. Thumbnailed images in each image data item are displayed on one screen. When an image is selected from the thumbnailed images, an image transmitter that has transmitted the image is determined on the basis of the communication identifier and channel related to the selected image and is connected exclusively to the receiver. Images acquired from this time on are enlarged and displayed chronologically on a display section. The image transmitter and receiver constitute a wireless communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Koichi Niida
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Patent number: 7777789Abstract: An album list file stores album information relating to album containing image data files, and an album list storing sequence information indicating a replay sequence of image data files at the time of replaying the image data files belonging to the album. Here, when an album containing a new image data file which has not been included in the album is designated, the sequence information is renewed so as to replay the new image data file first at the time of replaying image data files contained by the designated album.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Shinya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 7616235Abstract: An album list file stores album information relating to album containing image data files, and an album list storing sequence information indicating a replay sequence of image data files at the time of replaying the image data files belonging to the album. Here, when an album containing a new image data file which has not been included in the album is designated, the sequence information is renewed so as to replay the new image data file first at the time of replaying image data files contained by the designated album.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Shinya Kawasaki