Patents by Inventor Toshio Yamazaki

Toshio Yamazaki 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: 9442280
    Abstract: An operation microscope includes: an ordinary light path that guides light from an observation target to an eyepiece; a first secondary light path branched off from the ordinary light path; a second secondary light path merging with the ordinary light path; an imaging unit that images the observation target using light from the first secondary path; a display unit that displays an image based on an image signal from the imaging unit toward the second secondary path; and a reflector provided at a branch point of the ordinary light path and the first secondary light path in such a manner as to be capable of pulling off the branch point, and that bends the ordinary light path by reflection. The first secondary light path extends from the branch point along an extension of the ordinary light path before being reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9400079
    Abstract: An automatic balancing structure of a medical balancing stand includes an elastic member arranged in each clearance C. In a normal state, a lever and a turn plate turn together through the elastic members, to follow a rotative movement of a lateral arm. When an imbalance occurs on the lateral arm, the lateral arm produces torque with which a contact part of the lever presses and deforms one of the elastic members to activate a corresponding one of switches S1 and S2. The activated switch outputs an imbalance detected signal to an adjustment unit, which resolves the imbalance. The switches S1 and S2 are simple to downsize the automatic balancing structure and are effective to carry out balance adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Doi, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9392257
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a viewpoint separating unit configured to separate multi-viewpoint image data, including images of multiple viewpoints and representing intensity distribution of light and the direction of travel of light according to positions and pixel values of pixels, into a plurality of single-viewpoint image data for each of the individual viewpoints; and a parallax control unit configured to control amount of parallax between the plurality of single-viewpoint image data obtained by separation into individual viewpoints by the viewpoint separating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takefumi Nagumo, Jun Murayama, Toshio Yamazaki, Ken Tamayama
  • Publication number: 20150300820
    Abstract: A placing member is configured to be supported from an outside by a terminal electrically connected to a terminal electrode, and an X-axis-direction extended portion, a Y-axis-direction extended portion, and a Z-axis-direction extended portion are provided in the terminal. This configuration provides an angular velocity sensor, in which a problem such that Y-axis-direction and Z-axis-direction vibrations applied from the outside cannot be damped is eliminated, and all the vibrations in three axis directions can be damped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi UCHIDA, Toshio YAMAZAKI, Tomohiro MITANI
  • Patent number: 9091543
    Abstract: A placing member is configured to be supported from an outside by a terminal electrically connected to a terminal electrode, and an X-axis-direction extended portion, a Y-axis-direction extended portion, and a Z-axis-direction extended portion are provided in the terminal. This configuration provides an angular velocity sensor, in which a problem such that Y-axis-direction and Z-axis-direction vibrations applied from the outside cannot be damped is eliminated, and all the vibrations in three axis directions can be damped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Uchida, Toshio Yamazaki, Tomohiro Mitani
  • Patent number: 9045637
    Abstract: An addition curing silicone rubber composition and a cured product thereof are provided. In this composition, amount of the low molecular weight siloxane component volatilizing from the cured product has been reduced, and as a consequence, this composition is free from the problems such as clouding or haze, contact fault, adhesion failure, and hydrophobicization of the surface caused by the deposition of the volatilized low-molecular weight siloxane component on the surrounding surfaces. More specifically, the addition curing silicone rubber composition comprises; (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane containing, on average, at least two alkenyl groups which are bonded to silicon atom; (B) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Meguriya, Shinichi Ide, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150135830
    Abstract: A placing member is configured to be supported from an outside by a terminal electrically connected to a terminal electrode, and an X-axis-direction extended portion, a Y-axis-direction extended portion, and a Z-axis-direction extended portion are provided in the terminal. This configuration provides an angular velocity sensor, in which a problem such that Y-axis-direction and Z-axis-direction vibrations applied from the outside cannot be damped is eliminated, and all the vibrations in three axis directions can be damped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: TAKASHI UCHIDA, TOSHIO YAMAZAKI, TOMOHIRO MITANI
  • Patent number: 8922762
    Abstract: A spectroscopic measuring apparatus with monitoring capability includes a first optical path that extends from a measuring object through an optical system and a slit of a slit-mirror block to a spectroscope main body and a second optical path that extends from the measuring object through the optical system and a mirror face of the slit-mirror block to a two-dimensional photographing unit. The slit and spectroscope main body are integrated into a spectroscopic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8885250
    Abstract: Only a front end part 16 of a surgical microscope 15 is turned in a left-right direction X around a main axis S, so that an observation angle of a surgical site T is freely changed in the left-right direction. Even if the observation angle is changed, the orientation of eyepieces 22 is unchanged, and therefore, an operator does not need to bend his or her neck and no burden is imposed on the neck of the operator even if the operator must conduct an operation that takes a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Doi, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8866884
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit that inputs a two-dimensional image signal, a depth information output unit that inputs or generates depth information of image areas constituting the two-dimensional image signal, an image conversion unit that receives the image signal and the depth information from the image input unit and the depth information output unit, and generates and outputs a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing binocular stereoscopic vision, and an image output unit that outputs the left and right eye images. The image conversion unit extracts a spatial feature value of the input image signal, and performs an image conversion process including an emphasis process applying the feature value and the depth information with respect to the input image signal, thereby generating at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Toshio Yamazaki, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140247482
    Abstract: A surgical microscope system includes a camera 9 that is turnable around an optical axis K of the camera 9 to optionally select a photographing orientation. The camera 9 is able to pick up an electronic image of an affected part T in an orientation in which a main doctor sees the affected part T, or in an orientation in which an assistant, who is present at a different position from the main doctor, sees the affected part T, or in any other orientation. The electronic image picked up by the camera 9 in a selected orientation is stereoscopically observable with an electronic image display unit 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao DOI, Toshio YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8798390
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: an error determination processing unit inputting a distance image having distance information or parallax information up to the subject, detecting an error signal included in the distance image, and outputting a synthesis coefficient according to an error degree of an image region unit; a low pass filter processing unit applying a low pass filter with respect to the distance image and generating a noise reduction distance image; and a distance image synthesis unit generating a corrected distance image using a synthesis process of the distance image and the noise reduction distance image, in which, the distance image synthesis unit follows a synthesis coefficient of an image region unit output by the error determination processing unit, performs synthesis processing in which the synthesis ratio of the distance image and the noise reduction image is set in the image region units, and generates the corrected distance image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140151522
    Abstract: An automatic balancing structure of a medical balancing stand includes an elastic member arranged in each clearance C. In a normal state, a lever and a turn plate turn together through the elastic members, to follow a rotative movement of a lateral arm. When an imbalance occurs on the lateral arm, the lateral arm produces torque with which a contact part of the lever presses and deforms one of the elastic members to activate a corresponding one of switches S1 and S2. The activated switch outputs an imbalance detected signal to an adjustment unit, which resolves the imbalance. The switches S1 and S2 are simple to downsize the automatic balancing structure and are effective to carry out balance adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao DOI, Toshio YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140139916
    Abstract: An electronic image display apparatus has a casing. The casing incorporates objective optical systems and imaging optical systems to form primary images that are observed through eyepiece optical systems. With this configuration, the display apparatus is able to provide images that are observable naturally like images provided by a surgical microscope, thereby improving an observation performance and causing no fatigue on an observer even after a long time of observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao DOI, Toshio YAMAZAKI, Katsuyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8634133
    Abstract: A slit 9 having a predetermined length is formed in a mirror 8 and an illumination light L of illumination part 10 irradiates an observation area E in a manner of zero-angle illumination to an optical axis K. The illumination part is movable to form an oblique path of the illumination light L which passes through the slit 9. A shadow appears due to the oblique path of the illumination light L and it facilitates a stereoscopic observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Doi, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130249904
    Abstract: An image processing device with a configuration enabling generating of images from a new viewpoint by simple signal processing is provided. Input image signals for the right eye, and input image signals for the left eye to be applied to image display are input, and a right image converting unit generates a converted image where the input image signals for the right eye have been subjected to phase change in the right direction or the left direction, in accordance with features of the image. In the same way, a left image converting unit generates a converted image where the input image signals for the left eye have been subjected to phase change in the left direction or the right direction, in accordance with features of the image. The generated image of the right image converting unit and the generated image of the left image converting unit are output as multiple new viewpoint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130222897
    Abstract: An operation microscope includes: an ordinary light path that guides light from an observation target to an eyepiece; a first secondary light path branched off from the ordinary light path; a second secondary light path merging with the ordinary light path; an imaging unit that images the observation target using light from the first secondary path; a display unit that displays an image based on an image signal from the imaging unit toward the second secondary path; and a reflector provided at a branch point of the ordinary light path and the first secondary light path in such a manner as to be capable of pulling off the branch point, and that bends the ordinary light path by reflection. The first secondary light path extends from the branch point along an extension of the ordinary light path before being reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130201475
    Abstract: A spectroscopic measuring apparatus with monitoring capability includes a first optical path that extends from a measuring object through an optical system and a slit of a slit-mirror block to a spectroscope main body and a second optical path that extends from the measuring object through the optical system and a mirror face of the slit-mirror block to a two-dimensional photographing unit. The slit and spectroscope main body are integrated into a spectroscopic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: MITAKA KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8488009
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a motion-blur adding mechanism performing filter processing on moving image data to be subjected to coding processing in accordance with motion information indicating motion of an image between unit images included in the moving image data as pre-processing of the coding processing so that motion-blur addition processing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Toshio Yamazaki, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8362141
    Abstract: An addition curable self-adhesive silicone rubber composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least three SiH groups, (C) an aromatic ring-free organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two SiH groups, and (F) an addition reaction catalyst, with a SiH/alkenyl molar ratio ranging from 0.8 to 5.0, is briefly moldable and cures to various metals and organic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobu Kato, Noriyuki Meguriya, Toshio Yamazaki