Patents by Inventor Akira Sawada

Akira Sawada 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: 20110050876
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kazumi NAGATA, Kenji BABA, Takaaki ENOHARA, Akira SAWADA, Ichiro TOYOSHIMA, Toyokazu ITAKURA, Nobutaka NISHIMURA, Ryoichi KURATA
  • Publication number: 20110050875
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kazumi NAGATA, Kenji Baba, Takaaki Enohara, Akira Sawada, Ichiro Toyoshima, Toyokazu Itakura, Nobutaka Nishimura, Ryoichi Kurata
  • Patent number: 7870429
    Abstract: For a control apparatus to be boundary scan testable even when running, including processor cores in an operator to be capable of self-repairing a troubling part, an operator (2) has processor cores (2a, 2b) connected to a boundary scan bus (12), and adapted to mutually diagnose opponent processor cores for troubles, by boundary scan testing each other in a time-dividing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Yoshito Sameda, Akira Sawada, Jun Takehara, Kouichi Takene, Hiroyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100218929
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a radiator fin for dissipating heat of an electronic device provided on a printed board; a plurality of radiator fins included in the heat sink is formed in an arbitrary diameter size; and the radiator fins are connected to each other by inserting a pair of fastening screws through a through hole provided on each of the radiator fins, and a tip end of the fastening screws is screwed and fastened to a screw hole of a base heat sink fixed on the upper surface of an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Hideaki Matsumoto, Minoru Fujii, Takaharu Izuno, Kenji Joko
  • Publication number: 20100157062
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided, which has a personal authentication unit and a camera. The personal authentication unit is provided near a security gate and authenticates a person allowed to pass through the security gate. The camera photographs an area near the security gate, in which the personal authentication unit is provided. The monitoring system further has a data generation unit configured to generate personal attribute data about the person authenticated by the personal authentication unit, a person identification unit configured to identify the person authenticated, on the basis of video data generated by the camera, and a monitoring data generation unit configured to generate monitoring data composed of video data and metadata. The video data represents an image including the person identified by the person identification unit. The metadata is associated with the video data and containing the personal attribute data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Kenji Baba, Takaaki Enohara, Yusuke Takahashi, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Akira Sawada, Nobutaka Nishimura, Ryoichi Kurata
  • Publication number: 20090295453
    Abstract: A signal reading method successively outputs a read signal by scanning a voltage value of an integrating capacitor in an image sensor in which a plurality of sensor parts are arranged in a two-dimensional array made up of rows and columns and each sensor part includes the integrating capacitor accumulating a charge obtained by integrating a photocurrent output from a sensor. A first integration of the photocurrent using the integrating capacitor and a first sampling and holding using a sample and hold capacitor are performed in a first time interval, during a time of one frame made up of the first through third time intervals. A second integration of the photocurrent using the integrating capacitor is performed in the second time interval, and processes in the first and second time intervals are performed in common with respect to all of the sensor parts simultaneously. A vertical scan is started by selecting the row in an order starting from a first row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironori Nishino, Akira Sawada
  • Patent number: 7613108
    Abstract: An object is to provide a redundant supervisory control system and a redundancy switching method thereof. In the redundant supervisory control system, remote I/O apparatuses are less likely to be inaccessible, even in a case where failures occur in plural locations. Thus, the reliability of the system is enhanced. The redundant supervisory control system including a plurality of first loop interface units in each of a pair of controllers, second loop interface units, and communication cables each connecting the plurality of first and second loop interface units with one another in a circular loop. The redundant supervisory control system is configured by connecting the controllers and the remote I/O units to one another in a plurality of loop networks. In a case where abnormality in the loop networks is detected by use of received data in the networks, the first and second loop interface units that can perform normal reception are automatically selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Jun Takehara, Akira Sawada, Makoto Toko, Hiroyuki Kusakabe, Shinya Kono, Yuuji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20090167191
    Abstract: A light emitting device 1 is adapted, with a distributed power supply voltage, to turn on a light emitter 7, while timing a continuous conduction time with a pulse generating circuit 2, a frequency dividing circuit 3, and a counting memory circuit 4, to flash the light emitter 7 on and off with an on-off pattern depending on a result of the timing, signaling out information on the continuous conduction time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Tetsuya Hara, Motohiko Okabe
  • Publication number: 20080320331
    Abstract: For a control apparatus to be boundary scan testable even when running, including processor cores in an operator to be capable of self-repairing a troubling part, an operator (2) has processor cores (2a, 2b) connected to a boundary scan bus (12), and adapted to mutually diagnose opponent processor cores for troubles, by boundary scan testing each other in a time-dividing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Yoshito Sameda, Akira Sawada, Jun Takehara, Kouichi Takene, Hiroyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7463495
    Abstract: An optical module cage mounting structure is disclosed. In the module cage mounting structure, an optical module cage including a cage body with a box shape into which an optical module is inserted is mounted on a printed circuit board such that the cage body is spaced apart from a face of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Akira Sawada, Mitsuaki Hayashi, Minoru Fujii, Wataru Takano
  • Publication number: 20080281896
    Abstract: A first arithmetic operator (11) includes a first modular arithmetic coding encoder (11b) for encoding a numeric data transmitted by a command from a central controller (31) into a modular arithmetic code, a first arithmetic operation processor (11a) using the numeric data as modular arithmetic coded as an input operand, for executing an arithmetic operation based on a command from the central controller (13), to provide an output in the form of a modular arithmetic code, and a first modular arithmetic code decoder (11c) for determining presence or absence of a bit error in the numeric data output from the first arithmetic operation processor, correcting the bit error, if detected any, to output a decoded numeric data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshito SAMEDA, Hiroshi Nakatani, Akira Sawada, Jun Takehara, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Motohiko Okabe
  • Publication number: 20080055041
    Abstract: To provide an entry control system as well as an entry control method allowing for an easy entry of user, permitting a restriction to persons who have a legitimate right to enter a facility, an illuminating device (1) emits a modulated visible light signal 13 modulated by use of a door ID code into a preset illumination range, the modulated visible light signal 13 from the illuminating device (1) is received by a mobile terminal (2) portable by the user, where it is demodulated for wireless signal transmission, and the door ID code transmitted from the mobile terminal (2) is received by an authentication device (3), which judges whether or not the door ID code is legitimate, and generates an unlock command when the door ID code is judged to be legitimate, and a door (4) for a facility controlled of entry receives the unlock command from the authentication device (3), whereby it is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Kouichi Takene, Kimito Idemori, Koichi Ikeda, Yoshiro Seki, Fuminori Kishino, Keiji Yamamoto, Akira Sawada
  • Publication number: 20070223208
    Abstract: An optical module cage mounting structure is disclosed. In the module cage mounting structure, an optical module cage including a cage body with a box shape into which an optical module is inserted is mounted on a printed circuit board such that the cage body is spaced apart from a face of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Akira Sawada, Mitsuaki Hayashi, Minoru Fujii, Wataru Takano
  • Publication number: 20070147232
    Abstract: An object is to provide a redundant supervisory control system and a redundancy switching method thereof. In the redundant supervisory control system, remote I/O apparatuses are less likely to be inaccessible, even in a case where failures occur in plural locations. Thus, the reliability of the system is enhanced. The redundant supervisory control system including a plurality of first loop interface units in each of a pair of controllers, second loop interface units, and communication cables each connecting the plurality of first and second loop interface units with one another in a circular loop. The redundant supervisory control system is configured by connecting the controllers and the remote I/O units to one another in a plurality of loop networks. In a case where abnormality in the loop networks is detected by use of received data in the networks, the first and second loop interface units that can perform normal reception are automatically selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jun Takehara, Akira Sawada, Makoto Toko, Hiroyuki Kusakabe, Shinya Kono, Yuuji Umeda
  • Patent number: 7211784
    Abstract: A photo-detection device comprising a base plate made of an insulation material and having a plurality of through holes formed in the base plate at a substantially equal distance, a plurality of optical fibers each having one end including a light receiving section from an object to be detected inserted and fixed to the respective through holes and another end provided with a light output section, and a light detection section connected to the light output section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akira Sawada
  • Patent number: 7082384
    Abstract: In an embodiment of this invention, a diagnosis engine refers to a risk assessment DB and anti-risk measure DB, calculates along the time sequence a risk estimate amount in case of failure for each device and a maintenance cost in executing a measure method in advance, and adds the risk estimate amount and maintenance cost along the time sequence to calculate an optimum maintenance period of the device. When a failure has occurred in the device, the diagnosis engine refers to a failure diagnosis DB on the basis of the identification information of the device and the failure mode and analyzes, on the basis of an operation record, a failure which is different from a secular change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Shigehito Kodera
  • Patent number: 7064961
    Abstract: A communication device which is constructed so as to permit efficient mounting of cards such as printed boards, thereby enhancing convenience and economy and ensuring high-quality communications. A basic unit is constituted by a basic board having a common control section packaged thereon, and a basic back wiring board on which are arranged a basic card connector for mounting a detachable card unit for processing signals and a basic link connector for additionally connecting such a card unit and which has wiring formed on a substrate thereof. An extension unit is connected to the basic link connector to permit additional connection of the card unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Mitsuaki Hayashi, Hironori Tanaka, Kouichi Kuramitsu, Miyuki Hashimoto, Wataru Takano, Mitsuo Fujimura
  • Patent number: 6991471
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a plug-in unit and a housing that can increase a number of optical modules connected thereto. In the plug-in unit, a first connector is connectable to an optical module connected to an optical cable. A connector housing accommodates the first connector and has an insertion part into which the optical module is inserted. An attachment lever is used for fixing the plug-in unit to the housing in which the plug-in unit is accommodated. The first connector is located on a back side of the plug-in unit opposite to a front side where the attachment lever is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Hayashi, Akira Sawada, Kouichi Kuramitsu, Wataru Takano, Minoru Fujii, Hironori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6978226
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis method, wherein the amount of weight loss of a metallic material due to corrosion in atmospheric air for the exposure days is formulated as a function for environmental assessment points which represents a level of a harmfulness of the atmospheric conditions; and the life span of the metallic material is diagnosed based on the corrosion loss calculated from the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsumi Kanehira, Yoko Todo, Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Kenji Adachi, Kazushige Kimura
  • Publication number: 20050205766
    Abstract: A photo-detection device comprising a base plate made of an insulation material and having a plurality of through holes formed in the base plate at a substantially equal distance, a plurality of optical fibers each having one end including a light receiving section from an object to be detected inserted and fixed to the respective through holes and another end provided with a light output section, and a light detection section connected to the light output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventor: Akira Sawada