Patents by Inventor Toshinori Kondo

Toshinori Kondo 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: 11930160
    Abstract: A polarization imaging unit 20 acquires a polarized image including polarization pixels with a plurality of polarization directions. An information compression unit 40 sets reference image information based on polarized image information of reference polarization pixels with at least a plurality of polarization directions in the polarized image and generates difference information between the polarized image information of each of polarization pixels different from the reference polarization pixels in the polarized image and the reference image information. In addition, the information compression unit 40 reduces the amount of information of the difference information generated for each of the polarization pixels with the plurality of polarization directions to generate compressed image information including the reference image information and the difference information with the reduced amount of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhi Kondo, Yasutaka Hirasawa, Takefumi Nagumo, Toshinori Ihara, Teppei Kurita, Legong Sun
  • Publication number: 20230144800
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a real image signal generator, a CG signal generator, and a. transmission section. The real image signal generator modulates real image data by a first modulation scheme to thereby generate a real image signal. The real image data is obtained by imaging of a surrounding environment. The CG signal generator modulates CG data by a second modulation scheme to thereby generate a CG signal. The CG data is obtained on the basis of data obtained by sensing of the surrounding environment. The transmission section transmits the real image signal and the CG signal to n external device by wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori KONDO, Futoshi TAKEUCHI, Asako DOI
  • Publication number: 20180081143
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: an object lens; an image-sensing device having side surfaces and a corner of the side surfaces, the corner protruding in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and a holder that holds the object lens and the image-sensing device, the holder having a slit that penetrates from an inner face side to an outer face side of the holder, wherein the corner of the image-sensing device is disposed at the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: Fujikura Ltd., SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimono, Takao Sato, Yoshinari Yamada, Shinsuke Morii, Toshinori Kondo
  • Patent number: 9142878
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. The second antenna element is placed between the first antenna element and the third antenna element. A first connecting end, a second connecting end, and a third connecting end are each placed in a position that is closer to a third apical end than to a first apical end. Thus, even in the case of an antenna including three antenna element that are used for an identical system, the antenna can be provided with a suppressed difference in radiation efficiency among frequency bands to which the antenna elements respectively correspond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomu Hikino, Hiroyuki Takebe, Mikio Kuramoto, Hiroyasu Suetake, Toshinori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150257270
    Abstract: A structure includes a circuit board; another circuit board provided so as not to face the circuit board; and an electrically conductive pattern provided on a housing having no flexibility, the electrically conductive pattern electrically connecting the circuit board and the another circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20140240474
    Abstract: A glasses-type radio communication device (1) which is to be worn on the head of a user, includes: right and left eyepiece parts (11); and an antenna (110) for carrying out radio communication, the antenna (110) being a dipole antenna including an antenna element (100) and a power feeding section (101) which supplies electric power to the antenna element (100), the power feeding section (101) being provided between the right and left eyepiece parts (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshinori Kondo
  • Patent number: 8818306
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (100) carries out diversity reception and a noise cancellation process, and a signal combining section (combining circuit (123)) combines a plurality of received signals in a case where the diversity reception is carried out and combines a received signal and a noise signal in the noise cancellation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe
  • Patent number: 8743014
    Abstract: At least three resonance frequencies are obtained by two antenna elements. The antenna device includes antenna elements (11) and (12), a wireless section (20) for supplying power to each of the antenna elements (11) and (12), a PIN diode (16) for electrically connecting and disconnecting the antenna element (11) and the wireless section (20) with/from each other, the antenna elements (11) and (12) being provided so as to be capacitively coupled to each other during the electrical disconnection between the antenna element (11) and the wireless section (20) which electrical disconnection is made by the PIN diode (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe, Mikio Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 8606195
    Abstract: In a mobile phone, a vibrator, arranged on a substrate, has two power supply terminals. The vibrator's first and second terminals are each connected to a control unit via a first wiring, a coil and a second wiring. A capacitor is connected between the two terminals' first wirings One end of an antenna sub-element is connected to the first terminal's first wiring and one end is connected to a radio circuit unit. An antenna unit operates at frequency ?2, corresponding to a communication frequency. The control unit and the vibrator operate at frequency ?1. The coils have a self-resonant frequency of ?2 and form a short-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and an open-circuit connection at frequency ?2. The capacitors form an open-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and a short-circuit connection at frequency ?2. This reduces the number of antenna component members mounted on a radio and an antenna's size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Suetake, Hiroyuki Takebe, Toshinori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130210377
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (100) carries out diversity reception and a noise cancellation process, and a signal combining section (combining circuit (123)) combines a plurality of received signals in a case where the diversity reception is carried out and combines a received signal and a noise signal in the noise cancellation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20120319906
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. The second antenna element is placed between the first antenna element and the third antenna element. A first connecting end, a second connecting end, and a third connecting end are each placed in a position that is closer to a third apical end than to a first apical end. Thus, even in the case of an antenna including three antenna element that are used for an identical system, the antenna can be provided with a suppressed difference in radiation efficiency among frequency bands to which the antenna elements respectively correspond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Nozomu Hikino, Hiroyuki Takebe, Mikio Kuramoto, Hiroyasu Suetake, Toshinori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120313825
    Abstract: An antenna assembly (110) includes an antenna base (115) and antenna elements (111 to 113) formed on a surface of the antenna base (115). The antenna base (115) has: a connection surface (115b) on which connecting ends (111b to 113b) of the antenna elements (111 to 113) are formed, the connecting ends (111b to 113b) being connected to the wireless section circuit; and a through hole (106) formed through the antenna base (115) from the connection surface (115b) to another surface (115a). At least one of the antenna elements, for example, an antenna element (112) is configured so as to pass through the through hole (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Mikio Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takebe, Hiroyasu Suetake, Toshinori Kondo, Nozomu Hikino
  • Publication number: 20110134014
    Abstract: At least three resonance frequencies are obtained by two antenna elements. The antenna device includes antenna elements (11) and (12), a wireless section (20) for supplying power to each of the antenna elements (11) and (12), a PIN diode (16) for electrically connecting and disconnecting the antenna element (11) and the wireless section (20) with/from each other, the antenna elements (11) and (12) being provided so as to be capacitively coupled to each other during the electrical disconnection between the antenna element (11) and the wireless section (20) which electrical disconnection is made by the PIN diode (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe, Mikio Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20110081954
    Abstract: In a mobile phone, a vibrator 102 having two power supply terminals of a first terminal a and a second terminal b is arranged on a substrate 101. The vibrator 102 is one of essential electronic components which informs the user of an incoming call and the like during manner mode. The first terminal a of the vibrator 102 is connected to a control circuit unit 109 via a first wiring a103, a coil a104 and a second wiring a105. In addition, the second terminal b of the vibrator 102 is connected to the control circuit unit 109 via a first wiring b106, a coil b107 and a second wiring b108. A capacitor b111 is connected between the first wiring a103 and the first wiring b106. One end of an antenna sub-element 112 is connected to the first wiring a103 via a capacitor a110. The other end of the antenna sub-element 112 is connected to a radio circuit unit 114 via a matching circuit 113. An antenna unit 115 including the radio circuit unit 114 and the antenna sub-element 112 operates at a frequency ?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Suetake, Hiroyuki Takebe, Toshinori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100259452
    Abstract: A portable wireless apparatus 100 connects, with a thin coaxial cable 121, electrical signals of first and second circuit members 111 and 112 housed within first and second casings 101 and 102 that are openably/closably joined by a third casing 103 comprising a hinge portion 104, connects the first and second circuit members 111 and 112 with a connecting element 122 via a reactance-switchable reactance element 123, and comprises, at the second casing 102 near the hinge portion 104, first, second and third antennas 131, 132 and 133. Even if the first casing 101 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees within substantially the same plane, favorable antenna characteristics are attained at a given frequency by switching the connection impedance of the first and second casings 101 and 102 depending on the respective used frequencies for each state of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe
  • Patent number: 5012240
    Abstract: A signal conversion circuit is used to convert a parallel signal to a serial signal and comprises a parallel input/serial output type of shift register having input terminals corresponding in number to at least n+k bits (n and k: integer), an inverting circuit and a timing circuit. The n-bit input parallel signal is applied to n successive input terminals of the shift register and k bit of the n-bit parallel signal is inverted by the inverting circuit to be applied to the remaining k input terminal of the shift register. The (n+k)-bit parallel signal loaded into the shift register is serially output at a predetermined rate by the timing circuit to provide a serial signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignees: Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shoichi Takahashi, Sayohiko Ichiki, Masatoshi Yorozu, Seiji Kunishige, Taro Shibagaki, Fumihiko Shimizu, Fumio Fujioka, Toshinori Kondo
  • Patent number: 4894819
    Abstract: An optical star network system, wherein a first packet is transmitted between first and second terminals, which are functionally coupled to an optical star network, using a predetermined wavelength band in accordance with the CSMA/CD system, which system comprises a generation section for generating a second packet including transmission data and having a predetermined bit length, and a transmission section for transmitting the second packet on a transmission path using the predetermined wavelength band. The predetermined bit length is set so as not to be equal to an integer multiple of a bit length of a data unit of the first packet. The second packet includes dummy data with the transmission data following this dummy data, the bit length of the dummy data is greater than the bit length of the longest data packet which is to be transmitted before interruption of transmission of the first packet, when the first and second packets collide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshinori Kondo, Takao Okikawa