Patents by Inventor Takayuki Shitomi

Takayuki Shitomi 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).

  • Patent number: 10816887
    Abstract: A control device includes an acquirer, a timing detector, a controller, and a driver. The acquirer acquires an output voltage from a light detector for receiving laser light scanned by a light source and a deflector. The timing detector detects reference timings of the laser light on forward and backward paths in a scanning direction based on the output voltage. The controller generates a control signal for causing the light source and the deflector to draw a forward path image on a scanned surface from time obtained by adding a time to the reference timing on the forward path and to draw a backward path image on the surface from time obtained by adding a time to the reference timing on the backward path. The driver draws the images by driving the deflector, based on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Nakagawa, Toshihiro Yamashiro, Takayuki Shitomi
  • Publication number: 20200174358
    Abstract: A control device (10) includes an acquirer (32), a timing detector (33), a controller (30), and a driver (31). The acquirer (32) is configured to acquire an output voltage from a light detector (16) for receiving laser light scanned by a light source (12) and a deflector (13). The timing detector (33) is configured to detect reference timings of the laser light on forward and backward paths in a scanning direction based on the output voltage. The controller (30) is configured to generate a control signal for causing the light source (12) and the deflector (13) to draw a forward path image on a scanned surface from time obtained by adding a time to the reference timing on the forward path and to draw a backward path image on the surface from time obtained by adding a time to the reference timing on the backward path. The driver (31) is configured to draw the images by driving the deflector (13), based on the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jun NAKAGAWA, Toshihiro YAMASHIRO, Takayuki SHITOMI
  • Patent number: 10194123
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a dimming unit including a plurality of regions having transmittances that are mutually different from one another; a switching unit to switch a region of the dimming unit through which the light passes, between the plurality of regions of the dimming unit; a scanning unit to scan a scan area at a predetermined frame rate with the light, the scan area having a first area in which an image is formed and a second area different from the first area; a sensor to detect a light amount of the light emitted to the second area; and a controller to determine a boundary timing at which the light has passed through a boundary portion between two adjacent regions of the dimming unit based on characteristics of a temporal change in the detected light amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Shitomi
  • Publication number: 20180070062
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a dimming unit including a plurality of regions having transmittances that are mutually different from one another; a switching unit to switch a region of the dimming unit through which the light passes, between the plurality of regions of the dimming unit; a scanning unit to scan a scan area at a predetermined frame rate with the light, the scan area having a first area in which an image is formed and a second area different from the first area; a sensor to detect a light amount of the light emitted to the second area; and a controller to determine a boundary timing at which the light has passed through a boundary portion between two adjacent regions of the dimming unit based on characteristics of a temporal change in the detected light amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Takayuki SHITOMI
  • Patent number: 8391703
    Abstract: A lens unit is detachably connected via a communication interface with a camera body having a strobe and constituting a camera device. The lens unit is configured to include an optical system including a lens; an imaging unit including an image sensor which photo-electrically converts light from a subject having transmitted through the lens; an image processor which generates image data from an output of the imaging unit; and a strobe controller which controls a flash operation of the strobe provided in the camera body in accordance with a release signal from the camera body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Shitomi
  • Publication number: 20110135293
    Abstract: A lens unit is detachably connected via a communication interface with a camera body having a strobe and constituting a camera device. The lens unit is configured to include an optical system including a lens; an imaging unit including an image sensor which photo-electrically converts light from a subject having transmitted through the lens; an image processor which generates image data from an output of the imaging unit; and a strobe controller which controls a flash operation of the strobe provided in the camera body in accordance with a release signal from the camera body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Takayuki SHITOMI