Patents by Inventor Takao Nakai
Takao Nakai 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: 11925930Abstract: In an apparatus, a gas containing CH4 and CO2 is supplied from a first supply unit to a synthetic gas production unit which generates a synthetic gas containing CO and H2 while heating a first catalytic structure; the synthetic gas is supplied to a gas production unit which generates a lower olefin-containing gas including propylene while heating a second catalytic structure; and a detection unit detects propylene discharged from the gas production unit. The first catalytic structure includes first supports having a porous structure and a first metal fine particle that is present in first channels of the first supports. The second catalyst structure includes second supports having a porous structure and a second metal fine particle in the second supports. The second supports have a second channels, a portion of which have an average inner diameter of 0.95 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine, Yukako Nakai, Mai Nishii, Masayuki Fukushima, Sadahiro Kato, Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11265463Abstract: A low-resolution/high-framerate camera performs steady-basis imaging, and a server detects an area of a person, based on frame data from the low-resolution/high-framerate camera, and generates and outputs to a high-resolution/low-framerate camera imaging condition data. The high-resolution/low-framerate camera starts imaging based on the imaging condition data and outputs frame data to the server. The server performs trimming processing to extract from the frame data output from the high-resolution/low-framerate camera an area of a face of the person, recording of image data of the facial area, and sending of the image data to an external recognition device.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Takehito Morimatsu
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Publication number: 20210274088Abstract: A low-resolution/high-framerate camera performs steady-basis imaging, and a server detects an area of a person, based on frame data from the low-resolution/high-framerate camera, and generates and outputs to a high-resolution/low-framerate camera imaging condition data. The high-resolution/low-framerate camera starts imaging based on the imaging condition data and outputs frame data to the server. The server performs trimming processing to extract from the frame data output from the high-resolution/low-framerate camera an area of a face of the person, recording of image data of the facial area, and sending of the image data to an external recognition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao NAKAI, Takehito MORIMATSU
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Patent number: 10872229Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquirer which acquires a face image and a controller. The controller generates an image depicted by at least one of multiple kinds of parameter making up a color space on a basis of the face image acquired by the acquirer, detects a particular image region in the generated image by setting multiple sizes, and sets the detected image region as a region on which a designated processing is to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyosuke Sasaki, Takao Nakai, Daiki Yamazaki, Takeharu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190114466Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquirer which acquires a face image and a controller. The controller generates an image depicted by at least one of multiple kinds of parameter making up a color space on a basis of the face image acquired by the acquirer, detects a particular image region in the generated image by setting multiple sizes, and sets the detected image region as a region on which a designated processing is to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyosuke SASAKI, Takao NAKAI, Daiki YAMAZAKI, Takeharu TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20190087640Abstract: An image capturing device, including: an image capturer; a plurality of light emitters which is arranged around the image capturer and emits light for illuminating a subject; and a controller, wherein the controller detects a face area of the subject from an image captured by the image capturer, determines a state of the detected face area, and controls a light emitting manner of the light emitter based on a determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Junichi Miyasaka, Yohei Araki, Tsuyoshi Matsunaga, Takao Nakai
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Publication number: 20180350046Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor which is an image processing processor that is configured to: perform beautiful skin processing, which is processing of beautifying a skin color, on a person portion included in an image, specify a first portion which is a skin color and is a non-makeup portion, and a second portion which is a skin color and a makeup portion, in the person portion of the image, acquire first skin color information which is information corresponding to the skin color of the specified first portion, and second skin color information which is information corresponding to the skin color of the specified second portion, and adjust the beautiful skin processing, on the basis of the acquired first skin color information and the acquired second skin color information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyosuke SASAKI, Takeharu TAKEUCHI, Takao NAKAI, Daiki YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 9420181Abstract: Determination is made whether or not a cross point coordinate of a zoom value and a degree of luminance belongs to the continuous imaging area of a two-dimensional coordinate plane. When the cross point coordinate is in a single imaging area, since the provability of shake occurrence is low, a first imaging processing is operated. In contrast, when the cross point coordinate is in the continuous imaging area, a shake correction flag representing the execution of the shake correction is set. A multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed uselessly under an imaging condition where the provability of shake occurrence is low. As a result, since the multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed without inevitability, it is possible to avoid a disadvantage that a useless addition processing is executed to thereby generate noise in a shot image stored in an image memory medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Rie Komiya
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Patent number: 9191571Abstract: An image capture apparatus according to the present invention includes: sequentially estimating a photographic scene; sequentially setting, based on the photographic scene sequentially estimated, a photographic scene that serves as a basis for judging a photographic condition; sequentially displaying, based on the photographic scene sequentially set, scene identification information indicating the photographic scene being set; and controlling, for each photographic scene, an update condition for determining an update timing of the photographic scene set by the scene setting unit or an update timing of the photographic scene displayed by the scene display unit, so that, with this configuration, it is possible to preferably set a timing or a condition relating to setting.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Takeshi Tsukagoshi
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Publication number: 20150244936Abstract: Determination is made whether or not a cross point coordinate of a zoom value and a degree of luminance belongs to the continuous imaging area of a two-dimensional coordinate plane. When the cross point coordinate is in a single imaging area, since the provability of shake occurrence is low, a first imaging processing is operated. In contrast, when the cross point coordinate is in the continuous imaging area, a shake correction flag representing the execution of the shake correction is set. A multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed uselessly under an imaging condition where the provability of shake occurrence is low. As a result, since the multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed without inevitability, it is possible to avoid a disadvantage that a useless addition processing is executed to thereby generate noise in a shot image stored in an image memory medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Takao NAKAI, Rie KOMIYA
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Patent number: 9049372Abstract: Determination is made whether or not a cross point coordinate of a zoom value and a degree of luminance belongs to the continuous imaging area of a two-dimensional coordinate plane. When the cross point coordinate is in a single imaging area, since the provability of shake occurrence is low, a first imaging processing is operated. In contrast, when the cross point coordinate is in the continuous imaging area, a shake correction flag representing the execution of the shake correction is set. A multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed uselessly under an imaging condition where the provability of shake occurrence is low. As a result, since the multiplane addition composition imaging is not performed without inevitability, it is possible to avoid a disadvantage that a useless addition processing is executed to thereby generate noise in a shot image stored in an image memory medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Rie Komiya
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Publication number: 20140240531Abstract: An image capture apparatus according to the present invention includes: sequentially estimating a photographic scene; sequentially setting, based on the photographic scene sequentially estimated, a photographic scene that serves as a basis for judging a photographic condition; sequentially displaying, based on the photographic scene sequentially set, scene identification information indicating the photographic scene being set; and controlling, for each photographic scene, an update condition for determining an update timing of the photographic scene set by the scene setting unit or an update timing of the photographic scene displayed by the scene display unit, so that, with this configuration, it is possible to preferably set a timing or a condition relating to setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao NAKAI, Takeshi TSUKAGOSHI
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Publication number: 20110209954Abstract: There is provided an air damper including: a tubular cylinder 1 in which both end portions are opened; a piston 2 which moves within the cylinder 1; and a cap 3 which closes a one-end opening of the cylinder 1, wherein the cylinder 1 has an annular seal surface 4 formed on a circumferential surface of the one-end opening, wherein the cap is mounted on the one-end opening side of the cylinder 1 so as to be moveable or deformable along an axial direction of the cylinder 1, wherein the cap is brought into contact with or separated from the seal surface in accordance with a pressure change due to a movement of the piston 2 within the cylinder 1, and wherein a first orifice 14 is opened in a base plate 12 of the cap, characterized in that: a second orifice having an inlet area smaller than the first orifice is defined between the cap 3 and the cylinder 1 during an operation of the first orifice 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Takahiro Sakai, Toomoyoshi Ohnuki, Takao Nakai
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Patent number: 7822336Abstract: In a digital camera, a focus lens is moved at a low speed between a timing at which a shutter key is half pressed and a timing at which the shutter key is fully pressed to detect a focused position. When the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches a focused position, the focus lens is moved at a higher speed than that of a case in which the shutter key is half pressed, and a focused position is detected. Thereby, even when the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches the focused position, the digital camera can realize focusing with less delay in capturing.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Akira Miyata
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Patent number: 7738784Abstract: In an image capture device comprising an image capture unit which captures an object and outputs image data, and a shutter button which is half pressable, fully pressable, and pressable at one stroke, a first determining unit determines whether the shutter button is half pressed, and a second determining unit which determines whether the shutter button is pressed at one stroke. When the first determining unit determines that the shutter button is half pressed, a first capture control unit executes a first capture process for recording the image data, and when the second determining unit determines that the shutter button is pressed at one stroke, a stop control unit stops the first capture process, and a second capture control unit executes a second capture process which differs from the first capture process after the first capture process is stopped by the stop control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Akira Miyata
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Publication number: 20100067887Abstract: In a digital camera, a focus lens is moved at a low speed between a timing at which a shutter key is half pressed and a timing at which the shutter key is fully pressed to detect a focused position. When the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches a focused position, the focus lens is moved at a higher speed than that of a case in which the shutter key is half pressed, and a focused position is detected. Thereby, even when the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches the focused position, the digital camera can realize focusing with less delay in capturing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao NAKAI, Akira Miyata
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Patent number: 7596308Abstract: A CPU 11 in a digital camera 1 determines that the photography environment is dark and includes a spot light source, in the case where the number of pixels that have a higher luminosity than a first threshold to the total number of pixels in the focus area exceeds a first certain proportion and the number of pixels that have a lower luminosity than a second threshold to the total number of pixels in the focus area exceeds a second certain proportion, on the basis of a luminosity signal Y which has been acquired. Subsequently, the CPU 11 reads out a coefficient value of a cut-off frequency from a memory 110, inputs it to an HPF 9 thereby setting the cut-off frequency fc higher.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takao Nakai
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Patent number: 7515820Abstract: In a digital camera, a focus lens is moved at a low speed between a timing at which a shutter key is half pressed and a timing at which the shutter key is fully pressed to detect a focused position. When the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches a focused position, the focus lens is moved at a higher speed than that of a case in which the shutter key is half pressed, and a focused position is detected. Thereby, even when the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus lens reaches the focused position, the digital camera can realize focusing with less delay in capturing.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Nakai, Akira Miyata
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Publication number: 20090041444Abstract: In an image capture device comprising an image capture unit which captures an object and outputs image data, and a shutter button which is half pressable, fully pressable, and pressable at one stroke, a first determining unit determines whether the shutter button is half pressed, and a second determining unit which determines whether the shutter button is pressed at one stroke. When the first determining unit determines that the shutter button is half pressed, a first capture control unit executes a first capture process for recording the image data, and when the second determining unit determines that the shutter button is pressed at one stroke, a stop control unit stops the first capture process, and a second capture control unit executes a second capture process which differs from the first capture process after the first capture process is stopped by the stop control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao NAKAI, Akira Miyata
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Patent number: D771463Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Suehiro Seiko Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takao Nakai