Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shoji
Atsushi Shoji 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).
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Patent number: 9823354Abstract: The invention provides an illuminance measuring system, which comprises an illuminance measuring instrument which comprises a first communication unit and is moved by a moving vehicle, a position measuring means which comprises a second communication unit and is capable of measuring a three-dimensional position of the illuminance measuring instrument and a data collector which comprises a third communication unit and a storage unit for storing positional information data of a predetermined measuring point, wherein the data collector moves the moving vehicle to the measuring point based on a position of the illuminance measuring instrument as measured by the position measuring means and the positional information data, an illuminance is measured by the illuminance measuring instrument and a position of the illuminance measuring instrument at the time of illuminance measurement is measured by the position measuring means, and wherein the data collector obtains an illuminance measurement result from the illuminaType: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: TOPCON CorporationInventors: Hisashi Isozaki, Atsushi Shoji, Akira Ooide
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Patent number: 9666417Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus which generates plasma in a processing vessel supplied with a gas by applying a high-frequency voltage between first and second electrodes and performs plasma processing on a substrate to be processed, the plasma processing apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a value, which represents a characteristic of the plasma processing performed on the substrate to be performed, in a time series, a identifying unit configured to identify a tendency of a time-series change of values recorded by the recording unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether an alarm is required based on the identified tendency of the time-series change and an alarm unit configured to output the alarm when it is determined that the alarm is required.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Sakai Display Products CorporationInventors: Masahiko Orimoto, Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20170097260Abstract: A technique for identifying a measurement planned position for electromagnetic waves in a three-dimensional space in a simple and easy manner is provided. A position of a measuring unit 200 that is carried by an operator 100 is measured by a position measuring device that is configured to measure a position by laser light. A positional relationship between the measured position and the position of a measurement planned position 601 is displayed on a terminal 300 that is carried by the operator 100. This display guides the operator 100, and the operator 100 identifies the measurement planned position 601 and measure illuminance thereat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki NAGASHIMA, Atsushi SHOJI, Akira OIDE
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Publication number: 20170097262Abstract: A technique for effectively detecting abnormal values in electromagnetic wave measurement is provided. An electromagnetic wave measuring device includes a measurement data receiving unit 308, an abnormal value detecting unit 309, and a GUI controlling unit 306. The measurement data receiving unit 308 receives measurement data of electromagnetic waves that are measured at multiple positions. The abnormal value detecting unit 309 detects an abnormal value in the measurement data. The GUI controlling unit 306 displays a position at which the abnormal value is measured, on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki NAGASHIMA, Atsushi SHOJI, Akira OIDE
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Publication number: 20170097420Abstract: A technique for efficiently performing operations for identifying a current position in a method of measuring electromagnetic waves is provided. A measuring device includes a measurement planned position data receiving unit 302, a current position data receiving unit 303, and a GUI controlling unit 306. The measurement planned position data receiving unit 302 receives data of measurement planned positions at each of which electromagnetic waves are measured. The current position data receiving unit 303 receives data of a current position of an electromagnetic wave measuring device. The GUI controlling unit 306 controls displaying of a relationship between the current position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device and the measurement planned position on a display based on data of the measurement planned positions and data of the current position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki NAGASHIMA, Atsushi Shoji, Akira Oide
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Publication number: 20170023351Abstract: The invention provides an illuminance measuring system, which comprises an illuminance measuring instrument which comprises a first communication unit and is moved by a moving vehicle, a position measuring means which comprises a second communication unit and is capable of measuring a three-dimensional position of the illuminance measuring instrument and a data collector which comprises a third communication unit and a storage unit for storing positional information data of a predetermined measuring point, wherein the data collector moves the moving vehicle to the measuring point based on a position of the illuminance measuring instrument as measured by the position measuring means and the positional information data, an illuminance is measured by the illuminance measuring instrument and a position of the illuminance measuring instrument at the time of illuminance measurement is measured by the position measuring means, and wherein the data collector obtains an illuminance measurement result from the illuminaType: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Hisashi Isozaki, Atsushi Shoji, Akira Ooide
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Publication number: 20160211123Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus which generates plasma in a processing vessel supplied with a gas by applying a high-frequency voltage between first and second electrodes and performs plasma processing on a substrate to be processed, the plasma processing apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a value, which represents a characteristic of the plasma processing performed on the substrate to be performed, in a time series, a identifying unit configured to identify a tendency of a time-series change of values recorded by the recording unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether an alarm is required based on the identified tendency of the time-series change and an alarm unit configured to output the alarm when it is determined that the alarm is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Masahiko Orimoto, Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20160202058Abstract: A technique for more smoothly moving a reflective prism to a target position is provided. A surveying instrument 100 includes a leg part 101, a base 102 supported by the leg part 101, a movable part 112 held by the base 102 and being movable straight in any direction within a two-dimensional plane relative to the base 102, a reflective prism 113 mounted on the movable part 112, and a laser pointer 114 that is mounted to the movable part 112 and that emits a guiding light in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Terukazu NAGASHIMA, Shin-ichi HAYASE, Atsushi SHOJI
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Publication number: 20160202628Abstract: A process of reducing a toner consumption amount is to be performed on a region within several tens of pixels from a rendering end. An excessive amount of toner is supplied from a toner supplying unit which faces a non-printing region of a photosensitive drum within several tens of pixels at most from an end portion of a printing region. Accordingly, if only contour pixels in the rendering end are processed by an existing processing system, the contour correction and the process of reducing a toner consumption amount may be simultaneously realized. A contour is calculated as a processing result of the existing processing system, and an existing process is performed on a contour portion. The process of reducing a toner consumption amount is performed on other portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 9268252Abstract: An image forming apparatus applies a dither matrix to multi-valued image data. Then, the apparatus performs an exposure on a photoreceptor drum based on the image data obtained by using the applied dither matrix. In this process, the apparatus performs additional amount of exposure on the photoreceptor drum in a cycle equal to the cycle of the dither matrix, in addition to an amount of the exposure based on the obtained image data.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20150293466Abstract: An image forming apparatus applies a dither matrix to multi-valued image data. Then, the apparatus performs an exposure on a photoreceptor drum based on the image data obtained by using the applied dither matrix. In this process, the apparatus performs additional amount of exposure on the photoreceptor drum in a cycle equal to the cycle of the dither matrix, in addition to an amount of the exposure based on the obtained image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventor: Atsushi SHOJI
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Patent number: 9063450Abstract: In a case where a determination is made that a density of a pixel of interest is greater than a threshold, or in a case where a pixel having a greater density than the threshold is present in a neighborhood of the pixel of interest at a predetermined distance from the pixel of interest, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which a predetermined density has not been added is performed on a photoreceptor drum at a position corresponding to the pixel of interest. Otherwise, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which the predetermined density has been added is performed on the photoreceptor drum at the position corresponding to the pixel of interest.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20150029519Abstract: In a case where a determination is made that a density of a pixel of interest is greater than a threshold, or in a case where a pixel having a greater density than the threshold is present in a neighborhood of the pixel of interest at a predetermined distance from the pixel of interest, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which a predetermined density has not been added is performed on a photoreceptor drum at a position corresponding to the pixel of interest. Otherwise, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which the predetermined density has been added is performed on the photoreceptor drum at the position corresponding to the pixel of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 8614825Abstract: A risk of a disadvantage was caused where the entire face of an image subjected to an interpolation or thinning processing causes an increased boundary length between a region including pixels (printing region) and a region not including pixels (paper background region) or causes a broken texture in the image. To prevent this, a transition area is provided in the image so that only the transition area can be subjected to an interpolation or thinning processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20120274950Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a reception unit configured to receive data with a first resolution, a correction unit configured to correct a coordinate system of the data with the first resolution into a coordinate system with a second resolution higher than the first resolution, a rendering unit configured to perform rendering processing for the data with the second resolution which is corrected to the coordinate system with the second resolution by the correction unit, and a resolution conversion unit configured to convert the data with the second resolution rendered by the rendering unit into the data with the first resolution by performing weighting calculation processing for a pixel in the data with the second resolution and a neighbor pixel of the pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 8289355Abstract: To correct distortion in an optical system of an optical scanning, electrophotographic image generating apparatus, a parallel line group 107? is printed by a printing apparatus to be calibrated on a sheet on which a correction pattern 101 has been printed. The user reads marker positions to find amounts of deviation of the adjustment pattern from the correction pattern and inputs the amounts of deviation in the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus interpolates values between the input amounts of deviation, establishes positions at which a line in the adjustment pattern deviate one pixel in a sub-scanning direction as scan line changing points and generate new conversion information by pairing the scan line changing points with respective directions of deviation. During image generation, the printing apparatus prints an image by correcting image data according to the conversion information.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20110286011Abstract: A risk of a disadvantage was caused where the entire face of an image subjected to an interpolation or thinning processing causes an increased boundary length between a region including pixels (printing region) and a region not including pixels (paper background region) or causes a broken texture in the image. To prevent this, a transition area is provided in the image so that only the transition area can be subjected to an interpolation or thinning processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 7952752Abstract: An image forming apparatus which performs multicolored printing by overlaying a plurality of printing materials using an electrophotographic process is provided. The apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate bitmapped data of each of the plurality of printing materials, a detection unit configured to compare bitmapped data of a first printing material and of a second printing material of the plurality of printing materials to detect an overlapping area in which the first and second printing materials overlap, and a control unit configured to decrease the supply amount of the first or second printing material in the overlapping area.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 7948350Abstract: A coil component has a first core with a winding core portion, a second core with a winding core portion, a first coil wound on the winding core portion of the first core, and a second coil wound on the winding core portion of the second core. A part of the first coil is wound on the winding core portion of the second core. The first core and the second core are arranged as magnetically separated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Atsushi Shoji, Masatoshi Shindoh
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Publication number: 20100327353Abstract: A gate electrode 14 of a thin film transistor 100 included in a semiconductor device of the present invention is constituted of a single conductive film. A semiconductor layer 10 includes a first lightly doped impurity region which is provided between the channel region 12 and the source region 15 and which has a lower impurity concentration than those of the source and drain regions 15, and a second lightly doped impurity region which is provided between the channel region 12 and the drain region 15 and which has a lower impurity concentration than those of the source and drain regions 15. The entirety of one of the first and second lightly doped impurity regions (region 16a) extends under the gate electrode, and the other of the first and second lightly doped impurity regions (region 16b) does not extend under the gate electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Atsushi Shoji, Isao Nakanishi, Kazushige Hotta