Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Tanaka

Yoshinobu Tanaka 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: 9594708
    Abstract: A data processing device includes: a processing block which is connected to a common bus and which processes a plurality of data, which is inputted simultaneously, in parallel; a memory which is consisted of address space which has a plurality of banks; and a common bus arbitration unit which arbitrates a request for access to the memory outputted from the processing block, and controls exchange of data via the common bus between the processing block whose access request has been accepted and the memory. The processing block includes a data transfer control device which changes an order of access to the bank of the memory corresponding to the respective data, unifies the respective data into an exchange data, and exchanges the exchange data with the memory when the processing block performs exchanging of the data to be processed in parallel with the memory via the common bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Hironobu Tomita, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 9591332
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that includes a dummy region adding section configured to add a dummy region to an end part of image data and a dividing position determining section configured to randomly determine a dividing position at which the image data is divided into a plurality of pieces of rectangular image data having the same shape. The image processing apparatus also includes a dividing section configured to divide the image data into the plurality of pieces of rectangular image data based on the dividing position determined by the dividing position determining section and a compressing section configured to compress the plurality of pieces of rectangular image data obtained through a dividing operation of the dividing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Funakoshi, Akira Ueno, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9568023
    Abstract: A combustion engine (E) for a motorcycle includes a crankshaft (26) extending in a widthwise direction of the motorcycle and a supercharger (42) which pressurizes intake air (I). A clutch gear (72) to which a clutch is connected is provided at the right side of the crankshaft (26), and a supercharger gear (80) which drives the supercharger (42) is provided at the left side of the clutch gear (72). The supercharger gear (80) is formed on a crank web (75) disposed such that a journal (68) is located between the clutch gear (72) and the crank web (75).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Hisatoyo Arima, Yoshiharu Matsuda, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9565378
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device configured to include a plurality of pixels, the solid-state imaging device outputting subject data according to a pixel signal output by the pixel of an image region on which subject light is incident and optical black (OB) data according to the pixel signal output by the pixel of a constantly shielded OB region of a plurality of columns or rows located on an end of the image region as image data, and an imaging processing unit configured to output pre-processed image data obtained by performing black level correction on partial subject data included in the image data using the same OB data included in the image data output by the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayahiko Takahashi, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Takashi Yanada, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 9554070
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device, a storage unit, an imaging-processing unit configured to process input image data output from the solid-state imaging device or image data stored in the storage unit, and a timing-generating unit configured to generate timings at which the solid-state imaging device and the imaging-processing unit operate. The timing-generating unit generates a first synchronization signal for driving the solid-state imaging device to output the first synchronization signal to the solid-state imaging device and output the first synchronization signal and a first clock signal input from the solid-state imaging device to the imaging-processing unit in a first operation based on the timing of the solid-state imaging device. The timing-generating unit outputs a generated second synchronization signal and second clock signal to the imaging-processing unit in a second operation based on an internal timing of the imaging-processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yanada, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Ayahiko Takahashi, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 9518504
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air intake structure of an engine capable of cooling intake air compressed by a supercharger by reducing pressure loss. An air intake structure of an engine (13) having a supercharger (20) supercharging air and an air intake chamber (22) receiving the air supercharged by the supercharger (20) and sending the supercharged air to the engine, wherein a throttle body (23) is connected to the air intake downstream side of the air intake chamber (22), wherein an air intake port (131a) of a cylinder head (131) of the engine (13) is connected to the air intake downstream side of the throttle body (23), wherein a liquid cooling type intercooler (30) is provided in the air intake chamber (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160353035
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel signal processing unit which has a plurality of pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, outputs each of pixel signals generated by all pixels as a total pixel signal, and outputs each of the pixel signals generated by the pixels with the number of pixels reduced to a prescribed number of pixels as a reduced pixel signal, a bit reduction method determination unit which determines a bit reduction method for reducing the number of pixels of a digital value representing the amount of the total pixel signal based on the reduced pixel signal, and a bit reduction unit which reduces the number of bits of the digital value based on the bit reduction method and outputs the digital value with the reduced number of bits as a digital value corresponding to the total pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Akira Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160344966
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel signal-processing unit which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the pixel signal-processing unit outputs an total pixel signal while outputting a reduced pixel signal; a difference calculation unit which outputs a digital value obtained by calculating a difference between a digital value indicating a magnitude of the total pixel signal and a digital value indicating a magnitude of the reduced pixel signal; and a bit number reduction unit which reduces the number of bits of either the digital value obtained by calculating the difference, or the digital value indicating the magnitude of the total pixel signal, and outputs a digital value whose number of bits is reduced, wherein the solid-state imaging device outputs the digital value corresponding to the total pixel signal and the digital value indicating the magnitude of the reduced pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 9483713
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a common region sum of absolute differences (SAD) calculation unit configured to define each of a common target region in which a plurality of target regions predetermined for each target pixel overlap and a common reference region in which a plurality of reference regions predetermined for each corresponding reference pixel overlap and output a common SAD calculation result obtained by performing SAD calculation based on values represented by pixel signals of pixels included in the common target region and the common reference region; and addition processing units equal in number to the target pixels to be simultaneously correlated and configured to correspond to the target pixels and output SAD calculation results obtained by performing addition processes based on the common SAD calculation result and an SAD calculation result of a region which is not included in the common target region within a target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Tsuchida, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Takashi Yanada
  • Patent number: 9435424
    Abstract: A transmission lubricating structure which lubricates a transmission using a lubricating fluid, the transmission including a plurality of gear pairs each including a drive gear and a driven gear, includes a lubricating fluid feeding unit for feeding the lubricating fluid to the gears of the gear pairs; wherein the lubricating fluid feeding unit includes a plurality of injection nozzles, each of which directly injects the lubricating fluid to a tooth of the drive gear and a tooth of the driven gear, which teeth start to engage with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Hisatoyo Arima, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160208684
    Abstract: A planetary gear device for a motorcycle transmits a power of a reciprocating combustion engine to a supercharger. The supercharger pressurizes intake air for the combustion engine. The supercharger includes a supercharger rotation shaft and an impeller supported by the supercharger rotation shaft. A planetary gear and an internal gear of the planetary gear device are each composed of a helical gear, and the planetary gear and the internal gear form a helical gear pair. The planetary gear device includes a pressing unit that applies a pressing force in an axial direction to the planetary gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9332212
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus include a solid-state imaging device which has a plurality of pixels and outputs a pixel signal corresponding to a formed image of a subject as an image data; an image-capturing processing unit which outputs a pre-processed image data that is obtained by performing pre-processing on a part of the image data input from the solid-state imaging device, and an un-processed image data except the part of the image data from the image data input from the solid-state imaging device; and a storage unit which stores the pre-processed image data and the un-processed image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Akira Ueno, Takashi Yanada, Ayahiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9303603
    Abstract: A combustion engine mounted on a motorcycle includes an engine rotary shaft extending in a vehicle widthwise direction and a supercharger disposed rearwardly of a cylinder block. The combustion engine also includes an air intake duct through which an incoming wind flowing forwardly of a traveling direction with respect to the combustion engine is introduced into the supercharger. The air intake duct is fluid connected with an air intake port of the supercharger after having passed laterally of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9286535
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an extended region sum of absolute differences (SAD) calculation unit configured to define each of an extended target region obtained by combining a plurality of predetermined target regions for each target pixel and an extended reference region obtained by combining a plurality of predetermined reference regions for each corresponding reference pixel and output an extended SAD calculation result obtained by performing SAD calculation based on values represented by pixel signals of pixels included in the extended target region and the extended reference region, and subtraction processing units equal in number to the target pixels to be simultaneously correlated and configured to correspond to the plurality of target pixels and output SAD calculation results obtained by performing subtraction processes based on the extended SAD calculation result and an SAD calculation result of a region which is not included in a target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Tsuchida, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Takashi Yanada
  • Patent number: 9288397
    Abstract: For pixel signals of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first pixel area arranged in a two dimensional matrix form, a size of the first pixel area is converted to output first image data, and for pixel signals of pixels arranged in a second pixel area smaller than the first pixel area, a size of the second pixel area is converted to output second image data, wherein an operating mode is changed in response to the size of the second pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Takashi Yanada, Akira Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160061162
    Abstract: An air intake chamber is disposed at a location downstream of a supercharger and upstream of a throttle body. The air intake chamber serves to accumulate an intake air pressurized by the supercharger. This air intake chamber includes a confronting portion, which has an outlet and overlaps the throttle body, and a connecting portion that connects between the confronting portion and a discharge port of the supercharger. The connecting portion has an outlet side opening set to be larger than an inlet side opening thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hisatoyo Arima, Satoaki Ichi, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160061165
    Abstract: An air intake chamber for a motorcycle is disposed downstream of a supercharger, for pressurizing and supplying an intake air to an engine, and upstream of a throttle body, for controlling the amount of the intake air to be supplied to an air intake port of the engine. The air intake chamber serves to accumulate the high pressure intake air discharged from the supercharger. The air intake chamber is provided with an injector, which has a fuel injecting port positioned at a location displaced from an axis of an outlet of the air intake chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hisatoyo Arima, Satoaki Ichi, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160061163
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a supercharger to pressurize an intake air and supplying it to a combustion engine and an air intake chamber disposed downstream of the supercharger. The air intake chamber is made of a metallic material and has a capacity of an interior space thereof which is within the range of three to eight times the displacement of the combustion engine. The dimension from an upstream end portion on an inlet side of the interior space of the air intake chamber to a downstream end portion on an outlet side of the interior space of such air intake chamber is chosen to be three or more times the inner diameter of an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hisatoyo Arima, Satoaki Ichi, Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9277145
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided which includes a solid-state imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, and outputs pixel signals corresponding to subject light incident on the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of image-acquiring units that acquire the pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, and output image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signals, wherein each of the plurality of image-acquiring units acquires pixel signals of one of divisional imaging regions obtained by dividing an imaging region in which all pixels arranged in the solid-state imaging device image the subject light by the number of image-acquiring units, and outputs image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signal of the divisional imaging region as divisional image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yanada, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Sengoku, Masami Shimamura, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 9247168
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device including focus detecting pixels which are arranged together in a region in which imaging pixels are arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, a separating unit configured to separate imaging signals and focus detection signals from pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, to output horizontal direction focus detection signals output from a horizontal direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a row direction and vertical direction focus detection signals output from a vertical direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a column direction, a horizontal direction focus detection processing unit configured to convert a format in which the horizontal direction focus detection signals are output to a predetermined format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yanada, Yoshinobu Tanaka