Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Sato

Yoshinobu Sato 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).

  • Publication number: 20120289836
    Abstract: An automatic real-time display system of the orientation and location of an ultrasound tomogram in a three-dimensional organ model based on the tracking of free-hand manipulation of an ultrasound probe having an AHRS sensor to acquire an entire three-dimensional volume data of an organ and real-time display to visualize the orientation and location of the ultrasound tomogram in three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Osamu Ukimura, Masahiko Nakamoto, Yoshinobu Sato, Norio Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8304858
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first base region 16 is extended to a part under a gate electrode 7 while having a vertical concentration profile of an impurity that increases from the surface of a semiconductor layer 3 and becomes maximum under an emitter region 5, and the length in the lateral direction from a point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum located under an end of the gate electrode 7 to the boundary with a second base region 15 is not smaller than the length in the vertical direction from the point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum to the boundary with the second base region 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhisa Ikuta, Yoshinobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120269490
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method converts a moving image signal into an image data format consisting of a luminance signal and a color-difference signal like that of the YUV format at a signal processing circuit 4, compression-encodes the image data at a compression circuit 10 and records it on a recording medium 11, in addition to reducing the same-format image data color-difference signal to generate image data for display, enabling the image processing apparatus for recording a moving image to achieve moving image recording of a quality that is good enough to be used as still images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8279318
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention comprises an image obtaining part configured to photoelectrically convert a first object image and a second object image formed by light fluxes divided by a pupil divider among light fluxes from an image pickup optical system to generate a first image and a second image, a displaying part configured to display images, and a processing part configured to cause the displaying part to display a superimposed image formed by superimposing the first and second images on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Suzuki, Yoshinobu Sato, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120225969
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a urethane(meth)acrylate excellent in emulsifiability in water and a production method thereof, and a light curable aqueous emulsion using the urethane(meth)acrylate having a low viscosity and excellent in the curability, provided is a urethane(meth)acrylate being represented by the following general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000: A1-O—(CONH—B1-NHCOO—C1-O)n-CONH—B1-NH—COO-D1??(1) wherein in formula (1), n represents a natural number of 1 to 30, A1 represents a residue of a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, B1 represents a residue of diisocyanate, C1 represents a residue of a diol of an acyclic hydrocarbon or a cyclic hydrocarbon, and D1 represents a residue of a polyoxyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD, SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Tomohito Nakano, Hiroki Nakane, Hirotoshi Koyano, Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sawada, Shinichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20120225968
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet providing excellent in the curability based on ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of water or a solvent, the ejection stability with respect to the factors such as dot loss or flight deflection, and the storage stability of ink. Also provided herein is an ink composition for ink jet including: a pigment; a water-soluble organic solvent; a surfactant; at least either of a urethane (meth)acrylate being represented by the following general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000 and a cross-linked urethane (meth)acrylate having a constitutional unit including the urethane (meth)acrylate; a compound having a radical polymerizable group(s); a photoradical polymerization initiator; and water: A1-O—(CONH—B1—NHCOO—C1—O)n—CONH—B1—NH—COO-D1??(1) where each of A1, B1, C1, D1, and n in formula (1) are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito Nakano, Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Shinichi Kato, Hiroki Nakane, Hirotoshi Koyano, Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sawada, Kenji Kitada
  • Patent number: 8248429
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method converts a moving image signal into an image data format consisting of a luminance signal and a color-difference signal like that of the YUV format at a signal processing circuit 4, compression-encodes the image data at a compression circuit 10 and records it on a recording medium 11, in addition to reducing the same-format image data color-difference signal to generate image data for display, enabling the image processing apparatus for recording a moving image to achieve moving image recording of a quality that is good enough to be used as still images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120200729
    Abstract: An image display controller capable of providing excellent visibility of a face display frame and a human display frame associated with an object. The image display controller detects an object in an image, and identifies a face area of the object distinguishably from a human body area exclusive of the face area. Further, the image display controller generates a face display frame for enclosing the face area and a human body display frame for enclosing the human body area. Then, the image display controller displays the face display frame and the human body display frame on a screen together with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saori Hoda, Yoshinobu Sato, Yasushi Ohwa, Yusuke Takeuchi, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20120195512
    Abstract: The image rotation apparatus includes a first storage unit adapted to store compressed image data, and a decompression unit adapted to decompress the image data read out from the first storage unit, and segments the image data obtained from the decompression unit into a plurality of areas. The apparatus further includes a second storage unit adapted to sequentially perform a rotation process on the image data of segmented area, and store the rotated image data, a compression unit adapted to compress the image data of each area read out from the second storage unit, and a third storage unit adapted to sequentially store the image data of each area obtained from the compression unit. There is provided the image data processing apparatus having the above configuration, which rotates the image data while reducing the storage capacity of the buffer memory for storing the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8184327
    Abstract: The image rotation apparatus includes a first storage unit adapted to store compressed image data, and a decompression unit adapted to decompress the image data read out from the first storage unit, and segments the image data obtained from the decompression unit into a plurality of areas. The apparatus further includes a second storage unit adapted to sequentially perform a rotation process on the image data of segmented area, and store the rotated image data, a compression unit adapted to compress the image data of each area read out from the second storage unit, and a third storage unit adapted to sequentially store the image data of each area obtained from the compression unit. There is provided the image data processing apparatus having the above configuration, which rotates the image data while reducing the storage capacity of the buffer memory for storing the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120113314
    Abstract: The image-pickup apparatus includes an image acquiring part respectively photoelectrically converting first and second object images respectively formed by first and second light fluxes into first image data and second image data, the first and second light fluxes being formed by dividing a light flux from an image-pickup optical system by a pupil divider, and photoelectrically converting a third object image formed by a third light flux of the light flux from the image-pickup optical system into third image data, the third light flux being not divided by the pupil divider, and a split image generating part which generates split image data to be displayed in the third image data. The split image generating part generates the split image data based on the first image data and the second image data, and adds color information extracted from the third image data to the split image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Onuki, Yoshinobu Sato, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120087585
    Abstract: An image synthesis processing apparatus capable of synthesizing a foreground image and a background image into an image, which is sharp and natural in color, with a simple system construction that does not require a special hardware structure and special arithmetic processing, without causing color mixing at a boundary between replacement color pixels and other pixels in the foreground image. The background image is rotated by a first rotation unit of the image synthesis processing apparatus by a predetermined rotation angle in a direction opposite to an instructed rotation direction, the background image after rotation in the opposite direction and the original foreground image are synthesized into a synthesis image by a synthesis unit, and the synthesis image is rotated by a rotation unit by the predetermined rotation angle in the instructed rotation direction, thereby generating a desired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chisato MORI, Yoshinobu SATO
  • Patent number: 8093131
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first base region 16 is extended to a part under a gate electrode 7 while having a vertical concentration profile of an impurity that increases from the surface of a semiconductor layer 3 and becomes maximum under an emitter region 5, and the length in the lateral direction from a point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum located under an end of the gate electrode 7 to the boundary with a second base region 15 is not smaller than the length in the vertical direction from the point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum to the boundary with the second base region 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhisa Ikuta, Yoshinobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8092471
    Abstract: A position measuring apparatus, for use in an assisting apparatus for surgical opertions, includes a position indicating apparatus for indicating a position and a direction of a tool, and three-dimensional position measuring apparatus for measuring a position and a direction of a surgical field and also the position and the direction of the tool. The position indicating apparatus and the three dimensional position measuring apparatus are unified in one body in the relative position thereof, so that a position for assistance of surgical operation is indicated in the form of an intersection line or an intersection point of the laser beams, irrespective of the position of the position measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Momoi, Madoka Sugiura, Takahiro Ochi, Kazuo Yonenobu, Nobuhiko Sugano, Yoshinobu Sato, Yoshikazu Nakajima, Toshihiko Sasama, Takeyoshi Dohi, Ichiro Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8085337
    Abstract: The image-pickup apparatus includes an image acquiring part respectively photoelectrically converting first and second object images respectively formed by first and second light fluxes into first image data and second image data, the first and second light fluxes being formed by dividing a light flux from an image-pickup optical system by a pupil divider, and photoelectrically converting a third object image formed by a third light flux of the light flux from the image-pickup optical system into third image data, the third light flux being not divided by the pupil divider, and a split image generating part which generates split image data to be displayed in the third image data. The split image generating part generates the split image data based on the first image data and the second image data, and adds color information extracted from the third image data to the split image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Onuki, Yoshinobu Sato, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20110307554
    Abstract: A CPU checks the number of times of transfer of reception data. Then, the CPU determines whether the number of times of transfer is greater than 0 or not. When it is determined that the number of times of transfer is greater than 0, the number of times of transfer is updated. Then, when it is determined that a transfer condition is satisfied, the CPU allows the reception data of which number of times of transfer has been updated to be copied and stored in a transmission BOX. When reception data satisfying the transfer condition (having a value of the number of times of transfer greater than 0) is received, that reception data will be copied and stored in the transmission BOX. Namely, since the reception data is stored in the transmission BOX, the reception data will be transmitted further to another game device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki KONNO, Yoshinobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8018517
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus capable of generating a mirror image of a captured image and superimposing character patterns on the mirror image. The image capture apparatus includes an image capture device and a display device. The display device is rotatably coupled to the image capture device such that the display device can rotate between a normal position and self-portrait position. When in the self-portrait position, the display device displays a mirror image of the captured image, a superimposed character pattern, and an operation condition pattern. Furthermore, the image capture apparatus includes operation devices that are inhibited from operating by a user when in the self-portrait mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20110209478
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a waste combustion method enabling to utilize efficiently heat energy of a large amount of a wet gas generated from a high temperature gas, which is discharged from a waste combustion furnace so as to be cooled and washed [Means for Solving Problem] A method of power generation by waste combustion comprising supplying the waste into a combustion furnace 1 for combustion, feeding a combustion gas from the combustion furnace 1 into a quenching vessel 4 containing a cooling/dissolving water and bringing the combustion exhaust gas into direct contact with the cooling/dissolving water and thus generating a wet gas wherein this wet gas G is supplied directly into a power generation system 10 employing a working medium, or a heat recovery medium, which has been exchanged with the wet gas G, is supplied into the power generation system 10, so that the power generation system is operated
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Minoru Morita, Jun Hidari, Yoshinobu Sato, Mai Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20110169046
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first base region 16 is extended to a part under a gate electrode 7 while having a vertical concentration profile of an impurity that increases from the surface of a semiconductor layer 3 and becomes maximum under an emitter region 5, and the length in the lateral direction from a point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum located under an end of the gate electrode 7 to the boundary with a second base region 15 is not smaller than the length in the vertical direction from the point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum to the boundary with the second base region 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhisa Ikuta, Yoshinobu Sato
  • Patent number: 7973361
    Abstract: A high breakdown voltage semiconductor device is formed using an SOI substrate comprising a support substrate, an insulating film, and an active layer. The high breakdown voltage semiconductor device comprises an N-type well region and a P-type drain offset region formed on the active layer, a P-type source region formed on the well region, a P-type drain region formed on the drain offset region, a gate insulating film formed in at least a region interposed between the source region and the drain offset region of the active layer, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. The device further comprises an N-type deep well region formed under the drain offset region. A concentration peak of N-type impurity for formation of the deep well region is located deeper than a concentration peak of P-type impurity for formation of the drain offset region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroyoshi Ogura, Hisao Ichijo, Teruhisa Ikuta, Toru Terashita