Patents by Inventor Atsuo Minato

Atsuo Minato 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: 11143836
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group with a negative refractive power, a second lens group with a positive refractive power, and a third lens group with a positive refractive power. When the zoom lens changes from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group is reduced, and a spacing between the second lens group and the third lens group changes. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. Refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are negative, and a refractive power of the fourth lens is positive. Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are larger than 60. A ratio of a focal length of the first lens group over a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end is larger than ?2.5 and smaller than ?1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiko Matsunaga, Atsushi Ohata, Atsuo Minato
  • Patent number: 11064123
    Abstract: A method for zooming an imaging device relative to an object to be imaged includes determining a condition associated with the object and/or the imaging device, and selecting a zooming mode of the imaging device based on the determined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20210112202
    Abstract: To perform zoom control more effectively when shooting an image with a dolly zoom effect, a control method, a control apparatus, a mobile body, and programs are provided. During moving of a photographing apparatus from a first time point to a second time point, by causing a focus lens and a zoom lens to move, the first control component causes a zoom ratio to change, and causes a focus distance to change; and where during moving of the photographing apparatus from the second time point to a third time point, by performing electronic zooming, a second control component causes the zoom ratio to change and by causing the focus lens to move, the focus distance to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonaga YASUDA, Kenichi HONJO, Atsuo MINATO
  • Patent number: 10838178
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape; a second lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape; a third lens having a positive refracting power and having a meniscus shape; an aperture stop; a fourth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape; a fifth lens having a negative refracting power and having a bi-concave shape; and a sixth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape The imaging lens has a total angle of view of 150 degrees or more, and fulfills predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20200292596
    Abstract: The monitoring system includes: a management server, and a transmission device which obtains, from the power storage system, first charged power index values indicating charged power of the power storage system and input/output power index values indicating input/output power from the power receiving point to which the power storage system is connected to a system, and transmits the index values to the management server via a network. The management server includes: a calculation part which calculates, based on the first charged power index values and the input/output power index values, second charged power index values indicating power charged by generated power of the power generation system connected to the power receiving point of charged power of the power storage system; and a diagnosis part which diagnoses presence or absence of abnormality of the power generation system based on the second charged power index values calculated by the calculation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio AONO, Hideki OZEKI, Atsuo MINATO, Kazuyoshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190285824
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group with a negative refractive power, a second lens group with a positive refractive power, and a third lens group with a positive refractive power. When the zoom lens changes from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group is reduced, and a spacing between the second lens group and the third lens group changes. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. Refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are negative, and a refractive power of the fourth lens is positive. Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are larger than 60. A ratio of a focal length of the first lens group over a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end is larger than ?2.5 and smaller than ?1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shigehiko MATSUNAGA, Atsushi OHATA, Atsuo MINATO
  • Patent number: 10340845
    Abstract: A voltage transform part transforms the direct-current power input to an input part. A first input and output part outputs the transformed direct-current power to a battery unit and to which direct-current power is input from the battery unit. A conversion part converts the direct-current power input to the input part into alternating-current power. A second input and output part outputs the alternating-current power to a power system or a load and to which an alternating-current power is input from the power system. The conversion part converts the alternating-current power input to the second input and output part into direct-current power. The second voltage transform part transforms the direct-current power converted by the conversion part and transforms the direct-current power input to the first input and output part. The conversion part converts the direct-current power transformed by the second voltage transform part into alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo Minato, Katsumi Ohashi, Arata Yoneda, Kazumi Tsuchimichi, Katsutaka Tanabe, Junichiro Yamada, Yasuhiro Tsubota
  • Patent number: 10320327
    Abstract: A power storage power conditioner includes an input part, a voltage-transforming part, a first input-output part, a converting part and a second input-output part. The voltage-transforming part transforms the voltage of DC power from the input part and the converting part into a second predetermined voltage. The first input-output part outputs the DC power of the voltage-transforming part to a battery unit, and inputs DC power from the battery unit. The voltage-transforming part transforms a voltage of the DC power from the first input-output part into a third predetermined voltage. The converting part converts the DC power from the input part and the voltage-transforming part into AC power. The second input-output part outputs the AC power to a power system or a load, and inputs AC power from the power system. The converting part converts the AC power from the second input-output part into DC power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Aono, Kazumi Tsuchimichi, Kotaro Nakamura, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20190165726
    Abstract: A power storage power conditioner includes an input part, a voltage-transforming part, a first input-output part, a converting part and a second input-output part. The voltage-transforming part transforms the voltage of DC power from the input part and the converting part into a second predetermined voltage. The first input-output part outputs the DC power of the voltage-transforming part to a battery unit, and inputs DC power from the battery unit. The voltage-transforming part transforms a voltage of the DC power from the first input-output part into a third predetermined voltage. The converting part converts the DC power from the input part and the voltage-transforming part into AC power. The second input-output part outputs the AC power to a power system or a load, and inputs AC power from the power system. The converting part converts the AC power from the second input-output part into DC power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio AONO, Kazumi TSUCHIMICHI, Kotaro NAKAMURA, Atsuo MINATO
  • Publication number: 20190165725
    Abstract: A voltage transform part transforms the direct-current power input to an input part. A first input and output part outputs the transformed direct-current power to a battery unit and to which direct-current power is input from the battery unit. A conversion part converts the direct-current power input to the input part into alternating-current power. A second input and output part outputs the alternating-current power to a power system or a load and to which an alternating-current power is input from the power system. The conversion part converts the alternating-current power input to the second input and output part into direct-current power. The second voltage transform part transforms the direct-current power converted by the conversion part and transforms the direct-current power input to the first input and output part. The conversion part converts the direct-current power transformed by the second voltage transform part into alternating-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo MINATO, Katsumi OHASHI, Arata YONEDA, Kazumi TSUCHIMICHI, Katsutaka TANABE, Junichiro YAMADA, Yasuhiro TSUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20190158754
    Abstract: A method for zooming an imaging device relative to an object to be imaged includes determining a condition associated with the object and/or the imaging device, and selecting a zooming mode of the imaging device based on the determined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Atsuo MINATO
  • Publication number: 20180341089
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided in which a total angle of view is 150 degrees or more, and which exhibits a high-image quality, is compact, is inexpensive, and keeps a stable quality under a harsh environment in an on-board camera or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20180054572
    Abstract: A control device can include an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit can acquire information that indicates at least one of a mass or a center of gravity position of an optical device having one or more lens. The control unit can control an attitude of the optical device based on the at least one of the mass or the center of gravity position indicated in the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Atsuo MINATO
  • Patent number: 8797656
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, from the object side, a positionally-fixed first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power and movable in an optical axis direction for zooming, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group movable in the optical axis direction. The first lens group includes a negative lens, a positive lens and another positive lens disposed in order from the object side and satisfies 15.0<ft/fw<31.0??(1) 7.0<f1/fw<13.0??(2) ?8.5<fL1/fw<?4.0??(3) where fw and ft are the focal lengths of the entire lens system in a wide angle end state and a telephoto end state, respectively, f1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fL1 is the focal length of the negative lens of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Miyatani, Kazuki Yonemoto, Hiroshi Omichi, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20140214726
    Abstract: An information management device has a provision condition storage unit in which, for each sensor, provision condition information of sensing data generated by a sensor is registered in association with identification information of the sensor, a use condition storage unit in which, for each application that requires use of the sensing data, use condition information of the sensing data required by an application is registered in association with an address of a transmission destination of the sensing data, a sensing data acquisition unit that acquires through communication the sensing data generated by the sensor registered in the provision condition storage unit, and a specification unit that specifies the provision condition information matched with the use condition information by searching the provision condition storage unit for each piece of the use condition information registered in the use condition storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo Minato, Atsushi Hisano
  • Patent number: 8730357
    Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of calculating, with respect to a processing-target pixel in an input image signal, a concentric aberration correction amount for concentric aberration that is a component of magnification chromatic aberration, the concentric aberration causing a color shift to occur in a concentric manner from the center of an image, calculating, with respect to the processing-target pixel, a uniform aberration correction amount for uniform aberration that is a component of magnification chromatic aberration, the uniform aberration causing a color shift direction and a color shift amount to uniformly occur on a whole image, and correcting a pixel value of the processing-target pixel on the basis of the calculated concentric aberration correction amount and the calculated uniform aberration correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishio, Hyongmyong Kang, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsukasa Hashino, Takuya Kato, Gentaro Irisawa, Atsuo Minato
  • Patent number: 8446477
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a shift lens driven to be shifted; a uniform aberration correction data storing unit storing uniform aberration correction data for correcting uniform aberration; a shift amount calculating unit calculating an amount of aberration correction shift of the shift lens for correcting uniform aberration using the uniform aberration correction data; a shift lens driving unit driving the shift lens to be shifted according to an amount of driving shift based on the amount of aberration correction shift; a concentric aberration correction amount calculating unit calculating an amount of concentric aberration correction for correcting concentric aberration with respect to a process target pixel of an input image signal; and a pixel value correcting unit correcting a pixel value of the process target pixel on the basis of the calculated amount of concentric aberration correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gentaro Irisawa, Atsuo Kikuchi, Takuya Kato, Atsuo Minato, Kenichi Nishio, Hiroyuki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8395677
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes: a correction data holding section that holds correction data on a correction level used to correct chromatic aberration of magnification; a center position discrepancy data holding section that holds center position discrepancy data on the discrepancy between the center of an image area and the position of an aberration center of the chromatic aberration of magnification; an aberration center calculating section that selects one of the center position discrepancy data that corresponds to a combination of the discrepancy variation conditions in an imaging apparatus and calculates the position of the aberration center based on the selected center position discrepancy data; an image height calculating section; a magnification chromatic aberration correction level calculating section; and a pixel value correcting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo Kikuchi, Gentaro Irisawa, Atsuo Minato, Kenichi Nishio, Hyongmyong Kang, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsukasa Hashino
  • Publication number: 20120081583
    Abstract: An aberration correction apparatus includes: a correction data holding section that holds correction data on a correction level used to correct chromatic aberration of magnification; a center position discrepancy data holding section that holds center position discrepancy data on the discrepancy between the center of an image area and the position of an aberration center of the chromatic aberration of magnification; an aberration center calculating section that selects one of the center position discrepancy data that corresponds to a combination of the discrepancy variation conditions in an imaging apparatus and calculates the position of the aberration center based on the selected center position discrepancy data; an image height calculating section; a magnification chromatic aberration correction level calculating section; and a pixel value correcting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo Kikuchi, Gentaro Irisawa, Atsuo Minato, Kenichi Nishio, Hyongmyong Kang, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsukasa Hashino
  • Publication number: 20120044369
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a shift lens driven to be shifted; a uniform aberration correction data storing unit storing uniform aberration correction data for correcting uniform aberration; a shift amount calculating unit calculating an amount of aberration correction shift of the shift lens for correcting uniform aberration using the uniform aberration correction data; a shift lens driving unit driving the shift lens to be shifted according to an amount of driving shift based on the amount of aberration correction shift; a concentric aberration correction amount calculating unit calculating an amount of concentric aberration correction for correcting concentric aberration with respect to a process target pixel of an input image signal; and a pixel value correcting unit correcting a pixel value of the process target pixel on the basis of the calculated amount of concentric aberration correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gentaro IRISAWA, Atsuo Kikuchi, Takuya Kato, Atsuo Minato, Kenichi Nishio, Hiroyuki Kinoshita