Patents by Inventor Daisuke Kikuchi

Daisuke Kikuchi 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: 20240419108
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a perforated sheet includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet, an image processing portion for performing image processing, on image data acquired, which is at least either one of screen processing and error diffusion processing, and a controller for controlling the image processing portion to form the toner image on the basis of the image data processed by the image processing portion. In a case that the sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the error diffusion processing on the image data acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: DAISUKE KATAYAMA, MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI, KOTA KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240419109
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a perforated sheet includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image with toner of a plurality of colors, an image processing portion for performing image processing on image data acquired, and a controller for controlling the image processing portion to form the toner image on the basis of the image data processed by the image processing portion. In a case that a sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the image processing so that black image data is formed as image data of process black with the toner of the plurality of colors by the image forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: KYOHEI KIKUCHI, MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KOTA KUROKAWA, DAISUKE KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12167828
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that includes a feature detecting unit that detects a feature of first image data, where the first image data is obtained by capturing an image of a blood vessel by IndoCyanine Green (ICG) fluorescence imaging. The image processing apparatus further includes an enhancement processing unit that controls a degree of an enhancement process performed on the first image data, on the basis of the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Fukazawa, Takanori Fukazawa, Daisuke Kikuchi, Minori Takahashi, Kazuki Ikeshita
  • Patent number: 12164253
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. The varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Shingo Hirota, Taro Hanazato, Daisuke Katayama, Kyohei Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240402633
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: SHINGO HIROTA, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, MASAMI HANO, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI, DAISUKE KATAYAMA, TARO HANAZATO
  • Patent number: 12131692
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that may reduce the effect of deterioration in element of a display panel. Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a signal processing unit configured to acquire, in changing a video signal from a low luminance display signal to a high luminance display signal by luminance enhancement, an accumulated load increase amount obtained by measuring and accumulating amounts of increase in load on a display panel caused by luminance enhancement, and adaptively control, in reference to the accumulated load increase amount acquired, a first gain for improving luminance of the video signal, according to a degree of effect of deterioration in element of the display panel. The present technology is applicable to self-luminous display apparatuses, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Masao Zen, Syunsuke Kikuchi, Daisuke Miki, Kazuhiro Nukiyama, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Yasushi Konuma, Kazuki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240345530
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a sheet subjected to perforation processing, wherein the sheet includes a projected portion generating at a periphery of a hole formed by the perforation processing, the image forming includes a stacking potien-portion on which the sheet is stacked, a feeding path along which the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is fed, an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on an image bearing member, a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the sheet fed to the feeding path, and a display configured to display guidance on a placing direction of the sheet depending on a surface where the projected portion of the sheet to be placed on the stacking portion generates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KOTA KUROKAWA, DAISUKE KATAYAMA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 12105449
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Hirota, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Toshiyuki Yamada, Kyohei Kikuchi, Daisuke Katayama, Taro Hanazato
  • Publication number: 20240303842
    Abstract: Provided is a technique advantageous for acquiring information based on a depth position of an observation target site in a biological tissue. A medical image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a fluorescence image obtained by imaging a biological tissue including a phosphor while irradiating the biological tissue with excitation light; and a depth position information acquisition unit that acquires depth position information related to a depth position of the phosphor on the basis of the fluorescence image. The depth position information acquisition unit acquires spread information indicating an image intensity distribution of the phosphor in the fluorescence image by analyzing the fluorescence image, and acquires the depth position information by collating the spread information with a spread function representing an image intensity distribution in the biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Minori TAKAHASHI, Kentaro FUKAZAWA, Daisuke KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 12086734
    Abstract: A manufacturing assistance apparatus includes a learning unit and an estimator. The learning unit is configured to load a plurality of pieces of actual measurement data in each of which a gap and a plurality of parameters are associated with each other, and construct an estimation model on the basis of machine learning in which the plurality of pieces of actual measurement data serve as teacher data. The gap is provided between a first workpiece and a second workpiece that eventually structure an airframe of an aircraft and that are eventually fastened to each other. The estimation model estimates the gap from the plurality of parameters. The estimator is configured to derive an estimation value of a length of the gap on which measurement has not yet been performed, on the basis of the estimation model constructed by the learning unit and the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimasa Kobayashi, Marosuke Kikuchi, Yoichi Sato, Yuki Matsuda, Toshimichi Ogisu, Daisuke Hirabayashi, Kei Suzuki, Toru Onishi, Haruka Miyanishi
  • Publication number: 20240295433
    Abstract: A signal processing method executed by a signal processing device, includes performing a phase connection process on a position in a space and a phase value at each of a plurality of times, performing outlier correction of a phase value for each position in the space in a predetermined direction of the space at a predetermined time among the plurality of times based on a result of the phase connection process, and correcting a phase value at a time other than the predetermined time for each of correction target positions among positions in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshifumi WAKISAKA, Tatsuya OKAMOTO, Daisuke IIDA, Yusuke KOSHIKIYA, Masashi KIKUCHI, Nazuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20240278556
    Abstract: A printing apparatus controls an ejection timing of a printing unit such that a first distance becomes shorter than a second distance, where the first and second distances are distances in a scanning direction between a landing position at which an ink droplet lands on a printing medium in a case where the printing unit scans in a first direction and a landing position at which an ink droplet lands on the printing medium in a case where the printing unit scans in a second direction in first and second printing modes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: NAOKO BABA, TAKAYOSHI KIKUCHI, YOSHIYUKI HONDA, DAISUKE YOSHITOKU, HIROSHI KAWAFUJI, SHUNSUKE KAKEI, AKIHIRO MOURI
  • Publication number: 20240282283
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes an imager configured to capture an image of a first user, a controller configured to generate an image to be displayed on a display, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a separate terminal apparatus used by a second user, and the controller is configured to transmit a first captured image of the first user to the separate terminal apparatus via the communication interface and generate a composite image that includes the first user and the second user and in which a line of sight of the second user is directed to a position of the first user in order to display the composite image on the display based on the first captured image, a second captured image of the second user, and a display position of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyohei KITAZAWA, Jun IKARASHI, Akihito IKARASHI, Nobutoshi SUWA, Daisuke KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240094980
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus supports dialogue using dialogue apparatuses used by a plurality of users located remotely from each other. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to estimate, during execution of a remote dialogue, a parameter of each interlocutor with respect to a topic of the remote dialogue based on a video of each interlocutor, display an alert, on a first dialogue apparatus of a first user, indicating each interlocutor whose estimated parameter is less than a threshold, and when the first user gazes at and speaks to an interlocutor displayed with the alert among a plurality of interlocutors as second users displayed on a screen of the first dialogue apparatus, transmit first audio data with a high volume to a second dialogue apparatus of the interlocutor and transmit second audio data with a low volume to second dialogue apparatus of interlocutors other than the interlocutor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Aiko SAWADO, Daisuke KIKUCHI, Wataru KAKU
  • Publication number: 20240090754
    Abstract: A method of endoscopically approaching a duodenum includes: inserting an endoscope into a duodenum of a subject through stomach; inserting a venting device into the stomach; and deflating the stomach by removing air from the stomach through the venting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Daisuke KIKUCHI, Arimasa SUGIMOTO, Naoya SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240037807
    Abstract: The image transmission system executes the following five steps. The first step is acquiring a first image by capturing a first person present in a first area by a first camera. The second step is generating a first person silhouette image representing a silhouette of the first person shown in the first image. The third step is projecting or displaying the first person silhouette image on a second object installed in a second area that is different from the first area. The fourth step is determining whether or not the first person performs a first trigger action based on the first image. Fifth step is when the first person performs the first trigger action, projecting or displaying a first person detailed image on the second object, wherein the first person detailed image is closer to a real image of the first person than the first person silhouette image is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke KIKUCHI, Wataru KAKU, Aiko SAWADO, Mina FUNAZUKURI, Masayuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11828373
    Abstract: The check valve (1) is of straight pipe joint type and oblique lift type. It includes: a valve seat (12a); a moving body (2) capable of linearly reciprocating between a closed state where it is in close contact with the valve seat and an open state where it is separated from the valve seat; a primary flow path (inflow path (12c)) on an upstream side of the moving body; and a secondary flow path (outflow path (12d)) on a downstream side of the moving body. The moving body includes a valve body (6) and a valve shaft (7) extending from the valve body. The valve seat supporting the valve body is formed to straddle the center line (CL) of the connection flow path that linearly extends including the primary flow path (inflow path) and the secondary flow path (outflow path 12d) in a cross section including the center line thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ISHIZAKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishizaki, Takeshi Ouchi, Kazuhiro Ota, Daisuke Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Kojima, Futoshi Hasegawa, Eiji Hara, Yusuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230377252
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is a terminal apparatus configured to display a user image being an image of a first user to a second user in a second space separate from a first space in which the first user is present, the terminal apparatus including a controller configured to display, on a vertical display plane extending in a vertical direction, a first image being an image of a desk or a floor, together with the user image, display, on a horizontal display plane extending in a horizontal direction, a second image being a continuous image with the first image, the horizontal display plane being adjacent to a lower end of the vertical display plane, and when displaying the first image and the second image, draw a pattern on the first image and a pattern on the second image as continuous patterns with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru KAKU, Daisuke KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230316612
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to flip text included in an illustration drawn by a first user on a virtual screen in virtual space to be legible as seen from a virtual camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke KIKUCHI, Wataru KAKU, Aiko SAWADO, Mina FUNAZUKURI
  • Patent number: D1046885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakagawa, Noriko Matsumoto, Daisuke Harada, Yasuyuki Keyaki, Takahiro Kikuchi